Tue.Sep 14, 2021

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Local governments will continue to step in to build better networks because communities have very few other options.”.

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Apple adds biking features to Watch and steps up Fitness+ classes

Mobi Health News

The company also added a slew of new fitness programs to Apple Fitness+, including Pilates, guided meditation and winter skiing prep.

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Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments

FierceHealthIT

Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments. rking. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:44.

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Fitbit, Apple fitness tracker data exposed on unprotected database

Mobi Health News

The exposed records included user data on name, birthdate, weight, height, gender and location.

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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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eVisit and MMM Bring Virtual Care to Medicare Advantage Segment

eVisit

At eVisit, we're in the business of enabling health systems to be more efficient and effective. To do this, we evaluate the obstacles our customers are facing and tailor Virtual Care solutions to fit their needs.

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Digital wound care startup pushes into decentralized clinical trials market

FierceHealthIT

Digital wound care startup pushes into decentralized clinical trials market. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 17:31.

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Healthcare operations developer symplr acquires communications platform Halo Health

Mobi Health News

symplr will add Halo Health’s clinical communications platform to its healthcare operations services portfolio.

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KFF: System-wide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7B in August

FierceHealthIT

KFF: System-wide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7B in August. dmuoio. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:34.

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Nuance brings its AI-powered radiology solutions to Australia, New Zealand

Mobi Health News

The cloud-based products are designed to reduce burnout among radiologists and enhance reporting and clinical outcomes.

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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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Medicare patients could benefit from expanded dental coverage but lawmakers clash over adding benefits

FierceHealthIT

Medicare patients could benefit from expanded dental coverage but lawmakers clash over adding benefits. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 17:33.

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UK men's health startup Numan announces €33M Series B funding

Mobi Health News

The funding is the largest raise in men's health in Europe to date.

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Google, ProMedica team up with IncludeHealth to tap into growing virtual MSK market

FierceHealthIT

Google, ProMedica team up with IncludeHealth to tap into growing virtual MSK market. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 10:02.

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IncludeHealth launches musculoskeletal operating system for virtual physical therapy

Mobi Health News

The product is pitched as a way to help integrate virtual and in-person care.

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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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The Patient Voice – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/17 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Grace Vinton (@HITeawithGrace) from @AmendolaComm on the topic “The Patient Voice.” We are seeing the terms “Patient Voice” and “Patient Perspective” pop up more often across the […].

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Singaporean eye wellness platform Plano enters African market via latest partnership

Mobi Health News

The eye health startup continues to clinch partnerships to tackle myopia.

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Seniors faced more economic, healthcare disruptions in U.S. than other wealthy nations during COVID

FierceHealthIT

Seniors faced more economic, healthcare disruptions in U.S. than other wealthy nations during COVID. dmuoio. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:47.

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Google Workspace Deal Brings Consumer Tools to the Enterprises

Healthcare IT Today

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always assumed that Google tools like Sheets and Docs were very handy but far from ready for the big time. Of late, I’ve been using these tools to develop and share ideas and documents online with outside partners – certainly an important activity – but I’ve always sort […].

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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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Census Bureau: 28M Americans lacked health coverage in 2020

FierceHealthIT

Census Bureau: 28M Americans lacked health coverage in 2020. pminemyer. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 13:27.

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Edifecs Announces Acquisition of Talix

Healthcare IT Today

Talix’s Workflow Solutions Backed by Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Technologies Expand Edifecs’ Encounter Management and Risk Adjustment Solutions Edifecs, Inc., a health information technology solutions company, announced today that it has acquired Talix, an information technology company that provides risk and quality solutions to healthcare payers and providers.

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Tia clinches $100M to build out clinics, virtual care as investors bank on women's health startups

FierceHealthIT

Tia clinches $100M to build out clinics, virtual care as investors bank on women's health startups. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 08:51.

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How humanizing technology can improve patient outcomes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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Rite Aid moving corporate workforce to remote-first model

FierceHealthIT

Rite Aid moving corporate workforce to remote-first model. pminemyer. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:07.

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Artificial Intelligence: A Clinician’s Friend or Foe?

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD – Reinventing Healthcare

I am privileged as a regular contributor to a local executive education course in healthcare innovation. I give these talks 4-5 times per year, and it has been fascinating over the last 18 months to see how the questions that come from audience members have changed. The individuals that participate in this course are all … Artificial Intelligence: A Clinician’s Friend or Foe?

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ACA Common Sense Reporting Act Likely to Increase Complexity

ACA Times

A bill known as the Common Sense Reporting Act could fundamentally change the way employers report their ACA information to the IRS annually if it is signed into law. . First proposed in 2019, the Act currently has bipartisan support and includes significant changes to how organizations submit their annual ACA Employer Mandate reporting information to the IRS.

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The Many Patient Populations that Can Benefit from Remote Patient Monitoring

Health Recovery Solutions

At this time last year many patients and providers were using telehealth and remote patient monitoring for the first time. Confronted with COVID-19 , and the need to keep patients out of the hospital and providers safe, healthcare organizations turned to technology. They launched digital initiatives that historically took years in a matter of months, and in some cases, weeks.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Steve Cagle, CEO, Clearwater

HIStalk Interviews

Steve Cagle, MBA is CEO of Clearwater of Nashville, TN.

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When is it the right time to upgrade your medical X-ray equipment?

KB Dental Consulting

Have you ever wondered about the right time for upgrading your medical X-ray equipment?

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The Risk of Food and Nutrition Security in America – A Bipartisan Concern and Call-to-Action from the BPC

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity in the U.S., a situation that was already challenging for millions of American families before the public health crisis emerged. While several Congressional and administrative actions were implemented in 2020 and the first half of 2021, the issue of food insecurity — defined as being unable to acquire enough food due to insufficient money or resources — remains a tragic aspect of daily living for many Americans — and especially