Mon.Dec 13, 2021

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Mightier scores $17M for video games teaching emotional regulation to kids

Mobi Health News

The games are geared toward children who need help with anxiety, tantrums or anger, but also those with diagnoses like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder and autism spectrum disorder.

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How to get clinicians more comfortable with delivering telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While there were certainly many clinicians performing telemedicine before COVID-19 struck in early 2020, the pandemic foisted telehealth on countless numbers of additional physicians and nurses, forcing them to get up to speed and feel comfortable with the technology. But many caregivers still struggle with the different paradigm for delivering healthcare.

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Polish startup Doctor.One raises €440k for its mobile virtual clinic

Mobi Health News

Warsaw-based Doctor.One, a new model of virtual clinic, has raised a €440k pre-seed round backed by Movens Capital, to build a European network of subscription based private practices.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Craig Settles Telehealth and community broadband are symbiotic technologies. Much more than mere video chats, telehealth uses intranets and the internet networks to observe, diagnose, initiate or otherwise medically intervene,

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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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Prolucent Health scores $11.5M for healthcare recruiting, workforce services

Mobi Health News

The company offers workforce-management tools for employers and a job marketplace for healthcare workers.

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Pharma-focused digital health accelerator PharmStars completes its inaugural program

Mobi Health News

The 10-week program was focused on clinical trial innovation.

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Insurtech platform HealthCare.com banks $180M, boosts valuation to $1B

FierceHealthIT

Insurtech platform HealthCare.com banks $180M, boosts valuation to $1B. rtorrence. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 15:15.

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Phreesia snaps up patient engagement company Insignia Health

Mobi Health News

Insignia Health developed the Patient Activation Measure.

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How Patient Portals Are Changing the Game in Patient Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Doreen DeGroff, Senior Product Director MEDITECH, CereCore. Patient portals have existed since the late 1990s, but the onset of a global pandemic triggered a drastic shift within the healthcare community and fueled interest in patient portals. According to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, […].

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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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Mednow completes acquisition of Infusicare specialty pharmacy

Mobi Health News

The deal will cost the Canadian digital pharmacy C$1.85 million.

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Quartet picks up InnovaTel Telepsychiatry to expand its reach in the digital mental health market

FierceHealthIT

Quartet picks up InnovaTel Telepsychiatry to expand its reach in the digital mental health market. hlandi. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 16:51.

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What Your Healthcare Organization Can do to Make Patients More Comfortable with Telepsych

Iris Telehealth

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has become a mainstay for patients across the country. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) reports the following data: 28 studies found that more than 80% of patients indicated satisfaction with telehealth. 75% of people expect virtual care to become a standard part of their care. 85.52% report that telemedicine has made getting the care they need easier.

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Senate version of Build Back Better axes DSH cuts to hospitals in non-expansion states

FierceHealthIT

Senate version of Build Back Better axes DSH cuts to hospitals in non-expansion states. rking. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 10:47.

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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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The Clinical Benefits of Monoclonal Antibodies

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic proteins developed for therapeutic use in patients with a range of serious conditions, including Ebola, cancer, and COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies are produced in a laboratory setting like any other therapeutic approach […].

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Centene mulls divestiture of $2B international business as part of value creation effort

FierceHealthIT

Centene mulls divestiture of $2B international business as part of value creation effort. pminemyer. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 13:31.

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A Look Back at Health IT Ups and Downs in 2021 – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 77

Healthcare IT Today

For the 77th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re taking a look back at the ups and downs of Health IT in 2021. While 2020 is the one that will go down in infamy because of COVID, I have a feeling that many of our COVID memories are going to be more about 2021 […] For the 77th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re taking a look back at the ups and downs of Health IT in 2021.

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Employer insurance costs jumped in 2021—and the future is murky

FierceHealthIT

Employer insurance costs jumped in 2021—and the future is murky. pminemyer. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 11:46.

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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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Lynx MD Raises $12 Million Seed Funding to Reinvent Healthcare Data Collaboration

Healthcare IT Today

Lynx’s cutting edge platform and anonymization technology leverages over 200 million historical data points spanning over two decades to help healthcare organizations facilitate secure data sharing and optimize outcomes Lynx MD, the leading healthcare AI platform for real world clinical and operational data collaboration, today announced it has raised $12 million in seed financing.

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Streamlining healthcare through virtual technologies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Quantifying Sleep in the Real World

ActiGraph

ActiGraph recently published a white paper presenting several examples of how wearables have been used for the assessment of sleep in the treatment of sleep disturbances. In this installment of the Digital Endpoints Journal Club, we’re taking a deep dive into one of these case studies, which focused on chronic insomnia. This study not only revealed encouraging efficacy of medical cannabis on chronic insomnia, but it also shed unique insights on the approach to monitor sleep quality in clinical t

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5 Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes with Telehealth

Health Recovery Solutions

Improving patient outcomes is and has always been an ongoing goal for health care providers. However, the shift from a fee-for-service to a value-based care model has sparked a change in how health care providers approach this objective.

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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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Quantifying Sleep in the Real World

ActiGraph

ActiGraph recently published a white paper presenting several examples of how wearables have been used for the assessment of sleep in the treatment of sleep disturbances. In this installment of the Digital Endpoints Journal Club, we’re taking a deep dive into one of these case studies, which focused on chronic insomnia. This study not only revealed encouraging efficacy of medical cannabis on chronic insomnia, but it also shed unique insights on the approach to monitor sleep quality in clinical t

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The ARM Industry Reaches an Inflection Point – Reg F Anticipated to Drive More M&A Activity

Corp Advisory Solutions

The post The ARM Industry Reaches an Inflection Point – Reg F Anticipated to Drive More M&A Activity appeared first on Corporate Advisory Solutions.

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HIStalk Interviews Steve Shihadeh, Founder, Get-to-Market Health

HIStalk Interviews

Steve Shihadeh is founder of Get-to-Market Health of Malvern, PA.

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2022 Open Enrollment Sees Lower ACA Premiums

ACA Times

Open enrollment period for the 2022 coverage year is well underway, and ACA premiums are continuing to drop. The federal period for obtaining health coverage kicked off on November 1 and the cost of premiums for silver-quality health plans dropped, on average, more than 3%. This marks the fourth consecutive year for reduced premiums, according to a recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

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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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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

I cannot recall a season when so many health consumer studies have been launched into my email inbox. While I have believed consumers’ health engagement has been The New Black for the bulk of my career span, the current Zeitgeist for health care consumerism reflects that futurist mantra: “”We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run,” coined by Roy Amara , past president of Institute for the Future.