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How EMR alert fatigue overwhelms physicians

KevinMD

As a hospitalist, like most in health care, I am afflicted by the slow march of thousands of mouse clicks on the electronic health record (EHR) every day I work. But after starting a new job and learning a new EHR, I have become painfully aware of the volume of alerts that pop up when […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Optimizing Process and Document Automation in Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By William Sandy, digital marketing, Nintex. The healthcare industry is already well on its way to digital transformation. While many industries are still taking the first steps on their transformation journeys, most healthcare organizations sit a few stages ahead on this path. This is partly due to significant and widespread regulatory changes around patient data […].

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Planned Parenthood’s new chatbot

Morning eHealth

What automation means for health jobs — Data sharing for mental health

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How to get the most out of HIMSS TV at HIMSS19

Mobi Health News

Complete with an interview desk, roving reporters, and discussions with industry luminaries, innovators and top executives, HIMSS TV will be available livecasted and on-demand.

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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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How Is Technology Helping To Prevent STDs?

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brooke Faulkner, freelance writer; @faulknercreek. We look towards technology to help solve many of the issues that plague the world today. From healthcare to environmental degradation, innovation has led the way in developing solutions. The spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is a worldwide issue and one that researchers are looking to alleviate.

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Aetna, IBM launching new blockchain healthcare network

FierceHealthIT

A group of health insurers including Aetna, now owned by CVS Health, launched a collaboration with PNC Bank and IBM to design a blockchain that will improve transparency and interoperability in the healthcare industry.

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Planned Parenthood rolls out chatbot to answer teens' sexual health, wellness questions

Mobi Health News

The new chatbot, called Roo, was designed to help teen girls between the ages of 13 to 17.

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N.Y. pharmacists: PBMs marking up generic drugs in state's Medicaid managed care program

FierceHealthIT

A report backed by the Pharmacists Society of the state of New York found that PBMs are marking up generics in the state's Medicaid program, and the group is calling for an audit of managed care drug spending.

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6 Qualities To Look For In A Telemedicine Provider

Iris Telehealth

There’s a lot to consider when implementing telepsychiatry into your health system. Here are three questions that will help you guide your process. The post 6 Qualities To Look For In A Telemedicine Provider appeared first on Iris Telehealth.

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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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Cross-industry partnerships, increasing consumerism to drive more healthcare M&A in 2019

FierceHealthIT

Last year was a record-breaking year when it came to healthcare deals and the trend isn't expected to slow down in 2019, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute’s latest US Health Services Deals Insights report.

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Remote Patient Monitoring & Telehealth Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

As of January 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unbundled the 99091 CPT code making it possible for some eligible practitioners to be reimbursed “for time spent on collection and interpretation of health data that is generated by a patient … Read more. The post Remote Patient Monitoring & Telehealth Reimbursement appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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MACPAC calls for Congress to delay cuts to safety net hospitals

FierceHealthIT

Congress should phase in planned reductions to Medicaid Disproportionate Share payments to hospitals over a longer period of time and restructure the DSH allotment methodology based on the number of low-income individuals in a state, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) said on Thursday.

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When is now NOW? (#FHIR Question)

Health Intersections

[Guest post from Jean Duteau]. FROM SPACEBALLS: THE MOVIE. Dark Helmet: What the Hell am I looking at?! When does this happen in the movie?! Colonel Sandurz: “Now.” You’re looking at “now,” sir. Everything that happens now [indicates himself and Helmet] is happening “now.” [Indicates the screen]. Dark Helmet: What happened to “then”?

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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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Lack of EHRs in mental health care makes it hard to integrate: report

FierceHealthIT

Mental and physical health care face a number of challenges being integrated in the same care plan. A big part of the problem is that mental health providers have yet to adopt electronic health records, according to a report by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Three Ways Telemedicine Helps With The Treatment Of Influenza

eVisit

It’s that time of year again: FLU SEASON.

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Massachusetts General Hospital announces plans for $1B towers project

FierceHealthIT

Massachusetts General Hospital is planning to construct a $1 billion, 12-story building on its Boston campus by 2026. MGH announced to its employees in a letter it was launching the process to get approval for the building aimed at addressing growing demands for care and services.

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Weekender 1/25/19

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. A New York Times report describes how hospitals use “wealth screening” analytics to target affluent inpatients to receive donation pitches. Rhode Island’s health department charges four ED doctors with medical misconduct after they voluntarily report imaging errors caused by EHR ordering setup. The US uninsured rate rises to a four-year high of nearly 14 percent.

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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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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and GraniteOne Health pursuing merger

FierceHealthIT

New Hampshire-based health systems Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and GraniteOne Health are planning to merge. The two organizations announced on Friday that they signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine their organizations as a nonprofit health system to be known as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health GraniteOne.

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Payer Roundup—CareFirst donates $1.5M to help federal workers 

FierceHealthIT

CareFirst is making a $1.5 million donation to charities that assist federal workers affected by the government shutdown, plus more insurance headlines.

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