KevinMD
AUGUST 29, 2019
It's always kind of a surprise when you read a patient's chart, and you see an examination of a body part they just don't have. Just the other day, I was reading a consult note on a patient of mine who had been seen by a subspecialist for evaluation of a serious issue, and I […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 29, 2019
Biobeat's connected remote monitoring device is currently available as either a wristwatch or an adhesive patch.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 29, 2019
Primary topic: Workforce Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Online clinic treating physician depression and burnout Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 29, 2019
When users search for vaccine information on Pinterest they will get information from sources like the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
Security leaders are seeing the impact of cyberthreats—82% have experienced an internet of things-focused cyberattack in the past year. Of the organizations hit by an attack, 30% said the security incident compromised end-user safety.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
Loneliness is our largest, most silent health epidemic. Physicians and other healthcare professionals must drive urgency in identifying and treating loneliness in our mission to improve healthcare delivery.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 29, 2019
Aviliable within Epic's App Orchard, the app lets patients schedule and access virtual visits.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
The Surgeon General directed his warning specifically at the two populations amid a changing landscape of marijuana laws and attitudes in states across the U.S., as well as growing concerns about youth vaping.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 29, 2019
Primary topic: Workforce Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Online clinic treating physician depression and burnout Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK
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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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
When it comes to their career goals, there aren’t many differences between male and female general surgery residents, with one big exception: their salary expectations. Female residents, on average, anticipated an ideal starting salary that was $30,000 less than their male counterparts and well below the typical salary for general surgeons, according to a new study in JAMA Surgery.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 29, 2019
Michael Schrom in his transmission rebuilding shop. We spoke with Michael Schrom who lives in Othello, Washington, a farming community in Eastern Washington, about his life with type 1 diabetes. “I was born in Ephrata and was living on a ranch near Smyrna when I was diagnosed in December of 1962. I was seven. At that time, the average life expectancy was 20 years for a newly diagnosed person with type 1 diabetes.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
CVS Caremark is seeing savings on drug costs by nixing specific products with high inflation off formularies.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 29, 2019
The technology behemoth is preparing a move into the healthcare market, but critics fear profit will come before patients and privacy. Enthusiasts predicted the plan would relieve the pressure on hard-pressed GPs. Critics saw it as a sign of creeping privatisation and a data-protection disaster in waiting. Reactions to news last monththat Amazon’s voice-controlled digital assistant Alexa was to begin using NHS website information to answer health queries were many and varied.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
The co-owners of a Chicago youth counseling center have been indicted on charges that they defrauded Illinois' Medicaid program out of $4 million.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 29, 2019
Standards are both critical and frustrating. Health care standards may be where Web browsers were around 1995, as Internet access was growing explosively and new extensions to Web standards were being proposed right and left. In those years, getting your Web page to show up in readable form on every browser was a challenge that […].
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
Physicians are more likely to prescribe opioids to patients to treat pain if the appointment is later in the day or they are running behind schedule, according to a new study.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 29, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Yaroslav Kuflinski. As AI, or artificial intelligence, gets more traction across the healthcare realm, it practically becomes the center of innovation in the industry. Vendors and clinical stakeholders base their solutions around AI to optimize numerous care and administrative processes, including workflow assistance, diagnosis facilitation, and clinical […].
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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!
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
Blue Shield of California’s Altais reached a deal Thursday with the California Medical Association and the startup Aledade as part of an ongoing effort to provide technology and services aimed at enhancing value-based care.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 29, 2019
???Healthcare compliance analytics company Protenus today announced a $17M investment from some of the country’s top healthcare technology investment firms, to keep up with growing customer demand and to continue partnering with health systems that aim to take a more innovative approach to maintain compliance. Founded in 2014, Protenus helps health systems leverage healthcare compliance analytics […].
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
Nearly two-thirds of health plans (63%) say they are using recently proposed federal interoperability regulations as the first step toward broader strategies on interoperability, according to a new survey.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 29, 2019
In the past two weeks I have been in large audience discussions where there is a very different kind of topic being discussed around Health Information Technology. The topic is about a vision of how things could/should be at the point of care because of successful interoperability. It is not explicitly said that way. These discussions are around better safety, better treatment, better efficiency, better outcomes, etc.
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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 29, 2019
What are the costs of predatory publishing, and how do you avoid becoming a victim of “the dark side of publishing”?
ACA Times
AUGUST 29, 2019
3 minute read: If you or someone you know has been hit with IRS Letter 226J , you know that it is no laughing matter. The IRS is issuing these ACA penalty assessments to Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees, are required to offer Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) to at least 95% of their full-time workforce (and their dependents) whereby such coverage meets Minimum Value (MV) and is Affordable for the employee.
InTouch Health
AUGUST 29, 2019
See How Access to Telehealth Services Has Changed Over the Last Two Years. The American Telemedicine Association recently released its 2019 State of the States Report: Coverage and Reimbursement, a state-by-state assessment of how the telehealth industry continues to grow and evolve around the country. The report was last updated in 2017, and the new report suggests strong advances for virtual care providers and the overall telehealth community.
Optimum Healthcare IT
AUGUST 29, 2019
When assessing go-live support for an EHR implementation, there are several factors to consider. Clinical EHR go-live support tends to go 2-3 weeks while the EHR billing cycle will span several months from start to finish. The post 6 Considerations When Preparing for EHR Billing Cycle Support appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
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HealthStream
AUGUST 29, 2019
The primary care nursing model is often misunderstood, yet when properly deployed can lead to better patient outcomes and improved nursing staff satisfaction and retention.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
AUGUST 29, 2019
2019 marks the eighth year since the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) marked August as National Breastfeeding Month. The observance is dedicated to improving the nation’s health by working collaboratively to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for most infants and can also reduce the risk for some short- and long-term health conditions for both infants and mothers.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 29, 2019
Comprised of Samsung's consumer devices and an app, the approach's single-digit readmission rate is a far cry from the national average.
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