Tue.Sep 01, 2020

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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

Health Populi

COVID-19 is re-shaping all industries, especially health care. And the pharma industry is challenged along with other health care sectors. In fact, the coronavirus crisis impacts on pharma are especially accelerated based on how the pandemic has affected health care providers, as seen through research from Accenture published in Reinventing Relevance: New Models for Pharma Engagement with Healthcare Providers in a COVID-19 World.

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Digital health startup Mobio Interactive secures $1.8M in seed funding

Mobi Health News

Founded in 2015, Singapore-headquartered digital health company Mobio Interactive announced that it has closed $1.8 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Singapore-based Verge HealthTech Fund along with Atlas Asset Management, Creative Ventures and VC giant SOSV. Mobio Interactive develops and commercializes clinically validated and objectively quantified software to prevent, measure and treat mental illness.

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Screen Sharing on Clocktree calls

Clocktree

In addition to uploading documents during a Clocktree appointment, clients and providers can also share their entire screen, one browser tab, or an application. Supported Devices and Browsers Screen sharing is supported on desktop and laptop computers, plus Android mobile devices. It is not available on iPhone or iPad. We recommend using Google Chrome browser.

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Apple, Google's contact tracing update streamlines user enrollment, asks less of public health developers

Mobi Health News

Device owners in participating states will soon receive enrollment notifications, while public health authorities may automatically have Exposure Notification apps generated for them.

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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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Healthcare execs say telehealth is their No. 1 pandemic tech problem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new report from research firm KLAS found that nearly half of the 19 healthcare executives surveyed say that either telehealth functionality or capacity has been their primary problem to solve during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis. Other major challenges include remote patient monitoring, interoperability, real-time data analytics, work-from-home resources and patient surveillance.

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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the novel coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, the demand for telehealth skyrocketed in turn – as did concerns about patient access to virtual care. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association published this week showed that in New York City during the first few months of the pandemic, Black and Latino patients had lower odds of using telehealth versus other modalities.

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Medtronic's MiniMed 770G scores FDA clearance for kids, adults

Mobi Health News

This marks the first automated delivery system that can be used for children 2 to 6.

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Providence to spend $50M to reduce health disparities, starting with COVID-19 care gaps

FierceHealthIT

Providence to spend $50M to reduce health disparities, starting with COVID-19 care gaps. rking. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 15:27.

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Hazel Health closes $33.5M Series C for in-school, at-home pediatric telehealth

Mobi Health News

The company said it has grown its business by 400% in the last three months alone.

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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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Health tech funding snapshot—Withings nabs $60M to expand into healthcare; Ro raises $200M

FierceHealthIT

Health tech funding snapshot—Withings nabs $60M to expand into healthcare; Ro raises $200M. hlandi. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 15:38.

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Nurx sets sights on the migraine and headache space

Mobi Health News

Consumers can pay a $60 annual fee to get video consultations and individualized plans to address their migraines.

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Rethinking Healthcare Security as a Cost Center – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/4 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Mich Parker, CISO (@mitchparkerciso) on the topic of “Rethinking Healthcare Security as a Cost Center“. Healthcare Information Security has been considered a nice-to-have. With all of the […].

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AMA releases latest CPT updates to align with Medicare E/M changes, digital innovation

FierceHealthIT

AMA releases latest CPT updates to align with Medicare E/M changes, digital innovation. hlandi. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 10:57.

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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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Remote Patient Monitoring: Does Less Equal More?

Healthcare IT Today

In recent times, I’ve spent some time researching the field of remote patient monitoring technologies. While many are just beginning to be deployed, I’d argue that these solutions make far too much sense to stay under the covers for much longer. Not only that, given that the COVID-19 restrictions are still in place and may […].

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Industry Voices—Fault lines exposed: 5 things we need to fix in healthcare now

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Fault lines exposed: 5 things we need to fix in healthcare now. hlandi. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 12:50.

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Telehealth Workshop Series: Focus Mississippi

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The South Central Telehealth Resource Center will be hosting a series of events focused on Mississippi and the telehealth landscape in that region. Our goal is to establish a knowledge base and increase awareness and access to resources. The following topics will be covered: Telehealth 101, Telehealth Grant Writing, Telehealth Billing, and Real World Examples of Telehealth.

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Humana, Salesforce team on connected care platform

FierceHealthIT

Humana, Salesforce team on connected care platform. pminemyer. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 15:39.

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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 Exercise After Insulin Unsafe?

Insulin Nation

Exercise and diabetes; two things that should go hand in hand but, more often than not, seem incompatible. Consistent exercise is a must to maintain heart health and keep insulin resistance down. But it also comes with some risks, most notably, incapacitating lows that can quickly turn dangerous. There are, of course, tricks you can use to help avoid lows during exercise — many of which we recently covered in these two articles: Exercising with T1D: The Insulin-Food Balance Challenge Insulin Dos

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Northwell Health estimates COVID-19 cost system $1.1B in first half of 2020

FierceHealthIT

Northwell Health estimates COVID-19 cost system $1.1B in first half of 2020. rking. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 12:16.

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Cybersecurity’s Impact on Patient Safety and Trust

Healthcare IT Today

In discussion of cybersecurity breaches, most people talk about the impact to the organization’s reputation and the financial implications of a breach. While those are both extremely important, what doesn’t get talked about as much is the impact cybersecurity can have on both patient safety and trust. Plus, cybersecurity attacks are becoming more and more […].

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Analysis: Don't expect the full picture of COVID-19 coverage losses any time soon

FierceHealthIT

Analysis: Don't expect the full picture of COVID-19 coverage losses any time soon. pminemyer. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 11:57.

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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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Credentialing as Telehealth Is Playing a Prominent Role in Our New COVID-19 Reality

HealthStream

Another major shift in care delivery has been the rapid rise in existing telehealth operations and deployment of new or expanded ones. This also is an area where a more rapid licensure and credentialing process can be beneficial.

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New Intranet Gives Employees Access to Important Information On-campus and On-the-go

Geonetric

With humble beginnings traced back over a century ago to a seven-bed hospital, Holzer Health System has grown into a multi-facility system that serves 21 locations throughout southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia. The number of providers and staff have grown over the years, too, and the system now has over 160 providers and over […]. Read New Intranet Gives Employees Access to Important Information On-campus and On-the-go at Geonetric.com.

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Virtual Healthcare IT Projects

Optimum Healthcare IT

In the same way that an EHR changes the way your staff works, a health pandemic changes the way you think about virtual EHR implementation. The post Virtual Healthcare IT Projects appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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5 Provider Management Uses for Your Portal

Health Portal Solutions

Effective patient care requires strong coordination with providers. This should start from the beginning of the provider relationship and go all the way through the processing of the claim. The HPS portal helps you facilitate the key aspects of your provider relations and workflows – from beginning to end. Here are just 5 ways you can use the HPS portal for better, more efficient provider management. 1.

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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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Five Provider Management Uses for Your Portal

Health Portal Solutions

Effective patient care requires strong coordination with providers. This should start from the beginning of the provider relationship and go all the way through the processing of the claim. The HPS portal helps you facilitate the key aspects of your … read more. The post Five Provider Management Uses for Your Portal appeared first on Health Portal Solutions.

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