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CMS launches new API to help doctors get access to patient records

Mobi Health News

The program is designed to help providers gain additional insights into a patient's health records without changing their workflows.

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM renew pledge to support interoperability and advance open standards

FierceHealthIT

Last August six of the world's largest technology giants publicly committed to supporting interoperability in healthcare and to take steps to advance data sharing standards. A year later, the cloud technology leaders say they have made notable progress to reduce barriers to interoperability and are committed to advancing open standards.

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PhysIQ's cloud-based analytics tackle ambulatory respiration rates with latest 510(k) clearance

Mobi Health News

The company's latest algorithm extracts raw data from a variety of sensors and unifies them into a uniform vital signs reading, MobiHealthNews exclusively learned.

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A Simple Text Message To Save More Than 13 Million Lives

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO and co-founder, Innovaccer. Fact 1: As per the latest data made available by the Office for Civil Rights for HHS, more than 208,000 privacy-related complaints have been made in the last 16 years. Fact 2: If a hospital makes a call to a patient to remind them of their upcoming appointment, […].

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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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Adaptive child development app closes $2M seed round

Mobi Health News

BabySparks' platform has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times by users living in 180 countries, according to the startup.

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Microsoft files patent for 'multidimensional' optical heart rate sensor that could strengthen accuracy

Mobi Health News

Despite the patent, a re-entry into the wearables space seems unlikely for Microsoft, which just got out of that game earlier this year.

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Study suggests empathy should be a criteria for medical school admissions

FierceHealthIT

In the future, high empathy scores could help applicants get into medical school. In addition to academic performance and other traditional competencies, high scores that measure empathy could become part of the criteria for getting into medical school, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

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Researchers develop wearable sensor that could administer Narcan to prevent overdoes deaths

Mobi Health News

The technology will be able to detect when a user's heart rate decreases to trigger the medication.

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Tech Mahindra Acquires Strategic Design Consultancy, Mad*Pow

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation and consulting services and solutions has announced the acquisition of Mad*Pow, a strategic design consultancy headquartered in the US. The addition of Mad*Pow to the Tech Mahindra portfolio is expected to help bolster capabilities in customer experience (CX) and digital transformation such as research, experience strategy and service […].

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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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As it Prepares for Cerner EHR Switch, VA Transfers 23.5M Health Records to DoD Shared Data Center

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie believes this was a key first step in solving interoperability issues between the VA, DoD and other healthcare providers

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Lessons from Bon Secours Mercy Health's supply chain summit

FierceHealthIT

Bon Secours Mercy Health's clinicians, infection preventionists and supply chain teams came together for the company’s first clinical standardization summit.

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Four Technologies Improving Rural Quality of Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Chris Logan, Director, Healthcare Industry Strategy at VMware. In the last decade, technology has significantly helped the healthcare industry make strides to improve care in rural settings. But many providers in rural areas still face major obstacles. For instance, 1 in 5 rural hospitals are at risk of […].

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Urgent Care Association pushes for more proactive approach to antibiotic stewardship

FierceHealthIT

The Urgent Care Association recently launched an advocacy program aimed at curbing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in urgent care settings.

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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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Eight Intriguing Offerings from the 2019 Voice Summit

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Voice Summit, like Voice First itself, is still in its early years. The second annual event was last week – and you would think incorrectly that at least one writer from a national news media outlet would written about it by now, especially with 5000 attendees, sponsorships from Amazon and Google, 150 exhibitors, and numerous aw ards. In fact one of those which went to UnaliWear for Best IoT Device, a firm we have long tracked in the aging tech market segment, but given the rise of smart w

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Molina Healthcare's profit dropped 3% in Q2 compared to 2018

FierceHealthIT

Revenue sagged for insurer Molina Healthcare as the company generated $196 million in profit in the second quarter, a year-over-year decline of 3%.

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Ambient Computing: the new battleground in Digital Health

Lloyd Price

Suddenly, everybody’s talking about ambient computing. I blame Intel, and I’ll tell you why in a minute. Ambient computing is real. It’s the next megatrend in computing. Ambient means “in the air” or “present on all sides” or “all around us.” To interact in an “ambient computing” context means to not care and not even necessarily know where exactly the devices are that you’re interacting with.

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Healthcare deal value up in Q2 as partnerships evolve: report

FierceHealthIT

When it comes to partnering up, health systems are increasingly looking at options beyond a traditional marriage. Instead, they are expanding their scale while avoiding “full-blown” acquisition using alternative strategic models for their unions.

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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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Is The Healthcare Industry Anywhere Near Ditching the Password?

Healthcare IT Today

A new report from a security firm Duo Labs suggests that standard authentication practices may be shifting beyond the password, though it didn’t take a stab at predicting which industries may move most quickly in that direction. To conduct its research, Duo analyzed data from nearly 24 million devices from across its customer base, including […].

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WellCare beats Wall Street projections in Q2 

FierceHealthIT

WellCare Health Plans surpassed Wall Street estimates in the second quarter of 2019, according to financial data released Tuesday morning.

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Pulse Check on Healthcare Delivery Transformation

Hinduja Global Solutions

Pulse Check on Healthcare Delivery Transformation. This article was published in IAOP Pulse magazine. By Anand Natampalli, HGS Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Healthcare. Blink and you’ll miss the latest landscape shift in healthcare delivery. In terms of affordability, access, digital capabilities, and engagement — consumers are consistently upping the ante.

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HCA Healthcare sees year-over-year earnings dip in Q2

FierceHealthIT

HCA Healthcare released its second-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, where it noted $783 million in profit.

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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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How Patient Activation Can Benefit from a Virtual Care Communication Platform 

Synzi

The Importance of Patient Activation Patient activation is a critical element in the concept of patient-centered care. An activated patient is one who is informed, empowered and engaged in one’s care. Because an activated patient is more motivated to take … Read More. The post How Patient Activation Can Benefit from a Virtual Care Communication Platform appeared first on Synzi.

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Industry Voices—Partnerships like Health First and Privia Health help balance physician autonomy, customer satisfaction

FierceHealthIT

To successfully transition to value-based contracts, health systems must include physician engagement and autonomy.

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Behavioral Healthcare Top Reason Members Seek Telehealth Treatment

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Many of your most challenging claims and cases likely present a behavioral health component. Due to the behavioral healthcare shortages described in this blog, BHM offers a reviewer network with the most sub-specialties. 6 of the top 10 largest health plans entrust BHM for behavioral health peer reviews. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization curb behavioral health costs.

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Six Essential Elements of a Successful Resuscitation Program for the Care Continuum

HealthStream

Resuscitation success is a goal that organizations across the healthcare continuum are going to have to work harder to achieve. Using hospitals’ experience as a template is going to help them get there sooner.

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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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Best Hospitals 2019-20 Honor Roll

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. U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals rankings for 2019-20 on July 30.

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Using A Communication Platform for Diabetes Management

Synzi

Managing Diabetes with Virtual Care An IHHC Allied member contribution by Synzi The American Diabetes Association reports that 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. In 2015, 9.4% of the US population had diabetes and 25.2% of Americans … Read More. The post Using A Communication Platform for Diabetes Management appeared first on Synzi.

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Being a Nanny for a T1D Child

Insulin Nation

Becoming a Nanny. About 15 years ago, I was looking for work as a babysitter, to supplement my life as an artist, in Chicago. It can be a challenge to find a good fit for all parties and I was fortunate to meet an awesome family with two kids, 2 and 5. . The two-year-old, Evan, was almost immediately diagnosed with Type I Diabetes (T1D). As his parents learned how to manage his disease they taught me right along with them.

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