Tue.Nov 23, 2021

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Survey: Telehealth use increases overall in 2021, but growth stabilizes

Mobi Health News

The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired survey found 26% of healthcare organizations reported a quarter or more of their patients have used telehealth, compared with only 7% in 2019.

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Epic's sepsis algorithm may have caused alert fatigue with 43% alert increase during pandemic

FierceHealthIT

Epic's sepsis algorithm may have caused alert fatigue with 43% alert increase during pandemic. rtorrence. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:45.

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Record investment in global healthtech sees 280% increase on 2016 levels

Mobi Health News

Global healthtech has received $51.3 billion in investment this year, marking new highs for venture capitalist interest in the sector and identifying London as the fastest growing health tech hub globally.

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Federal jury holds pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart responsible for role in opioid crisis

FierceHealthIT

Federal jury holds pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart responsible for role in opioid crisis. hlandi. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 17:09.

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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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Contributed: The power of AI in surgery

Mobi Health News

Artificial intelligence's potential role in preoperative and intraoperative planning – and surgical robotics.

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European Council gives the go-ahead to new healthtech assessment rules

Mobi Health News

The regulation will enable joint clinical assessments between EU member states.

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Mental health provider Ieso lands $53M for digital therapeutics backed by real-world data

FierceHealthIT

Mental health provider Ieso lands $53M for digital therapeutics backed by real-world data. rtorrence. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 15:23.

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Buoy Health CEO on what's next for care navigation, consumer digital health

Mobi Health News

MobiHealthNews sits down with Andrew Le to talk about Buoy Health and the evolution of digital health during the pandemic.

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HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda to Improve the Nurse Experience

Healthcare IT Today

In the following interview with Sammie Mosier, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, HCA Healthcare, we dive into HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda aimed at improving the nurse experience. Plus, we dive into some of the ways they’re utilizing technology in this effort. What is HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda? The Cohesive Nursing Agenda is a […].

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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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Healthtech startup CRIAM scores $2.1M funding

Mobi Health News

The firm plans to further develop its blood typing technology.

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Docs hit with fewer malpractice suits as COVID lockdowns curtailed procedures

FierceHealthIT

Docs hit with fewer malpractice suits as COVID lockdowns curtailed procedures. hlandi. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:47.

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Patient communication platform Luma Health raises $130M

Mobi Health News

The Series C brings its total raise to $160 million.

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Humana: Value-based contracts led to better care, outcomes during COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Humana: Value-based contracts led to better care, outcomes during COVID-19. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 17:15.

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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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Digital mental health firm ieso lands $53M in Series B round

Mobi Health News

Funding will help take its DTx solutions through regulatory approvals and to market in the UK and US.

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Private-equity-acquired nursing homes have worse resident outcomes, higher Medicare costs, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Private-equity-acquired nursing homes have worse resident outcomes, higher Medicare costs, study finds. dmuoio. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 15:53.

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Edifecs Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Health Fidelity

Healthcare IT Today

Health Fidelity Technology will add Control and Predictability to the Risk Adjustment Process Expanding the Edifecs Solutions in this Space Edifecs, Inc., a health information technology solutions company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Health Fidelity, a leading provider of risk adjustment solutions for the value-based care era.

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Rural hospital COVID-19 vaccination rates remain stubborn despite surge linked to delta variant

FierceHealthIT

Rural hospital COVID-19 vaccination rates remain stubborn despite surge linked to delta variant. rking. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 14:15.

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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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Virtual-First Primary for People of Color from Spora Health

Healthcare IT Today

Primary care is one of the biggest areas of investment in healthcare right now. Venture capital and private equity is pouring money into new models of primary care each with their own tweak to how they’re approaching care. In most cases, they also include some sort of virtual effort and some are offering things like […].

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Southern California community hospital seeks approval to join Keck Medicine by Q2 2022

FierceHealthIT

Southern California community hospital seeks approval to join Keck Medicine by Q2 2022. dmuoio. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:28.

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Software Is Not Enough: What Business Really Needs From Engineering Leaders

LeanIX

Over the last twenty years, we’ve seen an impressive transformation when it comes to the perceived value and deployment of software in the enterprise. We’ve gone from IT doesn't matter to software is eating the world to mastering development is a top priority for every kind of business today.

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HHS rolls out $7.5B in COVID-19 relief funds to rural providers

FierceHealthIT

HHS rolls out $7.5B in COVID-19 relief funds to rural providers. rking. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 11:15.

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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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One daughter's story of how telemedicine helped her addicted father

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Erica Land wasn't surprised to get a call that her father needed to be rushed to the emergency department. He's long struggled with addiction, and this time it was a near-lethal combination of heroin and fentanyl. She'd lost count of how many times this scene had replayed. What surprised her was that because of the pandemic, the ED could offer to connect her father to a psychiatrist via telehealth.

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With insurance margins still thin, UPMC's health services recovery headlines nine-month $1.2B net income

FierceHealthIT

With insurance margins still thin, UPMC's health services recovery headlines nine-month $1.2B net income. dmuoio. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 17:15.

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UCB latest drugmaker to restrict 340B access to contract pharmacies

FierceHealthIT

UCB latest drugmaker to restrict 340B access to contract pharmacies. rking. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 16:38.

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Simplifying the Healthcare Journey

FierceHealthIT

Simplifying the Healthcare Journey. admin. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 15:04.

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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.