Thu.Apr 30, 2020

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Global collaboration on digital health efforts now can promote interoperability in the future

Mobi Health News

Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, discusses his work with the Global Digital Health Partnership initative.

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Here's a look at just how much HCA, UHS and CHS took in CARES Act cash

FierceHealthIT

Three publicly-traded health systems — among some of the largest systems in the U.S. — collectively took home more than $1.1 billion in federal stimulus funds for woes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Global collaboration on digital health efforts now can curb interoperability in the future

Mobi Health News

Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, discusses his work with the Global Digital Health Partnership initative.

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Cigna posts $1.2B in profit for Q1, beats Wall Street expectations

FierceHealthIT

Cigna beat Wall Street projections for both earnings and revenue in the first quarter. The insurer raked in $1.18 billion in profit for the quarter, it said Thursday.

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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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Teladoc Health 'significantly' raises revenue, visits projections after busy Q1

Mobi Health News

The company fielded a major spike in demand and now paints a rosy long-term picture for its telehealth business, although its poor EPS disappointed some investors.

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DarioHealth partners with MediOrbis to bring telemedicine to its mobile disease management platform

Mobi Health News

Virtual primary care, acute care, chronic disease management and specialty consultations will all be available directly through DarioHealth's app.

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Trinity Health, WakeMed Health systems eye a restart of elective procedures canceled due to COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Hospital systems are looking at how exactly they can resume elective procedures necessary to their bottom line. Executives at Trinity Health and WakeMed Health and Hospitals share their perspectives.

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Kry brings its telehealth tool to U.S., Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pledges $13.6M to research COVID-19 in Bay Area and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Washington Post survey says users reluctant to use Google and Apple's tracing app; Chronolife lands CE mark.

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Primary care practices struggle with inconsistent payment for telehealth, still lack testing, PPE

FierceHealthIT

Changes in telehealth reimbursement and federal relief funding might not be enough to bolster many primary care practices during the COVID pandemic. Low patient volume and inconsistent reimbursement are hampering cash flow, resulting in furloughs and layoffs, according to a survey of 1,000 primary care clinicians in 48 states and Washington D.C.

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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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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

South Korea has been lauded as a role model in its containment and flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections through a combination of rapid intervention, extensive testing for the virus, contact tracing/surveillance and enlisting the public’s health, according to a report by The New York Times. Another critical component of helping manage and contain the spread of the virus is the role of healthcare providers and hospitals.

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Molina to buy Magellan Complete Care in $820M deal

FierceHealthIT

Molina Healthcare announced it would buy Magellan Complete Care in an $820M deal alongside its quarterly earnings on Thursday.

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Tech can help health inequities exacerbated by coronavirus

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Tech can help health inequities exacerbated by coronavirus Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Free Telehealth Solution Can Relieve Rural Hospitals’ COVID-19 Financial Pressures

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Dye, chief growth officer, CPSI. Struggling rural hospitals face financial pain amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Revenue has been lost as elective procedures have been canceled since patients can’t safely visit in person for […]. The article Free Telehealth Solution Can Relieve Rural Hospitals’ COVID-19 Financial Pressures appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Podcast Interview with CIO James Wellman, Part 2: “You Can’t Hide from This.”

Health System CIO

During a situation like COVID, the ability to be agile and move quickly isn’t a nice-to-have; it’s essential, says James Wellman, who believes the pandemic is “shining a light” on organizations that can’t adapt. During a time as challenging as the one in which healthcare finds itself, agile isn’t a buzzword. It’s a means of survival. And as leaders face an onslaught of hurdles — some of which are constantly changing — the COVID-19 pandemic is “shining a light” on those who aren’t willing or able

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Portraits in Healthcare: This former Banner ICU nurse left for another industry. He's returning because of COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Robert Dandurand left Banner Health as an ICU nurse for a job at a ballot printing company—a busy job on its own during an election year. But as he watched the need for clinicians to treat COVID-19 grow, Dandurand recently signed up to start grabbing ICU shifts during his off hours.

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Bits In Glass Launches COVID-19 Remote Care Application

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Bits In Glass, an award-winning software consulting firm serving clients across North America, is announcing the launch of its new COVID-19 Remote Care application, developed in response to the global COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The application […].

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Featured Health IT Job: Clinical / Business Systems Support Analysts

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Clinical / Business Systems Support Analysts position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Galen Healthcare Solutions. Here’s a description of the position: A Galeneer is known for his/her […].

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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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Telemedicine Technologies and Their Contribution Towards A More Robust Medical Infrastructure Amid Burgeoning Global Health Concerns

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Saloni Walimbe, research content developer, Global Market Insights. With the COVID-19 pandemic unleashing its impact on a global scale, numerous nations are scrambling to adopt various strategies and protocols to mitigate further spread of […].

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Why Telehealth Will Be More Prominent Going Forward

InTouch Health

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Paving the Way for a Digital Future. Across the country, doctors and healthcare providers are using telehealth to communicate with and treat their patients during the coronavirus pandemic. The disease known as COVID-19 is considered extremely contagious, so individuals are being urged to stay home and stay at least six feet apart unless they need urgent medical care.

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Deep Space Research Benefits Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the need for autonomous healthcare as frontline physicians and medical personnel struggle to handle overloaded hospitals and overflow facilities. It is imperative to keep non-emergent patients out of emergency rooms […].

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Tandem’s Basal-IQ Gets FDA Interoperable Designation

Insulin Nation

Tandem’s Basal-IQ technology received the FDA’s interoperable automated glycemic controller designation (iAGC) which allows this tech to be paired with different pumps and CGM systems to create an automated insulin dosing (AID) system. This is the second piece of tech from Tandem to receive such designation. In December of 2019, Tandem’s Control-IQ also received iAGC status. .

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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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Hyland Healthcare and HIMSS Media Publish 2020 Connected Care and the State of Interoperability in Healthcare Study Results

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Hyland Healthcare recently partnered with HIMSS Media to survey leaders from healthcare provider organizations on their current interoperability initiatives for its second annual Connected Care and the State of Interoperability study. The results are published […].

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Federal charges filed for theft of PPE, sanitizer and drugs from Indiana hospital

FierceHealthIT

Two women were charged with thefts from Central Indiana Cancer Center that included stolen morphine.

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Why Collaboration Is Critical To Value-Based Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Lisa Hebert, director of product management, NantHealth. Our industry is stuck in an inefficient, costly trend—treating avoidable diseases rather than preventing them. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases, […].

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Denial Management Best Practices

TheraNest

According to the Healthcare Financial Management Association, roughly 65 percent of all denials are not resubmitted. Healthcare providers are not getting reimbursed for all the services they’re providing, leaving money on the table. Often, this is a result of therapists and other providers not having an organized process to manage denials effectively.

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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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How to Stay Feeling Young After Retirement

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. When it comes to waving goodbye to the office for good, many of us are already counting down the years. But once retirement does arrive, you want to stay feeling positive, happy and youthful to […]. The article How to Stay Feeling Young After Retirement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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2019 Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey: Academic Medical Center Edition

Geonetric

Geonetric’s annual collaboration with eHealthcare Strategy & Trends delivers the most comprehensive look at the digital evolution of healthcare organizations available. Now, we’ve done a deep dive into the data provided from AMCs so you can better understand your unique opportunities and challenges. Use this planning tool to learn how AMCs are: Approaching staffing – […].

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How Is Technology Impacting Nurses Throughout Their Careers?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Because of the digital transformation of most medical institutions, nursing careers have become increasingly tech-based, and this has brought about both positive and negative changes to the nursing experience and the possible future of nursing. […].

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