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Element Science collects nearly $150M Series C for wearable personal defibrillator patch

Mobi Health News

The iRhythm Technologies founder's new startup will use these funds to wrap up clinical testing of its device, and push toward a commercial launch.

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HHS cyberattack highlights how hackers are exploiting the pandemic. Here are 4 strategies to mitigate the risks

FierceHealthIT

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about an increase in phishing and malware attacks as hackers exploit the outbreak's disruption. Here are four strategies to help mitigate cyber risks, according to experts.

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UK company offers free remote consultation training programme for NHS GPs

Mobi Health News

The development comes as officials advise GPs to switch, where possible, to remote consultations as part of their response to the threats posed by the coronavirus.

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National emergency declaration boosts telehealth

Morning eHealth

More details on Google’s coronavirus site — A call for health data donations

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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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Patient management tool b.well Connected Health scores $16M

Mobi Health News

UnityPoint Health Venture’s Austin Duke and ThedaCare’s Dr. Imran Andrabi will both be joining the board.

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CVS' Guardian Angel program teams up with Unite Us on social determinants of health program

Mobi Health News

The program will be looking at providing resources to individuals with substance-abuse disorder in North Carolina.

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Hospitals press Congress to end or pause Medicare sequester cuts as they brace for coronavirus impact

FierceHealthIT

Hospital groups want Congress to suspend the 2% cut to Medicare installed with the sequester to instill a "much-needed jolt" of confidence for hospitals

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Coronavirus Shines Spotlight On Telehealth Delivery Problems

Healthcare IT Today

As the coronavirus threat has continued to grow, providers are making good use of their investments in telehealth. There have always been benefits to meet patients’ health needs with virtual visit tools, which keep care accessible while freeing up face-to-face resources for those that truly need them, but they’re especially important as infection rates rise. […].

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Healthcare Crises, The Web & Your Community

Geonetric

The Web is Your Most Valuable Communication Tool in a Crisis When you need to communicate quickly and update messaging to keep up with rapidly changing events, your website is a valuable tool. It’s always “on.” It’s available to the masses. It’s accessible in a second. And, most importantly, it’s quick and easy to update. […]. Read Healthcare Crises, The Web & Your Community at Geonetric.com.

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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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What Malpractice Liabilities Do Healthcare AI Users Face?

Healthcare IT Today

With many providers adopting AI technology, it’s likely that some of them will face medical malpractice suits blaming the AI for patient harm. While it’s still unclear how to tackle this problem, it’s clear that healthcare organizations will have to address it soon. According to Saurabh Jah, who wrote a piece on this subject for […].

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Arm yourself with telemedicine, combat the pandemic

Healee

As the new coronavirus spreads throughout the world at a staggering pace, our lives and the very fabric of society are changing by the day. Undoubtedly, all the suffering and... The post Arm yourself with telemedicine, combat the pandemic appeared first on Healee.

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The Future of Learning and Talent Development in Healthcare – Survey Results (Part 2)

HealthStream

To evaluate healthcare industry perceptions about talent management, learning, and development, HealthStream surveyed leaders about the strategic use of learning within talent management programs. Here we discuss findings about leadership and the importance of learning content.

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The New Essentials of Cloud Native Management

LeanIX

What does smart cloud governance mean? In a webinar recently given by Dominik Rose on LeanIX Cloud Intelligence , he presents how this module in the LeanIX Cloud Native Suite is a must a must-have for managing cloud native environments. Entitled “Visibility Into Multi-Cloud Deployments with the LeanIX Cloud Native Suite”, the presentation offers an introduction to the module's features and the ways it augments the practice of smart cloud governance.

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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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Seattle Coronavirus Care: Short in Staff, Supplies and Space

Henry Kotula

[link]. At ground zero of America’s coronavirus outbreak, Seattle is overwhelmed by patients needing care. Social distancing and persistent hand washing is no longer enough. “The next step is to start thinking about alternate care systems.”. Amid the first signs that the novel coronavirus was spreading in the Seattle area, a senior officer at the University of Washington Medical Center sent an urgent note to staffers.

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Synzi CEO: Some Patients, Nurses Refusing Home Visits

Synzi

The post Synzi CEO: Some Patients, Nurses Refusing Home Visits appeared first on Synzi.

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HIStalk Interviews Jay Desai, CEO, PatientPing

HIStalk Interviews

Jay Desai, MBA is co-founder and CEO of PatientPing of.

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Custodian access control decision differences between Clinical and Individual

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There is a fundamental difference between access requests for Personally Identifiable Health Data when a PHR requests access vs when a Clinical application or other EHR asks for access. The difference is keyed off of the Purpose Of Use (PurposeOfUse) in the request. Let me explain. Too often networks today are single purpose. That is that the HIE is designed for ONE purpose.

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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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Verily launches COVID-19 triage website, but only for some Bay Area residents

Mobi Health News

First announced by President Trump on Friday as a nationwide resource, the testing-referral service already seems to have reached its capacity among California's Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

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Supreme Court to Rule on ACA Constitutionality

ACA Times

2 minute read: The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, for a second time. This unusual turn of events comes after the Fifth Circuit handed down a ruling regarding the constitutionality late last year affirming a prior trial court decision finding the individual mandate, with the tax penalty zeroed out, to be unconstitutional but remanding the case for further factual analysis on whether the unconstitutional portion of the law could be severed fro

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