Mon.Dec 14, 2020

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Oura Ring detects the onset of fever, a common COVID-19 symptom

Mobi Health News

This report represents early findings from the TemPredict study, which has a goal to develop an algorithm that predicts the onset of symptoms such as fever, cough and fatigue.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. The groups, which also include Healthcare IT News ' parent company HIMSS, noted that the COVID-19 public health emergency has ushered in an unprecedented expansion to telehealth.

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Bold Health's CBT app for IBS goes head-to-head with Headspace

Mobi Health News

The London-based company is backing a 300-person UPenn study comparing its digital therapeutic to the consumer wellness app.

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K through 12 Health and Physical Education in the Time of COVID19

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Before the pandemic, school based telehealth was surging of its own accord; being able to access so many children in one place, especially the high risk populations, was an easy target for an array of specialties: dentistry, nutrition, behavioral health, and physical education (to name a few). Arkansas has plenty of school-based physical education programs (e.g. the UAMS Public Schools Program where physical and emotional well-being of students is promoted through digital technology), but the st

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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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DreamLab app obtains COVID-19 research while users sleep

Mobi Health News

Nearly 100,000 volunteers have donated smartphone computing time to find COVID-19 treatments.

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$40M raises for Well Dot and Elation Health, plus more digital health funding news

Mobi Health News

Also: Babyscripts raises $4 million from its provider customers; ConsejoSano filing reveals $17M investment.

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Microsoft rolls out COVID-19 vaccine management platform as nationwide distribution gets underway

FierceHealthIT

Microsoft rolls out COVID-19 vaccine management platform as nationwide distribution gets underway. hlandi. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:56.

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Swedish startup sees 247% boost in sales of brain stimulation headsets during pandemic

Mobi Health News

Flow says its device has helped 30% of users overcome depression.

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Startup tackling loneliness among seniors expands into virtual primary care

FierceHealthIT

Startup tackling loneliness among seniors expands into virtual primary care. hlandi. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 17:48.

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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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GSK Consumer Healthcare report shows poor health literacy a major challenge to self-care

Mobi Health News

Only 2 in 10 Europeans feel very confident in managing their own health.

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Industry Voices—The pandemic shows why value-based models are the future of U.S. healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—The pandemic shows why value-based models are the future of U.S. healthcare. treed. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 14:12.

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ACA Penalties Among IRS Critical Activities

ACA Times

3 minute read: On December 1, 2020, the IRS announced updates to the services it will be processing as a part of its mission-critical functions. Among the processes are ACA employer mandate penalty assessments. Employers should note that because of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reduced its operations for a period of time and as a result has accrued a backlog of mailing notices.

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AHA find fault in provider-friendly surprise medical billing deal that includes arbitration

FierceHealthIT

AHA find fault in provider-friendly surprise medical billing deal that includes arbitration. rking. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 16:11.

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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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Pushing Vision Tests to the Home

Healthcare IT Today

Across many parts of healthcare, we’re seeing where various healthcare services are being pushed to the home. Some of the most common right now are diabetic care (which was a leader in this), heart care (see this interview with AliveCor), and a plethora of other healthcare wearable devices that measure steps, heart rate, etc etc […].

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Healthcare conferences to put on your calendar for 2021

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare conferences to put on your calendar for 2021. treed. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 11:40.

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On the 2nd Day of #HITChristmas … April Moreno from the Autoimmune Community Institute

Healthcare IT Today

Note: In case you missed the other 12 Days of #HITChristmas, you can start with the first day here along with the story behind #HITChristmas or read all 12 days here as they are published. On the 2nd Day of #HITChristmas we’re excited to feature, April Moreno PhD MPA, Owner at April Moreno Consulting and Founder, CEO of the […].

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Surescripts, Audacious Inquiry team up to improve data sharing during disasters

FierceHealthIT

Surescripts, Audacious Inquiry team up to improve data sharing during disasters. hlandi. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 17:20.

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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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COVID-19 Vaccine Tech Tracking and Marketing – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 51

Healthcare IT Today

For the 51st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the COVID-19 Vaccine. Obviously, being a healthcare IT publication, we’re not going to dive into any of the clinical details of the vaccine. Instead, we’ll focus on the areas of healthcare IT and healthcare marketing that are impacted by the vaccine. To open […] As the COVID-19 vaccine finally arrives, healthcare faces a monumental task to track, distribute, and market the vaccine.

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Hospitals in New York, Michigan and Massachusetts among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals in New York, Michigan and Massachusetts among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines. treed. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:02.

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CBD Gummies For Sleep: Are There Any Benefits?

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Are there any health edges of CBD gummies? Makers of CBD gummies claim CBD is effective at relieving anxiety, depression, pain, inflammation, and catch-up sleep. A CBD product (Epidiolex) has been bureau approved to treat epilepsy. However, analysis into the effectiveness of CBD oil solely tested pure CBD oil, not gummies. Even for pure CBD […].

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Industry Voices—These need to be Biden's top 3 healthcare priorities

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—These need to be Biden's top 3 healthcare priorities. treed. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 17:03.

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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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Nursing Homes Challenged by Regulatory Requirements

HealthStream

Nursing homes are affected by the back and forth pull between the welfare and interests of long-term care recipients and the organizations themselves. Their adherence with regulatory requirements requires resources and a commitment of time that may hamper the ability to provide care.

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Telehealth growth attracts the eyes of investors as 2021 could see an influx of capital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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27 states and D.C. call for HHS to rein in drugmakers over 340B moves after hospital group lawsuit

FierceHealthIT

27 states and D.C. call for HHS to rein in drugmakers over 340B moves after hospital group lawsuit. rking. Mon, 12/14/2020 - 13:38.

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WHAT IS YOUR DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY WORTH?

Corp Advisory Solutions

Michael Lamm and Jacqueline Waller discuss how to prepare to sell your debt collection business. If you are on the buy side learn what you need to look for when purchasing an agency. The post WHAT IS YOUR DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY WORTH? appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Luke Bonney, CEO, Redox

HIStalk Interviews

Luke Bonney is co-founder and CEO of Redox of Madison,

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CAS REVIEWS Q3 2020 ARM M&A ACTIVITY IN FALL 2020 ACA SOUTHWEST COLLECTOR CONNECTOR

Corp Advisory Solutions

As we continue to navigate through the pandemic and our “new normal” sets in, CAS noted increased M&A activity this year. This activity appears to be continuing heading into Q4 2020. The post CAS REVIEWS Q3 2020 ARM M&A ACTIVITY IN FALL 2020 ACA SOUTHWEST COLLECTOR CONNECTOR appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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