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Abbott ramping up FreeStyle Libre production following bountiful Q2

Mobi Health News

The company's executives lauded the CGM system, which saw a 72.9% increase in organic sales during the last quarter, and hinted at implementations of the tech beyond diabetes alone.

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Machine Learning to the Rescue: The Unique Case of Pediatric Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO and co-founder, Innovaccer. The Johnsons were blessed with twins the day before; two healthy baby boys, haphazardly named Jill and John in the health records. Definitely, this marks the start of pediatric services in the family.

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Managing women's health: 5 unique takes on femtech

Mobi Health News

Women’s health has been historically under-studied and has only recently come to the foreground of healthcare technology, with investment in femtech initiatives rising significantly in the past few years.

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Study: Age, Race Disparities In Hospital Patient Portal Use

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Removing the barriers of access to technology does not close the digital divide for African American and older patients, according to new research from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. As part of a larger examination of patient portal use, this study published in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health looked at the use of […].

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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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Withings rolls out connected blood pressure, ECG cuff in EU; US launch slated for Q3

Mobi Health News

While the less pricey Withings BPM Connect is now available in both regions' Apple and Withings storefronts, the US launch of the ECG-enabled BPM Core is on hold as the company awaits FDA clearance.

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Watchdog telemedicine nonprofit accuses WebMD of mislabeling STD tests

Mobi Health News

The suit alleges that only three of the nine STD tests sold by WebMD have undergone FDA approval process.

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6 Barriers to Healthcare Access and How Telehealth Can Help

Enzyme Health

Telehealth technology is helping provide better access to healthcare and easing the healthcare disparity gap among core American populations from seniors to rural residents. Find out how telehealth is showing promise for some of the biggest challenges to equitable healthcare access. While being one of the most technologically advanced and wealthy countries in the world, access to healthcare in the United States falls disappointingly short.

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AI-enabled disease management software startup DEARhealth scores $6.8M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

Philips Health Technology Ventures, Vesalius Bio Capital lll and Health Innovations contributed to this round.

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How Voice-First Technology Is Impacting Modern Healthcare

MedTech Boston

MedTech Boston is a media sponsor of The Voice of Healthcare Summit. The second annual The Voice of Healthcare. The post How Voice-First Technology Is Impacting Modern Healthcare appeared first on MedTech Boston.

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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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Design for all – what we wanted and what we got

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here’s a test. Can you look at a list, for example, of technologies that vendor websites claim are aimed at older adults and their caregivers -- and substitute younger beneficiaries or health care recipients? Do designers who develop applications, devices, and websites that appear to target older adults do that exercise of substitution as they proceed from concept to pilot to delivered offering?

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AARP sues Yale over financial penalties in workplace wellness program 

FierceHealthIT

AARP has filed suit against Yale University, alleging its employee wellness program forces workers to reveal sensitive health information to the college and several vendors.

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MIPS Audits: Lessons Learned from Meaningful Use

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate & MIPS Consulting. Just as the Meaningful Use (MU) EHR Incentive program brought potential audits to providers, so it will be with the MIPS program. Both programs were enacted by Federal legislation, and while there are differences, they are also similarities. The MU program […].

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Clinical Pathology Laboratories the latest company impacted by massive AMCA breach

FierceHealthIT

A fourth clinical lab impacted by a security breach at a third-party billing collections firm has come forward. Clinical Pathology Laboratories, based in Austin, Texas, says 2.2 million patients may have had their personal information impacted by a security breach that occurred at the American Medical Collection Agency.

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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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At the Denver Summit, Two Clinician Leaders Share their Organizations’ Journeys around Opioid Prescribing Management

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

At the Denver Healthcare Innovation Summit, clinician leaders from Truman Medical Centers and Intermountain Healthcare shared their learnings from their initiatives around opioid prescribing management

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Oscar Health to launch Medicare Advantage plans in New York, Houston in 2020 

FierceHealthIT

Startup insurer Oscar Health is set to launch its first Medicare Advantage plans in New York City and Houston for the 2020 plan year, it announced Wednesday.

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Virtual Care Technology – Challenges & Solutions

HealthStream

Virtual Care Technology – Challenges & Solutions The Outlook for Virtual Healthcare Technology Virtual care technology may be one of the major ways we can change how healthcare is delivered to meet the growing needs of the U.S. population. Here are some its challenges and opportunities, as well as predictions for the future.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts slows spending growth with global budget: study 

FierceHealthIT

A global budget model launched by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts slowed healthcare spending growth by 12% over eight years, a study shows.

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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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A1c Tip: Change What You Consider a “High” Blood Sugar

Insulin Nation

Should you try to eat a healthier diet? Should you exercise more often? Should you vow to never eat bread or chocolate ever again? . Instead, it could be more useful to start by looking at where your A1c and blood sugars currently are compared to where you want them to be. How your A1c translates to an eAG (estimated average blood glucose). Every A1c result translates to a blood sugar range and an eAG (estimated average blood glucose).

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What happens when the power goes out? Mount Sinai West powers through a Manhattan blackout

FierceHealthIT

Don Boyce had been working for emergency management for Mount Sinai Health System in New York for just eight months when he got the alert on Saturday night: the lights were out in midtown Manhattan.

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How Telehealth boosts patient marketing

Healee

In one of our previous posts, we told you about the strong rise of Telehealth, what is behind its ever growing adoption over the last couple of years, and why... The post How Telehealth boosts patient marketing appeared first on Healee.

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Healthy.io, Walgreens Boots Alliance roll out smartphone-based UTI test in the U.K.

FierceHealthIT

Urinary tract infections are a common health issue among women and account for nearly 10 million doctor visits a year in the U.K. Healthy.io is now rolling out its smartphone-based UTI testing kit in hundreds of pharmacies in the U.K. through an agreement with Walgreens Boots Alliance.

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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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Telehealth tidbit in Biden’s 2020 rural health plan

Morning eHealth

Big tech in the hot seat — A new model for AI governance?

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John Muir Health teams with Optum in effort to maintain independence 

FierceHealthIT

John Muir Health is joining forces with Optum as part of an effort to maintain its independence, the two companies announced.

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Featured Health IT Job: Technical Consultant

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Technical Consultant position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Galen Healthcare Solutions and is a Remote position. Here’s a description of the position: Galen Healthcare is looking fill […].

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State regulations tied to reduced sepsis mortality in New York

FierceHealthIT

The success of New York’s mandate for protocolized sepsis care offers a nuanced lesson for other states considering similar regulations.

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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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A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 2: Understanding the Why and the How of the ICU

Society for Participatory Medicine

This is Part 2 of a four part series, introduced Monday , based on my family’s experience with our mother’s unexpected and dramatic ICU stay and bilateral lung transplant. [Go to Part 1 ]. After the first few days in the ICU, your anxiety and shock might begin to morph into confusion about why things are the way they are. You will have many questions about what role you and your family should be playing in this new environment.

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House votes to get rid of ACA's controversial 'Cadillac' tax on high-cost plans

FierceHealthIT

The House voted to repeal a controversial excise tax on high-cost health plans mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

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Closing Gaps in Care with Virtual Care Technology

Synzi

Gaps in care can refer to disparities in healthcare access, healthcare needs and medical services when comparing different populations across racial, ethnic, and/or socioeconomic factors. The goal in closing care gaps is to minimize inequality and expand access to quality … Read More. The post Closing Gaps in Care with Virtual Care Technology appeared first on Synzi.

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