Thu.May 14, 2020

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Clinical AI's limitations: Some are short-term, others are unavoidable

Mobi Health News

AI is steadily proving itself to the clinical community, but there are some aspects of care in which an algorithm will never be granted full control, said Cardiologs CEO Yann Fleureau.

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How COVID-19 Has Re-Shaped Health Care Delivery So Far

Health Populi

COVID-19 is re-shaping health care in America across many dimensions. In Shifts in Healthcare Demand, Delivery and Care During the COVID-19 Era , IQVIA presents a multi-faceted profile of the early impacts of the pandemic on U.S. health care. In the report, published in April 2020, IQVIA mined the company’s many data bases that track real-time data, including medical claims, flu data, sales data, oncology medical and pharmacy claims, formularies, among other sources.

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Patients tapping into digital physical therapy see improvements in pain

Mobi Health News

A new study published by JMIR found that on average participants using Hinge Health's platform reported 68.5% improvement in pain.

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How MedStar Health went from 7 to 4,150 daily telehealth visits in two months

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering. Leveraging an existing telehealth platform, the health system responded to volumes that jumped from an average of seven visits daily in February 2020 to more than 500 visits in a day within the first week of the COVID-19 response.

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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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Eko lands EUA for device that helps detect coronavirus patients with cardiac complications

Mobi Health News

Eko's ECG low ejection fraction tool will now be able to help clinicians spot cardiac complications associated with the novel coronavirus.

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HIMSSCast: COVID-19 and mental and behavioral health

Mobi Health News

The HIMSS Media team discusses how vendors, payers and policymakers are looking to answer the growing demand for mental and behavioral health services.

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Telehealth use rises, but new trends highlight demographic divides

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing consumer perspectives towards telehealth. However, data indicates groups facing the greatest risks right now, including older people and those with lower incomes, are not sharing in these benefits equally. Those were among the results of a Black Book and Sage Growth Partners survey of 591 U.S. healthcare consumers, which also found stress and social isolation are still fueling demand for remote behavioral and mental health services.

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Welltok adds four new digital programs, Atrium Health adopts Butterfly's handheld ultrasound and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: Intel, UPenn and others employ AI for brain tumor identification; DrChrono integrates EHRsynergy's documentation tool.

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Amazon-backed Haven launches CEO search as Gawande steps down

FierceHealthIT

Atul Gawande, M.D., confirmed that he is stepping down as CEO of Haven, the health care company formed by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway. Find out why Gawande wants to take a different leadership role with the company.

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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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Primary healthcare aggregator HealthAssure acquires digital wellness platform FitMeIn

Mobi Health News

HealthAssure aims to serve the healthcare needs of more than 5 million people in India by the end of this year.

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Trump administration aims to replenish Strategic National Stockpile to brace for 2nd COVID-19 wave

FierceHealthIT

The Trump administration is making moves to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile to get ready for a potential second surge of COVID-19 and will add new supplies like critical care drugs

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Rate of Missed Calls Getting Worse During Pandemic Rush

Healthcare IT Today

New research has concluded that healthcare organizations are missing high volumes of incoming calls, in part because when they return messages, patients can’t tell who’s on the line. This problem has apparently gotten worse with the inception of COVID-19, the study found. Communications technology vendor First Orion surveyed roughly 1,000 U.S. mobile phone users in […].

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Banner Health revamping doctors' offices in the wake of COVID-19 with virtual waiting room

FierceHealthIT

Banner Health revamping doctors' offices in the wake of COVID-19 with virtual waiting room. hlandi. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 15:47.

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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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Ketones Role in False Positives on Breath Alcohol Tests

Insulin Nation

Alcohol is a complicated subject when it comes to type 1 and type 2 diabetes — especially for those who take insulin and other medications capable of causing hypoglycemia. . While low blood sugar has been known to be mistaken for drunkenness , diet or diabetes-related ketones may mistakenly trigger a false positive on a breath alcohol test. A study published by the International Journal of Obesity found evidence that ketones can potentially result in a false positive on a breath alcohol te

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CVS subsidiary Omnicare to pay $15M to settle allegations it improperly dispensed opioids

FierceHealthIT

CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare will pay $15.3 million to settle allegations that it improperly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances, the Department of Justice announced.

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New Tools for Achieving High Quality CPR

HealthStream

New educational tools educate hospital and other healthcare providers on the latest guidance on CPR using streamlined education that can save time and money in the certification process while ensuring every student is receiving training on high-quality CPR

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Industry Voices—The best way to honor nurses and midwives? Fight burnout

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—The best way to honor nurses and midwives? Fight burnout. treed. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 13:31.

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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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Texting + Telehealth Together in a Single Platform from TigerConnect

Healthcare IT Today

Of all the new healthcare technologies coming to market, TigerConnect’s TigerTouch solution may be one of the best-timed. When combined with the company’s other products, it offers a truly seamless communication experience. Patients and providers are able to move from a text conversation to a real-time video chat and back again without changing apps or […].

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I got a positive COVID-19 antibody test. What do I do with that?

FierceHealthIT

I got a positive COVID-19 antibody test. What do I do with that? treed. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 16:42.

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Telehealth Services

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth Services Show Tremendous Growth Over the course of the past couple of months, telehealth services have expanded exponentially. A recent study found that in the next five years, it is expected that the telehealth market will grow by 38.2%. … Read more. The post Telehealth Services appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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One Medical posts wider loss in Q1 despite strong revenue gains

FierceHealthIT

One Medical posts wider loss in Q1 despite strong revenue gains. hlandi. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 10:24.

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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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Podcast Interview with CTO Chuck Christian, Part 2: “You Literally Have to Overcommunicate.”

Health System CIO

The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t just transformed the way care is delivered – it has also dramatically changed the way people work, says Franciscan Health CTO Chuck Christian, who believes “we may never go back to the way things were.” As healthcare IT leaders grapple with the day-to-day challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, while keeping a close eye on the strategic goals established by the organization, it’s important to ask this question: “How much change can an organization consume at

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Providers press CMS to extend deadline on whether an ACO can quit to Oct. 31

FierceHealthIT

Providers press CMS to extend deadline on whether an ACO can quit to Oct. 31. rking. Thu, 05/14/2020 - 15:31.

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Secure COVID  Telehealth Services: Has HIPAA Gone Away?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Secure COVID Telehealth Services Over the course of the past couple of months, telehealth has expanded exponentially, but questions still loom about secure COVID telehealth services. A recent study found that in the next five years, it is expected that … Read more. The post Secure COVID Telehealth Services: Has HIPAA Gone Away? appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Featured Health IT Job: Systems Developer Engineer

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Systems Developer Engineer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Cordea Consulting and is available in California. Here’s a description of the position: Under minimal direction, serves as […].

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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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100 Common Questions in an Enterprise Architect Job Interview

LeanIX

If you’re being interviewed for a position related to enterprise architecture (EA), you're likely interested in learning materials that can offer a competitive advantage or just improve your fundamental knowledge. Thankfully, LeanIX is staffed by experts in the field who know exactly what’s expected from EAs throughout industries, and our resource library offers free guides and white papers on a number of long-standing and emerging EA topics.

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COVID-19 Partner Q&A Series: ProMedica Home Care

Health Recovery Solutions

In the COVID-19 partner Q&A series, we will share knowledge and expertise from HRS partners across the country on how they are leveraging telehealth in response to COVID-19. Below, ProMedica Home Care Telehealth Supervisor, Kim Putnam, shares her insights into patient adherence, coordinating across providers, and how ProMedica is preparing now for a second wave this fall.

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Premera Blue Cross launches virtual primary care health plan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth