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The 12 Tips To Establishing A Strong Telepresence

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In most healthcare settings, it’s agreed that telehealth can be helpful, but professionals may not be clear about the video-related factors that can help or hurt the success of a visit by using telehealth. The steps below show how to ensure patient satisfaction in those situations. Tips for Building a Successful Relationship via Video. A recent study shows that many healthcare workers using telehealth services no longer utilize many of their diagnostic skills due to the nature of virtual v

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Nurse staffing marketplace Incredible Health scores $80M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Medication management-focused Arine raised $29 million, Epic-based virtual care platform KeyCare scooped up $24 million, and care coordination software company CareHarmony raised $15 million.

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Over the counter hearing aids – an absurdly long time in coming

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Yesterday was a big day that should have happened several years ago. Finally. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids for those with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Consider that this was first proposed in 2017! Consider the hearing aid ecosystem that has grown over many years to involve audiologists, a shrinking number of hearing aid makers – only five control 90% of the market!

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Bicycle Health partners with Tele911 to offer opioid use treatment

Mobi Health News

After an emergency call, patients who overdose or have symptoms of opioid use disorder can be referred to Bicycle Health for treatment.

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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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Is Virtual Reality Mental Health Part of Your Practice-Building Plan Yet?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Immersive 360-degree videos represent a recent development in virtual reality mental health, whereby users can utilize digitally simulated realities similar to the real world (Slater & Sanchez, 2016 ). These viable technologies hold much promise but, to date, have not been widely adopted in mental health settings. The article below summarizes the findings of lead researcher Ionescu and colleagues in their 2021 systematic review of immersive 360-degree videos using virtual reality headsets to

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Case Study: How Arizona Hospital Association Took Their COVID Telehealth Concept from Zero to Post-Launch

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Background Project Goals: Bringing COVID-19 Palliative Care Into the Home “People want to be at home. They don’t want to go to the hospital.” That was the goal of the The Arizona Palliative Care Telehealth Program for COVID-19: to treat people where they’re at through telehealth and to keep them out of the hospital. The.

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Find the Best Medical App Developers with These Modern Detailed Guidelines

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare is one of the apps that has been uplifted by the latest technologies the most. It’s no coincidence that healthcare app developers are very sought after since they are the ones who can help […]. The article Find the Best Medical App Developers with These Modern Detailed Guidelines appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Telehealth Utilization Rates Increase Again in May

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Judging from the numbers, telehealth is becoming increasingly popular across the country. National telehealth utilization rates among private insurers grew by 10.2% in May, signaling that telehealth utilization is a serious contender for mental health and serious pandemic interventions. According to the Fair Health statistics , May was the second running month in which telehealth utilization has increased substantially.

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How the Pandemic has Impacted the HealthTech Marketplace

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Tray Chamberlin, Principal at Alexander Group. Industry Growth Requires New and Improved HealthTech Commercial Models . As the COVID-19 storm settles, the HealthTech industry has seen a shift to positive growth. The influx of investment into the sector saw a flurry of new technologies and market entrants. As HealthTech companies raced to unite piecemeal offerings into comprehensive solutions through mergers and acquisitions or disrupt existing markets by shif

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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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New Research into Child Migraine Telehealth, CBT & Medication

Telebehavioral Health Institute

According to the American Migraine Foundation , migraine is a widespread global problem and one of the most disabling. In the US, more than 10% (39 million) of the population suffer from migraine headaches. Many migraine patients find it challenging to get to in-person consultations while suffering a debilitating headache. Telehealth migraine consultations allow patients to access care when in-person visits are impossible.

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How One Health Plan Boosted Employee Satisfaction Through Information Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kim Curley, vice president, workforce readiness, NTT DATA Services. In today’s era of high staffing turnover and talent shortages, keeping employee satisfaction high is one of the biggest challenges for any business. So how […]. The article How One Health Plan Boosted Employee Satisfaction Through Information Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Conifer Health Solutions Security Incident Impacts Patients at 5 Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

Late last week, Conifer Health Solutions posted a notice of a data security incident at their organization that potentially impacted patients at five healthcare organizations. According to the notice, an unauthorized third party accessed an email account on the Microsoft Office 365 hosted system. They reported the breach to have occurred January 20, 2022.

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Participatory Medicine is Where You Find It

Society for Participatory Medicine

Collaborations across healthcare can save lives – especially when working with patient advocates. For a person like me, who is impacted by a rare, neurological, and incurable disease, it’s my mission to ensure that patients’ perspectives are represented early and throughout drug development. As someone who witnessed his mom battle Huntington’s Disease (HD) for 17 years, I know how crucial it is to find an effective treatment for this condition.

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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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KeyCare Expands Nation’s Only Virtual-First Care Platform Built with Epic via $24M Series A Investment

Healthcare IT Today

New virtual care platform helps health systems widen their own digital front doors. KeyCare, Inc., the nation’s only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, today announced the closing of $24 million in series A funding backed by 8VC, LRV Health, Bold Capital, and Spectrum Health Ventures. . KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital front doors by partnering with a nationwide network of virtual care groups.

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Gain Insight into Prescriptions and Improve Communications with PrescribeIT

Canadian Health Infoway

Is that a “3” or an “8” written on the prescription? Was the physician aware the patient has another prescription from a specialist that may conflict with the new script?

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HIStalk Interviews William Febbo, CEO, OptimizeRx

HIStalk Interviews

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Characteristics of Telemedicine Healthcare Fraud and Abuse as Defined by DOJ & OIG

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a special fraud alert regarding telemedicine fraud and abuse. Claims leading to the alert involved companies within the telehealth, telemedicine, and telemarketing sector offering inferior healthcare quality and leading to unwarranted orders for procedures and medications.

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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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Inflation Reduction Act Passes: IRS Enforcement Ramping Up

ACA Times

Following many months of debate, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law yesterday, marking a historic occasion for the future of U.S. healthcare, the environment, and tax enforcement. Included…. The post Inflation Reduction Act Passes: IRS Enforcement Ramping Up first appeared on The ACA Times.

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