Tue.Feb 16, 2021

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One-Third of People with Chronic Conditions Delayed or Forgone Care During the Pandemic

Health Populi

By the autumn of 2020, U.S. physicians grew concerned that patients who were avoiding visits to doctor’s offices were missing care for chronic conditions, discussed in in Delayed and Forgone Health Care for N onelderly Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Urban Institute. More than three-fourths of people who delayed or forewent care had at least one chronic health condition.

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Infant monitoring tech brand Owlet announces SPAC merger for Q2 2021

Mobi Health News

The company currently sells connected wearables and smart monitors to consumers, but said that it will be seeking FDA authorization for new products with broader indications and telehealth capabilities down the line.

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BT looking to expand into healthcare amidst cutbacks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The CEO of telecommunications giant BT, Philip Jansen, recently expressed an interest in expanding the company more into healthcare. The news comes with the company facing an imminent, controversial restructure that will see 90% of its buildings close, a move that could potentially result in thousands of redundancies. BT, which is the world’s oldest telecoms company, already has strong links to the healthcare sector, with an entire division of BT Business dedicated to public sector health.

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Common genotyping method frequently misidentifies very rare pathogenic variants

Mobi Health News

SNP chip data often reported by consumer genomics companies should not be considered for clinical decisions without additional validation, warn researchers.

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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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Optimizing online and video consultations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Optimizing online and video consultations Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Humana to pilot new tech-enabled chronic care management platform

FierceHealthIT

Humana to pilot new tech-enabled chronic care management platform. pminemyer. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 14:18.

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PatchAi and Roche Italia launch virtual platform for oncology patients

Mobi Health News

The solution uses AI and machine learning to improve adherence.

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1 in 5 primary care doctors currently administering COVID-19 vaccines: survey

FierceHealthIT

1 in 5 primary care doctors currently administering COVID-19 vaccines: survey. hlandi. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 12:28.

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Versius Robotic System introduced in German hospitals

Mobi Health News

The robotics tool will be used at Klinikum Chemnitz to aid in laparoscopic surgeries.

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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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Analysis: Roughly 2,000 hospitals fully compliant with new price transparency rule

FierceHealthIT

Analysis: Roughly 2,000 hospitals fully compliant with new price transparency rule. rking. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 11:50.

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Current Health launches decentralized clinical trial initiative

Mobi Health News

Community by Current Health is now enrolling participants in a COVID-19 study that uses its FDA-cleared remote monitoring system.

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Hims & Hers, Grapevine Health, ATA partner to advance equitable access to virtual care

FierceHealthIT

Hims & Hers, Grapevine Health, ATA partner to advance equitable access to virtual care. hlandi. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 17:08.

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France uses Medication Shield technology as part of COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Mobi Health News

Synapse Medicine will roll-out the adverse drugs monitoring technology to increase the safety of the vaccination programme.

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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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Implementation of Technology for Care Coordination – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/19 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Neelam Sharma, RHIT (@Nee2Sha) on the topic “Implementation of Technology for Care Coordination.” The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has defined care coordination as the […].

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Garmin launches GPS enabled, altitude tracking Enduro smartwatch

Mobi Health News

The watch is also equipped with a VO2 Max indicator, a mountain bike feature and a training guidance.

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Allow Lists and Aligned Communications – Why CIOs Can’t Turn a Blind Eye to Companies That Want to Send All Emails Without Security

Healthcare IT Today

One of the calls that a CISO hates getting is the one from a customer who just received documentation from a vendor they have contracted to allow all of their emails coming from a certain domain through to an allow list so they don’t end up in the spam folder. The reason why we dislike […].

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CVS' Lynch: Aetna planning to re-enter ACA exchanges in 2022

FierceHealthIT

CVS' Lynch: Aetna planning to re-enter ACA exchanges in 2022. pminemyer. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 07:22.

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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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‘How Women Invest’ Fund I Closes and Invests in Female-founded and Led Companies: Gray Matter Analytics and Hitch

Healthcare IT Today

How Women Invest LLC (HWI) today announced Fund I ($10M), oversubscribed and closed in just eight months, has invested in high-growth, female-founded and led startups Gray Matter Analytics and Hitch Works (Hitch). HWI portfolio companies benefit from the strategic support of a large limited partnership base and affiliation with How Women Lead’s vast network of professional, collaborative and community-driven women leaders representing board […].

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Cognitive Health Issues in Elderly: Challenges and Solutions

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Throughout life, everybody starts to deal with aging, and there is a point in life where the person becomes old enough, which causes them to face multiple health issues, both physical or mental. Usually, older adults reach an age where their quality of life starts to decline. They come to a certain period, which weakens […]. The post Cognitive Health Issues in Elderly: Challenges and Solutions appeared first on Healthystic.

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Cloud Technologies in Healthcare: Improving Access to Care at Lower Costs

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Venky Ananth,?SVP and Global Head of Healthcare at Infosys. The healthcare industry has been among those at the fore when it comes to cloud adoption. It’s no wonder then that between 2020 and 2024, the global market is projected to see a rise of nearly US$25.54 billion in […].

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Cognitive Health Issues in Elders: Challenges and Solutions

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Throughout life, everybody starts to deal with aging, and there is a point in life where the person becomes old enough, which causes them to face multiple health issues, both physical or mental. Usually, older adults reach an age where their quality of life starts to decline. They come to a certain period, which weakens […]. The post Cognitive Health Issues in Elders: Challenges and Solutions appeared first on Healthystic.

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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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Four Ways to Encourage Continuous Learning in Nurses

HealthStream

Because nursing is one of the many professions that is changing rapidly in terms of complexity and the technology involved, creating an expectation and culture of lifelong learning for nurses is essential for improving outcomes and the employee experience.

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Legacy System Considerations for Cerner Tools and Applications

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 2 min If the Cerner EHR is ever decommissioned, there are several Cerner Tools to consider when accessing or transferring your data. The post Legacy System Considerations for Cerner Tools and Applications appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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New wearable patch can monitor blood pressure, caffeine levels

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

University of California San Diego engineers have developed a skin patch that can be worn on the neck to track blood pressure and heart rate while monitoring the user's glucose, lactate, alcohol or caffeine levels. "Intertwined with concepts of telehealth, the Internet of medical things, and precision medicine, wearable sensors offer features to actively and remotely monitor physiological parameters," wrote the research team in a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering thi