Wed.Dec 14, 2022

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Telehealth and Spirituality – a View From Florence, Italy

Health Populi

I’m in Florence, Italy, this week, working on Slow Food as medicine and finding myself contemplating spirituality, health and wellbeing as I walk the streets of this grand city of the Renaissance. Imagine my surprise, yesterday, walking through the city center by the glorious Duomo, the great dome of the cathedral named Santa Maria dell Fiore, with the beautiful Baptistry built just across the piazza.

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PatientsLikeMe and LetsGetChecked partner to increase home testing options

Mobi Health News

Members of the community health network will now have access to LetsGetChecked's suite of offerings via the PatientsLikeMe platform.

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Telehealth heavy hitter Dr. Roy Schoenberg on virtual care in 2023

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream. And now that it is being so robustly used across the country, the big question is: What's next?

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Tandem Diabetes Care to buy Swiss insulin pump developer AMF Medical

Mobi Health News

The deal is expected to close in January 2023.

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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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In states with abortion bans, maternal and infant death rates are significantly higher, study finds

FierceHealthIT

In states with abortion bans, maternal and infant death rates are significantly higher, study finds. hlandi. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 07:33.

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Oracle Cerner has ambitions in national public health tech as software giant reports better-than-expected Q2 results

FierceHealthIT

Oracle Cerner has ambitions in national public health tech as software giant reports better-than-expected Q2 results. hlandi. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 10:12.

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Featured Health IT Job: Senior Technical Analyst, Delivery Services

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Technical Analyst, Delivery Services position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is located in Windsor, Canada. Here’s a description of the position: Position Summary.

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CMS proposes new Medicare Advantage and Part D reforms on prior authorization, marketing

FierceHealthIT

CMS proposes new Medicare Advantage and Part D reforms on prior authorization, marketing. rking. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 17:09.

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3 Tough Questions with Clarify Health

Healthcare IT Today

It is rare that a company will agree to sit down to answer tough questions, but Clarify Health was up for the challenge. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Keith Florance, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Payers at Clarify Health at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. We grilled him with 3 questions about the state of the healthcare industry.

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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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Last-minute Senate bill seeks to extend value-based care doc bonus for another 2 years

FierceHealthIT

Last-minute Senate bill seeks to extend value-based care doc bonus for another 2 years. rking. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 16:06.

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5 Strategies to Improve Healthcare Billing for Both Patients and Practices

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous. The feeling is mutual, but the responsibility is on practices and billing teams to find a solution. As patients take on a greater share of healthcare costs, they are also more selective of the providers they choose.

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Rural hospital closures have spillover effects for other nearby facilities, researchers warn

FierceHealthIT

Rural hospital closures have spillover effects for other nearby facilities, researchers warn. dmuoio. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 16:22.

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EMRAD launches clinical decision support for radiology referrals

DigitalHealth

The iRefer Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool has been rolled out across the East Midlands Imaging Network (EMRAD) to improve radiology referrals.

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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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Healthcare sector adds jobs through fall but still faces elevated quit rates: Fitch Ratings

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare sector adds jobs through fall but still faces elevated quit rates: Fitch Ratings. dmuoio. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 13:07.

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Cogniss appoints Dr Lloyd Humphreys for no-code digital health platform

DigitalHealth

Clinical psychologist Dr Lloyd Humphreys is leaving ORCHA to join Cogniss and help launch a no-code digital health platform.

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Signify Health, Ardent Health Services expand partnership into accountable care

FierceHealthIT

Signify Health, Ardent Health Services expand partnership into accountable care. pminemyer. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 13:03.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals launch digital cardiac surgical waiting lists

DigitalHealth

Docobo has teamed up with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals to use remote monitoring technology to help manage waiting lists for cardiac surgery.

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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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CDC tallies deaths from long COVID with new code

FierceHealthIT

CDC tallies deaths from long COVID with new code. fdiamond. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 15:03.

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Health Literacy Requires Talking with People – Not Patients

Society for Participatory Medicine

“When someone is having an acute situation, that is not a teaching moment.” Peter Pitts . I recently participated on a panel at the STAT Summit with two brilliant healthcare thought leaders, former FDA Associate Commissioner and current president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest Peter Pitts , and leading patient advocate and podcaster Matthew Zachary.

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SCAN Group, CareOregon to combine and form HealthRight Group

FierceHealthIT

SCAN Group, CareOregon to combine and form HealthRight Group. pminemyer. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 14:45.

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New Sleep Therapy Company Primasun Combines Sleep Technology & Sleep Research

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Primasun is a newly formed digital care company offering an end-to-end, clinically-supported solution for addressing complex sleep disorders. Formed as a joint venture between ResMed, a global leader in digital health and sleep technology, and Verily, an Alphabet precision health company, Primasun’s offering combines sleep technology and sleep research into one comprehensive digital health platform.

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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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2023 forecast: Employers who self-insure face new responsibilities and opportunities

FierceHealthIT

2023 forecast: Employers who self-insure face new responsibilities and opportunities. fdiamond. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 08:56.

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Telehealth Startups Sharing Patient Data

Digital Health Wire

An absolute firework show of a joint report between STAT and The Markup cast a spotlight on telehealth companies sharing sensitive patient information with advertisers, and it definitely wasn’t a good look for some of the biggest names in the space. Over the past few months, STAT and The Markup created accounts and completed onboarding forms on 50 telehealth sites (most major players, notably excluding Teladoc/BetterHelp), then tracked what data was being shared with advertisers such as Google,

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BMA calls for yearly Medicare Advantage plan audits to improve program integrity

FierceHealthIT

BMA calls for yearly Medicare Advantage plan audits to improve program integrity. rking. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 14:11.

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Digital Health Trends to Watch in 2023

Digital Health Wire

Happy holidays, and welcome to the last Digital Health Wire of 2022! For our final issue of the year, we’re polishing off our crystal ball (crowdsourcing predictions from digital health leaders) to bring you some of the top trends likely to make a big impact in 2023. Without further ado…. Show, Don’t Tell – DiMe CEO Jennifer Goldsack – Digital health innovators with practical solutions for real problems have enormous potential to thrive in the coming year, but only if they have clini

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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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Chutes & Ladders—LifePoint Health taps new chief diversity officer; Providence Health System welcomes new treasurer

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—LifePoint Health taps new chief diversity officer; Providence Health System welcomes new treasurer. aburky. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 18:25.

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Show Me the Money : A Webinar

Corp Advisory Solutions

The post Show Me the Money : A Webinar appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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CMS: National health spending grew by 2.7% in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic's effects linger

FierceHealthIT

CMS: National health spending grew by 2.7% in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic's effects linger. pminemyer. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 16:46.

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