Mon.Dec 16, 2019

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Interoperable automated glycemic controller receives De Novo clearance

Mobi Health News

The clearance of Tandem Diabetes Care’s Control-IQ Technology opens the door for new algorithms enabling hybrid closed-loop diabetes management systems.

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Digital Dentistry Will Soon Be The Rule, Not The Exception

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Dental hygiene related apps have been a feature of the medtech world for a few years, but only now are they permeating professional dental care. Forbes has noted the trickle of algorithm-led dentistry into clinics, and is now predicting that digital dentistry will become a key component of everyday practice.

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Digital therapeutics company SidekickHealth inks partnership with Bayer

Mobi Health News

Sidekick was previously selected to take part in the German pharma and life sciences giant's G4A programme.

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Manage HIPAA Compliance For Your Business

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Lynch, founder, Reciprocity. The HIPAA outlines the standard security practices that organizations handling protected health information (PHI) need to adhere to. Whether your business is compliant with the HIPAA or not can have a huge impact on how you handle your business.

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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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Podimetric extends Series B round with Polaris Partners investment

Mobi Health News

The round now comes to a total of $16.55 million, and will continue to support the company's push into the VA and commercial payer markets.

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Digital behavioral health platform NeuroFlow scores $7.5M

Mobi Health News

Builders VC led the round with participation from Dreamit VenturesSpring Point Partners, Red & Blue Ventures and AWT Private Investments

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QCapture – ONC Prize Winner Debuts at 2019 IHI Forum

Healthcare IT Today

In November 2018, Mary Ang and her team won $45,000 in the Department of Health & Human Service’s Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge. Then she disappeared…until last week. Almost exactly a year after her Challenge win, Ang debuted a refined, production-ready version of her prize-winning application at the 2019 IHI Forum. EHRs are a source […].

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Virtual clinical trial platform VirTrial set to acquire SnapMD

Mobi Health News

SnapMD's Virtual Care Management platform will be rolled into VirTrial's clinical trial product.

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Congress poised to repeal HIT, medical device and Cadillac ACA taxes as part of spending deal

FierceHealthIT

Congress is expected to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance, medical device and “Cadillac” tax as part of a must-pass spending agreement set to be passed this week.

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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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Mobile ECG tech can empower heart patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Mobile ECG tech can empower heart patients Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Top prescribing doc in New York gets 4 years in $30M fraud scheme

FierceHealthIT

A New Jersey physician has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the state’s Medicaid program, the Department of Justice announced.

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2020 Roadmap: Overcoming Telemedicine Barriers

GlobalMed

If you’re active in the telemedicine world (or just paying attention to it), then you know that virtual care’s benefits aren’t always matched by its adoption rates. The potential to transform healthcare globally is there – but somehow the actual telemedicine deployments aren’t always happening where they can do the most good. Why is that? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to find out.

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Industry Voices—The act of adding medical practice value through an administrator's eyes

FierceHealthIT

Ask most physicians about their hopes for the future, and they might say that, of course, they want to grow their practice and increase revenue. It’s one thing to set that as a goal. It’s quite another to determine how and what kind of growth—and how much—will best suit a particular medical practice and its individual members.

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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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Amazon data store brimming with patient info

Morning eHealth

Privacy battle heats up in Colorado — Study: EHRs less usable over time

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Humana to purchase hospice PBM Enclara Healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Humana aims to give its pharmacy strategy a boost by acquiring Enclara Healthcare, the largest hospice pharmacy and benefits manager in the country.

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A simple map

HAY on FHIR

In the previous post , we described a simple application to help develop transformation maps conformant with the FHIR mapping language. Let’s now take a look at using that app to actually develop a simple map. As described in that post, the overall process we’ll follow is: Determine the input format, and create a logical model ( StructureDefinition ) that represents that format.

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Judge strikes down AHA's bid to halt CMS' site-neutral payment cuts for 2020

FierceHealthIT

The hospital industry’s bid to avoid payment cuts to off-campus hospital departments starting next month hit a major roadblock with a federal judge’s ruling.

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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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Looking Back at the Last Decade of Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 26

Healthcare IT Today

For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT. Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back. Another decade is almost in the books and so we take a look […] We're coming to the end of a decade and a lot has happened with Health IT.

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IT experts urge stronger oversight of patient data in the 'Wild West' of consumer apps

FierceHealthIT

A leading organization for chief information officers in healthcare is urging Congress to take action to protect patients' data privacy as proposed federal rules aim to open up medical data to third-party apps.

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Synzi Appoints Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer

Synzi

Lichtlin Joins Synzi to Lead Innovation Strategy in Post-Acute Care and Home Health December 16, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading virtual care company, has named Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer. Lichtlin brings … Read More. The post Synzi Appoints Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer appeared first on Synzi.

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Debunking Three Myths about Training for Non-Medical Caregivers

HealthStream

Several common myths have been perpetuated about training in the direct caregiver environment. Our goal here is to debunk these myths and uncover ways that training is an opportunity to support retention and career development in this area of healthcare.

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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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Synzi Appoints Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer

Synzi

Lichtlin Joins Synzi to Lead Innovation Strategy in Post-Acute Care and Home Health December 16, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading virtual care company, has named Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer. Lichtlin brings … Read More. The post Synzi Appoints Brian Lichtlin as Chief Technology Officer appeared first on Synzi.

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Moody's: Insurers' 2020 outlook stable, though political, legal risks loom 

FierceHealthIT

The credit outlook for health plans is stable in 2020, though legal and political risks could threaten that stability, according to a new analysis from Moody’s Investors Service.

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HIStalk Interviews Mike Alkire, President, Premier

HIStalk Interviews

Mike Alkire, MBA is president of Premier of Charlotte, NC.

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RWJBarnabas announces planned partnership with Saint Peter's Healthcare

FierceHealthIT

RWJBarnabas signed a nonbinding letter of intent to explore a future partnership with Saint Peter’s Healthcare System.

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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.