Mon.Apr 20, 2020

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Novartis acquires digital therapeutic using video games, 3D glasses to treat 'lazy eye'

Mobi Health News

Alongside the purchase of Amblyotech, the pharma company announced upcoming collaborations with major video game publisher Ubisoft and McGill University.

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The pandemic brought Gastro Health’s business to a halt – telehealth saved the day

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the COVID-19 pandemic, business at Gastro Health in Miami came to a halt. In order to uphold social-distancing practices, patients stayed at home and thus physicians at the practice did not have access to them. THE PROBLEM. Additionally, all elective endoscopic procedures were cancelled. Only urgent procedures were performed. There was a dramatic drop in business.

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Microsoft chatbot helps COVID-19 survivors determine if eligible to donate plasma

Mobi Health News

Patients are screened about COVID-19 status and other health factors, then provided with information about the nearest donation station.

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VA partners with Facebook, Red Cross on video call devices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs continues its rollout of telehealth tools through a partnership with social media company Facebook and the American Red Cross. WHY IT MATTERS. Through the partnership, qualified veterans and their caregivers will receive Facebook's stand-alone video-chatting device, Portal, to reduce isolation and improve social connectedness at home.

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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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Aledade's $64M for tech-enabled ACOs, Alan's $54M for mobile-friendly insurtech and more digital health funding news

Mobi Health News

Also: RDMD locks in $14M for rare disease therapy research; VIDA Diagnostics raises $11M for AI lunch imaging analysis.

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Self-reported symptoms from surveys posted on Facebook, Google outlets correlate with confirmed tests, according to Carnegie Mellon

Mobi Health News

The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.

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VA, DOD launch joint HIE to ease data sharing with community providers

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) unveiled a joint health information exchange to enable interoperable health information sharing between VA, DOD and private sector providers.

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Covid-19 and Senior Living’s growing use of tech

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Seniors and technology – change is in the airwaves. In ways that could not have been anticipated six months ago, the technology marketplace (sellers and buyers) for older adults is accelerating in interest level and adoption. And that is likely an understatement. Following the reimbursement changes after in-person visits disappeared and numbers of visits exploded , firms with telehealth tech are finding a one-year-pipeline compressed into one month.

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CMS releases guidance for how health systems can restart elective procedures cancelled due to COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

CMS has new guidance for how a hospital or health system can resume elective procedures vital to their financial health.

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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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Roundup: NHS Wales creates system for storing COVID-19 results, X-ON develops remote consultations and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

GOOGLE BLOCKS MILLIONS OF COVID-19 SCAM EMAILS DAILY. Product manager at Google Security, Neil Kumaran, and lead security product marketing manager for G Suite and GCP platform, Sam Lugani, issued a statement last week (16 April) in which they underlined the extent of their security measures set up to protect against phishing and malware attacks sent to gmail accounts.

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Google opens Cloud Healthcare API to health systems to support data exchange

FierceHealthIT

Google Cloud announced Monday the general availability of a technology tool that will make it easier for health systems and providers to connect data across different sources. During the health crisis, the need for healthcare providers to have access to real-time, unified healthcare data is critical, Google Cloud executives said.

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Using AI to cope in the coronavirus era

Digital Leaders HealthTech

COVID-19 is having serious implications for businesses across the globe, as they adapt to the ‘new normal’ of operating an organisation remotely. Here are seven business functions at risk and the AI solutions that could help. 1. Sales prioritisation. Sales and business development are suffering and AI-powered sales performance solutions can help. So-called propensity models can identify which customers are most likely to buy a product or service from a company, says Dr Tom Davenport, president’

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CDC releases some racial, ethnic data on coronavirus

Morning eHealth

Testing splits along partisan lines — Privacy, cybersecurity concerns confront Europe

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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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Study: Insurance brokers express skepticism about alternative coverage 

FierceHealthIT

Insurance brokers give alternative coverage, such as short-term health plans, a mixed review, according to a new study.

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Digital Disruptors Exceling At Delivering Exceptional Digital Customer Experiences

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Drew Ivan, chief product and strategy officer, Lyniate. It is becoming increasingly popular to move healthcare outside of the clinic and into the community and the home with the use of telemedicine platforms, apps, […]. The article Digital Disruptors Exceling At Delivering Exceptional Digital Customer Experiences appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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CMS to pay providers via MIPS for participating in COVID-19 drug treatment trials

FierceHealthIT

To get vital data for clinical trials on COVID-19 treatments, CMS is giving physicians a credit under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System for participating in such trials.

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What SYKES’ Telehealth Survey Report Reveals About Americans’ Perceptions of Virtual Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By A.J. Hanna, vice president client advocacy, SYKES. People’s knowledge of telehealth isn’t necessarily leading to usage — at least, that is what we found at SYKES as a part of our survey on attitudes […]. The article What SYKES’ Telehealth Survey Report Reveals About Americans’ Perceptions of Virtual Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Amazon Launches Public Data Lake Making COVID-19 Data Accessible

Healthcare IT Today

Amazon has announced that it has made an AWS COVID-19 data lake available to the public for use in better understanding the virus. The data lake, a centralized repository of up-to-date curated datasets on or related to the spread and characteristics of the pandemic, will be hosted on the AWS cloud. Its content includes case […].

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Aledade scores $64M funding round with Google, California Medical Association as backers

FierceHealthIT

Google-backed Aledade, the startup company that is working to reshape primary care, landed a $64 million Series C funding round. Find out why CEO Farzad Mostashari says the independent primary care practices in its network are better positioned to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Permanent Changes to Healthcare Because of COVID-19 – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 34

Healthcare IT Today

For the 34th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Permanent Changes to Healthcare Because of COVID-19. Is anything in healthcare the same since COVID-19? Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the healthcare world has definitely been turned upside down thanks to COVID-19. Regulations have been relaxed. Reimbursements for things like […] COVID-19 has caused all sorts of changes to healthcare as we know it.

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Moody's: Payers likely to weather the COVID-19 financial storm

FierceHealthIT

Health insurers are likely to remain profitable despite the uncertainty around COVID-19, according to a new analysis.

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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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Integrated Medical Device Tracking Improves Patient Safety

Healthcare IT Today

As the number of medical devices increases, the need for better tracking and traceability of those devices becomes more and more important. Imagine the chaos and risk to patient safety if a device manufacturer issues a recall order and there wasn’t a good system for device record-keeping. Thankfully Zebra’s Unique Device Identity (UDI) Platform can […].

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FCC Launches COVID-19 Telehealth Program to Support Healthcare Providers

Iris Telehealth

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected many aspects of our everyday lives – even areas we would have never predicted could be influenced. As a result, individuals are unable to provide for themselves and their families, and businesses are struggling to keep their doors open. To support the lives of the American people, on March 27th, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

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Caring for Maternal Addicts Without Using a Withdrawal Program

HealthStream

A layer of complexity the program must address is that the professional literature from the American College of Obstetricans and Gynecologists (ACOG) does not recommend pregnant mothers weaning off opioids during pregnancy.

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Microsoft chatbot helps COVID-19 survivors determine if eligible to donate plasma

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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The Increasing Use of Pre-Owned CT and MRI Scanner in Emergency Healthcare!

KB Dental Consulting

The arrival of computed tomography or CT scanning and magnetic resonance imaging or MRI has resulted in a dramatic increase in the usage of advanced diagnostic imaging across the United States. Equipped with advanced technology and accurate quality imaging, the popularity of CT and MRI scanners is rising steeply over the past few decades. Because with the use of CT scanner & MRI scanner, medical facilities can deliver quicker and more accurate diagnoses using non-invasive procedures, patient

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ACA COVID-19 Special Enrollment Periods Open in States Across the Country

ACA Times

2 minute read: While Trump Administration shot down the idea of a special ACA enrollment period to help individuals who have lost their coverage due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, states that administer their own exchanges across the country have done the opposite and opened special enrollment periods. This could be especially beneficial for individuals in states that have instituted their own version of the Individual Mandate , such as California, where individuals get the added benefit of avoiding

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In the U.S., the New Terrorism is the Spread of Infectious Disease – Pew

Health Populi

The spread of infectious disease is the new terrorism in the eyes of Americans. The most significant major threat to the U.S. is infectious disease, four in five Americans said in March 2020, closely followed by terrorism (in general), the spread of nuclear weapons, and cyberattacks from other countries. For the study, the Pew Research Center commissioned a telephone survey conducted among 1,000 U.S. adults in March 2020.

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