Mon.Apr 13, 2020

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The Epidemic After the Pandemic is Stress and Anxiety in America – Learning From Ginger

Health Populi

“U.S. workers were stressed before COVID-19; now, stress levels are through the roof,” based on data analyzed by Ginger , the digital behavioral health innovator, asserting this major mental health headline in its latest press release. Working Americans were becoming increasingly stressed, distressed, and anxious in February 2020, when Ginger fielded this study.

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Ferrum Health's $9M seed round, Lionrock Recovery's $7M raise and more digital health funding news

Mobi Health News

Also: Datos Health ties off $7 million in Series A funding; Wellthy Therapeutics collects $4 million in pre-Series A; Lifesprk fleshes out tech with $16.1 million.

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Telemedicine companies see funding boom of $788M in Q1

FierceHealthIT

Telemedicine health startups that support pandemic-response solutions saw a funding boom in the first quarter of 2020. Here's more on why some venture capital-backed virtual care companies have a reason to be optimistic in a post-pandemic world.

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Poll: Consumers report greater satisfaction with digital health services than those from banking, telecoms

Mobi Health News

Amid COVID-19, a new 1,000-person survey suggests high demand for remote health services.

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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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Tech rivals team up during pandemic

Morning eHealth

FCC readies telehealth fund — NIH examines undetected coronavirus spread

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Majority of ACOs likely to bail to avoid paying losses from COVID-19: survey

FierceHealthIT

A majority of ACOs say they are likely to leave the program rather than pay for huge losses because of the COVID-19 outbreak, a new survey found.

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Fitbit's new coronavirus feature can connect users to telemedicine services, indoor workout activities

Mobi Health News

Users will be able to use the service to tap into membership telehealth-provider PlushCare.

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GlobalMed Offers Free Consultations to Healthcare Organizations Under Pressure to Implement Telehealth to Handle COVID-19 Surge

GlobalMed

Provider community needs virtual technology, clinical guidance and proven implementation strategies to combat coronavirus. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — April 15, 2020 — As the industry leader in telemedicine, GlobalMed knows that implementing a virtual health program can seem daunting. However, given the explosive rise of COVID-19 cases, there is an unprecedented demand for solutions to tackle the pandemic.

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Doctor Anywhere to launch COVID-19 Medical Advisory Clinic

Mobi Health News

For individuals in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, the COVID-19 Medical Advisory Clinic is a full suite service.

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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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This Healthcare Fly-Over is For You!

Healthcare IT Today

On Saturday, April 11, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flew over Las Vegas to celebrate health care workers. They were also celebrating you, wherever you are. Thanks for your service! Photos by Mike Semel – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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FAH: Hospital closures loom if feds don't distribute more cash to fight COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Hospital finances are on life support as the COVID-19 pandemic continues—and without a quick windfall from the feds, many could shutter permanently, according to a new report.

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Is Epic Building Its Own Telehealth Solution Using Twilio?

Healthcare IT Today

In my previous article on telehealth adoption due to COVID-19, I highlighted a number of telehealth adoption numbers that Epic shared. In the article, I asked the question about which telehealth applications these Epic customers were using. All of the Epic telehealth implementations I’d seen first hand were using Vidyo, but there were 15 telehealth […].

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Why Did it Take a Pandemic to Tell Patients About Telemedicine?

GlobalMed

Telehealth has been around for years. Why did it take a global crisis to wake up the healthcare industry? There’s only one surprise about Covid-19 and that’s everyone’s surprise at the severity of the ongoing catastrophe. We’ve known this was coming. The World Health Organization told us another influenza-like pandemic was coming our way. And we’ve known a pandemic would wreak havoc not only on the human body, but on our healthcare system.

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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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Free CareSignal Solution Helps Providers Deliver COVID-19 Information to the Public

Healthcare IT Today

COVID-19 is stretching hospital resources thin. Not only are clinical areas like ER’s and ICU’s feeling the strain, but even call centers and websites are being overwhelmed. People want information about the novel coronavirus and are looking to healthcare providers for it. CareSignal created a solution specifically to deal with this and is giving it […].

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Provider network Sanitas taps Innovaccer for COVID-19 screening, triage tools

FierceHealthIT

Sanitas USA tapped Silicon Valley startup Innovaccer to support a COVID-19 screening, triage and virtual care platform. Innovaccers' free COVID-19 management system combines telehealth and analytics to assist providers in assessing patient risk profiles and then connects patients with virtual care options.

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Coronavirus Surge Offers Cover For Cybercriminals

Healthcare IT Today

Not surprisingly, hospitals struggling to manage the flood of COVID-19 cases are more focused on coping with the daily influx of infected patients than securing their networks and connected assets. As a result, black hat hackers are seizing the opportunity to strike while leaders’ backs are turned or at least distracted. In response, international crime-fighting […].

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Industry Voices—How Rush University Medical Center's virtual investments became central to its COVID-19 response

FierceHealthIT

Three years ago, Rush University System for Health in Chicago began a concerted effort to grow a virtual care structure. At the time, we thought of these tools as critical to fueling our growth and differentiating our organization from competitors. Now we know that virtual care is also critical for a public health crisis.

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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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Preventing Nurse Burnout – Five Strategies

HealthStream

Burnout does not have to mean the end to a nursing career. Being vigilant about the signs and symptoms of burnout and providing real and practical interventions helps nurses and healthcare organizations.

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Optimum Healthcare IT Named To Modern Healthcare’s Largest IT Consulting Firms List

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 2 min Optimum Healthcare IT announced that it ranked 9th among 18 firms in Modern Healthcare's 2020 list of the largest health IT consulting firms. The post Optimum Healthcare IT Named To Modern Healthcare’s Largest IT Consulting Firms List appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Iris Telehealth

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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Intermountain Healthcare: Optimizing the Patient Experience Through Telehealth Interoperability

American Well

Intermountain Healthcare, a not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Utah, has built a robust virtual health program that includes Connect Care , its direct-to-consumer telehealth service and Connect Care Pro , its acute care program. As a healthcare innovator, Intermountain has worked diligently to put in place both patient-facing and back-end integrations needed for successful enterprise-wide telehealth interoperability.

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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.