KevinMD
APRIL 22, 2020
As most of America approaches the one-month mark since shelter-in-place orders began, there is increasing talk of “plateauing” and debate of strategies for resuming “normal” life. Unfortunately, we continue to find ourselves without a clear path out of this unprecedented pandemic. Now more than ever, in the setting of an infectious disease crisis, health care […].
Digital Health
APRIL 22, 2020
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. That Dickensian construct is a perfect one for thinking about digital health before and after the advent of the coronavirus. As late as March, the runaway train that has been investment in digital health had been running along at Bullet Train speed. 2019 […].
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
In response to recent COVID-19 guidance, the company is releasing its video game-like treatment to qualifying families at no cost, and without explicitly requiring a doctor's prescription.
Health Populi
APRIL 22, 2020
Stress is up, smoking increasing, drinking more alcohol… Americans are tapping into a variety of coping mechanisms in the coronavirus outbreak, with health on their collective minds. Toluna and Harris Interactive are collaborating on the COVID-19 Barometer , publishing biweekly data on consumers’ views on the coronavirus pandemic. The data here are a snapshot of consumers taken through the Toluna-Harris poll conducted among 1,047 U.S. adults between 9-20 April 2020.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
Panelists from the HIMSS20 Digital webinar “The Forgotten Ones: COVID-19’s Impact on the Underserved Communities" talk about managing the virus in vulnerable populations.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
AXA customers in countries such as China, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines will have access to AXA’s partners’ teleconsultation services.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 22, 2020
As many as 20% of primary care practices predict they could close within four weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted between April 10 and April 13 by the non-profit Primary Care Collaborative. With COVID-19 dropping non-urgent care to next to zero, the loss in revenue is putting a dire strain on resources and operations.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
The role of health tech innovators has been acknowledged by the UK government as it launches a support and investment package for young tech businesses hit by the crisis.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
Close to half of doctors are now using telehealth to treat patients as the COVID-19 pandemic changes how physicians deliver care. That's up from 18% in 2018. Find out how the current health crisis is changing practice patterns.
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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.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2020
Also: HomeStay to distribute, integrate G Medical's remote monitoring tech; Imprivata and Microsoft announce new health IT security offerings.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
A typical hospital EHR project can take at least a year. A team at Epic has been able to stand up technology at a field hospital in a COVID hot spot in a matter of days. The key is to get creative, said Epic executive Nick Frenzer. Find out how the company has helped health systems to expand bed capacity amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 22, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Christopher Maiona, M.D., SFHM, chief medical officer, PatientKeeper, Inc. With all that the healthcare system has to worry about these days, perhaps it’s time to hit the “Pause” button on health IT deployment. Or not. […]. The article Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Propel Mobile Health IT Adoption Forward?
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
As Andrew Artenstein, M.D., put it, the adventure of securing adequate protective equipment at Baystate Health would have made for an entertaining tale at a cocktail party. That is, it would have been entertaining had the mission not been so critical, the chief physician officer wrote in a letter published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 22, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By April Gill, senior vice president, solution management, Welltok. The future of COVID-19 remains a giant question mark right now. But what is clear in this uncertain time is the significant impact everyday factors, commonly […]. The article Consumers Weigh In On SDOH: How This Can Help Providers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting a spotlight on why it’s critical for population-based models to consider the impacts of patients’ social needs, experts say.
Digital Health Today
APRIL 22, 2020
For this special Coffee Talk I invited two leaders from one of our sponsors to share some of their insights and expertise on one of the most important areas of healthcare right now, Biomedical Informatics. Organizing, analyzing, and utilizing vast amounts of information for translational research to connect discovery with clinical care is one of the biggest challenges facing the current generation of data scientists, which is particularly being highlighted during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
Security vulnerabilities are now magnified during the COVID-19 epidemic, creating “a perfect storm” that can be exploited by malicious actors. We missed the opportunity to get prepared on N95 masks and testing. Let's not miss the opportunity to be properly equipped for battle from a cybersecurity perspective.
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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!
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 22, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kayla Matthews, freelance journalist, Productivity Bytes. As COVID-19 cases push hospitals around the country to their limits, medical facilities are facing challenges beyond sick patients. Long hours and an uptick in cyberattacks are putting serious strain […].
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
HHS has delivered $165 million to rural hospitals to buy PPE and tests to fight the COVID-19 pandemic but not to help their plummeting finances.
Morning eHealth
APRIL 22, 2020
Contact tracing: not close — Black doctors blast data release
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 22, 2020
The Medicare board of trustees held steady with its prediction on when the program’s hospital fund will run dry: 2026.
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.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 22, 2020
The following is an interview with Dan Schaupner, Head of Cybersecurity Consulting, North America BDS at Atos and John Lynn, Founder and Chief Editor at Healthcare IT Today. Tell us about yourself and Atos Atos is a leading global information security services provider, with over 100,000 employees worldwide, supporting many major customers in many countries. […].
HealthStream
APRIL 22, 2020
Health IT Security just released the following five ways that healthcare organizations can safeguard protected health information (PHI) by instituting up-to-date cybersecurity measures.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 22, 2020
Like its peers, the UW Medicine health system has been struggling to keep up with the preparations for COVID-19 patients seeking treatment. To address this problem, the medical center’s health IT leaders made some broad changes to its processes which are allowing to rapidly deploy solutions that support clinical responses to the pandemic. The UW Medicine […].
ACA Times
APRIL 22, 2020
3 minute read: On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted to expeditiously aid small businesses in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, including $349 billion in funding to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans. Not surprisingly, less than three weeks later, on April 16, 2020, the SBA announced that the funds have been depleted.
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HIStalk Interviews
APRIL 22, 2020
Jeremy Schwach is CEO of Bluetree Network of Madison, WI.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 22, 2020
The prevalence of type 1 diabetes was relatively stable for much of human history until the second half of the 20th century. But something very strange began to happen around 1950. Suddenly, the rate of type 1 diabetes, especially in children, began to increase sharply. Since then, most countries around the world have seen a linear upturn in T1D cases , a trend that has not slowed over the last decade.
Digital Leaders HealthTech
APRIL 22, 2020
It is still early to form an accurate view as to the long-term impact of these recent and unfortunate events, but we wanted to share initial insights we have gleaned from over 2 weeks of direct contact with our institutional investor network. As witnessed in the aftermath of the last financial crisis, the true impact on Venture Capital and lower/mid-market Private Equity will only likely be felt a number of months post the event.
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