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FDA identifies Insulet Omnipod DASH battery recall as Class I

Mobi Health News

The Class I recall of the DASH system comes days after the company issued a voluntary urgent medical device "correction" for its Omnipod 5 controller.

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Most Koreans want to continue using telemedicine in the future - survey

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most South Koreans are willing to use telemedicine again in the future, especially those living in rural towns and villages, according to a survey report commissioned by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare. FINDINGS. The said survey was carried out online by Hankook Research in September and involved around 1,700 respondents aged 19 and above.

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Sema4 to exit reproductive health testing, lay off 500

Mobi Health News

The AI-backed genomic and clinical data company announced it had laid off about 250 workers in August.

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HIMSS22 in Riyadh: Exploring cross-border collaboration in the Middle East

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An expert panel will gather during the first day of the event to discuss how digital health can be improved via cross-border collaborations. WHY IT MATTERS. In this session "Cross-Border Collaborations: Improving Digital Health" (20 November, 13:00 - 13:50), speakers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and beyond will share concrete examples of how governments and healthcare organisations are successfully collaborating across borders to implement various digital health initiat

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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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Babylon reports revenue growth amid reverse share split and more digital health earnings

Mobi Health News

Akili, Oscar Health and Bright Health also post third quarter results.

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Roundup: Home care technology firm HCAH acquires digital elderly care platform Seniority and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Malaysian telehealth startup Qmed Asia has signed multiple partnerships around Asia.

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Repeat COVID-19 infection deadlier than the first go-round, says study

FierceHealthIT

Repeat COVID-19 infection deadlier than the first go-round, says study. fdiamond. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 10:38.

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Inhealthcare: Redefining healthcare with digital technologies

DigitalHealth

The way we deliver healthcare in the UK must change. Nearly one in eight people are awaiting NHS treatment. Increasingly, people own smart devices and expect to be able to use them to engage with the health service, ideally from the comfort of their own homes. Inhealthcare’s virtual wards enable patients to be cared for safely at home and support earlier discharge from hospital.

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Primary care physician burnout raging across the US and other high-income countries, Commonwealth Fund finds

FierceHealthIT

Primary care physician burnout raging across the US and other high-income countries, Commonwealth Fund finds. dmuoio. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 13:03.

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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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Mixed reactions to Autumn Statement on NHS funding increase

DigitalHealth

Healthcare system leaders and suppliers react to the Autumn Statement, which includes a NHS funding increase of £3.3billion in each of the next two years.

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HLTH22: Private equity rebuffs critics, says it brings rigor, scale and necessary change to healthcare

FierceHealthIT

HLTH22: Private equity rebuffs critics, says it brings rigor, scale and necessary change to healthcare. dmuoio. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 17:57.

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DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement

Healthcare IT Today

EHNAC to merge with and into DirectTrust; EHNAC Commission will remain intact. DirectTrust and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) today announced an agreement to merge EHNAC with and into DirectTrust, effective January 4, 2023. DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information.

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UnitedHealthcare, AARP team up to lower the cost of hearing aids

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare, AARP team up to lower the cost of hearing aids. hlandi. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 22:13.

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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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Novo Nordisk and Abbott partner to enhance diabetes support

DigitalHealth

A collaboration between Novo Nordisk and Abbott is enabling people with diabetes to view and review their insulin dosing data and glucose data in one place.

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Milliman: Home benefits surge in popularity among Medicare Advantage plans

FierceHealthIT

Milliman: Home benefits surge in popularity among Medicare Advantage plans. rking. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 15:17.

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AI-Enabled Automation Technology is Key for Hospitals to Optimize Proactive Capacity Management

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jason Harber, COO & Chief Strategy Officer at Hospital IQ. For hospital leaders, operational decision-making is one of the most difficult and stressful responsibilities they face daily. The daily challenge for hospital leaders is ensuring their hospital has the required resources to adequately accommodate patient demand at all times and in all scenarios.

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AMA adopts policy to curb influence of private equity on new doctor training

FierceHealthIT

AMA adopts policy to curb influence of private equity on new doctor training. rking. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 16:53.

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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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SaaS License Management: The Budget-Friendly Guide

LeanIX

Over the past decade SaaS has transformed modern business and become the foundation on which companies in every industry now operate. Enterprises use more than 650 software applications on average (and the largest 10% uses 3400+) for core business functions from marketing to sales to customer service to HR to IT management and more.

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Employers Investing More in ICHRAs Poses ACA Coding Risk

ACA Times

As the number of available healthcare coverage options increases, more and more employers are turning to individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs). A relatively new player in the market, ICHRAs…. The post Employers Investing More in ICHRAs Poses ACA Coding Risk first appeared on The ACA Times.

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Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads

BHM Healthcare Solutions

More than 25 years after the first federal mental health parity (MHP) protections were put in place, adequate coverage for behavioral health (BH) care, including both mental health and substance use conditions, remains elusive for many consumers with health insurance. Federal mental health parity rules require health plans that offer BH coverage to ensure that financial requirements (such as deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket limits) and treatment limits (such as day and vis

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Primary care program decreases ED use for people with substance use disorders

FierceHealthIT

Primary care program decreases ED use for people with substance use disorders. fdiamond. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 13:19.

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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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Northern Ireland to benefit from new digital imaging system

DigitalHealth

Northern Ireland HSC professionals will be able to view any diagnostic image from any regional hospital, thanks to the NIPAC+ programme supported by Sectra.

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Chutes & Ladders—Northwell center for maternal health names director; Broward Health CEO joins DeSantis' transition team

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—Northwell center for maternal health names director; Broward Health CEO joins DeSantis' transition team. aburky. Thu, 11/17/2022 - 18:38.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 17, 2022 – News from Amazon, Fitbit, Google, and Verizon, plus innovation awards from UCSF and Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Growing Your Telehealth Services? Consider Telehealth Medicare Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Of all the payors consistently funded to expand telehealth in the immediate future, Medicare stands head and shoulders above many others. On October 8, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule. CMS finalized many of its telehealth services proposals and immediate steps following the end of the public health emergency (PHE).

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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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Management Principles for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become essential to our everyday lives, driving search engines to healthcare, manufacturing to banking. It promises to make life easier, creating more efficient, cheaper processes to organize and make information accessible. An example is an underlying technology in an Internet search engine. It can be seen in common email or text messaging software, which predicts and offers the next word you are likely to need.

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