Mon.Dec 06, 2021

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The race to find uses for Big Data  

KevinMD

Smartwatch wearers: Have you checked your smartwatch lately? Did it tell you how many steps you have or how fast your heart is beating? How accurate is the information? What does that number mean for your overall health, and where do all of those numbers go after they are reported back to your computer? The. Read more…. The race to find uses for Big Data originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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2022 will require augmented intelligence, IoT and wearables data, and info outside EHRs

Mobi Health News

Three experts from AI, analytics and population health IT vendor Health Catalyst share their predictions, which can help CIOs and other health leaders prepare for the year ahead.

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Aflac Finds Health Care and Financial Stress will “Dampen 2021 Holiday Magic” in U.S. Households

Health Populi

Most U.S. householders that experienced COVID-19 expect their 2021 December holidays will be impacted in terms of reducing their holiday gift or decor spending, canceling holiday travel plans to see family or friends, or canceling holiday events, according to the 2021 Aflac Health Care Issues Survey. Aflac polled 1,003 U.S. adults in September 2021 to gauge Americans’ financial health perspectives approaching the end of Year 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic in America.

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Pear Therapeutics completes SPAC, begins trading on Nasdaq

Mobi Health News

The prescription digital therapeutics company said the transaction generated approximately $175 million.

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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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The race to find uses for Big Data

KevinMD

Smartwatch wearers: Have you checked your smartwatch lately? Did it tell you how many steps you have or how fast your heart is beating? How accurate is the information? What does that number mean for your overall health, and where do all of those numbers go after they are reported back to your computer? The. Read more…. The race to find uses for Big Data originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, faced several challenges in rolling out an effective telemedicine strategy, many of which were unrelated to COVID-19. If anything, COVID-19 served as an accelerant to solving many of the challenges, since the organization had no alternative but to move forward. THE PROBLEM. "First, while we had in place technology to enable telemedicine – in particular virtual visits – it had not been optimized for use nor integrated

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Quartet Health scores $60M as part of strategic partnership with Independence Health Group

Mobi Health News

This new infusion of cash comes roughly two years after the company closed a $60.75 million Series D round.

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Kaspersky survey raises concerns about patient trust in telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A survey released this past week by the cybersecurity company Kaspersky found that globally, the majority of providers have already implemented telehealth capabilities, with many saying their patients are more interested in virtual sessions due to their convenience. At the same time, many respondents flagged patient trust in the modality, with more than half of frontline remote telehealth providers experiencing cases where individuals have declined a video call with medical staff out of privacy

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Lyn Health emerges from stealth with platform for managing multiple chronic conditions

Mobi Health News

The company, backed by Summer VC, plans to launch in early 2022.

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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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How Digital Innovation Can Help Diabetes Patients

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The world of digital innovation encompasses all industries and sectors. But one of the most promising areas of digital advancement is in healthcare, where never-before-seen data sets are being accumulated to make more sense of […]. The article How Digital Innovation Can Help Diabetes Patients appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Telehealth company Coviu to develop tools for remote wound care in Australia

Mobi Health News

Its digital wound care toolkit is targeted to be rolled out in 2026.

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4 Tech-Driven Fitness Trends For 2022

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you’re looking to reach your fitness goals in 2022, you might want to adopt the latest trends that will define next year’s fitness culture. From losing weight to gaining muscle mass, emerging technology is […]. The article 4 Tech-Driven Fitness Trends For 2022 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Digital health startup Vinehealth lands $5.5M for oncology platform

Mobi Health News

Its app aims to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients.

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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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Providers still skeptical about wearable accuracy, integration abilities

FierceHealthIT

Providers still skeptical about wearable accuracy, integration abilities. rtorrence. Mon, 12/06/2021 - 14:10.

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Providing A Unique Patient Experience Beyond Lifestyle Meds: The New DTC Healthcare Opportunity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Cathy Tie, Founder of Locke Bio. In recent months, the landscape of healthcare as we know it has changed. Now more than ever, health enterprises are adopting and embracing DTC telehealth solutions and online pharmacies, and record numbers of consumers are eager to harness the convenience and power […].

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Reveleer raises $65M for payer-focused data analytics platform, eyes acquisitions in interoperability, NLP tools

FierceHealthIT

Reveleer raises $65M for payer-focused data analytics platform, eyes acquisitions in interoperability, NLP tools. rtorrence. Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:45.

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How Private Practices Can Utilize Technology To Deliver Quality Patient Experiences and Drive Patient Loyalty

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Travis Schneider, co-founder & co-CEO, PatientPop. Developing a top-tier practice requires doctors to be more than great practitioners. If you do not have a loyal patient base and a positive reputation, you will only […]. The article How Private Practices Can Utilize Technology To Deliver Quality Patient Experiences and Drive Patient Loyalty appeared first on electronichealthreporter.

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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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Provider groups urge feds to change dispute process, good faith estimates in surprise billing rule

FierceHealthIT

Provider groups urge feds to change dispute process, good faith estimates in surprise billing rule. rking. Mon, 12/06/2021 - 16:37.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 21: Dirk Stanley, MD on Healthcare Informatics and the Role of CMIO

Healthcare IT Today

For the 21st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Dirk Stanley, MD, CMIO at UConn Health. Dirk Stanley is a long time friend of Healthcare IT Today from our times on social media (You can find Dirk @DirkStanley) and he has an outstanding CMIO blog where he […].

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New article in Frontiers in Public Health

vCare Project

Read in our recently released vCare article in Frontiers in Public Health, Virtual Coaching for Rehabilitation: The Participatory Design Experience of the vCare Project , how we have conceptualised and implemented the end-user involvement!

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Omnicell to Acquire ReCept

Healthcare IT Today

Strategic acquisition of leading specialty pharmacy management services provider supports the Autonomous Pharmacy vision and expands Omnicell’s Advanced Services portfolio Addresses significant need for access to and management of complex medications, expected to improve profitability and patient care Omnicell, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMCL), a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for health systems and […].

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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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New article in Frontiers in Public Health

vCare Project

Read in our recently released vCare article in Frontiers in Public Health, Virtual Coaching for Rehabilitation: The Participatory Design Experience of the vCare Project , how we have conceptualised and implemented the end-user involvement!

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Patients Embrace Telemedicine According to CMS Report;

Connected Health Initiative

Congressional Action Still Needed to Ensure Continued Access. (WASHINGTON, DC) December 6, 2021 – Today, the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) released a statement from executive director Morgan Reed regarding new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) summarizing telemedicine usage by Medicare beneficiaries over the last year: “The CMS data is notable for two reasons — one, more beneficiaries used telemedicine services thanks to the relaxation of rules during

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Trend Spotting: Health Systems Unite to Build Collaborative Platforms (Part I)

E-CareManagement

by Vince Kuraitis, JD and Randy Williams, MD. At first it might appear that traditional health systems are severely threatened by the new world of digital transformation, Big Tech and Big Retail. But.we're observing that leading health systems have found a new way — collaborative, provider sponsored platforms. In Part I we'll briefly profile three recently formed, provider sponsored platforms: Truveta, Xealth, and Graphite Health.

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Trinity Health's Gateway Health Plan divesture bolstered operating income, margin for Q1 2022

FierceHealthIT

Trinity Health's Gateway Health Plan divesture bolstered operating income, margin for Q1 2022. dmuoio. Mon, 12/06/2021 - 12:04.

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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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Patients Embrace Telemedicine According to CMS Report; Congressional Action Still Needed to Ensure Continued Access

Connected Health Initiative

(WASHINGTON, DC) December 6, 2021 - Today, the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) released a statement from executive director Morgan Reed regarding new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) summarizing telemedicine usage by Medicare beneficiaries over the last year: “The CMS data is notable for two reasons — one, more beneficiaries used telemedicine services thanks to the relaxation of rules during COVID-19, and two, there was no increase in unnecessary utilization of