Wed.Apr 14, 2021

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A Year Into COVID19, Mental Health Impacts Heavier on Moms Than Dads in America

Health Populi

In the summer of 2020, four months into the pandemic, one-half of people living in the U.S. felt worry or stress related to the coronavirus that had a negative impact on their mental health. Over a year into the COVID-19 in America, nearly one-half of people still have negative mental health impacts due to the coronavirus, based on research from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) published in their April 2021 update on the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mayo Clinic launches remote diagnostics platform, forms 2 new companies to support it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Mayo Clinic on Wednesday announced the launch of a new platform that's designed to deliver advanced, AI-powered clinical decision support through remote monitoring – helping providers stay connected and deliver more continuous care to device-connected patients. WHY IT MATTERS. The health system's new Remote Diagnostics and Management Platform was created to deliver what it calls "event-driven medicine" – connecting patient data with machine learning algorithms withi

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Omada's latest MSK tech empowers physical therapists to conduct remote appointments

Mobi Health News

The new tool will provide computer vision technology to help PTs gauge patient function.

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Medical Breakthroughs: 7 Discoveries That Changed Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Have you ever wondered about being operated on for surgery without anesthesia? Or, have you ever thought about what life would have been for the disabled if there were no prosthetic or artificial limbs? Also, […]. The article Medical Breakthroughs: 7 Discoveries That Changed Healthcare 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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carafem develops text-based virtual assistant for patients taking abortion pill at home

Mobi Health News

Cara provides real-time answers and support for people who might have concerns while taking the abortion pill at home.

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State-specific COVID-19 vaccine information is confusing. Facebook says it can help

Mobi Health News

The social media giant will begin notifying its users when they become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in their state. .

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Billing Telehealth Updates for the South Central Region – March 2021

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi Virtual Visit Billing Guides have been updated with the most recent payor telehealth policy changes! Since the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), has not yet been renewed (currently set to end April 20 th ), several payors have not extended their telehealth policies beyond that. However, since the pandemic continues, the Federal PHE will almost certainly be renewed for another 90 days.

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Why Crossover Health shut down Sherpaa, and how it's taking its lessons into the future

Mobi Health News

Sherpaa founder Jay Parkinson has left Crossover Health after two years.

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6 of The Best Telehealth Practices To Implement

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over the past year or so, the need for telehealth services has risen dramatically. In fact, there was a 154 percent rise in telehealth visits for the last week of March 2020 compared to the […]. The article 6 of The Best Telehealth Practices To Implement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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UK Space Agency launches drive to design 'space age' hospital

Mobi Health News

The multi-million pound initiative will invite leading innovators to design the hospital.

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PEW: 25% of seniors age 65+ are not online. That's a problem.

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Pew Research just published its periodic survey about Internet use. Let’s assume consensus that growing the percentage of those using the Internet was a social good. Let’s assume that many are now concerned that older adults may have missed vaccine sign-up opportunities without access to the Internet. Pew’s survey categories included : Age, Rural/Urban, Male-Female, Income, Race, and Education.

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New Omada care program cuts down on PCP visits by making its own adjustments to patient meds

Mobi Health News

The company says the new system will improve patient convenience and cut payer costs. .

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Mayo Clinic launches 2 new companies to use patient data and AI to advance early disease detection

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic launches 2 new companies to use patient data and AI to advance early disease detection. hlandi. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 06:56.

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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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How Healthcare Leaders Are Leveraging Existing Tech to Fight COVID-19 and the Lesson This Offers

Healthcare IT Today

When the pandemic first began to spike, many providers struggled to offer even the minimum of care to afflicted patients whose lives were in danger. Some doubtless chose to invest in new solutions to address the flood of COVID patients, but others hunkered down and used what they had on hand. After a year plus […].

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Overcoming digital barriers in the nursing profession

Digital Leaders HealthTech

At the time, all nursing documentation was done on paper. We used whiteboards and clipboards to document our patient’s status and manage patient flow around the hospital. It was incredibly time-consuming, walking around the wards making notes and compiling bed occupancy. Not having real-time data made making decisions difficult. Nor were we able to share that data with other health and care organisations to make the patient’s journey, and any delays, a shared responsibility.

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Why the Shift to Value-Based Care Makes Care Team Burnout a More Critical Issue Than Ever Before

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Shaillee Juneja, Principal, & Shaun Sangwin, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Divurgent. Many, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the National Academy of Medicine, have described physician burnout as the “parallel pandemic,” but the problem is broader than provider burnout – it encompasses the entire […].

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What's on the horizon for healthcare beyond COVID-19? Epic, Cerner and Meditech executives share their takes

FierceHealthIT

What's on the horizon for healthcare beyond COVID-19? Epic, Cerner and Meditech executives share their takes. hlandi. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 13:13.

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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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Olive Enters the Operating Room with Empiric Health Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

Today, Olive (she/her), the company delivering innovation to healthcare through artificial intelligence (AI), introduced new capabilities for supply chain and clinical analysis for surgeries propelled by the acquisition of Empiric Health, an AI-powered clinical analytics and services company. Giving Olive access to operating room data furthers her impact and takes another step toward connecting healthcare’s disparate systems. […].

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Intermountain Healthcare purchases Classic Air Medical to bolster rural care, telehealth services

FierceHealthIT

Intermountain Healthcare purchases Classic Air Medical to bolster rural care, telehealth services. dmuoio. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:42.

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A Guide to the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program Round 2 Funding

American Well

While the COVID-19 pandemic has presented countless challenges to delivering healthcare, it has also created opportunities — particularly in establishing, expanding, and refining telehealth strategies. In 2020, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) COVID-19 Telehealth Program was one of those key opportunities for healthcare facilities across the country.

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Congress passes Medicare sequester fix, now heads to President Biden

FierceHealthIT

Congress passes Medicare sequester fix, now heads to President Biden. rking. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 10:59.

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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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Q&A with CIO Ray Lowe, Part 2: “It’s a lot of Communication, Training and Support.”

Health System CIO

There may be different ways of getting there, but for healthcare CIOs, the destination is always the same: to “deliver care that’s value-based, cost-effective, and easy to use,” says Ray Lowe of AltaMed Health Services. Source: Q&A with CIO Ray Lowe, Part 2: “It’s a lot of Communication, Training and Support.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of health

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Olive acquires Empiric Health to expand into surgical data analytics

FierceHealthIT

Olive acquires Empiric Health to expand into surgical data analytics. hlandi. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 11:57.

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Heart Failure Remote Monitoring: Bluetooth Devices and Benefits

Health Recovery Solutions

Heart failure is one of the most common conditions in the US— over 6 million US adults suffer from the condition. For heart failure patients, telehealth and remote monitoring are fantastic tools that enable provider connection, symptom management, condition education, and medication compliance.

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Providers call for another chance to sign up for Direct Contracting model

FierceHealthIT

Providers call for another chance to sign up for Direct Contracting model. rking. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:57.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Opioid Stewardship

HealthStream

Recognizing the impact of the opioid crisis, NQF convened an expert opioid-focused action team that ultimately produced the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship. HealthStream learning courseware based on it is now available.

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Papa closes $60M series C funding round

FierceHealthIT

Papa closes $60M series C funding round. pminemyer. Wed, 04/14/2021 - 15:00.

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Remote patient monitoring helps Baptist Health achieve zero readmissions with COVID-19 patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Even before COVID-19, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, had a system-wide initiative to provide more patient-centric care, part of which included providing patient care on patients' terms. THE PROBLEM. As a family medicine practitioner, Dr. Brett Oliver, chief medical information officer at Baptist Health, realized that patient health within the home is often a black box, and that better insight into what happens outside of Baptist Health facilities could help re