Fri.Aug 28, 2020

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Using technology to self-manage diabetes results in healthy lifestyle choices

Mobi Health News

Following a study looking into how adults living with Type 2 diabetes use technology to self-monitor lifestyle and health behaviors, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that technology-assisted self-monitoring was safe and effective in generating positive health outcomes.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 era, most U.S. consumers believe they have an obligation to share personal health information to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, only 44% would be willing to share their personal data with a national database, a MITRE study learned. Only one-third of Americans would be willing to share their temperature, 29% their location, and one-fourth information about their chronic conditions.

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Femtech market has potential but struggles to score investor dollars

Mobi Health News

A new report from PitchBook projects solid growth in the industry, but also notes challenges in exits.

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Telehealth keeps I/DD patients close with their docs during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Arc Madison Cortland in Oneida, New York, knows that there is a lack of providers that specialize in the intellectual/developmental disability field. Making the problem worse, not so many that understand dual diagnosis. THE PROBLEM. With COVID-19 minimizing the ability for individuals to receive face-to-face services with their providers, many patients are resorting to emergency department visits.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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SeamlessMD raises $4M to expand connected health services

Mobi Health News

Toronto-based SeamlessMD announced today the closing of its $4 million Series A financing round, led by MEDTEQ+ with participation from Hikma Ventures, Anges Québec, AIoT Health and health IT entrepreneur Sanjay Malaviya. With this funding, SeamlessMD has reached $7.4 million in total capital raised. The company also announced that Robert Ritlop, the director of investments at MEDTEQ+, and Malaviya will be joining SeamlessMD’s board of directors.

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Nature paper outlines possibilities of digital clinical trails

Mobi Health News

The paper discusses the potenital for collecting real-world data, recruiting patients and using APIs.

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The Rise of Telehealth During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Matthew Zajechowski, content strategist, Digital Third Coast. The use of Telehealth services has seen remarkable growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research found that 67% of Americans have used telehealth services during the COVID-19 […].

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Roundup: UK rehab centre offers robotics equipment for patients, new electronic discharge summaries saves NHS costs and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, health tech investments in Dubai and India explored.

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Hayes Launches Revenue Optimizer To Help Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations Reverse Revenue Declines, Reduce Claim Denials

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Finding new revenue opportunities and avoiding claims denials has taken on greater urgency as hospitals and other healthcare organizations face growing reimbursement shortfalls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is why Hayes, makers […]. The article Hayes Launches Revenue Optimizer To Help Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations Reverse Revenue Declines, Reduce Claim Denials appeared fi

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

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Hospitals could be facing lower patient volumes for a while due to COVID-19. How are they responding?

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals could be facing lower patient volumes for a while due to COVID-19. How are they responding? rking. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:53.

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Telehealth Soars in Small Rural School District

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Ms. Donna Robinson is the Wellness Coordinator at Magazine School District’s School-Based Health Center (SBHC) in Magazine, Arkansas. Magazine is a small, rural town with a population size of approximately 800 people. Magazine SBHC began using telehealth in 2016 through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation: Public Schools Program (formerly called STAR), and they continue to enhance and develop their telehealth services.

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Epic’s Decision To Put Its Voice Assistant Front and Center Could Have A Big Impact

Healthcare IT Today

As some of you may know, voice assistant technology is becoming one of the hottest new applications to hit the healthcare IT world. To be sure, many institutions are still trialing the use of voice assistants in clinical settings, but this also points up that we’re still in the early phase of adoption. Now, however, […].

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Consumers largely unaware that insurers have access to their online data: survey

FierceHealthIT

Consumers largely unaware that insurers have access to their online data: survey. pminemyer. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:44.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

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eCommerce and the Medical Device Market

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare sector is digitizing at an amazing pace. According to Adroit Market Research, global medical healthcare eCommerce is anticipated to be over $435 billion by 2025. Initial digital transformation drivers were the aging population […].

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Blue Cross MN, Allina Health kick off 6-year value-based care arrangement

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross MN, Allina Health kick off 6-year value-based care arrangement. pminemyer. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:08.

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Six Factors To Consider As You Advance Your Telehealth Offerings

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Liz Townes, consultant, Freed Associates. As the nation slowly re-opens amid the COVID-19 pandemic and patients return to doctors’ offices in-person, demand still remains high for telehealth visits. According to a report earlier this […]. The article Six Factors To Consider As You Advance Your Telehealth Offerings appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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The Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy

TheraNest

Think back to the last time your daily routine suffered a significant interruption. (With the COVID-19 pandemic turning life upside down, most of us don’t have to reach too far back!) When the rhythm of everyday life is upended, most people naturally become more anxious and less focused. Predictable routines are an important part of what keeps us centered. .

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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ACA Reporting to Grow in Complexity Due to State Individual Mandates

ACA Times

3 minute read: Employers with operations in states that have additional state level ACA reporting as a requirement of the state’s Individual Mandate know that it’s no easy undertaking, but what exactly is required of them? Let’s find out. The Individual Mandate requires individuals to purchase qualifying health coverage or pay a tax penalty, unless they qualify for an exemption.

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Healthcare Executives COVID-19 Challenges via KLAS Survey

Healthcare IT Today

The KLAS Arch Collaborative has a really great community of Healthcare Executives that are charged with making the most of health IT solutions in healthcare organizations. As such, it’s not a surprise that the KLAS Arch Collaborative would publish a report with results from a survey they did of Healthcare Executives. Two charts stood out […].

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3 questions every pediatrician needs to ask during the return to school

FierceHealthIT

3 questions every pediatrician needs to ask during the return to school. treed. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 17:54.

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How Can HealthTech Sales and Marketing Recover From COVID-19?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Adam Turinas, Founder of Healthlaunchpad. The Haves and Have-Nots of Healthtech I recently polled my network of healthcare sales and marketing executives to understand how COVID-19 had impacted their business. As you can see, 60% said sales were down, and 30% are thriving. These include telehealth, remote monitoring […].

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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VA launches new patient scheduling tool as part of massive Cerner EHR project

FierceHealthIT

VA launches new patient scheduling tool as part of massive Cerner EHR project. hlandi. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 13:26.

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HealthNow Becomes Key to UAMS’ COVID-19 Battle

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Stacy Petty, APRN, is the Director for the HealthNow direct-to-consumer program, which rolled out in January 2020 through the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This start-up was on the cusp of the COVID-19 pandemic and no one could foresee the world’s rush to access and utilize telehealth.

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The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Ensures Critically Important Infant Stabilization Care

HealthStream

Today, the S.T.A.B.L.E. Program for infant stabilization care is used for outreach education, continuing education, and as a hospital requirement to work with perinatal patients— both mothers and babies and in the NICU.

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ARcare Utilizes Telehealth For Pandemic Relief

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The following perspective was recently sent from one of our services recipients, Alan Faulkner, Vice President at ARcare. ARcare is a FQHC system with over 40 sites stretched across 3 states – Arkansas, Mississippi, and Kentucky. In the following statement from Mr. Faulkner he describes the main types of telehealth assistance requested by ARcare from the SCTRC.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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IHE ITI Supplements Updated

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Big set of new publications. This is not radical changes, but cleanups and approved Change Proposals IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplements Published for Trial Implementation. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplements Published for Trial Implementation The IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee has published the following updated supplements for trial implementation as of August 28, 2020 : Add RESTful

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Weekender 8/28/20

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Amazon announces its Halo health and.

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