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HIMSS Insights Special Edition - APAC digital health trendbarometer

Mobi Health News

The findings are based on a survey conducted from October to December 2020 from 17 countries.

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More healthy patients are taking genetic test results to their docs. But there are some pitfalls

FierceHealthIT

More healthy patients are taking genetic test results to their docs. But there are some pitfalls. mkuhrt. Mon, 01/18/2021 - 18:15.

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Telehealth Goals for 2021: Overcoming the Biggest Hurdles

Health System CIO

When it comes to telehealth is that the industry has grown by “leaps and bounds” since early 2020. But if the momentum is to continue, there’s still a lot of “critical work” that needs to be done, according to Joseph Kvedar, MD. Source: Telehealth Goals for 2021: Overcoming the Biggest Hurdles on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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CMS: Medicare Advantage, Part D plans to see 4% pay bump in 2022

FierceHealthIT

CMS: Medicare Advantage, Part D plans to see 4% pay bump in 2022. pminemyer. Mon, 01/18/2021 - 19:16.

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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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Happy MLK Day!

Healthcare IT Today

Today is the Martin Luther King holiday here in the US. Kids are off school (which in the virtual world doesn’t feel that different) and a number of people are off work. Although, holidays sure feel different amidst COVID. Plus, with everything going on in the world, MLK Day seems to have a different meaning […].

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MFine Raises $16m From New & Existing Investors Led by Heritas Capital as Adoption of Digital Health Soars in India Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

Healthcare IT Today

India’s leading Digital Health startup MFine has raised $16m in a new funding round led by Heritas Capital with participation from Singapore-based family office of Y’S Investment Pte Ltd. Existing MFine investors including SBI Investment, SBI Ven Capital, BEENEXT and Alteria Capital have also followed-on in the round. The oversubscribed round wraps up a strong […].

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HIStalk Interviews Marilee Benson, President, Zen Healthcare IT

HIStalk Interviews

Marilee Benson, MBA is president of Zen Healthcare IT of.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic disrupted and re-shaped the annual CES across so many respects — the meeting of thousands making up the global consumer tech community “met” virtually, both keynote and education sessions were pre-recorded, and the lovely serendipity of learning and meeting new concepts and contacts wasn’t so straightforward.

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How the Latest Pandemic Relief Bill Effects Telehealth

Mend

Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. While the $900 billion bill , passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump shortly before Christmas, does include funding for broadband expansion – including the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program – and Medicare coverage for telemental health and telehealth at rural hospitals, it doesn’t extend telehealth access and coverage p

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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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Preaching Health Equity in the Era of COVID on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Health Populi

Today as we appreciate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., I post a photo of him in my hometown of Detroit in 1963, giving a preliminary version of the “I Have a Dream” speech he would deliver two months later in Washington, DC. Wisdom from the speech: “But now more than ever before, America is forced to grapple with this problem, for the shape of the world today does not afford us the luxury of an anemic democracy.