Fri.Oct 15, 2021

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Health tech giant Philips launches new digital pathology platform

Mobi Health News

IntelliSite is designed to streamline workflows, enhance diagnostic confidence, facilitate collaboration, integrate AI and increase the efficiency of pathology labs.

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Bupa Arabia backs Dubai’s Okadoc with investment and strategic partnership

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Bupa Arabia , the Saudi-owned and publicly traded health insurance company, has just announced its backing of the Dubai-based online appointment booking platform, Okadoc. The two MENA businesses have signed a “strategic partnership”, which includes an undisclosed equity investment by Bupa Arabia in Okadoc. Part of the Bupa Global network, Bupa Arabia backed the healthtech startup as part of its mission to “enhance customer experience and elevate the level of its digital healthc

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Garmin becomes first to integrate real-time Dexcom diabetes data into smartwatches

Mobi Health News

Garmin’s new apps allow people using the Dexcom G6 CGM to see glucose levels and trends on their smartwatch.

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Intelerad acquires competitor Ambra Health to form $1.7B enterprise imaging giant

FierceHealthIT

Intelerad acquires competitor Ambra Health to form $1.7B enterprise imaging giant. hlandi. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 12:17.

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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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PathAI and Roche team up to push adoption of digital pathology tech

Mobi Health News

The partnership will initially be used to distribute PathAI’s research-use-only algorithm focusing on immuno-oncology.

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HIMSSCast: Taking the CDC's Diabetes Prevention Program digital

Mobi Health News

Fruit Street Health's Laurence Girard on taking one of the most successful health interventions into the 21st Century.

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Walmart unveils employer market team-up with Transcarent

FierceHealthIT

Walmart unveils employer market team-up with Transcarent. pminemyer. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 14:18.

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How Your Healthcare Organization Can Effectively Reduce the Usage of Benzodiazepines

Iris Telehealth

Across the country, healthcare organizations are working to decrease the amount of benzodiazepines they are prescribing to patients — and are considering whether they should go ahead and adopt a “no benzo” policy altogether. In this piece, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of using benzodiazepines, best practices for prescribing policies, and benzo alternatives your organization can utilize.

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Conflicting federal, state COVID-19 vaccine requirements have hospitals trapped in noncompliance

FierceHealthIT

Conflicting federal, state COVID-19 vaccine requirements have hospitals trapped in noncompliance. dmuoio. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 15:49.

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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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Are We Focused on 5% of Patients and We Should Be Focused on the 95%?

Healthcare IT Today

One of the stats that always bothered me when I heard it was that 5% of people are responsible for 50% of the spend in healthcare (and there are other variations that are quite similar). This is quoted so many times at conferences, that it’s almost annoying to hear it now. While this stat is […].

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Industry Voices—The pay gap for male and female doctors Is ridiculous. Here’s what can be done about it

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—The pay gap for male and female doctors Is ridiculous. Here’s what can be done about it. pminemyer. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 10:34.

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Intelerad and Ambra Health Combine to Form the Global Industry Leader in Cloud PACS and Enterprise Imaging

Healthcare IT Today

In 11 months Intelerad has expanded to now manage over 50B images, read over 130M exams/year and serve nearly 2K customers, including all of the top 10 U.S. Best Hospitals Intelerad Medical Systems™, a global leader in medical image management solutions, today announced its acquisition of Ambra Health, maker of leading cloud-based medical image management […].

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Blackstone's Equity Healthcare signs on with Centivo

FierceHealthIT

Blackstone's Equity Healthcare signs on with Centivo. pminemyer. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 17:12.

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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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Crossing the Chasm for Digital Therapeutics (DTx) in Pharmaceuticals

care innovations

We’re seeing a shift in how care, technology, and adherence are coming together as a blended solution in the healthcare industry. Pharmaceuticals are no longer looking for a point-based product, but rather a group of services that engage patients in a way that increases adoption and adherence for medical purposes. One solution is digital therapeutics (DTx).

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Big Health, NHS Scotland ink deal to provide access to digital therapeutics for insomnia, anxiety

FierceHealthIT

Big Health, NHS Scotland ink deal to provide access to digital therapeutics for insomnia, anxiety. hlandi. Fri, 10/15/2021 - 14:36.

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Five Best Practices for Virtual Care Training

eVisit

Training is at the heart of any good Virtual Care program. Everyone in the industry is learning new ways of doing things while maintaining focus on the health and satisfaction of patients. So it’s not an overstatement to say that good training with all of these new capabilities can mean the difference between success and failure in the healthcare business.

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Importance and future of patient portal support

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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Hiring Passion, Happy Little Accidents, Surgeons, and Empathy – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! Congrats! We made it through another week. Hopefully you had a great week. Although, whether you did or you didn’t, we have another edition of Fun Friday that will make you smile and give you a laugh to start your weekend off right. We have quite the mix today, so check them […].

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Has Your PALS Certification Expired? An Easy-to-Follow Guide

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

Regardless of which profession you belong to, it is critical to be aware of life-saving treatment approaches to respond appropriately in an emergency. It becomes more crucial if you are associated with the healthcare industry as a professional. PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) is one of those certifications that provides you with an understanding of […].

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Perx Health Secures Funding to Bring Daily Engagement In Digital Care to The U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

-Already used by major global insurers and healthcare brands including AIA, QBE, Roche, and AstraZeneca, as well as Australia’s national healthcare system, Perx solves digital healthcare’s #1 health challenge – daily engagement of patients in digital care -Clinical studies published in the British Medical Journal and American Journal of Managed Care validate that Perx’s precision […].

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Common Telehealth Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Health Recovery Solutions

From the onset of the COVID pandemic, the healthcare industry has witnessed a major rise and explosion in the use of telehealth services, as a veritable means to access and deliver care. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, between 50% to 80% of medical visits were conducted via telehealth. Patients and providers continue to further adopt it and to embrace technology as a means of care enablement.

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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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Weekender 10/15/21

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Intelerad acquires Ambra. Healthcare Triangle shares.

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When Should You Upgrade Your Nuclear Gamma Camera?

KB Dental Consulting

How do you know the exact time to upgrade or replace your nuclear gamma camera? Any precise thoughts!

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Support for Drug Price Negotiation Brings Partisans Together in the U.S.

Health Populi

Most U.S. adults across political parties favor allowing the Federal government authority to negotiate for drug prices — even after hearing the arguments against the health policy. Drug price negotiation, say by the Medicare program, is a unifying public policy in the current era of political schisms in America, based on the findings in a special Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health Tracking Poll conducted in late September-early October 2021.

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