Wed.Jul 28, 2021

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Decentralized clinical trial startup Castor adds new patient onboarding tool

Mobi Health News

Its new onboarding platform builds on the Castor eConsent tool and leads participants through the recruitment, screening, consent and enrollment processes.

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How one telehealth clinician is using technology to improve women's health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. She and her colleagues were incredibly busy every day. THE PROBLEM. Even though they were quite busy, she noticed that most of the patients who did not show for their appointment were women.

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B2B digital health platform Peppy raises £6.6M Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The investment round was led by Felix Capital and will enable the company to scale current offerings and expand into new areas.

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Teladoc reports $133M net loss in second quarter, but visit numbers are up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The virtual care giant Teladoc released its earnings report this week, showing a net loss of $133.8 million for the second quarter of 2021. Total net loss for the first half of 2021 was $333.5 million, compared to $55.3 million for the same time period last year. At the same time, the vendor said its $503 million second-quarter revenue earnings had more than doubled compared with 2020.

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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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MedRhythms scores $25M for its DTx focused on neurologic injury and disease

Mobi Health News

The funding brings MedRhythms total amount raised to $34 million since its inception.

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Contributed: How technology will combat medical error and reduce physician burnout

Mobi Health News

Doctors are dealing with information overload, but tech could help.

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What Value Can a CIO Get Out of Their Health IT Procurement and Supply Chain Process?

Healthcare IT Today

Before COVID-19, I think that many of us took for granted the supply chain and the ability to procure just about anything we wanted pretty easily. Then, the pandemic hit and we realized that there’s a lot more risk in the supply chain than we realize. As we start to focus more on procurement and […].

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Amwell furthers behavioral health, patient automation services via SilverCloud, Conversa Health M&A

Mobi Health News

The combined deal was worth $320 million in cash and stocks.

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Amwell scoops up two digital health companies for $320M as tech M&A heats up

FierceHealthIT

Amwell scoops up two digital health companies for $320M as tech M&A heats up. hlandi. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 13:55.

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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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Connie Health Secures An Additional $13 Million to Scale Its Tech-Enabled Medicare Navigation Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Former Iora Health executives create holistic Medicare concierge service to assist seniors in selecting and receiving the most out of healthcare coverage Boston MA, JULY 28, 2021 — Connie Health, a tech-enabled consumer Medicare navigation platform helping Americans make more informed health and financial choices, announces a $13 million Series A round and begins operations […].

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Behavioral health matchmaker SonderMind hits unicorn status with $150M series C

FierceHealthIT

Behavioral health matchmaker SonderMind hits unicorn status with $150M series C. dmuoio. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:30.

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Early Identification of COVID-19 Surges Using Epic EHR Data and Call/Email Data

Healthcare IT Today

A recent study was just published in the BMJ Open journal by lead author Vincent Liu, MD, MS, a research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The whole study is a fascinating read, but the basics of the study was trying to predict COIVD-19 surges before they happened. They developed CHOTS (COVID-19 HotSpotting Score) to […].

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Teladoc stock tumbles on growing losses as telehealth giant expects deficits to continue

FierceHealthIT

Teladoc stock tumbles on growing losses as telehealth giant expects deficits to continue. hlandi. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 11:24.

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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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The ROI of DICOM: A Candy Striper's Story

Christina's Considerations

I'm teaching this week - health informatics to nurses, public health and health administration students. Last week we discussed standards and interoperability; and it reminded me of a story. The memory was triggered by student discussions. One said it must.

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Bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal will not touch COVID-19 relief funds but delays Part D rebate rule

FierceHealthIT

Bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal will not touch COVID-19 relief funds but delays Part D rebate rule. rking. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 16:22.

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Ensuring your telehealth offering is up to code

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Geisinger: Targeted messaging encouraged more employees to register for COVID-19 vaccination

FierceHealthIT

Geisinger: Targeted messaging encouraged more employees to register for COVID-19 vaccination. dmuoio. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 15:49.

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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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What Healthcare Marketers Need to Know About Core Web Vitals

Geonetric

Focused on your site’s loading speeds and interactivity, the update aims to ensure page performance is a key ranking signal. Tune in to this webinar and learn how recent changes could impact your SEO strategy. You’ll walk away with tips for how to audit your site for Core Web Vitals compliance and prioritize what fixes […]. Read What Healthcare Marketers Need to Know About Core Web Vitals at Geonetric.com.

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CHS posts $58M loss for first half of 2021 as system recovers from COVID-19 pandemic impact

FierceHealthIT

CHS posts $58M loss for first half of 2021 as system recovers from COVID-19 pandemic impact. rking. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 17:04.

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Welcoming Florence Kariuki, HRS's New Chief Clinical Officer

Health Recovery Solutions

HRS is thrilled to welcome leader in nursing, Florence Kariuki, RN, BSN, MHA, FHELA to our growing team as Chief Clinical Officer.

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Humana sues Regeneron, claiming drugmaker overpriced its popular drug Eylea

FierceHealthIT

Humana sues Regeneron, claiming drugmaker overpriced its popular drug Eylea. pminemyer. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:03.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Justin Dearborn, CEO, PatientBond

HIStalk Interviews

Justin Dearborn is CEO of PatientBond of Salt Lake City,

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Humana boosts guidance as it posts $588M in Q2 profit

FierceHealthIT

Humana boosts guidance as it posts $588M in Q2 profit. pminemyer. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 07:37.

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An HIT Moment With … Steve Shihadeh

HIStalk Interviews

An HIT Moment With … is a quick interview with.

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KFF: Nearly half of Medicare enrollees didn't have dental coverage in 2019

FierceHealthIT

KFF: Nearly half of Medicare enrollees didn't have dental coverage in 2019. rking. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 12:25.

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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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Women’s Health Re-shaped by COVID-19

Health Populi

While women continue to outlive men in the U.S. in terms of life expectancy, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed continued healthcare access, physical and mental health disparities, and economic inequities for women in America. I addressed the changing state of post-pandemic women’s health in my latest contribution to the Medecision Liberation blog.

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Meet Lumevity: Highmark's new transformation-focused subsidiary

FierceHealthIT

Meet Lumevity: Highmark's new transformation-focused subsidiary. pminemyer. Wed, 07/28/2021 - 15:31.

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Q&A with CIO Darrell Bodnar, Part 1: “It’s going to be a new level of competition.”

Health System CIO

In this podcast interview, CIO Darrell Bodnar talks about the biggest threats facing rural health organizations, how migrating to a single platform helped his team manage the challenges of Covid, and how North Country Healthcare was formed. Source: Q&A with CIO Darrell Bodnar, Part 1: “It’s going to be a new level of competition.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the inform

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