Tue.Jun 16, 2020

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'Digital pill' maker Proteus Digital Health files for bankruptcy

Mobi Health News

The news comes months after reports that the company had furloughed staff and couldn't secure additional funding for its-ingestible sensor business.

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Economic Anxieties Rise, Medical and Vacation Plans Delayed: the COVID-19 Consumer in June 2020

Health Populi

Some 6 in 10 people in the U.S. have been financially impacted by COVID-19. Those most negatively affected by the pandemic tend to be younger, Gen Z age group and African-American, 63% of whom felt financial pressure directly due from the virus and the national economic lockdown. By late May 2020, 34% of black Americans had lost their jobs compared with 21% in late April, compared with 18% of white consumers, reported in The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Financial Impact on U.S.

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Fitbit wants to help employees return to work safely

Mobi Health News

A new enterprise offering called Ready for Work will use devices, apps and dashboards to conduct daily screening for COVID-19 symptoms.

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As a family medicine practitioner, Dr. Dillon Miller, medical director at Blue Ridge Medical Group in Blue Ridge, Georgia, was faced with challenges erupting from the coronavirus pandemic. THE PROBLEM. The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said.

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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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BioIQ releases at-home COVID-19 and flu saliva sample collection kit

Mobi Health News

This morning BioIQ, a health-testing and biometric-screening technology company, released its at-home COVID-19, Flu A/Flu B, and 21 Test Respiratory Panel saliva test. The company partnered with P23 labs, which already scored an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its at-home saliva COVID-19 test kits. Currently, the test is being targeted towards employees, health plan members, and individuals.

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Survey: Providers say it could take year or more for revenue to return to pre-pandemic levels

FierceHealthIT

Survey: Providers say it could take year or more for revenue to return to pre-pandemic levels. rking. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 10:33.

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The Key Role HIEs Can Play In Flattening The COVID-19 Curve

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Chris Hobson, chief medical officer, Orion Health. Health information exchanges (HIEs) represent a key piece of health information technology and are ideal tools to assist providers and managers in flattening the COVID-19 case […]. The article The Key Role HIEs Can Play In Flattening The COVID-19 Curve appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Bringing Healthcare AI Down to Earth: Small Actions Lead to Real Results

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Ori Geva, Co-Founder and President, Medial EarlySign. The driving force of innovation – from vacuum cleaners and washing machines, to telephones, typewriters and computer processors – has been to simultaneously increase productivity and efficiency while saving time. And nowhere is this more true than with the advent of […].

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Digital therapeutics company Proteus Digital Health files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

FierceHealthIT

Digital therapeutics company Proteus Digital Health files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. hlandi. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 17:28.

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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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Resuscitation Rates – Where Is the Improvement?

HealthStream

The recommendation for more frequent CPR training appears to have had little effect on overall survival rates for inpatient sudden cardiac arrest. There are many factors that may be limiting the impact of recent recommendations to change the frequency at which CPR training is given.

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Insulin’s Role in Vascular Damage

Insulin Nation

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of people living with long term type 1 diabetes. . This remains true despite huge advancements in blood sugar management technology, more effective insulins, and an increased focus on heart health. The risk of developing heart disease remains high regardless of the individual’s glycemic control. Why does the vascular system of diabetics continue to experience damage even after near-normal blood sugar control has been reached?

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Walmart buys medication management technology from startup CareZone

FierceHealthIT

Walmart buys medication management technology from startup CareZone. hlandi. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 13:57.

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The Right Telehealth Workflows – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 6/19 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Kate Corbett, PMP, CSM (@CorbettKr) from @CstoneAdvisors on the topic of “The Right Telehealth Workflows“. On the rapid adoption of telemedicine during the pandemic: “Our CEO of […].

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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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Gladwell: COVID-19 should push healthcare to consider its 'weak links'

FierceHealthIT

Gladwell: COVID-19 should push healthcare to consider its 'weak links'. pminemyer. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 14:50.

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Change Healthcare Works With Microsoft, Adobe To Create Patient Engagement Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Change Healthcare has partnered with Microsoft and Adobe to build a platform that walks patients through the process of getting care and ties their interactions into providers’ revenue cycle management tools. The new platform, the Connected Consumer Health suite, is delivered as a SaaS tool. The suite offers tools that help patients make healthcare choices […].

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Tenet seeks to balance elective procedures amid spikes in COVID-19 cases

FierceHealthIT

Tenet seeks to balance elective procedures amid spikes in COVID-19 cases. rking. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 16:02.

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Healthy Snacks for Kids: 10 Eco-Friendly Tips

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Did you know that you can make nutritious snacks effortlessly? Most busy parents prefer store snacks that claim to be wholesome. However, they are unhealthy and packed with added preservatives. Homemade healthy snacks for kids help you to include delicious nourishment to kiddo’s meals. Nutritious Treats for Children The following yummy treats are easy to […].

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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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Ro, Ribbon Health team up to bridge the gap between telehealth and in-person care

FierceHealthIT

Ro, Ribbon Health team up to bridge the gap between telehealth and in-person care. hlandi. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 08:17.

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Web API security as foundation for #FHIR

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I am a standards geek, and as such I am a strong advocate for standards developed and maintained by experts in their field. HL7 and IHE are where I focus my personal standards development. In the space of things that are special in Health IT. I resist when projects are brought to IHE or HL7 that want a standard developed or a profile developed in a technology space that is foundational to Healthcare, but where the specialization for healthcare is not needed.

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Highmark, HealthNow New York enter affiliation agreement

FierceHealthIT

Highmark, HealthNow New York enter affiliation agreement. pminemyer. Tue, 06/16/2020 - 13:28.

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10 Steps to Ensure ERP Health

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 4 min ERP health is important to any organization. Here are some key steps you can take to ensure your ERP system stays healthy. The post 10 Steps to Ensure ERP Health appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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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.