Tue.Sep 17, 2019

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It’s time we get the technology working for the patients, and not make their lives more difficult

KevinMD

In a world where, in a moment, I can order from thousands of items and have them delivered to my doorstep the same or next day at the press of a button without having to re-enter my name, address, and billing information each time, it would seem that filling out paper forms at the doctor’s […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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At Health 2.0, new technologies, new ideas 'storming the battlements'

Mobi Health News

The conversation isn't just about apps anymore – it's about robust, patient-centered platforms that are changing the calculus for care delivery in a consumer-centered age.

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What is Considered a HIPAA Breach in 2019?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marty Puranik, co-founder, Atlantic.Net. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a bill passed initially in 1996, consists of a set of rules and regulations that protect the privacy and security of health information and provide individuals with certain rights to their health information.

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By embracing biomarkers, 'empathetic technology' can address health issues unbeknownst to its users

Mobi Health News

At Health 2.0, Dolby Labs' Dr. Poppy Crum painted a future of ubiquitous sensors and data-driven health interventions.

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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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Despite Brightness, The Picture For AI in Healthcare Looks Blurred

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adarsh Jain, editor, Transparency Market Research. A rosy picture is always a tricky perception. Artificial Intelligence or AI as it is known, is also very similar. Research publications are inundated with the findings that integrate AI with industry for better outcomes.

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4 Ideas That Can Have A Big Impact On Your Network’s Referrals

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. Imagine your favorite football team is in a real neck-to-neck with another team, and the game could tip in anyone’s favor. It is the last minute, and in an insane turn of events, the quarterback throws the ball in the air, hoping the player in the end zone could make […].

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Meru Health launches wearable companion to track biofeedback

Mobi Health News

The tool was designed to help users see their heart rate variability.

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Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush joins Boston startup Firefly Health

FierceHealthIT

More than a year after Jonathan Bush stepped down from his role as CEO of Athenahealth, the well-known health IT executive has landed a new gig as executive chairman of Boston-based Firefly Health.

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Meru launches wearable companion to track biofeedback

Mobi Health News

The tool was designed to help users see their heart rate variability.

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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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For 73 million Americans, limited choices for commercial health insurance, AMA study finds

FierceHealthIT

An estimated 73 million Americans with commercial health insurance live in highly concentrated markets and face limited choices as competition has decreased in four years, according to a new American Medical Association study.

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Ping An Good Doctor partners with Guangxi government to build Internet Healthcare platform

Mobi Health News

Ping An Good Doctor’s cooperation with the Guangxi government opens doors for the company to extend its reach to ASEAN.

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Novant Health teams up with predictive analytics startup Jvion to take on heart failure outcomes

FierceHealthIT

Atlanta-based healthcare artificial intelligence company Jvion will be Novant Health's inaugural partner for its Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence announced in June.

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Kaia Health lands $8M to focus on treating musculoskeletal disorders

Mobi Health News

The new round was led by Optum Ventures.

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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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Industry Voices—Using 3D location to save money on lost medical equipment

FierceHealthIT

Thousands of pieces of medical equipment are misplaced or go missing each year, which collectively can cost hospitals millions of dollars to replace. The introduction of high-accuracy 3D mobile location provides healthcare facilities with a mechanism to locate and track high-value equipment in a timely manner.

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Online prehabilitation service, NLP case data summarization tool named as RWJF pitch contest champions

Mobi Health News

Each company overcame dozens of other entrants in the annual innovation competition's largest participant pool to date.

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Physicians increasingly too busy to see pharma sales reps, report finds

FierceHealthIT

It’s bad news for pharmaceutical company sales reps. U.S. physicians are increasingly too busy to see them, a new report found.

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New “Launch Health” Accelerator in Kansas City

Healthcare IT Today

Nueterra Capital recently selected 6 companies for their Launch Health Accelerator that’s located in Kansas City. To learn more about this new accelerator and the companies involved, we talked with Don Peterson, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Launch Health Accelerator. What’s the genesis behind creating the accelerator? Who’s behind it?

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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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Industry Voices—CMS: Ensure time spent with patients is appropriately valued with E/M code changes

FierceHealthIT

Despite their indispensability to patient health, E/M services have been sadly undervalued by the Medicare program. Absent adequate reimbursement for time spent on complex patient care, specialists are finding it harder to sustain their practices.

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Glucose SOS: More Than Just a Hypoglycemia Treatment

Insulin Nation

Like many diabetics, my diet has changed significantly since my diagnosis. I do my best to select foods that will work to keep my body healthy, my blood sugars stable, and inflammation at bay. I avoid artificial chemicals and additives at all costs. But one place it has always been surprisingly difficult to find a natural alternative is in the glucose tab market.

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Weill Cornell will offer free medical education to students with financial need

FierceHealthIT

Add Weill Cornell Medicine to the list of medical schools taking action to help students with the high cost of education.

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Doctors and AI working side by side

Healee

There’s an interesting conversation between Neo and Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded movie. They talk about the difference between the machines that we (people) control and those that we... The post Doctors and AI working side by side appeared first on Healee.

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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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Survey: Hospital, health system leaders slow to adopt risk-based payment arrangements

FierceHealthIT

Hospital and health system executives and leaders said in a recent survey there has been slow uptake of risk-based payment arrangements, with most leaders reporting that less than 20% of their patient population was in such a model.

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IT Strategy – Planning for 2022 and Beyond

Optimum Healthcare IT

Having an IT strategy for the future can be a challenge, and looking forward two or more years is crucial to the success of an organization. The post IT Strategy – Planning for 2022 and Beyond appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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DOJ: Four charged in $99M pharmacy fraud started "new" business to continue scheme

FierceHealthIT

Four people have been charged in a $99 million pharmacy fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced.

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6 Big Content Strategy Considerations When Choosing a CMS

Geonetric

Today’s healthcare marketers demand more in a CMS. It needs to not only house hundreds of pages of content about services, doctors, and providers, but it also needs to offer governance tools to keep content up-to-date and provide an appropriate engine for hosting content marketing and marketing assets. And managing these throngs of marketing opportunities […].

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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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Tennessee releases proposal to convert federal Medicaid dollars into block grant

FierceHealthIT

Tennessee released its proposal to the federal government to become the first state to convert Medicaid funding into a block grant.

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Looking at the Future of Data Storage in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

This week I’m in Austin for the annual Pure Storage user and partner conference called Pure Accelerate. If you want to follow the event on Twitter, you can do so at the hashtag #PureAccelerate or just follow @techguy on Twitter for the healthcare related tweets. While I sometimes feel like I need to change my […].

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Government Employers Are Not Exempt from the ACA

ACA Times

3 minute read: . No organization is immune to the responsibilities of the Affordable Care Act, as a Texas County recently discovered. Galveston County, Texas, received an IRS Letter 972CG penalty notice for $76,550 for failing to meet the filing deadline for submitting ACA information for the 2018 tax year as required by the ACA’s Employer Mandate. The penalty was issued under IRC Section 6721 for filing forms 1094-C and 1095-C after the deadline to file electronically.

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