Fri.Jan 29, 2021

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Contributed: Digital health and opioid use disorder

Mobi Health News

Flare Capital's Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19's impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.

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House bill seeks to safeguard telehealth; DarioHealth buys Upright Technologies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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SWORD Health closes $25 million Series B round to accelerate company growth

Mobi Health News

The round was led by Todd Cozzens and had participation from existing investors Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber.

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IT’s Role In Steering Telehealth Success

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adam Edwards, chief customer officer, AppNeta. Well before the world was forced to go remote, there was a transformation taking place in the medical sphere that held the keys to a whole new way […]. The article IT’s Role In Steering Telehealth Success appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Roundup: DNA Script signs contract with French Department of Defence, Octopus Ventures announces new health tech team and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Raccoon.World raises further €660K for its physiotherapy telemedicine platform.

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Athenahealth Will Pay $18.25 Million To Settle Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

EHR developer athenahealth has agreed to pay $18.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to generates sales of its athenaClinicals product. In its complaint, the US Justice Department claimed that athenahealth violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by running questionable marketing programs.

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New MGMA, Humana report highlights impact of care deferred due to COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

New MGMA, Humana report highlights impact of care deferred due to COVID-19. pminemyer. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 13:48.

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emids Acquires Canadian Design-Led Software Engineering Firm Macadamian

Healthcare IT Today

emids, a leader in digital engineering and transformation solutions to the healthcare and life sciences industry, today announced another step in its purposeful growth strategy, this time adding global design-led software engineering capabilities through the acquisition of Macadamian, one of the largest and most respected healthcare specialist firms of its kind in the world.

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In a win for PBMs, Biden administration delays rebate rule

FierceHealthIT

In a win for PBMs, Biden administration delays rebate rule. pminemyer. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 14:35.

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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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When the EMR Goes Down – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

If you’re not following Dr. Glaucomflecken, then you’re probably not on Twitter or TikTok. That’s ok though since we like to share some of his humor on our regular Fun Friday series. This week he nailed the Healthcare IT Today audience with this video he calls “When the EMR goes down.” When the EMR goes […].

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Malcolm Gladwell says COVID-19 pandemic has one notable 'winner': science

FierceHealthIT

Malcolm Gladwell says COVID-19 pandemic has one notable 'winner': science. pminemyer. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:40.

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Telemedicine for Dermatologists and Aestheticians: Everything You Need to Know

Healee

?he COVID-19 pandemic brought many uncertainties in regards to in-person consultations for many dermatology and aesthetic clinics and practices. The second wave closed these private dermatology and aesthetic practices and... The post Telemedicine for Dermatologists and Aestheticians: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Healee.

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GAO calls for HHS to develop testing, vaccination strategies to address gaps in fighting COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

GAO calls for HHS to develop testing, vaccination strategies to address gaps in fighting COVID-19. rking. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 13:03.

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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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Focusing on Communication and Training Is Improving Opioid Prescription Oversight

HealthStream

The medical community’s input is needed so that opioid prescription oversight regulations are being crafted with the advantage of a medical-delivery perspective—that way providers can prevent oversight efforts that could damage the care-delivery system and negatively affect patient outcomes.

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Weekender 1/29/21

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Athenahealth pays $18.25 million to settle.

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Food Trends and Hunger in the Pandemic – the Importance of Food Security in Health and Economic Security

Health Populi

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed all kinds of aspects of our daily lives, not the least of which were our food habits — how we shopped for food, how we bought food, how we cooked and baked from scratch, and how our tastes and nutritional choices changed with our #StayHome and #WorkFromHome lifestyles. People who could keep their jobs and work from home connected by broadband learned how to build up pandemic pantries, shop online, and stay well-fed.