Wed.May 13, 2020

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CXA Group receives fresh round of funds from existing investors Humanica and HSBC

Mobi Health News

In addition to the funding, CXA Group has signed a MoU with Humanica to integrate its Human Capital Management platform with their platform in Thailand.

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Psychiatrists 'pleasantly surprised' with transition to telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A qualitative RAND Corporation study finds that psychiatrists offering telemedicine for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic have had largely positive perceptions of the transition. Many, however, say they plan to return to in-person care when possible, due to the challenges psychiatric telemedicine entail. WHY IT MATTERS. Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, a variety of logistical and regulatory hurdles prevented many psychiatrists from using telemedicine.

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Senators petition Congress for additional $2B toward broadband, telehealth

Mobi Health News

A bipartisan quartet of lawmakers wrote to Congressional leaders on the need to deliver additional funds through the longstanding Rural Health Care Program.

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AHIP wants payers to offer a grace period for any surgeries canceled or postponed due to COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

America’s Health Insurance Plans urged insurers to offer a grace period for any pre-authorized surgeries and procedures canceled due to COVID-19 as health systems seek to restart.

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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 DNA Company buys My Pain Sensei for roughly $30M, will create new app

Mobi Health News

The companies will join forces and create a new app called My Next Health, which helps gauge risk for certain conditions, including the coronavirus.

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Viveo Health telemedicine platform released for free to users worldwide?

Mobi Health News

"Virtual Office for Doctors" had been built to ensure secure remote consultations.

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Mount Sinai launches post-COVID-19 care center for ongoing treatments, research

FierceHealthIT

Mount Sinai Health System is launching a new Center for Post COVID Care to offer additional support for and gather crucial data from patients recovering from the virus as they transition from hospital to home.

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Imperial College London and Intelligent Fingerprinting join forces to develop a 10-minute fingerprint test for COVID-19

Mobi Health News

The test uses a portable analysis unit to detect the virus in sweat.

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Progyny brings in $4M in profits in Q1, beats Wall Street expectations

FierceHealthIT

Progyny saw its revenue jump 72% to $81 million in the first quarter of 2020, despite disruptions to fertility medical services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company, which manages fertility benefits for employees at large firms, beat Wall Street estimates for both earnings and revenue.

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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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Dutch startup ViroTact secures funding for COVID-19 test which can detect virus in 30 seconds

Mobi Health News

The test is expected to be available within eight weeks.

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Providers, payers try to convince Supreme Court to not strike down ACA

FierceHealthIT

Provider and payer groups are imploring the Supreme Court to keep the ACA intact as a lawsuit threatens to unravel the controversial healthcare law.

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Digital mental health company Meru snags $8.1M in Series A funds

Mobi Health News

The company also published new research on its biofeedback tool.

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COVID-19 lessons from Humana's work to improve employee well-being

FierceHealthIT

Humana has put a focus on its employee well-being initiatives for years—and that work is offering lessons for responding to COVID-19, executives said.

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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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Hims & Hers, Vault Health now sell FDA-authorized home COVID-19 tests via telehealth

Mobi Health News

Following a virtual consultation, both companies are supplying Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory's saliva-based molecular test to consumers at $150 per kit.

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Industry Voices—7 things to consider before reopening your operating room

FierceHealthIT

The time is now to begin planning for how operating rooms should address the overflowing case demand and backlog of surgical procedures that were cancelled. Here are seven tips for making a plan for reopening your OR.

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Checklist for Getting Back to the Office after COVID-19

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Checklist for Getting Back to the Office after COVID-19 Getting back to the office when sheltering from home orders are relaxed/lifted involves a number of decisions. In the short post below, TBHI offers you a checklist to consider as you … Read more. The post Checklist for Getting Back to the Office after COVID-19 appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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PwC survey: Majority of consumers planning to spend less on their healthcare

FierceHealthIT

A new survey found that a majority of consumers plan to spend less on healthcare visits or prescription drugs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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A Forced Revolution: Medicine in the New Normal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Gregory Sanders, MD, FACC, Founder and CEO of HybridChart. In response to this unprecedented pandemic, every industry has seen change and the need for adaptation. Supply chains have been tested. Age-old habits, like shaking hands, have become taboo. Commonplace activities like going to a movie, or to a […].

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Hims & Hers, Vault Health roll out at-home saliva COVID-19 tests

FierceHealthIT

Startups Vault Health and Hims & Hers are offering at-home COVID-19 testing kits on the heels of the FDA's move last week to permit a Rutgers lab to start selling spit-collection kits to detect the coronavirus.

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Workforce Changes Now Will Affect ACA Reporting Later

ACA Times

3 minute read: Several weeks into quarantine and social distancing, many are wondering when the country will reopen. As of April 20, 42 states had placed shelter in place orders. Roughly 316 million Americans are being affected by the orders and many of those are experiencing a varying degree of change regarding their employment status. While some states have begun to lift those restrictions, the process of rebuilding the economy will be long and arduous.

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Here's a look at the top 15 physician specialties by compensation—before the financial hit of COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Medscape released its annual compensation report Thursday. Here's a look at who is getting the biggest paychecks in medicine.

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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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Remote Patient Intake in the Post-COVID World – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 5/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Theresa Moss (@theresajmoss) from @FormFast on the topic of “Remote Patient Intake in the Post-COVID World“ What a roller coaster ride this has been. From the moment it […].

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Podcast with Dr. Stephanie Lahr: “There Are Hidden Opportunities to Innovate and Create.”

Health System CIO

Sometimes the best decisions are made – and the best work is done – when leaders don’t “have time for overthinking, having multiple meetings, and bringing multiple areas together,” says Dr. Stephanie Lahr. In this interview, she discusses her team’s pandemic response. It’s funny; one of the key challenges for healthcare IT leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic is a lack of time.

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Cyber Risk in the time of COVID-19: Why Hospitals Are More Vulnerable than Ever – and How to Respond

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dustin Hutchison, President and COO, Pondurance. In the midst of a pandemic in which more than 2 million people have gotten sick worldwide and 130,000 have died, you’d like to think that cybercriminals would recognize the gravity of the situation and agree to a collective humanitarian “cease fire” […].

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How to Re-Enter the Workplace During COVID-19

Telebehavioral Health Institute

How to Re-Enter the Workplace During COVID-19 For those of us planning to return to the physical workplace when stay-at-home orders are relaxed/lifted, there are many things to consider. Our goal is to share some of those things so that … Read more. The post How to Re-Enter the Workplace During COVID-19 appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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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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Addressing Challenges in Medical Billing

HealthStream

While much of healthcare is in flux, the importance of helping patients to understand their financial responsibilities remains constant. Effective communication strategies and processes remain the best way to optimize revenue cycle and collections.

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Preparing for the Post-pandemic Rebound

Geonetric

Whether you’ve had a heavy COVID-19 case load or not, the financial impact of this pandemic on health systems has been dramatic. Re-engaging health consumers is critical to the financial survival of many organizations, and care deferral is beginning to have serious consequences for the health of many Americans. As you plan to open service […].

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Targeted Training: Promoting EHR Efficiency

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 2 min Technical implementation of an EHR is incredibly important. A solid provider training plan can make or break the long term success of the system. The post Targeted Training: Promoting EHR Efficiency appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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