Tue.Dec 27, 2022

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Myths and misconceptions about virtual primary health care

KevinMD

Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care requires that doctors be consistently available for providing ongoing care to their patients. Can doctors who meet their patients via video form an effective doctor-patient relationship, and.

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How the 2022 funding environment affected digital health startups

Mobi Health News

The year was plagued by layoffs, slowing investment and an increased need for companies to prove their market value.

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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. To further understand telehealth's impact in recent years and looking ahead, MedStar Health experts in connected care transformation and research are serving as co-principal investigators of two related Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) grant awards: Dr.

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Staying Focused on Patient Access Will Help Providers and Plans

Healthcare IT Today

It might be tempting to pause seemingly “nice-to-have” projects in these tough times. Projects like improving your patient-facing website, adding online appointment booking, or enabling price transparency. Investing in these areas, however, may be the key to a faster recovery for healthcare providers and health plans according to Paul Merrild, President of Kyruus.

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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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Top Cybersecurity Issues Facing Healthcare Organizations

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to HIPAA journal , during the first half of 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). These cybersecurity issues in healthcare can compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive patient information. Here are some of the most common cybersecurity challenges in healthcare and ways to address these issues.

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Are You and Your Vendor on the Same Page?

FierceHealthIT

Are You and Your Vendor on the Same Page? mteefey. Tue, 12/27/2022 - 17:38.

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Improved Revenues, Fewer Payer Denials, and Better Surveillance Through Automation by MilagroAI

Healthcare IT Today

In this video Ofer Derech, CTO at MilagroAI, explains the technology they use to automate revenue cycle management tasks and surveillance for things like hospital acquired infections that are traditionally performed manually. The tool analyzes both structured and unstructured data, converting varying formats to standards such as SNOMED. MilagroAI then automatically identifies procedures and principal diagnoses, and finds the appropriate coding or surveillance data.

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Spotting the Signs of Abuse in Mental Health Clients

TheraNest

Reading Time: 6 Minutes. Individuals may seek out the help of a therapist for a myriad of reasons. Regardless of the purpose behind their visit, a patient’s drive for being there doesn’t always end up matching what a provider uncovers. People are rarely single-faceted in their challenges when they first meet their therapist, and it can take time to discover every layer contributing to a person’s mental health challenges.