Wed.Apr 07, 2021

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NHS roll out gadget for cluster headaches

Mobi Health News

The technology release launches the delayed MedTech Funding Mandate that accelerates uptake of innovative treatments and therapies.

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The Emerging Healthcare Call Center Opportunity: Fewer Agents, Unlimited Scale, Better Engagement

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Greg Kefer, CMO, LifeLink. Whether it’s a recording in an unknown language, or a promise to get rich, or an offer for free solar panels, the volume of useless, intrusive noise has trained everyone […]. The article The Emerging Healthcare Call Center Opportunity: Fewer Agents, Unlimited Scale, Better Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Roche's mySugr app to integrate with Novo Nordisk's smart insulin pens

Mobi Health News

The integration is aimed at boosting data collection. .

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Startup collaborates with NewYork-Presbyterian, Vanderbilt to test video game therapy for COVID 'brain fog'

FierceHealthIT

Startup collaborates with NewYork-Presbyterian, Vanderbilt to test video game therapy for COVID 'brain fog'. hlandi. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 16:52.

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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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Firefly Health prepares for employer market entrance with $40M Series B raise

Mobi Health News

Watertown, Massachusetts-based Firefly Health has closed its $40 million Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The health navigation and concierge platform also got backing from previous investors F-Prime Capital and Oak HC/FT. Along with the funding, the company has added a16z General Partner Julie Yoo to its board of directors, which is led by Jonathan Bush, cofounder and former CEO of athenahealth.

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Diabetes DTx startup Better Therapeutics heads to public markets in SPAC deal

Mobi Health News

The deal is expected to close this summer, subject to stockholder approval, and will raise $113 million for the combined company. .

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Mental health startup Real lands $10M backed by Lightspeed and soccer star Megan Rapinoe

FierceHealthIT

Mental health startup Real lands $10M backed by Lightspeed and soccer star Megan Rapinoe. hlandi. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 10:35.

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Fitbit, Stanford Medicine team up to study COVID-19 spread among college athletes

Mobi Health News

The new research collaboration will zero in on athletes across Pac-12 universities.

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Bright Health snaps up Zipnosis to build out telehealth services

FierceHealthIT

Bright Health snaps up Zipnosis to build out telehealth services. hlandi. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 16:12.

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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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Eye wellness app developer Plano partners with myopia education platform

Mobi Health News

The partnership aims to produce new educational content for eye care professionals.

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Strategies for securing the remote patient monitoring ecosystem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Privacy & Security.

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Insuretech company Bright Health buys telemedicine startup Zipnosis

Mobi Health News

This comes just a week after news broke that Bright Health plans IPO. .

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With $40M in new financing, Firefly Health targets employer-sponsored market

FierceHealthIT

With $40M in new financing, Firefly Health targets employer-sponsored market. hlandi. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 13:20.

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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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Digital behavioural health platform SilverCloud and HSE expand online therapy across Ireland

Mobi Health News

The company first collaborated with HSE on a pilot programme for psychological services in 2018.

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Not All EHR Are Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

Having written about EMR and EHR software for 15 years, it’s amazing to think how far we’ve come. When I first started writing about EMR software, we were also talking about putting high speed internet and wifi into the office as well. Then, the HITECH Act provided $36 billion of stimulus money and required EHR […].

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After the “Wild West”: How Telehealth Solutions Are Evolving

Health System CIO

As care providers become more comfortable with telehealth, the bar is being raised in terms of expectations, according to Adam Cherrington and Dan Czech of KLAS. "They want to shop around and see what can best meet their needs.". Source: After the “Wild West”: How Telehealth Solutions Are Evolving on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Epic Professional Billing Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Epic Professional Billing Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Boston Children’s Hospital and is in Boston. Here’s a description of the position: At Boston Children’s […].

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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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How Skilled Nursing Should Prepare for the Post-Pandemic Future

HealthStream

Despite the crisis-driven demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will eventually be past this time of emergency. Here are some ways that skilled nursing organizations can improve their standing in a post-COVID-19 future.

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Our Mental Health Crisis and Tech’s Role In It

Healthcare IT Today

Mental health has always had a challenging place in healthcare. First, it has suffered from an extreme amount of stigma (and still does) that has caused many people to avoid getting the mental health care they need. Second, (and possibly because of the stigma) we don’t have nearly enough mental health providers out there to […].

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Mass General President Slavin announces plans to step down

FierceHealthIT

Mass General President Slavin announces plans to step down. treed. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 15:46.

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HIStalk Interviews Andrew Smith, President, Impact Advisors

HIStalk Interviews

Andrew “Andy” Smith is president and co-founder of Impact Advisors.

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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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UnitedHealthcare names veteran exec as new CEO

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare names veteran exec as new CEO. pminemyer. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 10:16.

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Telemedicine didn't work well for this provider – here's why

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While use of telemedicine technologies has been soaring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and success stories abound, not every healthcare provider organization has been satisfied with virtual care. One example of just such a provider is Windrose Health Network, a federally qualified health center based in Greenwood, Indiana, near Indianapolis. Here's an easy way to explain the telehealth situation there: Physicians were volunteering to take eight-to-ten-hour shifts in full PPE in their open

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Why should people trust technology? 

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Do consumers trust technology? Not so much -- just ask them. This question was asked on a recent Edelman Trust Barometer , responder age was capped at 64. And the survey showed that the largest drop in trust for a category from 2020-2021 was in technology ( summarized here in a single graph ) – for some, not trusted. What categories were the most trusted?