Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2020

While there is a large and growing market for remote patient monitoring technologies, with particular benefits for the older population, simplification of connection technologies – Bluetooth for one – will be key to the broader adoption of RPM in 2020. The vast majority of hospitals and health systems – 88 percent – have invested in or plan to invest in remote patient monitoring technologies as part of their transition to a value-based care model, according to a 2019 Spyg

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 21, 2020

Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer has seen the company through some boom years, including growth that has outpaced the company's manufacturing capabilities. But they've learned lessons and are pressing on with a new, smaller sensor in 2021.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 21, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. It’s perhaps the greatest gift a person can have, but we usually take it for granted until it’s gone. Without it, nothing else in life is quite the same. And once it’s gone, it can be very hard to get it back.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 21, 2020

The AlphaFold system uses large genomic datasets to generate 3D models of protein structure more accurately than ever before.

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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.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Is there an optimal number of patients that primary care physicians should care for? Turns out there isn’t enough evidence to draw any conclusions, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Medicare Advantage plan holders spent nearly 40% less than their counterparts in Medicare’s fee-for-service program, according to a new analysis from UnitedHealth Group.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 21, 2020

Gentem distinguishes its end-to-end billing and revenue cycle platform by offering upfront payments to its clients.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

As a hospital volunteer, entrepreneur Imran Cronk gave a patient a ride home from the hospital when there weren't other options available. It got him thinking about the role of transportation and mobility as a barrier to patients' access to care. The company he founded, Ride Health, is now partnering with Uber Health to make healthcare transportation more accessible.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 21, 2020

The Sleeprate platform uses AI algorithms to analyse athletes’ heart rate and brain activity.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

The Supreme Court will wait for a federal appeals court to decide on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, meaning that a final decision on the law won’t come before the 2020 election.

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 21, 2020

Early last year, we brought you the exciting story of PKvitality’s K’Watch–A CGM device unlike anything else on the market. (Read our original coverage here.). In the last few months, the company has made some major moves to bring the concept of the pain-free glucose monitor into reality. Why another CGM? There are currently a variety of CGM devices available to people with diabetes.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Improvements to kidney care and to data stewardship are among the key trends to watch in 2020—here's how industry players can prepare for them, according to a new CVS report.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 21, 2020

MHDS is published for public comment. This is the first of two Public Comment periods, with the next one this spring. We are doing two public comment phases in order to get broad set of review. The Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) Profile is a 100% FHIR Document Sharing infrastructure leveraging many IHE FHIR profiles including MHD. Where MHD has historically been an API to an XDS or XCA environment; MHDS introduces a new Central Registry actor and discusses how to build a complete Document

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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

JANUARY 21, 2020

Healthcare organizations and hospitals need to patch a critical vulnerability and beef up their cybersecurity defenses in the face of several new cyber risks, security experts say. Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive urging organizations to patch up critical vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 21, 2020

When’s the last time you rode in an ambulance? Whether you were the patient or a family member, it probably drove home the importance of not just immediate care but advanced care. People don’t end up in an ambulance for a sprained toe. Paramedics save lives. But many patients need more than a paramedic or an emergency medical technician (EMT) – their condition might require a cardiologist, neurologist, intensivist or trauma surgeon.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

The country’s largest medical specialty society Monday said it’s time for the U.S. to transition to a healthcare system that achieves universal coverage for everyone.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/17 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) on the topic of “What Do You Expect from #HIMSS20?” Hard to believe that the annual HIMSS Conference is just around the corner. There’s nothing […].

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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!

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Despite the underlying challenges associated with real estate development, the battle for market share and rapid expansion of ambulatory strategies amongst healthcare providers has never been as intense as it is today.

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Optimum Healthcare IT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Read Time: 2 min A successful appointment conversion & soft go-live are necessary steps before cutover to allow proper exposure before system cutover. The post Tips for a Successful Soft Go-Live appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Providers are making an increasing number of mistakes selecting the wrong medication for patients on their computer screens or tablets, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

Now that I’ve shaken off the holiday malaise and gotten back to business, I’ve begun to wonder which areas of healthcare will become the new hotness for the coming year. After tossing off a short LinkedIn post on this subject, I decided to dig in further and share my conclusions with you. By the way, […].

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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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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Industry competition over who controls healthcare’s “front door” is pushing legacy organizations to adopt new ways of thinking about M&A as business models evolve, a new report shows.

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Hinduja Global Solutions

JANUARY 21, 2020

Recent reports show that up to 80% of payers are integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) into their member programs. To address this market focus, HGS recently sponsored a webinar on Best Practices in Addressing Social Determinants of Health Issues Impacting Highest-Need Populations with AHIP. This well-attended event deserved a follow-up session as there were so many great questions from the attendees.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

Health Scholars, known for their VR simulations and cloud-based training platform utilized for management, delivery, and analysis of clinical training, is excited to announce the successful completion of a $17M round of fundraising with investments from Arboretum Ventures, Venture Investors, Capital Midwest Fund, OSF HealthCare, as well as key family office seed funders.

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HealthStream

JANUARY 21, 2020

Using an AI-based nurse training and assessment system like Jane could be a very effective addition to healthcare organization operations. Here are three scenarios where such a solution would be useful.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 21, 2020

Midsize regional health plans in particular face aggressive competition from large national players.

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eVisit

JANUARY 21, 2020

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Synzi

JANUARY 21, 2020

Disrupting the Delivery of Care Home health care continues to be in flux and agencies are scrambling to prepare for several forces which will disrupt their delivery of care. With 2020 underway, agencies are recognizing the urgent need to address … Read More. The post Getting Ready for “What’s Next” in Home Health appeared first on Synzi.

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