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Best Medical Website Themes On WordPress

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Just like a book, a website is a mode of communication through which the owner tries to communicate to the larger audience. So, it is imperative that the site should be as catchy and as informative as possible. This website should do all the talking for you.

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FDA clears Spry Health's remote monitoring wearable for COPD patients

Mobi Health News

The Loop System continuously collects and analyzes health data to warn providers of potential deterioration. The company says it has already inked a deal with a major health system.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Health Populi

Spending on medical care costs crowded out other household spending for millions of Americans in 2018, based on The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis , a survey from West Health and Gallup. Gallup polled 3,537 U.S. adults 18 and over in January and February 2019. One in three Americans overall are concerned they won’t be able to pay for health care services or prescription drugs: that includes 35% of people who are insured, and 63% of those who do not have insurance.

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Vietnam-based Jio Health raises $5M in series A funding

Mobi Health News

Founded by CEO Raghu Rai and serial entrepreneur Ken Rohl in 2014, Vietnam-based health tech startup Jio Health recently announced that it has raised $5M series A funding led by VC fund Monk Hill’s Ventures. The new funds will be used by Jio Health to scale its operations and capabilities across Vietnam.

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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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In the Modern Workplace, Workers Favor More Money, New Kinds of Benefits, and Purpose

Health Populi

Today, April 2nd, is National Employee Benefits Day. Who knew? To mark the occasion, I’m mining an important new report from MetLife, Thriving in the New Work-Life World , the company’s 17th annual U.S. employee benefit trends study with new data for 2019. For the research, MetLife interviewed 2,500 benefits decision makers and influencers of companies with at least two employees. 20% of the firms employed over 10,000 workers; 20%, 50 and fewer staff.

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Apple’s New Healthcare Records App Beta Version — Following HL7’s FHIR Standards — Launched

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Manan Ghadawala, founder, 21Twelve Interactive. The healthcare system seems to become better every day. The growth and development of digital platforms have provided a unique dimension for this particular industry to grow tremendously and provide an excellent service to the seekers.

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Reproductive health platform NextGen Jane lands $9M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The company uses tampons as a way to tell women about their reproductive health.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Joins DirectTrust’s Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. DirectTrust announces that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Direct Messaging has joined the association’s Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle, allowing VA personnel access to the full national network of 1.8 million Direct endpoints. DirectTrust is a health care industry alliance created by and for participants in the Direct exchange network used for secure, interoperable […].

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Drastic attrition in digital clinical trials

Morning eHealth

Health tech funding slows slightly — Telehealth caucus comments roll in

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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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AMA: Prior Authorizations Are Hurting Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Scott E. Rupp, publisher, Electronic Health Reporter. Prior authorizations are hurting practices, the American Medical Association contends. According to the organization, prior authorization requirements have increased in the past five years, and 85 percent of physicians say the practice interferes with continuity of care.

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Industry Voices— Six types of healthcare surveys that can improve patient experiences

FierceHealthIT

Organizations need to push their focus beyond just measuring patient satisfaction and onto delivering better healthcare experiences. One way to do that is to expand how organizations use patient surveys.

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swyMed Partners with Life Image To Expand Access To Integrated Telestroke Solutions

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Life Image and swyMed announce a new strategic partnership to enhance telestroke capabilities. This engagement will improve the ability for physicians to collaborate and coordinate care while using swyMed’s offering by seamlessly integrating relevant clinical and imaging data into the telemedicine encounter.

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#FierceMadness Health Buzzwords Tournament: It's championship time

FierceHealthIT

It's finally time to vote on the #FierceMadness Health Buzzwords Tournament Champion. From 64 words and terms that we all use far too often, it's been narrowed down to two, and we need your help to pick the winner.

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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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AHIMA and AHCA Partner To Train Skilled Nursing Facilities In Coding Ahead of Upcoming Reimbursement Overhaul

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. To help professionals in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) prepare for the largest payment reimbursement change for their industry in 20 years, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) collaborated with the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to provide in-depth coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) training programs.

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Express Scripts launches program to cap members' out-of-pocket insulin spending 

FierceHealthIT

Express Scripts is launching a program that will cap insulin costs for eligible diabetes patients at $25 for a 30-day supply.

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MAD*POW’s Center For Health Experience Launch Design Challenge To Improve Health Using Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Mad*Pow’s Center for Health Experience Design and Health 2.0 Advocates announce a design challenge, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for the health and design communities to envision solutions that would reshape everyday life to be healthier by default.

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Study: Medicaid, uninsured more likely for ED discharge than privately insured

FierceHealthIT

A recently published JAMA International Medicine study found uninsured patients and Medicaid patients were more likely to be discharged from a hospital than privately insured patients are.

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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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The Importance of a Nursing Data Framework To Achieve Consistent Quality In Health Information Exchange

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Luann Whittenburg, PhD, RN, FAAN. With more than 4 million nurses, the largest segment of the U.S. healthcare sector, nurses have indisputably demonstrated an ability to improve healthcare outcomes. We are just beginning to utilize Healthcare IT data and AI to improve patient outcomes.

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Physician Practice Roundup—Practice will close after doctors refuse to pay ransom to hackers

FierceHealthIT

A Michigan medical practice will close it doors April 30 after hackers deleted all of its patient records when doctors refused to pay a ransom.

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Oxygen Critical to Practical Islet Transplants

Insulin Nation

Klearchos Papas, PhD is a professor in the Departments of Surgery, Medical Imaging, and the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. We spoke with Klearchos Papas, PhD about his oxygen generator-based islet ‘tea bag’ transplant device for which the JDRF just funded a pre-clinical study ( release ). Dr. Papas ( bio ) is a professor in the Departments of Surgery, Medical Imaging, and the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.

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Many physicians unaware of legal requirements to care for patients with disabilities, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Many physicians lack an understanding of their legal responsibilities when it comes to accommodating patients with disabilities at their practice, according to a new study.

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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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CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment Policies

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members.

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Experts on Capitol Hill: Solution to surprise billing should fall to hospitals, insurers—not patients

FierceHealthIT

Calling surprise billing a clear example of a "market failure," a collection of experts testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday told lawmakers to focus on solutions that would address the role of health providers and insurers—not further burden patients.

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Most and Least Stressed-Out States in America

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: For payers, developing a new, collaborative payer provider model reinvents the role of payers as provider allies. BHM understands the special bridge between payers and providers because our they both are clients. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps reinvent payers and build relationships. Louisiana is the most-stressed state in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.

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UnitedHealthcare, AMA partner to launch new diagnostic coding for social determinants of health 

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare is teaming up with the American Medical Association to grow its work using diagnostic codes for the social determinants of health.

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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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National study of insurance claims shows 53% increase for telehealth in 2017

Clocktree

US News just released a summary of a study done by FAIR Health which looked at telehealth trends based on insurance claims in the year 2017. Here are some of the highlights: In the single year from 2016 to 2017, telehealth usage as measured by claim lines grew 53 percent – a rate greater than for any of the other venues of care studied. Telehealth has been growing more rapidly in urban areas than in rural areas.

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Leapfrog Group will start to issue quality ratings for ambulatory and outpatient surgical services

FierceHealthIT

For almost two decades, the nonprofit Leapfrog Group has graded the country’s hospitals based on patient safety and quality. Now with the vast majority of surgeries in the U.S. performed in outpatient or ambulatory settings, the national safety watchdog is turning its eye there.

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eHealth's online Medicare enrollment up 69% in Q4 2018

FierceHealthIT

An increasing share of eHealth’s Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement customers are now enrolling for coverage online.

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