Thu.Apr 29, 2021

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Orchyd launches period tracker with smart wallet

Mobi Health News

The app is able to collect information about a user's cycle and give users alerts a few days before their period starts.

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Expect More From HIPAA Proposed Changes: Easing Information Flow Shouldn’t Mean Reducing Health Data Privacy

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Deborah Hsieh, chief policy and strategy officer, Ciox Health. Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996. In the 25 years since, healthcare and technology have advanced beyond what any […]. The article Expect More From HIPAA Proposed Changes: Easing Information Flow Shouldn’t Mean Reducing Health Data Privacy appeared first on electronichealt

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Despite beating revenue expectation, Teladoc's net losses lead to dip in stock

Mobi Health News

Teladoc reports a net loss of $1.31 per share, a total of $199.6 million.

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E-Signature Devices Eliminate Workaround To Shave 10 Minutes Per Patient Consent

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephan Herron, chief executive officer and president, Scriptel Corporation. The providers at Boice-Willis Clinic adore their eClinicalWorks EHR, but with 67 of them in seven locations and 10 practice areas, fast electronic consent signing […].

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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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Lithuanian Turing College secures Y Combinator funding

Mobi Health News

The AI training provider is the first Lithuanian startup to be selected for the programme and one of several Lithuanian startups to gain funding recently.

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Amwell looks to third-party device integrations with launch of Converge

Mobi Health News

Converge was built with an open architecture to support integrations and upgrades with third-party applications and devices.

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Healthcare Interoperability: Three Reasons Technologists Must Engage With Doctors When Designing

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Matthew Oldham, vice president of engineering, Graphium Health. Over the course of my career, working in a variety of industries, I have developed certain design patterns when modeling data that guide my approach to […]. The article Healthcare Interoperability: Three Reasons Technologists Must Engage With Doctors When Designing appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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DOC2US' telemedicine services now accessible by AIA Malaysia's customers

Mobi Health News

Customers of the insurance firm can now access a suite of telemedicine services via their My AIA app.

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Into the Future: Amazon and the Rise of Personal Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Robin Gaster, CEO of Incumetrics. For 100 years, retailers have segmented the broad marketplace into groups – soccer moms, or Millennials, or New Yorkers, or readers… pretty much every retailer uses target segments like those. But Amazon has never been interested. Instead, it wants a segment of one: […].

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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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Startup gets Epic Games' grant to expand VR training platform

Mobi Health News

Vantari VR will use the video game firm's software that was also used in popular online games and television series.

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Featured Health IT Job: Teaching Professor in Health Technology (Open Rank)

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Teaching Professor in Health Technology (Open Rank) position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by University of Illinois and is in Illinois. Here’s a description of the position: Teaching […].

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The 2021 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled out and a post-pandemic world seems within reach, it is still important to reflect on the past year and how our clients exemplified telehealth excellence and led the way in providing and expanding access to quality care. This past year, our clients have continuously risen to the occasion, demonstrating unparalleled strength and resilience while pushing the boundaries of what is possible through virtual care.

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Cigna to offer Ginger's behavioral health platform as in-network benefit

FierceHealthIT

Cigna to offer Ginger's behavioral health platform as in-network benefit. pminemyer. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 13:26.

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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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Sesame Raises an Additional $24M to Build the Future of Direct Pay Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Sesame, the direct-pay healthcare marketplace, announced today that it has raised an additional $24 million, including new investments from Giant Ventures, Industry Ventures and Coefficient Capital. Existing investors General Catalyst, Entree Capital, and Atreides Management have also contributed additional funds to help Sesame scale. The latest funding brings Sesame’s total capital raised to just under […].

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CVS adding 14 new markets to its Project Health preventive screening program

FierceHealthIT

CVS adding 14 new markets to its Project Health preventive screening program. pminemyer. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 16:09.

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Perinatal Safety Company PeriGen, Inc., Acquired by Halma plc, a Global Group of Life Saving Technology Companies for $58 Million

Healthcare IT Today

PeriGen, Inc., the market leader in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to improve safety in childbirth, today announced it has been acquired by Halma plc. Based in the UK, Halma is a FTSE 100 global group of life-saving technology companies that provide innovative solutions to many of the key problems facing the world today – such as […].

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Here are 3 major healthcare proposals Biden outlined in his first joint address

FierceHealthIT

Here are 3 major healthcare proposals Biden outlined in his first joint address. rking. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 15:50.

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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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Connected Health Initiative Applauds Introduction of CONNECT for Health ACT

Connected Health Initiative

(WASHINGTON, DC) April 29, 2021 – Today, the Connected Health Initiative released a statement from executive director Morgan Reed on the introduction of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act: “We are pleased to support the CONNECT for Health Act as a significant step toward removing outdated barriers to Medicare’s coverage of live audio and video healthcare services for vulnerable populations.

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CVS Health launches $100M digital health investment fund

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health launches $100M digital health investment fund. dmuoio. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 17:58.

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The Performance Review Journey Will Continue to Evolve in Healthcare

HealthStream

The only certain thing about 2021 is that there will be more uncertainty across the healthcare continuum. Steps taken now to reimagine performance reviews and evaluations will bring continuity and clarity to managers and employees alike.

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CHS posts $68M loss in Q1 amid a 14% decline in admissions due to pandemic

FierceHealthIT

CHS posts $68M loss in Q1 amid a 14% decline in admissions due to pandemic. rking. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 09:13.

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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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Connected Health Initiative Applauds Introduction of CONNECT for Health ACT

Connected Health Initiative

(WASHINGTON, DC) April 29, 2021 - Today, the Connected Health Initiative released a statement from executive director Morgan Reed on the introduction of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act: “We are pleased to support the CONNECT for Health Act as a significant step toward removing outdated barriers to Medicare’s coverage of live audio and video healthcare services for vulnerable populations.

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Allscripts looks to leverage Microsoft partnership as tech giant expands healthcare ambitions

FierceHealthIT

Allscripts looks to leverage Microsoft partnership as tech giant expands healthcare ambitions. hlandi. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 18:15.

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IRS Suspends Excess Repayment of APTCs for 2020 Tax Year

ACA Times

3 minute read: The latest ACA advancement to be introduced by the Biden administration comes via the American Rescue Plan and applies to the use of Advanced Payments of Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) and Premium Tax Credits (PTCs). Specifically, the IRS announced that recipients of PTCs will not be required to pay back the excess APTCs for the 2020 tax year.

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Chutes & Ladders—St. Elizabeth's taps health system vet as president; Verily adds a chief revenue officer

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—St. Elizabeth's taps health system vet as president; Verily adds a chief revenue officer. dmuoio. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:08.

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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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Biden talks broadband expansion, health innovation in congressional address

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a wide-ranging joint address to Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden stressed the importance of making healthcare more broadly accessible and called on lawmakers to invest in American health innovation. "Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege, in America," said Biden. Along with pushing to give Medicare the power to lower drug prices and urging Americans older than 16 to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Biden outlined his American Jobs Plan, which would put $100 billion

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Leapfrog safety ratings highlight top performers' COVID-19 prevention measures

FierceHealthIT

Leapfrog safety ratings highlight top performers' COVID-19 prevention measures. dmuoio. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 14:41.

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Anthem completes acquisition of home health company myNEXUS

FierceHealthIT

Anthem completes acquisition of home health company myNEXUS. pminemyer. Thu, 04/29/2021 - 10:20.

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