Wed.Jan 06, 2021

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Bahrain first country to allow vaccine appointment via mobile app

Mobi Health News

All citizens and residents of the Gulf nation are able to schedule their free vaccination via BeAware, which was launched at the beginning of the pandemic as the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing offering.

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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cohort study, which researchers called "the first large-scale study to characterize inequitable access to telemedical care," relied on data from nearly 150,000 unique patients who sche

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Athenahealth's VP predicts more value-based care, investor interest and an evening out of telehealth in 2021

Mobi Health News

Healthcare veteran Paul Brient, SVP and chief product officer at Athenahealth, talks to MobiHealthNews about what happened in 2020 and makes predictions for the future.

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Rural Watauga Medical uses telehealth to care for twice the typical number of patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Wautaga Medical Center in rural Boone, North Carolina, already was busy before COVID-19 hit, and leadership knew their current hospitalist staff could not handle the onslaught of patients coming through during the pandemic. THE PROBLEM. The medical center was looking for a solution that would help provide staffing for the 12-hour day shift.

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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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Mind Cure releases mental health digital therapeutic for psychedelic research

Mobi Health News

The platform works to empower patients to be more active in their care journey – and also creates a database of clinical practices and protocols for the psychedelic research community.

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Israeli AI model predicts COVID-19 cases among general population using self-reported symptoms

Mobi Health News

Trained and tested on roughly 100,000 RT-PCR records collected by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the algorithm looks at eight different features, including self-reported symptoms and age, to make its predictions.

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How Much Does A Psychiatrist Cost?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The goal of therapy is to relieve or heal disorders, mental illness or rehabilitate individuals and help them function better socially. Therapy comes in many different types, based on the intended goal. The treatment cost […]. The article How Much Does A Psychiatrist Cost?

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Hinge Health now valued at $3B following $300M Series D

Mobi Health News

The digital MSK health company said that it tripled its customer base and quadrupled its revenue in 2020.

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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. Mike Restuccia An unknown author commented that "if necessity is the mother of invention, desperation is its father.

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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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Optum to acquire Change Healthcare in $13B deal

Mobi Health News

The companies pointed to the potential to reduce administrative waste, inform patient care decisions and improve payment systems across the industry.

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From the 2021 Market Overview Technology for Aging

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It's 2021 and baby boomers turn 75. It took the combination of 71 million boomers, a pandemic emergency, and the sheer size of the aging population to transform a 2009 market niche into this 2021 market category worthy of investment-- less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many existing offerings as useful to them.

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Northwell Health researchers using Facebook data and AI to spot early stages of severe psychiatric illness

FierceHealthIT

Northwell Health researchers using Facebook data and AI to spot early stages of severe psychiatric illness. hlandi. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:39.

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The Rise of the Stupid EHR

Healthcare IT Today

Back in the late 90s, I read an article in a trade magazine and the piece made such an impact on me that the ideas articulated have stayed with me to this day. The article, “The Rise of the Stupid Network,” was written by a man named David Isenberg who worked at AT&T Labs Research. […].

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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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COVID-19 supercharged digital health funding in 2020 to reach record levels: report

FierceHealthIT

COVID-19 supercharged digital health funding in 2020 to reach record levels: report. hlandi. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 16:59.

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OptumInsight (UnitedHealth) Acquires Change Healthcare for $13 Billion

Healthcare IT Today

Optum, a diversified health services company and part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), and Change Healthcare (NASDAQ: CHNG), a health care technology leader, have agreed to combine. Change Healthcare will join with OptumInsight to provide software and data analytics, technology-enabled services and research, advisory and revenue cycle management offerings to help make health care work […].

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There were plenty of red flags that spelled the demise of Amazon, JPMorgan healthcare venture, experts say

FierceHealthIT

There were plenty of red flags that spelled the demise of Amazon, JPMorgan healthcare venture, experts say. hlandi. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:00.

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Telehealth, a Tool for Postpartum Depression Management

Health Recovery Solutions

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects new mothers across the globe. Symptoms for postpartum depression range – from a feeling of ‘baby blues’ to postpartum psychosis, a severe condition and even potentially deadly disorder. In the United States today, about 70%-80% of new mothers experience postpartum depression symptoms, usually the ‘baby blues’, while 10%-20% of these women will suffer from clinical postpartum depression.

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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 Dems just flipped the Senate. Here are 3 health policies Biden could now get passed—and one he won't

FierceHealthIT

The Dems just flipped the Senate. Here are 3 health policies Biden could now get passed—and one he won't. rking. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 16:37.

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Color Announces $167 million in Series D Financing

Healthcare IT Today

Color, a health technology company committed to advancing public health, today announced a $167 million Series D financing round. This brings Color to $278 million in total financing, with a valuation of $1.5 billion. Color will use the funding to expand its work building public health technology and infrastructure for governments, employers, and other institutions that serve large populations.

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CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason finalize acquisition deal and roll out new name

FierceHealthIT

CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason finalize acquisition deal and roll out new name. treed. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:59.

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Best Practices for Healthcare Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic

HealthStream

Nursing was already a profession with engagement and satisfaction challenges—then came COVID-19. The pandemic has served to exacerbate problems that already existed among clinicians. Healthcare training needs to accommodate the difficulties of learning and nursing during COVID-19.

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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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UnitedHealth Group's Optum to buy Change Healthcare for $13B

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group's Optum to buy Change Healthcare for $13B. hlandi. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 07:09.

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5 Ways GIS Can Improve COVID Vaccine Distribution

Healthcare IT Today

COVID vaccinations are not happening at the pace we need. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can simplify the planning and logistics of administering the vaccine by: identifying optimal vaccination sites, prioritizing populations, matching sites to populations, inventory management and targeted info campaigns. Now is the time when we need to use everything at our disposal to […].

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Study: Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states could have better chance of weathering COVID-19 crisis

FierceHealthIT

Study: Hospitals in Medicaid expansion states could have better chance of weathering COVID-19 crisis. rking. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:47.

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HIStalk Interviews Diana Nole, EVP/GM, Nuance Healthcare

HIStalk Interviews

Diana Nole, MBA is EVP/GM of the healthcare division of.

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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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Here's the latest CDC update clinicians should know when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine reactions

FierceHealthIT

Here's the latest CDC update clinicians should know when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine reactions. treed. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 14:53.

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CVS taps veteran marketing exec to serve as first ever chief customer officer

FierceHealthIT

CVS taps veteran marketing exec to serve as first ever chief customer officer. pminemyer. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:13.

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Lavish bonus? Luxury trip? Health benefits brokers will have to disclose what they receive from the insurance industry

FierceHealthIT

Lavish bonus? Luxury trip? Health benefits brokers will have to disclose what they receive from the insurance industry. pminemyer. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:08.

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