Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It is said that a picture tells a thousand words. T his picture tells an even quicker story that can save lives: “Masks work.” The backstory: Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a mask mandate on July 2, 2020. The rationale: That was two days before Independence Day, the holiday weekend when she and state public health officials anticipated health citizens would abandon their personal efforts to physically distance and cover faces to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

New study finds that as the pandemic accelerates regulatory acceptance, the market value is expected to grow by 865% over the next five years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton notes that telehealth security is a patient-safety issue, considering the potentially catastrophic risks that come with service disruptions and device failures. "Mass adoption of this technology will lead to new cybercrime focus, with an emphasis on stealing patient data to enable fraud, target health data in ransomware attacks, t

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Researchers found that a large group of individuals using this hashtag experience not feeling heard by a medical professional or a misdiagnosis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

United Methodist Communities, headquartered in Neptune, New Jersey, is a faith-based, not-for-profit senior living and healthcare provider. With more than 110 years of continuous operation, the organization has grown to 13 locations offering independent, residential and assisted living; Tapestries Memory Care; respite; rehabilitation; long-term care; Bridges Hospice and Palliative Care; affordable senior housing; and live-in and in-home personal care through HomeWorks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The healthcare industry has a golden opportunity to consolidate the advances achieved in digital health and virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the moment to capitalise on a remarkable shift in the energy and expectations of younger healthcare professionals, among whom the rapid accumulation of experience throughout the COVID-19 response has significantly changed attitudes to digital health technologies.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The nasal swab test device returns results in 12 minutes.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The CE mark we know and recognize today was originally an EC mark, but in 1993, this was replaced with the CE mark we use now, which is found in directive 93/68/EEC. This CE mark […]. The article Three Different Medical Device CE Markings and What They Mean appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

An annual review of state and federal laws regarding behavioral or mental health telemedicine highlights increased interest in the modality from policymakers and regulators.

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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

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Amwell CMO: Google partnership will focus on AI, machine learning to expand into new markets. hlandi. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 10:25.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The most common distractions were surfing the web, checking email or texting, with more than 24% of respondents admitting being distracted by these.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Karen Smith, head of sales and marketing, MePACS. People are living longer and fuller lives thanks to advancements in public health, nutrition, sanitation and medicine in the last 100 years. And now, thanks to […]. The article How Technology Is Changing The Way We Age appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The company handles back-office operations for its partner organizations, and provides professional caregivers with an app for finding and scheduling jobs.

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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.

Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Virginia Jones, chief operating officer, Village Family Dental. Scaling operations amidst growth can be difficult; staff begin to feel strapped for time which can lead to burn out and companies can get stuck with […]. The article How A Midsize Dental Practice Scaled Its Finance Team Amid Significant Company Growth appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The company announced a $100 million Series E funding.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Greg Jones, chief technology officer, MobileSmith Health. The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the healthcare landscape, and with that, the amount of disruptive technologies flooding the industry at the same time has drastically increased. […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Mayo Clinic, Google announce AI effort to boost radiation therapy for cancer. hlandi. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 11:44.

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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

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The following is a guest article by Terry Rowinski, President & CEO of Health Payment Systems, Inc. We’re now several months into navigating our next normal. We’ve collectively journeyed from shelter-in-place, to cautious reopening, to varying levels of comfort with (and adherence to) public health practices designed to keep us safe while we figure out […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Anthem reports $222M in profit for Q3 amid 'continued recovery' in healthcare utilization. pminemyer. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 07:23.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2020

My latest obsession is definitely ambient clinical voice. It holds so much promise for healthcare and EHR documentation, that it’s really hard for me to ignore. I truly believe that ambient clinical voice technology is going to remove much of the clinician documentation burden over time. You may remember some of our previous coverage of […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Willis Towers Watson: 44% of employees have deferred care due to COVID-19. pminemyer. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 14:00.

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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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Healee

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tele-ophthalmology is a digital health discipline that becomes highly used by ophthalmologists as it makes the lives of ophthalmologists easier by driving healthcare access and delivering better patient outcomes. Telehealth... The post Virtual visits in Ophthalmology appeared first on Healee.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With pending Livongo deal, Teladoc's virtual care business is booming. hlandi. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:58.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Webinar recording is available that covers the Document Sharing Health Information Exchange (HIE) on FHIR. Covering topics of: Document Sharing (concept, XDS, XCA, MHDS) FHIR access to Documents MHD as API Support profiles: IUA, PDQm, PIXm, mCDS, … MHDS as a full FHIR stack solution Support profiles also include PMIR, SVCM Consuming Elements/Resources (mXDE + QEDm) Add Provenance – to get back to source documents.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

HHS to dole out $333M in incentive payments to nursing homes that improved COVID-19 care. rking. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 15:54.

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Optimum Healthcare IT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Community Connect extends Epic functionality to smaller facilities that may not have the resources to sustain a full-scale implementation. The post Planning for Community Connect appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 28, 2020

CMS: Medicare to cover COVID-19 vaccine at no cost to beneficiaries. rking. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:37.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) positions that were recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Covered California in Sacramento, California. Here’s a description of the position: At Covered California, we recognize […].

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