Fitbit launches COVID-19 wearables study for early detection algorithm
Mobi Health News
MAY 22, 2020
The in-app study collects wearable data and asks participants about their recent symptom history.
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Yale New Haven Health rapidly deploys remote monitoring for ventilator patients
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 22, 2020
Earlier this year in New Haven, Connecticut, the location of Yale New Haven Health’s main hospital, the health system was challenged by how many COVID-19 patients would need to be admitted and ventilated. THE PROBLEM. The health system wanted to ensure its respiratory therapists and other clinicians could continue to deliver high-quality care amid a surge of patients.
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Mindstrong scores $100M to monitor wellness via smartphone behaviors
Mobi Health News
MAY 22, 2020
The latest round brings the company's funding total to $160 million.
Post Acute Telemedicine Can?t Wait for the Next Pandemic
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 22, 2020
The following is a guest article by Rebecca E. Gwilt, Esq., Partner at Nixon Law Group. Many consumers are starting to accept telehealth as a standard of healthcare delivery in their everyday lives, whether through direct to consumer wearables like FitBit or Oura or professional telemedicine consults offered by their healthcare providers, employers, or insurance […].
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Culture change, natural disasters and other challenges to expect when piloting telehealth in underserved regions
Mobi Health News
MAY 22, 2020
Two recent programs deploying telemedicine in Zimbabwe and Ghana highlight common hurdles programs that deliver these technologies to underserved areas will likely encounter.
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Roundup: COVID-19 antibody tests, virtual visits, care support and more news
Mobi Health News
MAY 22, 2020
The pandemic has highlighted the need for innovation and changes needed in the way care is delivered.
The Apple-Google API is here. Now what?
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MAY 22, 2020
FDA's Amy Abernethy on data and Covid-19 — Congressional momentum for post-pandemic telehealth
Know your Tax Relief and ACA Compliance Obligations during the Pandemic: California Governor’s Executive Order brings Property Tax penalty Relief
ACA Times
MAY 22, 2020
2 minute read: On May 6, 2020 California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-61-20 providing some property tax penalty relief to individual and small business taxpayer’s who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The order applies individuals or small business that owe real property taxes and are unable to make timely payments through May 6, 2021.
UnitedHealth, Microsoft Work Create App Screening Returning Workers For COVID-19
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 22, 2020
UnitedHealth Group is working with Microsoft on a set of tools helping employers bring employees back to work safely in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The two have launched ProtectWell, a return-to-work program that helps employees figure out whether they can go back to the job safely. The ProtectWell protocol has incorporated CDC guidelines […].
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
Telehealth Update on Reimbursable Services & Telephone Billing Codes
Iris Telehealth
MAY 22, 2020
The pandemic has brought new and creative ways to utilize telehealth for individuals who require medical services. As the health industry continues to evolve, legislation is quickly catching up with frequent updates on new billing codes, audio-only visits, and telehealth services made reimbursable. To help healthcare leaders and providers remain up-to-date with these constant changes, our wonderful team members, Annie and Tom, share their insights on telehealth and telephone service changes duri
How to Get and Give the Most from Hourly Rounding
HealthStream
MAY 22, 2020
Whereas purposeful rounding was a mechanical process in its early days, typically relying on rigid requirements and a strict set of questions, nurses have recently become more practical and flexible in achieving it, leading to a potential for greater success and better outcomes.
Vigilanz and Datica Launch COVID Quick Start. Free to Hospitals.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 22, 2020
Earlier this week, both Vigilanz and Datica announced the launch of COVID Quick Start – a solution that enables hospitals to prepare for, prevent, and respond to additional waves of COVID-19 and other respiratory viral illnesses (like the flu). There are no software fees or implementation costs for six months and the solution can be […].
In final rule, CMS makes telehealth more widely available in Medicare Advantage plans
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 22, 2020
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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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