Mobi Health News
APRIL 10, 2020
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 10, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The CMS changes reduce certification requirements for clinicians, with the aim of expanding workforce flexibilities and enabling practitioners to be hired quickly and "perform work to the fullest extent of their licenses.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 10, 2020
Governments are finding technology-based tracking is helping in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but when does it cross the line into problematic surveillance?
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
Tech giants Google and Apple are working together to create contact tracing technology to help in the fight against COVID-19. Through the joint effort, Google and Apple will be able to notify people via smartphone if they've come into contact with someone with the coronavirus.
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Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 10, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on society, it’s more important than ever that we find ways to lift up our spirits. A couple of weeks ago we published (technically the word is ‘dropped’) Volume 1 of the #COVIDMixTape To create that mixtape, I asked over a dozen friends to choose a song that […].
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Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 10, 2020
An interview with Dan Ablett, President at Bridgecom Changing behaviors is hard. Everyone resists change, even when it’s in their best interest to do so. You don’t have to look farther than the difficulty healthcare leaders are having convincing people to stay at home to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus or persuading patients […].
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
Stanford Medicine scientists hope to use data from a voluntary health survey to create an "early warning system" that predicts the next surge in COVID-19 cases.
Health System CIO
APRIL 10, 2020
Although it was a pandemic that served as the catalyst for virtual care visits to take off, what's just as critical is the fact that organizations like UCHealth already had the key pieces in place, said CMIO CT Lin.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
Social distancing is critical in managing the spread of COVID-19, but it poses a major barrier to managing diabetes.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 10, 2020
Looking at all of you reading all the various HHS funding options, regulatory changes, and enforcement discretions we’ve shared as part of our COVID-19 coverage, I wanted to keep sharing some of the latest updates we’ve seen. $100 Billion CARES Act Funding for Medical Providers First up is reports that the $100 billion fund in […].
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
We should begin to think about the implications we’ll face after the immediate crisis is over, writes Hassan Rifaat, CEO of Vatica Health.
HealthStream
APRIL 10, 2020
To align with new CMS regulations, long-term facility competency programs should tie into assessments and also should engage the entire staff in their creation and ongoing updates.
InTouch Health
APRIL 10, 2020
Healthcare Facilities Are Using Telemedicine to Remotely Connect with Patients During the Outbreak. Demand for telehealth services has been on the rise for decades, but the coronavirus outbreak has dramatically increased usage rates around the United States. Multiple telehealth software and equipment providers have seen a spike in demand for their products and services over the last several weeks.
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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.
Health Recovery Solutions
APRIL 10, 2020
The CARES Act (March 2020) has considerably expanded telehealth services and reimbursement eligibility for providers, including the relaxation of licensure and certification requirements and the waiver of Medicare rural site requirements. Along with these provisions, the CARE Act allocated $200 million to the Federal Communications Commission to support the FCC telehealth and RPM response efforts to COVID-19.
HealthStream
APRIL 10, 2020
The existing shortage of nurses and physicians will continue and become an even larger problem across many areas of healthcare during the coming decade.
ACA Times
APRIL 10, 2020
13 minute read: Compliance with the various employer provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be complicated under normal employment conditions. As employers face the incredibly difficult business climate created by the COVID-19 Pandemic and use the various workforce management tools at their disposal to keep their businesses alive during this crisis, it is important to understand how this may affect your current and ongoing ACA compliance.
KB Dental Consulting
APRIL 10, 2020
Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI Scanner is very useful for doctors and healthcare experts across the globe to not just diagnose various diseases accurately but also monitor the treatments. MRI scanner uses a combination of a magnetic field, computer technology, and harmless radio waves to produce very detailed images of human anatomy from different angles.
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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!
HIStalk Weekender
APRIL 10, 2020
Weekly News Recap The COVID-19 global tracking website that was.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 10, 2020
The company plans to use the new funds to expand commercialization in the US, Europe and Israel.
Health Populi
APRIL 10, 2020
“Covid-19 exposes America’s racial health gap,” asserts The Economist , the weekly news magazine based in London, UK, in an advanced essay dated 11 April 2020. The subtitle of the piece: “African-Americans appear more vulnerable to the virus.” The phrase, “your ZIP code is more important than your genetic code” has become the common mantra for public health people communicating the concept of the social determinants of health : those factors outside of m
Morning eHealth
APRIL 10, 2020
Could the pandemic revive privacy talks?
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
APRIL 10, 2020
Three Democratic lawmakers are raising the alarm about a reported effort by the White House to work with technology companies in the development of a national coronavirus surveillance system. The lawmakers today sent a letter to White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner demanding answers about "opaque" partnerships with private companies to potentially collect Americans' health information.
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