Thu.Jun 27, 2019

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Innovation is risky — have a concrete plan to avoid, learn from failed implementations

Mobi Health News

An unsuccessful pilot is nobody's first choice, but it gives organizations a chance to address their shortcomings and improve their next attempt.

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How Can Marrying Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence Solve the Mystery of Rising Care Costs?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing segments of the digital universe, with data volumes expected to grow by 48 percent annually. Healthcare applications will be the principal driver of this data growth, with EHR penetration in the US already reaching more than 80 percent and expected to reach 95 percent […].

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Pain relief health tech startup Oska Wellness lands $5.5M

Mobi Health News

The new money will be put towards sales, marketing and distribution efforts. It will also be used to help develop the company's product line.

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Lawsuit accuses University of Chicago of sharing identifiable patient data with Google

FierceHealthIT

The University of Chicago, its medical center and Google were sued in a potential class-action lawsuit accusing the hospital of sharing hundreds of thousands of patient records with the tech giant that retained identifiable date stamps and doctors' notes.

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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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Researchers find lack of standardized measures to evaluate mental health apps

Mobi Health News

The study also found that the bulk of the apps were focused on meditation, mindfulness and relaxation.

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Fitbit users now have access to Cardiogram's heart condition-detecting deep neural network

Mobi Health News

Fitbit users can also become part of Cardiogram and UCSF's Health eHeart Study.

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Out-of-pocket costs increased across all healthcare in 2018

FierceHealthIT

Patients experienced increases as high as 12% for out-of-pocket healthcare costs in 2018, according to a new analysis by TransUnion Healthcare.

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Choosing great startup partners starts with looking inward

Mobi Health News

Experts from Partners, Northwell, HealthBox and more discuss how to choose partners and what needs to be done first.

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ACA improves coverage and access for cardiovascular patients in Medicaid expansion states

FierceHealthIT

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved access to healthcare for cardiovascular patients, according to a new study conducted by Harvard Medical School.

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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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Mixed reactions from users following UnitedHealth Group's acquisition of PatientsLikeMe

Mobi Health News

Twitter users voice privacy concerns over the new deal.

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Providence St. Joseph Health acquires Epic IT solutions consultant Bluetree

FierceHealthIT

Providence St. Joseph Health announced plans Thursday to acquire Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy company that helps healthcare providers maximize their return on their electronic health record investment. With the addition of Bluetree, the Renton, Washington-based health system now has two of the top EHR solutions companies in the country.

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Teladoc Health announces its replacement CFO, MyHealthTeams appoints EVP of partnerships and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Mayo Clinic educator to guide Fundamental Surgery's training product development; Dr. Daniel Kraft comes to Healthy.io.

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Physicians overestimate time that translates to their Medicare payments, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Physicians overestimate the time it takes to perform procedures that are then used to calculate how they get paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule, a new study found.

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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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Best Practices for Your Epic EHR Go-Live

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Heather Haugen & Mia Erickson from Atos Epic continues to gain market share across the healthcare landscape. In 2019, they represent about 33% of the EHR inpatient hospital market share. Many of the largest healthcare organizations have implemented Epic and they remain a strong contender for new implementations […].

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UnitedHealthcare finds 70% of retirees concerned with physical health

FierceHealthIT

Nearly 70% of American ages 62 and older named physical health their top concern, according to a recent survey conducted by UnitedHealthcare.

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Featured Health IT Job: Epic Analyst (Staff or Senior) – Resolute Hospital Billing

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Analyst (Staff or Senior) – Resolute Hospital Billing position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by ProHealth Care and is available in Wisconsin. Here’s a description of the […].

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Swedish Covenant Health expected to merge with NorthShore University HealthSystem by end of 2019

FierceHealthIT

Officials at Chicago-based Swedish Covenant Health (SCH) signed an agreement for the health system to join Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem.

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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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Have You Unlocked Your Digital Front Door? Here Are 3 Key To Do It!

eVisit

It’s More Than A Website. Competition at the enterprise level is fierce, and the ability to expand your reach while keeping costs in check is paramount to your success. One strategy that has often been used by healthcare systems is to buy more clinics, offices, or hospitals. Physical real estate is so much more expensive than digital real estate.

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Maryland health system agrees to pay $3.2M in false claims case

FierceHealthIT

Annapolis, Maryland-based Anne Arundel Medical Center agreed to pay nearly $3.2 million to settle false claims allegations by the Department of Justice.

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Today's FDA: How We Got Here

GNS Healthcare

The FDA's role has always been to balance safety and efficacy when it comes to approving drugs, medical devices and biological products. And yet the numbers are staggering, to bring a drug to market costs on average $2.7B and takes close to a decade. So how did we get here and what does the future hold? For this blog we take a look back at how the FDA came to be, how Dr.

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Ex-USC gynecologist George Tyndall arrested, charged with sexual assault of student patients

FierceHealthIT

After a lengthy Los Angeles police investigation, a former University of Southern California gynecologist was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually assaulting 16 young female students.

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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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CSWA Joins TBHI Text Therapy Online Training

Telebehavioral Health Institute

TBHI is delighted to announce that Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA) Policy and Practice Director, Laura W. Groshong, AM, LICSW, is joining Marlene Maheu, PhD in Telebehavioral Health Institute’s (TBHI’s) “Is Text Therapy Goof For Your Practice? Telehealth Legal/Ethical Requirements” … Read more. The post CSWA Joins TBHI Text Therapy Online Training appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Diabetes Symptoms Go Far Beyond Frequent Bathroom Trips

Insulin Nation

I remember the exact date my symptoms started. It was on February 24th. I woke up in the middle of the night smelling smoke. I was so convinced that it wasn’t a dream, that I walked through my entire house looking for the source. There was nothing. At least, not in the house. But inside my body, there was a fire of sorts. That was the day my immune system started attacking the insulin-producing cells in my pancreas.

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Health System CFOs Say Digital Transformation Is Critical For Survival

Healthcare IT Today

A new survey found that 80% of health system CFOs believe that their organizations need to engage in digital transformation efforts if they’re going to remain competitive – or perhaps even to survive. To prepare the report, which looked at how CFOs and other financial leaders view finance technology and outsourced services, Black Book Research […].

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Today's FDA: How We Got Here

GNS Healthcare

The FDA's role has always been to balance safety and efficacy when it comes to approving drugs, medical devices and biological products. And yet the numbers are staggering, to bring a drug to market costs on average $2.7B and takes close to a decade. So how did we get here and what does the future hold? For this blog we take a look back at how the FDA came to be, how Dr.

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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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Assessing the Components of Clinical Competence

HealthStream

You have to assess multiple healthcare employee attributes to get a complete picture of his or her level of clinical competency. It is important to measure knowledge, skill level, and emotional intelligence in staff members and then instituting measures to enhance these characteristics.

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ERP Shared Services Success Factors- Part 2

Optimum Healthcare IT

Consolidation in the healthcare industry has been on the rise, with mergers and acquisitions leading to larger healthcare organizations that are attempting to leverage economies of scale to deliver healthcare at lower costs. The post ERP Shared Services Success Factors- Part 2 appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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How to Accelerate the Growth of an Enterprise Architecture Program

LeanIX

At LeanIX we regularly say that Enterprise Architecture programs are not able to succeed unless championed by the right people. The reason why is simple: all enterprises develop incredibly unique IT networks that can only truly be mapped by those with free access to equally specialized intelligence. And once (or, if ) this information is made available, it must be qualified according to a company-based technical criteria before its contributions to the business as a whole can become interpreted

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