Fri.Feb 21, 2020

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Low retention, unrepresentative samples prevalent among large app-based digital health studies

Mobi Health News

A recently published analysis of eight digital studies found a median dropoff of 5.5 days, as well as a predominantly young and white pool of participants.

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Mobile patient engagement technology saves clinic $1.8M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Mobile patient engagement technology saves clinic $1.

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HIMSSCast: Technology, policy and COVID-19

Mobi Health News

COVID-19, perhaps still better known as novel coronavirus, is a dangerous and rapidly spreading disease that governments and healthcare stakeholders are working around the world to contain. But how is new technology shaping the narrative of this epidemic, and is it making it easier to manage than previous outbreaks?

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Health insurers' profits topped $35B last year. Medicare Advantage is the common thread

FierceHealthIT

Big-name health insurers raked in $35.7 billion in profit over the course of the year. Check out the comparisons of how they performed.

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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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Telehealth, language services platform Cloudbreak Health scores $10M

Mobi Health News

The platform was designed to provide patients with limited English proficiency access to speciality care.

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Boots UK pilots digital prescription service

Mobi Health News

The high street beauty and health retailer is taking one step further to introduce digital services for its customers.

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Patient Care Trends of 2020: SDoH, Behavioral Data, and Moving Beyond the AI Trough of Disillusionment

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. John Showalter, CPO, Jvion. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare, especially on its clinical side, where 62% of providers have already adopted an AI strategy. The American Hospital Association recently reported that when […].

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HHS says it listened to the industry about EHR pain points in final burden reduction strategy

FierceHealthIT

Federal regulators have listened to physicians' complaints about health IT burdens and they have some solutions. HHS is looking at strategies that are achievable in the next three to five years and also outlined steps that EHR vendors should take to focus more on user-centered design.

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ONC chief expects rules ‘relatively soon’

Morning eHealth

Patients say they can’t afford to wait for privacy protections — How China's using tech to fight coronavirus

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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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UnitedHealthcare axes Mednax from its network in four states

FierceHealthIT

Florida-based physician services provider Mednax announced Friday that UnitedHealthcare unilaterally cut the company out of its network.

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Coronavirus Prevention Tips and Telehealth Applications

Vidyo

The post Coronavirus Prevention Tips and Telehealth Applications appeared first on Vidyo Blog.

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A Doctor for President – ZDoggMD

Healthcare IT Today

I know that ZDoggMD is not everyone’s favorite, but I just came across this satire video of ZDoggMD saying what he’d do if he ran for President. It’s hard to imagine what goes through his mind when he thinks he wants to create a video like this. An interesting mention of Judy Faulkner in it […].

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Why Monthly ACA Compliance is Critical for Avoiding IRS Penalties

ACA Times

2 minute read: With the IRS expected to continue to ramp up enforcement of the ACA’s Employer Mandate this year , employers should recognize the importance of a monthly ACA compliance process. Here’s why: One of the most critical reason for implementing a monthly ACA compliance process is that it provides a running record of the offers of coverage extended to your workforce.

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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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Attackers Use Coronavirus Fears To Fuel Malicious Activity

Healthcare IT Today

Sadly, it’s predictable that crooks, swindlers and others with malicious intent would take advantage of the fear surrounding the international outbreak of an unexpected and little-known disease. As it turns out, the Coronavirus epidemic is no exception. According to researchers at Proofpoint, in recent times attackers have sent out hundreds of thousands of malicious messages […].

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Weekender 2/21/20

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Publicly traded patient survey company NRC.

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Cloudbreak Health Attracts $10M Growth Investment

Healthcare IT Today

Cloudbreak Health, LLC, (“Cloudbreak”), a leading unified telemedicine and video medical interpretation solutions provider, today announced it has secured a $10 million investment from Columbia Partners Private Capital (“Columbia”) to fuel growth and product innovation. “Partnering with Columbia allows us to invest in the further expansion of our telemedicine solutions while expanding our IT, sales […].

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Planning Annual Required Training – A Healthcare Compliance Case Study

HealthStream

To illustrate the difficulty that a typical healthcare provider may encounter when planning annual required training, we offer the example of just one role in a single state—a respiratory therapist in Tennessee

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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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The 3 biggest questions providers have as CMS' direct contracting deadline nears

FierceHealthIT

The first deadline for the Trump administration’s new direct contracting value-based care payment model is right around the corner, but potential applicants are worried about key missing details—like how they will get paid.

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