Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

As technology continues to re-shape consumers’ experiences and expectations with health/care, retail, travel and work, peoples’ concerns about data privacy are also growing as observed by a 2020 consumer trends forecast from GlobalWebIndex, Connecting the dots. First, some overall context to the study. GlobalWebIndex “connects the dots” of consumers trends in 2020 including the topics shown in the first graphic including commerce and retail, gaming, travel, human touch, n

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Digital and remote clinical trial designs have plenty to offer in terms of cost and efficiency, but data handling and other concerns suggest there's still work to be done, according to experts at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019 in Philadelphia.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

A new report found growing disparities in provider payments and network adequacy between physical and mental health despite a federal law demanding parity.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The VentureConnect series will include a Startup Showcase at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco and a Startup Pitch Competition at the HIMSS20 Global Conference in Orlando.

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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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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Fahad Aziz, co-founder and CTO, Caremerge. Senior living communities depend on human connection and care that serves each resident’s individual needs. But too often, a paper charting system gives way to inefficiencies such as medication mistakes, poor compliance, revenue leaks, and overall headaches for staff and administrators.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Reza Mirali, CEO, Cowork Medical. In the past, one of the appeals of becoming a doctor was the ability to maintain professional autonomy, with the hopes that this would also offer physicians flexibility and freedom in how they run their medical practices.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The company plans to use the funding to expand its capabilities to identify more conditions incuding schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

New York-based Northwell Health launched a new mobile app that's an Uber for blood draws. Called LabFly, the app lets patients schedule blood draws at home or at their workplace and rolled out in Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, and Staten Island earlier this month.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The palm print identity authentication system connects 750,000 patients to their Epic EHR – in one case, even when a patient was having a stroke and unable to speak.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Patient engagement technologies, analytics and precision medicine will be key to shifting to value-based care, according to a survey of healthcare chief information officers. But healthcare providers continue to struggle with how to fund these investments and cite a lack of reimbursement from payers as a significant barrier, a report from KLAS Research and the Center for Connected Medicine found.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Improvements in vision from innovative treatments generated $5.1 to $8.2 billion in patient benefits.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Physician offices are being weighed down by maintaining provider directories, costing them a full staff day a week and an average cost of nearly $1,000 a month, a new survey found.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It’s November and that means it’s National Diabetes Month. Most people have some awareness of what diabetes is; many have family members or friends with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. But what isn’t as well known is how telemedicine is helping patients manage their condition and live healthier lives. Dr. David G. Marrero , director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health Disparities in Tucson, says, “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Google met HIPAA requirements when it pulled together millions of patient records when working with the Ascension health system. According to a piece appearing in STAT News, Google’s “Project Nightingale” initiative focuses on analyzing personal health information in an effort to find ways to personalize the […].

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Sutter Health will pay more than $46 million to settle allegations of false claims by the Department of Justice.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

For the 24th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re talking about the health data myths and realities. The collection of health data is happening everywhere. Many organizations are realizing how much value is stored in health data and they’re treating it as an asset for their organization. What does this mean for healthcare? […] There's a lot of talk in healthcare about health data and how it's being used.

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HealthStream

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

National Influenza Vaccination Week is the time to separate fact from fiction when it comes to influenza, flu shots and how to stay healthy while also protecting those around us.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Configo Health Inc., a healthcare data and analytics company specializing in pediatrics, launched today and announced it has secured investment funding from Texas Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Hospital. The organization also appointed industry veteran Stephanie Alexander as Chair. Configo Health addresses the lack of credible benchmarked data accessible both to administrators and clinicians working […].

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Geonetric

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Attend our December webinar Register Now Did you know that 74% of companies use web forms for lead generation and nearly 50% report of companies that their online forms are their highest converting tools? But with form abandonment rates averaging almost 70% across all industries, there’s a lot of opportunity to improve the user experience […].

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Event Celebrates Veterans Day by Honoring the Men and Women Who’ve Served America. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Nov. 18, 2019—GlobalMed, an international provider of virtual health solutions, sponsored the 17 th Annual Heroes Patriotic Lunch hosted by the Veterans Medical Leadership Council (VMLC) at the Arizona Biltmore on Nov. 8. The annual event honors U.S. veterans and military service members while raising funds for veteran assistance.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

FierceHealthcare sits down with senior leaders from the industry as they discuss the most pressing issues and opportunities to improve in healthcare.

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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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Morning eHealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Incoming for EHR companies — New price transparency rules

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here's a look at how the top publicly-traded health systems performed in the third quarter.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The Medicare improper payment rate for fee-for-service fell to the lowest level since 2010, a feat the Trump administration claims is due to aggressive fraud measures.

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