Wed.Apr 08, 2020

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Digital health funding in early 2020 marks strongest Q1 to date, but records not expected to last

Mobi Health News

According to the new Rock Health funding report in Q1 digital health companies raised $3.1 billion in new investments. However, with the coronavirus hurting the economy, the rest of the year may not follow suit.

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COVID-19 puts a spotlight on new pop health demands

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. Jaan Sidorov, CEO of the Population Health Alliance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a network of 152 independent community-based providers, says he and his colleagues are quickly learning how the COVID-19 crisis will change their practice patterns. Even though Sidorov is a longtime expert in pop health, he's already seeing up-close how the coronavirus pandemic is changing his own daily duties of care delivery.

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AI can overhaul patient experience, but knowing its limitations is key

Mobi Health News

Certain healthcare use cases are ripe for AI, but still must provide a human touch to truly benefit patient experience.

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COVID-19: how the coronavirus crisis will change the care model

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The coronavirus pandemic has been pushing the limits of the healthcare systems in many European countries, among them, Spain, where COVID-19 is causing thousands of deaths and is requiring an unprecedented amount of medical resources. A group of CIOs from major hospitals in Spain took part in a HIMSS Europe webinar last week to share their views on how they are handling the crisis from the technological point of view.

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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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Hims kicks off mental health offerings with free group therapy, campaign calls for public access to digital therapeutics during COVID-19 emergency and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: FDA COVID-19 policy allows for remote use, digital modifications to ophthalmic devices; 23andMe launches genetics study to understand varying COVID-19 responses.

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AIA Thailand partners with True Digital Group and Samitivej to launch Virtual COVID-19 Clinic

Mobi Health News

The service, which is provided by Samitivej, is available free-of-charge and all-day from 8 April to 10 May 2020.

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MIT creates challenge to 'hack' COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: MIT creates challenge to 'hack' COVID-19 Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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HCA Healthcare, Google Cloud launch platform to pool all hospital COVID-19 data

FierceHealthIT

HCA Healthcare is partnering with Google Cloud to open up a COVID-19 data portal that pools hospital metrics on ICU beds, testing results and patient visits. The National Response Portal aims to be a "one-stop shop" for all health data related to COVID-19.

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Regulatory Compliance For Healthcare Organizations

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jordan MacAvoy, vice president of marketing, Reciprocity Labs. There are several regulatory compliance requirements that healthcare organizations must follow. Even so, it’s the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that gets the most […].

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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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Gottlieb, Mostashari propose plan to build a national COVID-19 surveillance system

FierceHealthIT

Five healthcare experts, including former government officials Scott Gottlieb and Farzad Mostashari, have proposed a plan to build a national COVID-19 surveillance system. This system to effectively track and trace COVID is a necessary first step for gradually reopening the economy, the healthcare leaders said in a recent paper issued by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.

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The Human Side of Digital Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Gregg, M.D., chief medical officer, StayWell. Technology can be harmful to our health, especially our emotional health. Those are the latest findings from Cigna’s recent study highlighting the epidemic of social isolation. The […]. The article The Human Side of Digital Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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ERs have been quiet during COVID-19. What happens when the patients come back?

FierceHealthIT

Volumes in emergency departments have dropped at many hospitals around the country. But experts warn that could case a different kind of surge when chronic conditions exacerbate.

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Building a national surveillance system

Morning eHealth

HHS expected to pause enforcement on interop rules — Gaps in data leave people of color behind

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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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Mount Sinai creates makeshift assembly line to convert sleep apnea machines into ventilators

FierceHealthIT

Mount Sinai Health System has developed an assembly area to convert sleep apnea machines into ventilators, but challenges to ensure the devices are safe remain.

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No Refunds from HIMSS 2020 Annual Conference Exhibitors Becomes Partial Refunds for HIMSS 2021 and 2022

Healthcare IT Today

I’ve been needing to write a post about the HIMSS 2020 Conference Cancellation for weeks since they announced that exhibitors would get no refunds from HIMSS (keep reading for the latest update). Between being overwhelmed with COVID-19 Health IT coverage and just the sick feeling I get thinking about HIMSS being cancelled, I’ve avoided writing […].

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Envision Healthcare cuts exec, physician pay as volumes drop amid COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Envision Healthcare is cutting salaries for its senior leadership by 50% and implementing additional salary cuts and temporary furloughs as it juggles financial woes associated with COVID-19.

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How Can Healthy Data Fix Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

Little did we know on March 10th when we filmed this great discussion about healthy data in healthcare hosted by Intersystems what we were in store for with COVID-19. Although, as COVID-19 has progressed we’ve learned even more how important healthy, quality, trusted data is to healthcare. Learn more about healthy data in the discussion […].

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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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CMS issues infection control guidance for providers struggling with COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

CMS released new and updated guidance for several different types of healthcare facilities to ensure infection control amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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6 Tips to Improve Email Communication During COVID-19

Geonetric

Your health consumers need information from you right now. Whether it’s details on symptoms, treatments, telehealth, making masks, how to clean their home, protecting their families, making donations … the list goes on. And they need information from a source they can trust – you. You’re probably creating some of this great content, but are […].

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Centene aims to make it easier for providers to get grants, small business loans 

FierceHealthIT

Centene Corporation wants to help financially struggling providers secure grants or small business loans as they continue to battle COVID-19.

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Enterprise Architecture Governance: A Holistic View

LeanIX

Enterprise architecture (EA) governance is a practice encompassing the fundamental aspects of managing a business. It involves firm leadership, a complete knowledge of organizational structure, a confident direction, and the enablement of effective IT processes to promote an enterprise’s strategies.

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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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Livongo Health announces Q1 revenue to top $65M, beating previous projections

FierceHealthIT

Livongo Health announced better-than-expected quarterly sales in the first quarter of 2020 and expects revenue in the range of $65.5 million to $66.5 million. Find out why executives say the company is thriving will other health startups are struggling during the current challenging economic climate.

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Stanford Tests Machine Learning To Manage COVID-19 Surge

Healthcare IT Today

Stanford University researchers are working with clinicians to see whether AI can help manage surges of COVID-19 patients, as well as identifying patients likely to need ICU care to keep them from deteriorating. According to STAT News, the team there has already picked an existing AI tool and is posed to decide how to integrate […].

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Safety net hospitals concerned with method CMS will use to allocate $30B in grants to providers

FierceHealthIT

America's Essential Hospitals is concerned about the method CMS is using to disperse $30B in grant funding to providers, but more help is on the way.

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Health systems can use new, old technology to help address COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While new technologies are being deployed, health systems can use existing resources to help combat the coronavirus's spread.

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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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Empowering Advocates: #ChronicTogether

Christina's Considerations

I was recently asked how did I learn to advocate for myself as a patient. This made me reflect on my career in health administration, where I recognized the importance of patients advocating for themselves early in my journey. In.

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Disaster use of HIE is a PurposeOfUse

Healthcare Exchange Standards

In the USA there is a project called Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE). It is an exemplar of functionality that can quickly enable healthcare treatment use-cases that are within the purpose of a Health Information Exchange, yet are also dynamically deployed as necessary. The video gives a good background that is important. I will let the video describe it.

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Q&A with Tom Andriola, Part 1: “We Want to Be Seen as a Source of Truth.”

Health System CIO

When it comes to COVID-19, the problem isn’t a lack of information, but a lack of credible information, says Tom Andriola, who believes the onus is on health systems to “help people pragmatically make decisions that are going to keep them safe.” As technology becomes more strategic to the mission of an organization — especially in the areas of research, education, and patient care — information technology needs to be represented at the cabinet level.