Tue.Mar 03, 2020

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IT deficits are eating hospital profits. CEOs need to wake up.

KevinMD

I work for a hospital network with the world's slowest computers. I timed it: Last shift, it took me fifteen minutes to log on. The first computer obtained didn't function at all. It had been worked on the day before by information technology services (IT). Efficiency and time management appear to be amongst top priorities […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Sheba Medical Center turns to XRHealth to provide quarantined coronavirus-exposed patients with VR telehealth tools

Mobi Health News

According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, as of the morning of 2 March, there were nearly 89,000 cases of COVID-19 confirmed globally.

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HIMSS20 organizers step up on-site preparedness for coronavirus as major exhibitors back out

FierceHealthIT

HIMSS officials are stepping up on-site preparedness at HIMSS20 in response to the ongoing spread of the virus known as COVID-19. Here's what else they had to say about the fast-approaching event.

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New mothers expect digital interactions with doctors, still a lot of confusion around term digital health

Mobi Health News

A new Xealth report finds gaps in digital communication between what new and expecting moms wanted and what was offered by hospitals.

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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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4 Ways Hospitals Can Prepare for COVID-19 Using Virtual Care

eVisit

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly. Evidence of this is being reported across the United States from Washington State to Rhode Island. The numbers of confirmed cases in the US changes daily, and so far it’s in the wrong direction.

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CDC promises clinicians more information on caring for coronavirus patients

FierceHealthIT

If doctors and other clinicians have questions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promising more answers to help them treat and care for patients with coronavirus.

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Livongo credits recent partnerships, integrations for its strong 2019 growth; aims for nearly $300M revenue in 2020

Mobi Health News

Although it's still operating in the red, the digital chronic disease management company logged 149% revenue growth in 2019.

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As coronavirus spreads, infectious disease doctors suggest travel history be made fifth vital sign

FierceHealthIT

It may be time to add travel history as a fifth “vital sign” when physicians and other clinicians evaluate patients, two infectious disease doctors suggest.

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2020 Healthcare Technology Trends

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vladimir Kuzmenko, SVP of sales and business development, NIX United. As healthcare becomes increasingly complex, the role of technology is evolving to offer new and innovative solutions that allow healthcare practices the opportunity to better […].

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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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Gender pay gap extends to academic medicine where female department chairs earn thousands less

FierceHealthIT

That pervasive gender pay gap among doctors extends to the highest levels of academic medicine, a new study found. Just how big a gap is there between male and female clinical department chairs at U.S. medical schools?

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Consumer Wearable Sensors Monitor Fetal Heartbeat To Prevent Stillbirths

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey have developed a wearable device that lets pregnant mothers parents monitor their baby’s heartbeat. The safe, non-invasive device operates to higher standards of precision and accuracy than […].

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Boosted by diabetes management, Livongo's revenue jumps to $170M

FierceHealthIT

Livongo Health continued to see its financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2019 surge past sales expectations. Here's more on what drove the Silicon Valley company's growth.

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Hayes Announces Strategic Partnership with ThoughtSpot To Drive Operational Efficiency In Healthcare Organizations

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Hayes, makers of integrated compliance and revenue integrity platform for the nation’s premier healthcare organizations, announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with ThoughtSpot, the leader in search and AI-driven analytics, to develop solutions […].

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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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New York mandates insurers waive cost-sharing for coronavirus testing

FierceHealthIT

New York health officials have issued a directive mandating insurers waive cost-sharing for coronavirus testing.

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Chronic Care Management, a growing piece of the digital health landscape – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/6 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Joy Rios (@askjoyrios) and Robin Roberts (@RRobertseHealth) from Chirpy Bird (@chirpybirdhit) on the topic of “Chronic Care Management, a growing piece of the digital health landscape” For many […].

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Centene projects $105B in revenue for 2020 on back of WellCare deal

FierceHealthIT

Centene Corporation released its 2020 guidance Tuesday evening. Here's a look at the projections.

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Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus

Synzi

March 03, 2020 12:34 PM Eastern Standard Time ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading technology company, announced that it is providing home health agencies free use of its automated messaging to contact all of their patients with information about the … Read More. The post Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus appeared first on Synzi.

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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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Amid the clamor, payers seek to find their role in addressing coronavirus

FierceHealthIT

Here's how health plans are responding to the threat of the spread of COVID-19 among their members.

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Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus

Synzi

March 03, 2020 12:34 PM Eastern Standard Time ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading technology company, announced that it is providing home health agencies free use of its automated messaging to contact all of their patients with information about the … Read More. The post Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus appeared first on Synzi.

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How Can We Make MIPS Reporting Easier? Seema Verma Has A Plan For That

Healthcare IT Today

For what seems like an eternity, providers have been struggling with quality reporting requirements imposed by the MIPS program. Now, at long last, CMS seems to be taking steps to ease the MIPS burden via the magic of EHRs. According to a piece in Fierce Healthcare, CMS administrator Seema Verma has a plan to shift […].

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Can Telemedicine Slow The Coronavirus?

Ortholive

As the American public grows more concerned about the coronavirus and healthcare providers prepare for a possible influx of US cases, there is one technology available to help lessen the spread of these infections. Telemedicine can help hospitals and other clinical care providers keep ill patients at home, potentially slowing the spread of the disease.

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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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Understanding the Difference Between Staff Training and Competency Programs

HealthStream

Knowing the difference between staff training and staff competency could help long-term care providers avoid headaches, penalties, and other operational negatives related to the rollout of Final Rule Stage 3.

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#100: Shawna Butler on Advancing Health Innovation Through Nursing Expertise

Digital Health Today

As you’ve probably heard by now, the World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. As we continue our focus on leaders who are also nurses, in our 100th episode, I speak with Shawna Butler, RN, MBA. . Shawna is a nurse economist and tech enthusiast. She is a leading advocate for the role of nurses in driving the development and use of technology across the healthcare sector.

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Tips for Therapists to Survive Health Insurance Deductible Season

TheraNest

At the start of the insurance plan year, deductibles reset so many people are responsible for out-of-pocket payments to healthcare providers. Most plans operate on a calendar year, so the “deductible season” generally starts on January 1st. Billing clients in the first few months of the year is tricky because you don’t know if they’ve met their insurance deductible or not — and it isn’t practical to inquire about every client’s status at every visit.

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Issue in Walgreens' app led to customers seeing each other's secure messages

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus

Synzi

March 03, 2020 12:34 PM Eastern Standard Time ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading technology company, announced that it is providing home health agencies free use of its automated messaging to contact all of their patients with information about the … Read More. The post Synzi Supports Home Health Agencies and Their Patients During the Coronavirus appeared first on Synzi.

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Global Health Matters (the bimonthly newsletter of the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center) features a Focus on Mobile Health

mHealth Insight

Download newsletter (.PDF). It’s very sad that in 2020 we’re now seeing the NIH adding it’s weight to this incredibly dangerous promotion of using mobiles as laboratory equipment… .

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New app enhances home care

Synzi

The post New app enhances home care appeared first on Synzi.

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