Fri.May 24, 2019

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How Central, East Africa's tech renaissance is shaping its healthcare future

Mobi Health News

From blood delivery by drone to open-source EHRs, innovators are tackling the health needs and special challenges of the region with technology.

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Penalties For Violating HIPAA

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Lynch, founder and CEO, Reciprocity Labs. If your organization handles protected health information (PHI) or electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), you should be well aware of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act known commonly as HIPAA.

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Third-party evaluation of Babylon GP at Hand looks at its impact on patients, staff and the broader system

Mobi Health News

Patients are using GP at Hand because it offers convenient services and "easier access", findings indicate.

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Technology non-adoption of the oldest – it’s a bug, not a feature

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Not adopting tech -- it's not okay. Lacking access to smartphones, Internet, in-home broadband/WiFi cuts oldest out of access to modern telehealth, communication and engagement, in-home sensors, outside-home GPS, fall detection, and device integration with smartphones. The issue of non-adoption, particularly as more health services move online, will become increasingly vexing for service providers of all types.

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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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Industry cheers for Senate cost-cutting bill

Morning eHealth

VA opposes proposed EHR committee — CMS pressing forward with interop rule

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IRS Sending New ACA Penalty Notices for 2017 Tax Year

ACA Times

3 minute read: The IRS has started issuing new penalty notices to employers that failed to file forms 1094-C and 1095-C with the federal tax agency or furnish 1095-C forms to employees for the 2017 tax year as required by the Affordable Care Act. The IRS in January began issuing penalty notices to employers under IRC 6721/6722 for the 2015 and 2016 tax years.

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AMIA says ONC rule doesn't go far enough on patients' data access

FierceHealthIT

The American Medical Informatics Association voiced overall support for proposed federal policies aimed at driving interoperability but say the proposed rules don't go far enough to put patients and providers in the driver's seat when it comes to exchanging and accessing health data.

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Some Healthcare Employees Depart Jobs to Take Better Care of Themselves

HealthStream

Some healthcare jobs can be hazardous to an employee’s health. If healthcare organizations are not paying attention to employees’ needs or to improving the workload and environment, they may find themselves having big problems with retention. The HealthStream article, 7 Common Reasons People Leave Healthcare Jobs and What to Do about It, looks at the labor market, examines trends involving hiring, job previews, and the work environment, and connects these key areas to the retention p

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How to Shape and Execute IT Strategies with Enterprise Architecture

LeanIX

Recommendations on performing Integration Architecture and Interface Modeling with a Data Flow Visualizer. Let’s talk concretely about one of the LeanIX functionalities often used by customers to integrate software landscapes and manage interfaces: the "Data Flow Visualizer".

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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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RURAL Study to Examine Health Burdens in the South

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Weekender 5/24/19

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. Agfa is reportedly considering the sale of its health IT business. Medical drone delivery company Zipline’s latest investment round values it at $1.2 billion. ONC finds little interoperability improvement among office-based physicians since 2015. Google promotes Glass from its skunkworks division in releasing a new enterprise version aimed at software developers.

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Trump administration proposes rollback of transgender healthcare protections

FierceHealthIT

As the Trump Administration has sought a broader push to expand healthcare "conscience rules," officials announced on Friday a proposal to remove healthcare protections for transgender patients and women seeking to terminate pregnancies.

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