Fri.Jun 19, 2020

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COVID-19 tracing apps in Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway spark privacy concerns

Mobi Health News

In a new investigation by Amnesty International, the two Gulf states and Norway have released apps that reportedly operate as mass surveillance tools.

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Senator Tina Smith: 'We have to learn from our experiences' on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced legislation to inventory telehealth programs nationwide and evaluate ways to plan for public health emergencies using virtual care. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., told Healthcare IT News that the Enhancing Preparedness Through Telehealth Act stemmed from the desire to "understand what the administration is doing right now, and what they can do without needing additional legislative authority.

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Finnish health tech innovators feel the COVID-19 effect

Mobi Health News

Demand for tech solutions has soared in Finland during the pandemic as healthcare providers seek new ways to diagnose and treat patients, and source properly tested PPE.

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Vaccine for COVID-19 may be on the way; Senate weighs future of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Vaccine for COVID-19 may be on the way; Senate weighs future of telehealth Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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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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What's next for Dexcom? CEO, CTO talk G6 for inpatient use, expanding CGMs for patients without diabetes

Mobi Health News

The executives also share details about what patients can expect from the G7 next year.

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The Empathy Machine: COVID-19 and therapeutic VR, part 2 with Dr. Brennan Spiegel

Mobi Health News

HIMSS Media sits down with another VR researcher to discuss virtual medicine and VR's multidisciplinary potential for care.

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COVID-19: 'The digital spring' facing Italy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How long will the 'digital spring' that the Italian healthcare system is experiencing last? This was the basic question addressed in a recent webinar 'Healthcare after the COVID emergency: from clinical needs to digital evolution' , hosted by the HIMSS Italian Community. The webinar, moderated by Paolo Locatelli, scientific director of Digital Innovation in Healthcare Observatory - Politecnico of Milan, raised awareness of the true potential that digital tools have, but also the

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Roundup: UK contact-tracing app switches to Google-Apple model, Microsoft 365 and NHS deal to save millions, and more briefs.

Mobi Health News

Also, Medwise.ai wins UK grant to develop AI-powered question answering platform for healthcare professionals during COVID-19.

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Unite Us to acquire SDOH-focused analytics company Staple Health 

FierceHealthIT

Unite Us to acquire SDOH-focused analytics company Staple Health . pminemyer. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:54.

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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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Permanent telehealth changes on the horizon

Morning eHealth

Bumpy road ahead for Google-Fitbit merger — Another twist in U.K.

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Industry Voices—Ensuring long-term brain health in the time of COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Ensuring long-term brain health in the time of COVID-19. pminemyer. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 12:44.

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5 Steps to Securing Healthcare Data and Assuring Continuity Through Crisis

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sean Derrington, Director of Product Management at StorageCraft. It is not an overstatement to say that healthcare workers are the real heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their rapid and selfless response is an incredible example of what we can achieve when good people collaborate and rise to the […].

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Health insurance marketplace GoHealth files to go public

FierceHealthIT

Health insurance marketplace GoHealth files to go public. hlandi. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:43.

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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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Geisinger Monitors COVID-19 Cases Post-Discharge Using Basic Tools and Epic MyChart

Healthcare IT Today

Geisinger Health System has put together a program to monitor COVID-19 patients in their homes, using basic tech tools available to virtually any health system. According to an article in FierceHealthcare, Geisinger set up the program to see that patients testing positive for the virus are tracked and cared for without their undergoing needless primary […].

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Startup Cedar scores $102M series C funding round and new partnership with Novant Health

FierceHealthIT

Startup Cedar scores $102M series C funding round and new partnership with Novant Health. hlandi. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 16:26.

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COVID-19 Times Cartoons – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

It’s time again to hopefully share some cartoons to help you enjoy a good laugh as you head into the weekend. We hope you’re all staying safe and well. We appreciate you reading and being part of the Healthcare IT Today community. A cartoon by Brooke Bourgeois, with @CollectCartoons [link] pic.twitter.com/fdQMUDJfP7 — WIRED (@WIRED) June […].

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This Next Gen ACO relies on data investments to help track COVID-19 hot spots. Here's how

FierceHealthIT

This Next Gen ACO relies on data investments to help track COVID-19 hot spots. Here's how. rking. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:01.

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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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Telehealth Rules

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Guidelines for Telehealth Rules and Policies As telehealth has become more readily available during the coronavirus crisis, many people have come to view telehealth as the new norm. However, once the crisis has passed, telehealth will have to be reevaluated. … Read more. The post Telehealth Rules appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Inside Blue Shield of California's new Health Reimagined initiative

FierceHealthIT

Inside Blue Shield of California's new Health Reimagined initiative. pminemyer. Fri, 06/19/2020 - 14:47.

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Most Popular Nursing Blog Posts from HealthStream So Far in 2020

HealthStream

At HealthStream we spend much of our time focused on nurses—especially on finding solutions to their workforce development challenges and to providing ways to make their jobs less conducive to stress and burnout. Here are our most popular nursing-focused blog posts so far in 2020.

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Available Now: The LeanIX Self-Service Portal

LeanIX

The LeanIX Self-Service Portal — a web portal that can be configured for better co-ordinating IT support and software/hardware orders via contextualized overviews of technology landscapes — is available to all LeanIX customers (existing and new) at no additional cost. The LeanIX Self-Service Portal is a central location wherein enterprise architects (EAs) and their stakeholders can, for example, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of IT helpdesks with up-to-date architectural information.

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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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IRS Section 179 Tax Deduction – Save More On Your Dental Equipment!

KB Dental Consulting

What is IRS Section 179? Section 179 is the United States Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that allows for an immediate deduction in spending on Business Equipment and Assets. If you purchase qualifying equipment (or lease), you can deduct the full purchase price from your total income under Section 179. If you are planning to Buy Dental Equipment, then Section 179 helps you to reduce your tax liability and helps you to grab the full benefits of investing in your dental speciality practice.

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Weekender 6/19/20

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Health Care Service Corporation, the country’s fifth-largest.

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IRS Section 179 Tax Deduction – Save More On Your Dental Equipment!

KB Dental Consulting

What is IRS Section 179? Section 179 is the United States Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that allows for an immediate deduction in spending on Business Equipment and Assets. If you purchase qualifying equipment (or lease), you can deduct the full purchase price from your total income under Section 179. If you are planning to Buy Dental Equipment, then Section 179 helps you to reduce your tax liability and helps you to grab the full benefits of investing in your dental speciality practice.

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Healthcare customer engagement: Charting an empathetic experience

Hinduja Global Solutions

Imagine this scenario: You are in the hospital after an emergency appendectomy, and you have a simple but urgent question about payment of this (just-delivered) health service. Your physical and mental stress is a load made only heavier with that pending insurance coverage conversation. You are in no mood to struggle with an exasperating app or digital exchange, you want a straightforward reassuring dialogue—one delivered with good, old-fashioned empathy.

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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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The ACA PCORI Fee Deadline is Fast Approaching

ACA Times

2 minute read: This time last year was presumed to be the last time health insurers and employers offering self-funded health insurance plans would have to pay PCORI fees, but things change. The PCORI fees were set to expire for plans ending before October 1, 2019 but when the Trump administration signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 into law, PCORI and the associated fees were extended through September 30, 2029.

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Juneteenth 2020: Inequality and Injustice in Health Care in America

Health Populi

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death,” Martin Luther King, Jr., asserted at the second meeting of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago on March 25, 1966. This quote has been shortened over the five+ decades since Dr. King told this truth, to the short-hand, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” Professor