Tue.May 14, 2019

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Electronic medical record interoperability is a total mess

KevinMD

Just the other day, while I was in the middle of seeing a morning schedule full of patients, I opened one patient's chart and was thrilled to see a whole bunch of new icons in Chart Review in the electronic health record that I had never seen before. These apparently indicate office visits and other […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Scaling the Social Determinants of Health – McKinsey and Kaiser’s Bold Move

Health Populi

People who are in poor health or use more health care services are more likely to report multiple unmet social needs, such as food insecurity, unsafe neighborhoods, lack of good housing, social isolation, and poor transportation access, found through a survey conducted by McKinsey. The results are summarized in Addressing the Social Determinants of Health.

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Protecting the pharmaceutical supply chain

Mobi Health News

Governments, industry and regulators worldwide are trying to make the pharmaceutical supply chain more bullet-proof and the use of blockchain based track and trace technology has been hailed as a possible solution. Blockchain is an electronic cryptographic ledger which creates an immutable record of all events throughout the supply chain, allowing digital information to be distributed without being copied.

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3 Best Practices For Implementing A New EHR, PM System

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jessica Kojima, vice president of professional services, AdvancedMD. Medical providers often battle inefficient and piecemeal software configurations that constitute the technological lifelines of their practices. Even if current solutions aren’t integrated to meet their needs, they sometimes feel it is easier to stick with what they’ve got instead of considering the possibility of upheaval. [&

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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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AMA Chair: Digital health has great potential, but it's often not living up to it

Mobi Health News

In the areas of interoperability, telemedicine, health apps and AI, we still have work to do.

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Jawbone Health rises from the ashes with $65M for wearable-driven health monitoring service

Mobi Health News

Two years since the demise of its predecessor, the new company wants to identify and address preventable health conditions.

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Industry Voices—Mergers aren't the prescription to health systems' revenue fears

FierceHealthIT

Threats to revenues have led dozens of hospitals to leap into each other’s arms, hoping they can merge away their problems. Merging has proven to be a flawed strategy for many hospitals and perhaps added to the slow progress toward value-based care.

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With patients more vulnerable than other consumers, technology must keep human empathy at center

Mobi Health News

Cleveland Clinic's chief experience officer and chief nursing officer discuss potential and challenges of digital tools in patient care.

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Industry Voices—Think you're HIPAA-compliant? Here are 3 tips to be sure

FierceHealthIT

It's safe to say that many organizations are still perplexed about HIPAA audits, enforcement and compliance. As a result, the number of organizations that fail to meet compliance each year remains the majority.

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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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Pimping the pharmaceutical supply chain

Mobi Health News

Governments, industry and regulators worldwide are trying to make the pharmaceutical supply chain more bullet-proof and the use of blockchain based track and trace technology has been hailed as a possible solution. Blockchain is an electronic cryptographic ledger which creates an immutable record of all events throughout the supply chain, allowing digital information to be distributed without being copied.

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Most health IT-related safety events lead to staff training rather than technology fixes

FierceHealthIT

The majority of patient safety events involving health IT are either resolved ineffectively by focusing on staff training and education rather than the underlying technology issues or are not resolved at all, according to MedStar researchers.

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Fitbit Charge 3 comes to UnitedHealthcare's Motion program, DrChrono's EHRs offer HealthFeed educational content and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: Ascom's clinician smartphone listed in Epic's Rover app; Nucleai partners with Protean BioDiagnostics.

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Supreme Court ruling gives whistleblowers more time to file legal action under False Claims Act

FierceHealthIT

A ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court means that whistleblowers will have more time to file legal action under the False Claims Act.

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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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GP at Hand service under scrutiny as host CCG reveals plan to cut urgent care centre hours

Mobi Health News

Hammersmith and Fulham MP Andy Slaughter has raised concerns about the app’s impact on NHS funding.

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How to Pay Medical Bills You Can’t Afford

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. When you see a breakdown of your costs on a medical bill, you might be shocked at how the expensive costs add up. Even small things, like getting an ibuprofen, help rack up a huge total. If you don’t have insurance, or your insurance doesn’t fully cover the bill, it can be difficult to pay […].

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Poland's DocPlanner raises €80m Series E

Mobi Health News

This brings the total amount raised by the company to around €130m.

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Industry Voices—I practiced family medicine for almost 2 decades. Here's why I support value-based primary care

FierceHealthIT

True preventive care has been the healthcare industry’s trip to Mars—there is a desire to get there, but no one has quite figured out how, including how to pay for it. The recent directive by HHS to “deliver value-based transformation to primary care” will enable physician practices to finally invest in the systems and staff needed to deliver smarter care for their patients.

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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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Polish healthcare booking platform DocPlanner raises €80m Series E

Mobi Health News

This brings the total amount raised by the company to €130m.

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Washington state to launch public option—but don't expect an onslaught of similar moves 

FierceHealthIT

Washington is set to become the first state to launch a public option insurance plan—but don’t expect the floodgates to open and other blue states to follow just yet.

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AMA on balancing innovation, effective patient care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Innovation Pulse Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: AMA on balancing innovation, effective patient care Featured Decision Content:

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In high demand, new doctors recruited like ‘blue chip athletes’

FierceHealthIT

What do new doctors and blue chip athletes have in common? Both are in high demand and being heavily recruited, according to a Merritt Hawkins survey which found 45% of new doctors received 100 or more job solicitations during their training.

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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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Hillo to Remove Burden from your Life

Insulin Nation

Ste?phane Bidet, CEO of Hillo. We spoke with Ste?phane Bidet, CEO of Hillo — [link]. . “Nicolas Caleca, CSO, and I founded this company to reduce the fear and unpredictability of managing T1D. “My wife has T1D and I see her struggles. She is fearful of the complications of hyperglycemia so she generally overdoses with insulin. Thus, she has developed hypo-unawareness.

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AmeriHealth Caritas: Greater acceptance of mental health issues driving social programs

FierceHealthIT

AmeriHealth Caritas is tackling mental health issues through community social programs.

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#088: Advancing Digital Medicine: Stronger, Smarter and Faster

Digital Health Today

Overcoming challenges and accelerating change with Jen Goldsack of the (new!) Digital Medicine Society. The use of the term ‘digital health' is continuing to grow, with new subsets of products and services being grouped within it: digital doctor’s visits, digital clinical trials, digital therapeutics, and digital medicine – these are just some of the terms that have burst onto the scene.

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Which States Are Least Prepared to Manage Health Emergencies?

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: For payers, developing a new, collaborative payer provider model reinvents the role of payers as provider allies. BHM understands the special bridge between payers and providers because our they both are clients. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps reinvent payers and build relationships. Although readiness for disasters, disease outbreaks and other emergencies continued to improve in 32 states and the District of Columbia in 2018, there are still large health security d

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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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Giving Businesses What They Want: Data-Driven Architecture with André Christ, CEO of LeanIX

LeanIX

Presentation highlights from Gartner's 2019 Enterprise Architecture & Technology Innovation Summit. Gartner’s 2019 Enterprise Architecture & Technology Innovation Summit was a perfect showcase for André Christ, CEO of LeanIX, to share his perspectives on the new ways in which Enterprise Architects can satisfy the demands of modern businesses.

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Ranking The Best States for Healthcare 2019

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: For payers, developing a new, collaborative payer provider model reinvents the role of payers as provider allies. BHM understands the special bridge between payers and providers because our they both are clients. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps reinvent payers and build relationships. Washington is the best state in the nation and the No. 4 state for healthcare, according to U.S.

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The Death of Old-School Telehealth

GlobalMed

Let’s just say it: Telemedicine is booming in today’s healthcare landscape. 74 percent of employers offer telemedicine benefits ; 72 percent of hospital providers and 52 percent of physician groups have telemedicine programs. What was once seen as a special option for rural communities is now available to everyone, thanks to advanced telemedicine solutions that help healthcare delivery teams offer quality care to patients all over the world.