Thu.Jan 28, 2021

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Germany's Wingcopter raises $22M for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

Mobi Health News

The funding will be used to strengthen its position in drone-based logistics, with a focus on healthcare-related projects.

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Why Patient Experience Is Key To Post-COVID Growth

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jean-Pierre Stephan, managing director, Accenture Health. COVID-19 has disrupted industries, and nowhere is it more apparent than in healthcare. Given the urgency of addressing the pandemic – from ensuring new protocols are in place amidst […].

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GetWellNetwork scoops up Docent Health

Mobi Health News

Docent Health's AI-enabled messaging tool will now be offered through GetWellHealth.

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Important Steps For E-Health Businesses To Remain GDPR Compliant

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Milica Vojnic, digital marketeer, Wisetek. In no small part to the fact that we live within a decidedly digital society, it only stands to reason that securing personal and private information is now one […]. The article Important Steps For E-Health Businesses To Remain GDPR Compliant appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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23andMe releases free COVID-19 Severity Calculator, Apple's Q1 earnings blow out expectations and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Blood glucose monitoring could be coming to next-gen consumer smartwatches; new incubator looking for disruptive health tech startups.

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SPAC update: Sharecare, Ro said to be discussing multibillion-dollar mergers

Mobi Health News

Reuters' reports also highlighted Sharecare's now confirmed acquisition of healthcare AI startup, doc.ai.

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Older adults and broadband access -- picking up the pace of adoption

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What is broadband and why should seniors want it? The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic – which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home.

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Lyra Health completes $187M Series E round and expands user base with ICAS World

Mobi Health News

This latest funding announcement comes off the heels of a massive funding year for Lyra Health.

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eVisit Shares Top Take-Aways From 6th National Telehealth Summit

eVisit

The 6 th National Telehealth Summit hosted by BRI Network was a two-day virtual conference held earlier this week and chock full of the latest and greatest successes, learnings, best practices and vision to advance telehealth. Presentations were delivered at a fast pace from 24 healthcare leaders from nearly 20 of the nation’s leading organizations including Finger Lakes Community Health, Advocate Aurora Health, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, Thomas Jefferson University

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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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Women's reproductive healthcare in Asia gets boost with first at-home blood-testing kit for female fertility

Mobi Health News

Health start-up Yesmom has launched Asia's first at-home blood testing kits for female fertility, designed to help women stay on the front foot of their reproductive health from the comfort of home. Through a simple finger-prick, the blood testing kit, which is ordered online and delivered, allows women to receive results on their reproductive health within a few days upon mailing out of the sample – via an online dashboard that provides clear, comprehensive, and clinical-grade insights.

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Insurers don't appear to be sweating possible adverse selection from new ACA open enrollment period: experts

FierceHealthIT

Insurers don't appear to be sweating possible adverse selection from new ACA open enrollment period: experts. rking. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:56.

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Overcoming vaccine hesitancy with outreach campaigns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Quality and Safety Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Overcoming vaccine hesitancy with outreach campaigns Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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One year of COVID-19: Providence infectious disease expert shares lessons learned from the front lines

FierceHealthIT

One year of COVID-19: Providence infectious disease expert shares lessons learned from the front lines. hlandi. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:54.

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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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California Individual Mandate Final Regulations Have Been Updated

ACA Times

3 minute read: The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has released detailed information pertaining to the state’s Individual Mandate as the furnishing deadline for self-insured employers draws near. The details apply to special rules regarding dependents, penalty exemptions, and gaps in coverage. The special rules have been amended to the final regulations and some of the key takeaways as cited directly from the regulations can be found below: For a month when an applicable individual does not

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GetWellNetwork acquires Docent Health to bolster consumer engagement with AI

FierceHealthIT

GetWellNetwork acquires Docent Health to bolster consumer engagement with AI. hlandi. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 14:15.

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Respond, Reflect, and Rethink – A Remote Workforce Strategy

Healthcare IT Today

We recently held CIO roundtables with a wide variety of organizations to discuss their experiences to quickly shift their organizations to remote workforces, hosted by Dell Technologies and VMware. Needless to say, everyone in the room had stories to tell as they all raced to facilitate remote workers in their organization. What we recognized in the […].

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Chutes & Ladders—Humana names first chief health equity officer; Providence promotes execs in integration strategy

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—Humana names first chief health equity officer; Providence promotes execs in integration strategy. treed. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 10:54.

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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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Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 1: “The IT Work Behind the Scenes Was Incredible.”

Health System CIO

For Jamie Nelson’s team at the Hospital for Special Surgery, the most important takeaway from the Covid-19 pandemic has been the need for a playbook documenting “what we did and how we did it,” she said in this podcast interview. Source: Q&A with CIO Jamie Nelson, Part 1: “The IT Work Behind the Scenes Was Incredible.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of hea

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Athenahealth to pay $18M to settle claims it provided kickbacks to generate EHR sales

FierceHealthIT

Athenahealth to pay $18M to settle claims it provided kickbacks to generate EHR sales. hlandi. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 17:33.

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GetWellNetwork Acquires Docent Health

Healthcare IT Today

GetWellNetwork, a global leader in patient engagement, announced today the acquisition of Docent Health, an innovative enterprise consumer engagement platform that enables healthcare organizations to scale personalized outreach through AI-enabled communication technology. Docent Health primarily leverages intelligent, real-time text messaging to improve patient outcomes and retention by guiding patients to the “next best step” in […].

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Businessman charged with hoarding PPE, price gouging health providers

FierceHealthIT

Businessman charged with hoarding PPE, price gouging health providers. treed. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 10:12.

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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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RxRevu Closes Series B Funding Round to Support Growth and Expansion of Point-of-Care Price Transparency Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

RxRevu, the industry leader in Prescription Decision Support, has closed its Series B funding round, raising $7 million, bringing the total investment in the company to $28 million. The investment will fuel the development of RxRevu’s technology platform SwiftRx®, and facilitate growth in personnel and technical capabilities. SwiftRx brings patient-specific data from pharmacy benefit managers […].

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Lyra Health now worth $2.3B on heels of massive funding round

FierceHealthIT

Lyra Health now worth $2.3B on heels of massive funding round. hlandi. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 16:09.

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Health Care Tracking With Data Big and Small: Two Applications from Avalon.ai

Healthcare IT Today

Recent crises have shown us that a lot of what goes on in health is hidden from us, and that we need to know a lot more about things that come to light too late. There was, of course, the little-noticed spread of AIDS in the 1980s and of COVID-19 in December 2019 and early […].

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Blue Cross NC brings Blue Premier program to kidney care

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross NC brings Blue Premier program to kidney care. pminemyer. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 12:36.

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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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Trauma-Focused CBT Techniques for Therapists

TheraNest

The trauma-focused CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) approach to psychotherapy was first developed by Judith Cohen in the 1990s. Designed to help children and adolescents work through trauma experiences, TF-CBT has been adopted and is practiced by mental health organizations all over the world. . What is Trauma-Focused Cognitive Based Therapy and When is It Used?

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HLTH and Advisory Board: HRS February Virtual Events

Health Recovery Solutions

Attend our two upcoming virtual events to join the conversation about the future of digital health in 2021 and beyond. Learn from industry experts and bring actionable digital health insights and telehealth best practices back to your organization. On Tuesday, February 2nd at 3pm EST, join the Advisory Board, HRS, and BayCare Health for a webinar Understanding digital health today—and preparing for its next “new normal.

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The 2021 Guide to Behavioral Health Insurance Billing

TheraNest

Providers need to pay special attention to behavioral health insurance billing in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic swept our nation at the beginning of 2020. Since its start, the need for quality mental health services has increased across the country. A higher number of individuals are suffering from mental and behavioral health-related issues due to the Coronavirus.