Wed.Jun 24, 2020

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Wearable tech to provide insight into mental health in the construction sector

Mobi Health News

Pagabo and Moodbeam have collaborated to aid mental health and wellbeing and improve working conditions in the construction sector.

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What Will Healthcare Costs Be After COVID? PwC Looks Behind the 2021 Numbers

Health Populi

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. The three cost scenarios are based on assumptions shown in the fine print on the first chart: The medium scenario, a sort of “return to normal” where medical trend could stay even at 6.0%, equal to the 2020 trend.

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Verily, CVS Health join the budding back-to-work health screening market

Mobi Health News

Alongside data analytics and employee apps, both offerings focus on facilitating coronavirus testing services among employees.

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Fighting COVID-19 takes collaboration, including between 'fierce competitors'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"I'm old enough to remember that the idea of printing an airline boarding pass at home was a novel and scary idea," said Mayo Clinic Chief Information Officer Cris Ross in a Google Cloud platform webinar earlier this month. Now, consumers have grown accustomed to leveraging technology for travel. In the same way, said panelists, members of the healthcare industry should be willing to develop and use tools to continue fighting the COVID-19 pandemic – and to prepare for any fut

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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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DispatchHealth looks to expand markets with $135.8M in investments

Mobi Health News

DispatchHealth, an in-home care provider, closed its $135.8 million Series C funding round yesterday. Optum Ventures led the financing with participation from Alta Partners, Questa Capital, Echo Health Ventures, Oak HC/FT and Humana. WHAT THEY DO DispatchHealth is like a mobile urgent care. Patients and their providers can request services by calling in by phone – or via the mobile app or website.

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Ireland’s contact tracing app ready to launch

Mobi Health News

The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.

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How COVID-19 and Telehealth Are Affecting Healthcare Compliance

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Devin Partida, technology writer and the Editor-in-Chief of the digital magazine, ReHack.com The coronavirus pandemic has caused massive changes around the world. As people adjust to the new normal, they may notice some differences […]. The article How COVID-19 and Telehealth Are Affecting Healthcare Compliance appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Metabolic health focused telemedicine startup Calibrate launches

Mobi Health News

The company also announced a $5.1 million seed funding led by Forerunner Ventures.

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ARM Yourself – A Healthcare CIO’s Introductory Guide to Apple Silicon

Healthcare IT Today

For the first time in 15 years, Apple has announced a major architecture change for the Macintosh platform. They are moving their primary processor from Intel to ARM-based Apple Silicon using the same architecture that powers the iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch. Apple has grown to be one of the largest suppliers of electronic devices in healthcare.

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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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'Innovation is birthed in chaos': Why startups should be considering a COVID-19 pivot

Mobi Health News

This coming Friday, Legacy DNA CEO Roxie Mooney will lead a webinar on pivot strategy for healthcare startups.

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VA has spent $39M to support telehealth amid COVID-19. Veterans say there's still a digital divide.

FierceHealthIT

VA has spent $39M to support telehealth amid COVID-19. Veterans say there's still a digital divide. hlandi. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 15:18.

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Pandemic management – room for improvement at ground control?

Mobi Health News

Infection surveillance and infection control are part of what makes countries successful that manage to keep the SarsCoV2 pandemic in check. Properly implemented, digital solutions can help a lot with testing, tracing and isolating. Striking the right balance between meeting public health requirements and upholding privacy is not easy though.

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Mayo Clinic teams with Medically Home to expand in-home hospital care

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic teams with Medically Home to expand in-home hospital care. treed. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 14:36.

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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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OCBC Bank launches healthcare app to provide access to telehealth services

Mobi Health News

Users can also access digital Medical Certificates (MC), clinic invoices and laboratory results from the clinics visited securely through the app.

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4 Reasons Telehealth is Critical to Your COVID-19 Plan

eVisit

The scene: it’s 2020 and a novel coronavirus outbreak has the entire world scrambling to identify and care for the sick while gaining an understanding of symptoms and health impacts. The illness, COVID-19, causes respiratory distress that necessitates intubation for some, while others are contagious and asymptomatic. Politicians, economists, and health officials unite to fight the spread and lessen the impact of the outbreak.

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PBM RemedyOne will offer Pear Therapeutics reSET, reSET-O

Mobi Health News

The PBM will be able to offer and administer benefit coverage for addiction-focused digital therapeutics.

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4 Healthcare Security Efforts Every Healthcare Organization Should Take

Healthcare IT Today

As most healthcare organizations have rushed to deal with COVID-19, many things have been set to the side. In most cases this is a good choice to prioritize the pandemic. However, the challenge is that those challenges still remain. In fact, in the case of security, COVID-19 has actually made the situation worse. Remote work […].

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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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FDA pilot shares cancer drug symptom data, PatientPing's 16-month funding announcement delay and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: TapestryHealth purchases its telehealth tech vendor; Tech professionals eyeing healthcare; and pharma jobs with new interest after COVID-19.

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CVS launching platform to help employers, universities safely reopen amid COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

CVS launching platform to help employers, universities safely reopen amid COVID-19. pminemyer. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 16:13.

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Administration officials under spotlight

Morning eHealth

HHS scores price transparency win — CMS data shows wide racial disparities

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CMMI's Smith: Agency taking hard look at existing payment models

FierceHealthIT

CMMI's Smith: Agency taking hard look at existing payment models. pminemyer. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 13:20.

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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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As Businesses Reopen during the Pandemic, They Need to Think About How to Bring Their Workers Back Safely

ACA Times

3 minute read: We already discussed that as states go through their re-opening processes in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic bring their employees back to work, in addition to the normal challenges of opening their businesses up, employers need to make sure there are managing their own re-opening with a particular eye towards the safety of their workers and potential business liability.

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GV-backed startup inks deal with urology docs to advance new treatments

FierceHealthIT

GV-backed startup inks deal with urology docs to advance new treatments. hlandi. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 07:28.

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Telehealth Behavioral Health

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth Behavioral Health Guidance Before the coronavirus pandemic, there was skepticism surrounding the use of telehealth as a viable treatment option. There were strict regulations on telehealth services, leading to low utilization of telehealth. However, the coronavirus pandemic caused federal … Read more. The post Telehealth Behavioral Health appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Here's a look at doctors' pre-COVID-19 net worth, including how big they say their houses are

FierceHealthIT

Here's a look at doctors' pre-COVID-19 net worth, including how big they say their houses are. treed. Wed, 06/24/2020 - 10:27.

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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 providers can fine-tune their ‘webside’ manner in the age of COVID-19

American Well

When COVID-19 started spreading like wildfire in early March, no one realized how quickly we would be forced to adapt our lives and the traditional practice of medicine. While hospitals in hotspots struggled to stay afloat amid a surge of patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19, ambulatory providers found themselves upended from their routine patient encounters and had no choice but to adopt or at least consider telehealth.

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Two Types of Patients in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

When I talk about healthcare, I think it’s valuable to divide patients into two distinct categories. The first category is chronic patients who go and see their doctor every month or more. They have some sort of chronic disease which requires them to take part in the healthcare system on a regular basis. The second […].

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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. In just a few short months, we made more progress in opening up Medicare and Medicaid to telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools, and other connected health solutions than in the previous decade.