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There Is No Health Without Mental Health – Today Is World Mental Health Day

Health Populi

There is no health without mental health. Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. So #LetsTalk (the Twitter hashtag to share stories and research and support on the social feed). Today is October 10th, World Mental Health Day. As we go about our lives today and truly every day, we should be mindful that mental health is all about each of us individually, and all of us in our communities and in the world.

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Sentio collects $4.5M to measure, treat behavioral health

Mobi Health News

The startup's Feel platform incorporates an emotion-sensing wristband and connected CBT app.

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The Most Overlooked Cyber Security Threat: Network Printers

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jim LaRoe, CEO, Symphion, Inc. The trend in cybersecurity news is to focus on the latest buzz words like artificial intelligence, blockchain, ransomware, denials of service or HIPAA fines. Recent hacks are front page news. Trends also includes the increasing cybersecurity regulatory mandates such as state laws providing private consumer rights (class actions) against […].

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Verita Healthcare Group acquires three digital health startups as part of its global expansion plans

Mobi Health News

Singapore-founded Verita Healthcare Group, an integrated provider of preventative, personalised healthcare announced that it has strategically invested in three digital healthcare businesses, spanning Asia and Europe, as part of its international expansion and consolidation strategy. Verita Healthcare Group was founded in 2015 and has offices in Asia, Europe and the USA.

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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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AristaMD’s eConsult Now Available In the Epic App Orchard

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. AristaMD is now available in the Epic App Orchard marketplace. AristaMD being accepted into App Orchard marks another cutting-edge innovation built upon AristaMD’s history of proven integration scalability. Enabling PCP to specialist collaboration on care plans, AristaMD’s eConsult solution improves access to timely specialty care for patients who would have otherwise had to wait for […].

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Why Text Isn’t Best: The Importance of Secure Healthcare Messaging

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Lee Horner, CEO, Synzi. Home health agencies need to be able to access and share PHI while they are on-the-go – often while using their smartphones or tablets. It’s critical that these types of communication are both fast and secure. However, many home health agencies allow staff to use text messaging when sharing patient data […].

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New features for Facebook users encourage private mental health conversations between friends

Mobi Health News

The social media company hopes its new photo filters and stickers will help those struggling with mental health conditions find understanding peers.

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Industry Voices—Virtual primary care moves healthcare beyond telemedicine  

FierceHealthIT

There's an entirely new way of delivering healthcare: Virtual primary care. As we adopt this new model, it’s important to dispel what virtual primary care is and isn’t.

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Omada Health receives strategic investment from Intermountain Ventures

Mobi Health News

Alongside a deeper collaboration with the not-for-profit system, Omada expects the funds to fuel expansion of its integrated digital care program.

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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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McCombs School of Business Launches First-in-the-Nation Healthcare Cybersecurity Leadership Program

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin announces the Leadership in Health Care Privacy and Security Risk Management certificate program, a new first-in-the-nation professional program designed to help address a critical workforce shortage issue.

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Handful of states mull getting off HealthCare.gov for their own exchanges

FierceHealthIT

As states eye ways to make health coverage more affordable, many see launching their own state-based insurance exchange as a key solution, a new report shows.

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How Rory is changing the conversation on women's health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How Rory is changing the conversation on women's health Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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RWJBarnabas Health plans acquisition of Trinitas Regional Medical Center

FierceHealthIT

Officials from RWJBarnabas Health signed a letter of intent to acquire Elizabeth, New Jersey-based Trinitas Regional Medical Center and its affiliates.

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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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InTouch Health and NTT DATA Strengthen Partnership To Advance Virtual Care

InTouch Health

Plano, TX – October 10, 2019 – InTouch Health , ranked 2019 Best in KLAS for Virtual Care Platforms, and NTT DATA Services , a recognized leader in global technology services, have expanded their partnership to accelerate the delivery of virtual care solutions that enable healthcare providers to improve patient care, access, costs, and the patient and provider experience.

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HHS offers guide to help clinicians taper patients off opioids

FierceHealthIT

While many doctors say they aren’t confident they can safely help patients get off of opioids, the government has come out with a new guide.

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New Technology and Services Disrupt Hearing Aid Ecosystem

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Hearing aids should appeal to those with significant hearing loss. It’s a given that hearing loss interferes with communication – which itself is a risk for social isolation – as well as fall risk and dementia. Ironically, according to the recently published and comprehensive MarkeTrak10 survey , the decision to wear them is so often delayed years – the delay resulting from excuses like “hear well enough; can’t afford; too expensive; no coverage.

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Alaska doctor, known as the ‘candy man,’ and nurse practitioner charged with distributing millions of opioids

FierceHealthIT

An Alaska doctor and an advanced nurse practitioner were arrested Wednesday and charged with illegally distributing millions of opioids.

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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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Treating Mental Health through Telehealth: Understanding Physician and Consumer Willingness

American Well

Approximately one in five adults in the United States has a mental illness, 1 but only 41% of those with a mental illness receive the necessary treatment. 2 The reasons why those suffering do not seek treatment vary, but often times it’s associated with things such as stigma and a lack of access to care. While mental health is important to discuss all year long, in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness week, we wanted to bring special attention to those suffering and discuss how telehealth c

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Oscar Health, Cleveland Clinic growing co-branded health plan in more Ohio counties

FierceHealthIT

Oscar Health and Cleveland Clinic will expand their co-branded insurance product into three more Ohio counties, the two announced Thursday.

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Treating Mental Health through Telehealth: Understanding Physician and Consumer Willingness

American Well

Approximately one in five adults in the United States has a mental illness, 1 but only 41% of those with a mental illness receive the necessary treatment. 2 The reasons why those suffering do not seek treatment vary, but often times it’s associated with things such as stigma and a lack of access to care. While mental health is important to discuss all year long, in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness week, we wanted to bring special attention to those suffering and discuss how telehealth c

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Executive Spotlight—Former ONC official Genevieve Morris wants to tackle "un-sexy" health IT issues

FierceHealthIT

FierceHealthcare caught up with former ONC and Veterans Affairs' official Genevieve Morris for our latest Executive Spotlight.

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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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The Legal Pitfalls of Using a PDF Chart Summary or Cold Storage as a Healthcare Data Archiving Strategy

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. When decommissioning healthcare systems to archive legacy data, there are often significant tradeoffs. For example, sacrificing fidelity (how well the original shape and precision of the data is preserved) for accessibility (how easy it is to get at the needed information). […].

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Get to Know the ACA’s Statewide Individual Mandates

ACA Times

3 minute read: In January 2019, the federal Individual Mandate was effectively eliminated. Many states responded by implementing their own and some of them have both employer and employee penalties tied to them. Currently, California , the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont have written into law statewide Individual Mandates.

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Physician Satisfaction with Electronic Health Records – the Data Might Surprise You – Part 2

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Heather Haugen from Atos and Mitchell Josephson from KLAS. In case you missed part 1 of the EHR Physician Satisfaction Series, be sure you read it to understand the research background behind these predictors of EHR satisfaction and to learn about the first two predictors of physician satisfaction: Training […].

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A helping hand, World Mental Health Day

Digital Leaders HealthTech

In an ideal world, all workforces would be happy and inclusive. However, the 2019 Mental Health at Work report from Mercer Marsh Benefits and Business in the Community reveals that “minority stress” is rampant across the UK. The same report found that 62% of managers admit to putting their company’s interests above the wellbeing of employees, causing 39% of people to report experiencing poor mental health associated with work.

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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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Maintenance & Support Managed Services at an Academic Medical Center

Optimum Healthcare IT

Academic Medical Center realizes a 36% overall cost reduction with Optimum Healthcare IT's Managed Services. The post Maintenance & Support Managed Services at an Academic Medical Center appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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World Mental Health Day Means Time to Check in with Yourself

HealthStream

World Mental Health Day is the perfect time to take a look at the stressors in our lives and put in place some plans to lower that anxiety.

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Why Text Isn’t Best: The Importance of Secure Healthcare Messaging

Synzi

The post Why Text Isn’t Best: The Importance of Secure Healthcare Messaging appeared first on Synzi.

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