Thu.Aug 01, 2019

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5 steps to fix our EMR disaster

KevinMD

The EMR has become a focal point in the physician burnout discussion. Although I believe EMRs are a necessary evil, current iterations of them are just not good. Each click on a mouse is a prick on the many good souls that figuratively bleed until they are physically and mentally burned out. Scribes are not […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Thriva's mail-order health tests attract $7.3M more from investors

Mobi Health News

The company, which is growing 100% year over year, has now brought in a total of $8.2 million in funding.

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17% of psychiatrists see technology replacing humans in providing empathetic care, according to Sermo survey

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare researchers have been exploring the use of artificial intelligence to help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder and to help treat anxiety and depression. Could AI replace a psychiatrist's role in providing mental health care?

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Yale, Sharecare partner for online physician assistant curriculum, CoxHealth adopts MDLive's platform and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: Dresden International University lectures will include Clinerion's platform; InTouch Health's telemedicine comes to Rite Aid kiosks.

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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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The Major Bottleneck Hindering Medical Imaging

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ran Polikane, founder, Nanox. The digital age has of course brought tremendous advances to healthcare, but one area in particular has lagged: medical imaging. The sad truth is that two-thirds of the world’s population still has no regular access to medical imaging.

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Web Writing & User-Focused Content Bring Redesign Goals to Life

Geonetric

Having undergone a recent rebrand from Lawrence Memorial Hospital to LMH Health, the Lawrence, KS-based healthcare organization wanted to make sure their new website showed the breadth and depth of their expanded system and showcased their purpose of being a partner for lifelong health. With site redesign goals around improving consumer engagement, putting the patient […].

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Cigna gets major boost from Express Scripts in Q2

FierceHealthIT

Insurer Cigna generated roughly $38 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2019 that includes a major increase due to the merger with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.

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Virtual Training in Today’s Healthcare System

Optimum Healthcare IT

As healthcare systems expand and grow, so does the need to find better solutions to help cut the costs of training. Organizations are now looking at e-learning or virtual training. The post Virtual Training in Today’s Healthcare System appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Industry Voices—How hospitals are working toward zero maternal deaths

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals and health systems are redoubling efforts to make sure women have safe pregnancies and positive health outcomes across the care continuum.

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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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A1c Tip: ‘Good A1c’ is a Relative Term for Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

When you live with type 1 diabetes, figuring out exactly what constitutes a good A1C can be tricky. It used to be that any A1C under 8.5 for young children and 7.5 for adolescents was considered “good.” Now, largely due to the use of tools that help avoid extreme hypoglycemia, that number has changed to 7.5 for all diabetic children. Most doctors agree that T1D adults have an even loftier goal to reach: An A1C below 7.

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CMS tees up Medicare Plan Finder update amid usability concerns: GAO

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning to launch updates to its Medicare Plan Finder this month after a report from a government watchdog flagged significant usability concerns with the tool.

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Moving the Needle with Real World Data: How Oncology is Leading the Way

GNS Healthcare

The thought of gathering massive amounts of data, from claims to EHR to molecular and making it easily accessible for drug development research once seemed impossible, as did getting at previously 'undruggable' pathways that defied the effects of even the most innovative drugs. Now, with the advent of immuno-oncology, the oncology field is poised to take advantage of these advances to enable the development of precise therapies that match the right drug to the right patient.

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Industry Voices—6 human resources adaptations to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage

FierceHealthIT

There continues to be a growing shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals. Key stakeholders in human resources, compliance, and IT need to collaborate to address the issue. Here are six recommendations to help adapt and address the cybersecurity workforce shortage.

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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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UCLA Launching Telemedicine-Based Second Opinion Program

Healthcare IT Today

At UCLA Health, they’re rolling out a program in which its doctors will offer second opinion consults to patients around the world. To launch the program, UCLA is partnering with MORE Health, a technology vendor which offers what it calls a “physician collaboration platform.” The idea here seems to be to help physicians work together effectively […].

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DaVita raises 2019 outlook as it beats Q2 earnings forecasts

FierceHealthIT

Dialysis provider DaVita earned $272 million in profit for the second quarter of 2019, marking a year-over-year uptick.

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Pending Federal Privacy Legislation: A Status Update

E-CareManagement

By DEVEN McGRAW and VINCE KURAITIS. This post is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Privacy? Sharing? Both?”. Read the full post on The Health Care Blog. A few excerpts: The buzz around federal privacy legislation continues, but as of yet there appear to be no proposals or bills that have emerged as the lead bills. . Despite the perceived lack of movement of current bills, the ticking clock on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) suggests this issue is quite live in

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Teladoc reports strong gains in virtual visits driven by growth of behavioral telehealth

FierceHealthIT

Telehealth company Teladoc saw revenues grow 38% to $130.3 million in the second quarter of 2019, up largely due to increasing volumes, officials said. Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic said second-quarter virtual visits jumped 70% to 908,000, with behavioral health virtual visits being a strong driver of that growth.

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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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Provider, Software Company Tussle Over Rights To Critical Data

Healthcare IT Today

In what may be the nightmare scenario for most health IT leaders, a post-acute care provider has entered into a legal battle with a former vendor over access to its patient data. In the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania, Post Acute Medical accuses vendor, Meridian Hospital Systems Corp., of refusing […].

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Moving the Needle with Real World Data: How Oncology is Leading the Way

GNS Healthcare

The thought of gathering massive amounts of data, from claims to EHR to molecular and making it easily accessible for drug development research once seemed impossible, as did getting at previously 'undruggable' pathways that defied the effects of even the most innovative drugs. Now, with the advent of immuno-oncology, the oncology field is poised to take advantage of these advances to enable the development of precise therapies that match the right drug to the right patient.

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The Patient Financial Experience Requires More Focus than Ever Before in Healthcare

HealthStream

Patients’ impressions, especially around cost and perceived value, are having an increasing effect on healthcare providers’ bottom lines.

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Uber Health inks deal to integrate with Medpod

Mobi Health News

The new plan will help doctors send practitioners with a medical microcart out to patients' homes.

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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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HHS approves reinsurance program for North Dakota's ACA exchange

FierceHealthIT

The Trump administration approved North Dakota’s application to create a reinsurance program for its Affordable Care Act insurance exchange.

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3 healthcare takeaways from the latest round of Democratic presidential debates

FierceHealthIT

Progressive hopefuls for president ran into major criticism from centrists over "Medicare for All" during the latest round of Democratic presidential debates.