Wed.Aug 04, 2021

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How to recover from a bad electronic health records implementation

KevinMD

Is your health care organization reeling from a bad EHR implementation? There have been rumblings from hospital leadership and congressional committees about the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals’ implementation of the Cerner Corporation electronic health record (EHR) replacing the VistA EHR. The $10 million EHR overhaul has been controversial since the staggered rollout started in Spokane, Read more….

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Wearables could unlock secrets to understanding circadian rhythms

Mobi Health News

The researchers created a statistical method that extracts a person's circadian rhythm based on heart rate data provided by their smartwatch.

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Survey: Roughly 1 in 7 people got low acuity care via telehealth instead of going to ER

FierceHealthIT

Survey: Roughly 1 in 7 people got low acuity care via telehealth instead of going to ER. rking. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:36.

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Dubai’s GluCare first outside of US to secure URAC RPM accreditation

Mobi Health News

Earlier this year, the specialist diabetes centre released its first report that indicated that patients using its Remote Patient Monitoring plan achieved an average HbA1c reduction of 1.7% points over 90 days.

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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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U.S. ranks last among 10 other countries in new study on healthcare systems

FierceHealthIT

U.S. ranks last among 10 other countries in new study on healthcare systems. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:27.

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Poor EHR Workflows are Like Arthritis

Healthcare IT Today

I recently tweeted out a link to my article about Not All EHR Being Created Equal with some important comments about bad workflows and how many EHR users just think they’re “normal.” As social media is known to do, Martin A. Cody, extended the idea with an amazing analogy: Poor workflows are like arthritis–you’ve just […].

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With a focus on workload, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare expands API services for healthcare, life sciences

Mobi Health News

Azure Healthcare APIs let users input health data and map it to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource to be searched, shared or managed.

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Current Health ramps up home-based care services with Workpath, ScriptDrop partnerships

FierceHealthIT

Current Health ramps up home-based care services with Workpath, ScriptDrop partnerships. hlandi. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 11:26.

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NeuroPace launches epilepsy platform to personalize seizure care

Mobi Health News

The new portal helps collect and offer insights about a patient's seizure data in real-time.

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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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Hospitals with higher Medicare shares were more likely to close or be acquired from 2010-16

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals with higher Medicare shares were more likely to close or be acquired from 2010-16. dmuoio. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 12:49.

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New Zealand researchers develop temperature-sensing tech for remote monitoring of diabetic patients' feet

Mobi Health News

The FootSense monitoring device spots changes in temperatures between a person's feet which may indicate complications.

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Healthcare Dealmakers—HCA finalizes $400M home health purchase; Amwell's $320M virtual care acquisitions

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare Dealmakers—HCA finalizes $400M home health purchase; Amwell's $320M virtual care acquisitions. dmuoio. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 16:36.

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Israeli medical device company Append Medical completes €6.2M Series A round

Mobi Health News

The proceeds will enable the company to complete development and perform its first clinical trial.

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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 COVID-19 impacted small businesses' health coverage

FierceHealthIT

How COVID-19 impacted small businesses' health coverage. pminemyer. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 15:19.

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HIMSSCast: How COVID-19 changed Zoom

Mobi Health News

Zoom Head of Healthcare Heidi West discusses the last year and a half from the videoconferencing company's perspective.

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'Damning assessment' finds few ties between physicians' MIPS scores and stronger surgical outcomes

FierceHealthIT

'Damning assessment' finds few ties between physicians' MIPS scores and stronger surgical outcomes. dmuoio. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 15:12.

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Fitness app Ultrahuman lands $18M; Medicare navigation company Connie Health takes home $13M; and other digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Sleep startup Revery lands $2 million and Clinify snags $3.1 million in seed funding.

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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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Data automation startup Veda gets $45M boost to help reduce healthcare overhead costs

FierceHealthIT

Data automation startup Veda gets $45M boost to help reduce healthcare overhead costs. hlandi. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:41.

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Health insurer nib rolls out digital claiming platform at pharmacies

Mobi Health News

Its insurance members can now process their claims on the spot at over 1,300 local pharmacies.

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BMA: Number of MA plans offering social determinants of health benefits increased threefold in 2021

FierceHealthIT

BMA: Number of MA plans offering social determinants of health benefits increased threefold in 2021. rking. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 16:20.

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Online Communities – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/6 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcitoday on the topic “Online Communities.” One of the things I love in life is creating communities of people that have a common cause […].

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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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CVS Health sees profit dip to $2.8B in Q2

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health sees profit dip to $2.8B in Q2. pminemyer. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 07:32.

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CORHIO and Health Current Introduce New Regional Organization – Contexture

Healthcare IT Today

Two health information exchange (HIE) leaders in Colorado and Arizona form Contexture, a new regional organization, to better deliver existing HIE services while innovating for future industry growth. CORHIO and Health Current today publicly unveiled Contexture (contexture.org) as the name of the regional organization formed under an affiliation agreement signed earlier this year.

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Cloud analytics company Clarify Health buys Apervita's technology to improve value-based contracting

FierceHealthIT

Cloud analytics company Clarify Health buys Apervita's technology to improve value-based contracting. hlandi. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 08:12.

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The Truth About Page Experience in 2021

Geonetric

Our stance remains consistent … page speed is a means to an end. Don’t forget about the larger aim — improving user experience (UX). Consider potential trade-offs between page speed performance and features benefiting your users. Always look at your website holistically and make intentional, informed decisions. What are Core Web Vitals? Google’s Core Web […].

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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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DOJ mulls lawsuit to intervene in UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal: reports

FierceHealthIT

DOJ mulls lawsuit to intervene in UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal: reports. pminemyer. Wed, 08/04/2021 - 07:46.

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HIStalk Interviews Carrie Kozlowski, COO, Upfront Healthcare

HIStalk Interviews

Carrie Kozlowski, MBA is co-founder and COO of Upfront Healthcare.

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Hospital Execs Eye Expanded Virtual Care and Streamlined Platforms in Years Ahead

American Well

The pandemic hasn’t left much room for long-range planning. Hospitals and health systems spent much of the past year in a state of emergency, grappling with shuttered clinics, staff shortages, taxed ICUs, and other day-to-day crises. Telehealth proved to be a lifeline, but for many organizations that meant launching and scaling telehealth solutions as quickly as possible to meet the overwhelming need.