Wed.Apr 15, 2020

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Digital health companies optimistic on COVID-19's long-term business impact

Mobi Health News

Many are anticipating greater adoption of digital health services and more favorable regulatory and reimbursement environments, according to a recent poll sampling 513 digital health and adjacent companies.

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Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As hospitals and health systems nationwide grapple with the fast-moving demands of the coronavirus crisis, they're also faced with an added challenge: fending off a sustained upswell in cybersecurity threats, perpetrated by bad actors taking advantage of the pandemic's chaos. Healthcare IT News spoke recently with Dan Costantino, Chief Information Security Officer at Penn Medicine, who offered some insights into how his infosec staff has adjusted its strategies to support the health syst

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Temp Pal smart thermometer helps reduce COVID-19 spread in hospitals

Mobi Health News

The world’s smallest smart thermometer offers a cloud-based continuous remote system for temperature monitoring and allows users to receive alerts when abnormal body temperature is detected.

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AMA releases calls for protections for medical residents on pandemic's front lines

FierceHealthIT

The American Medical Association released new guidance aimed at helping residency programs address the personal, physical and economic stresses residents and fellows are facing.

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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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Medopad’s Huma rebrand and expansion driven by people focus

Mobi Health News

The remote monitoring health tech company’s timely name-change coincides with a radical shift in the way health data is perceived and used, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mobile apps and data at heart of European Commission coronavirus toolbox

Mobi Health News

A common toolbox has been compiled to help EU member states take a coordinated and standards-based approach to support exit strategies from their coronavirus containment measures, enabling them to stay complaint with data protection and privacy regulations.

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AMA and AHA team up to launch resource to fight malicious cyberactivity

FierceHealthIT

The joint cybersecurity resource from the AMA and AHA called Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic offers actions both physician groups and hospitals can take to strengthen the protection on their computers, networks and medical devices from the rise in COVID-19-themed security threats and attacks, particular as more employees work from home.

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British space industry joins race to help NHS deal with coronavirus

Mobi Health News

New fund targets projects that exploit satellite and drone technology to address healthcare and wellbeing support challenges exposed by the pandemic.

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Report: Uncertain COVID-19 costs pose major challenge to insurers in setting 2021 premiums

FierceHealthIT

Insurers are under the gun to issue premium rates to state regulators in the next couple of months, but the unknown cost impact of COVID-19 poses a massive challenge, according to a new analysis.

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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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With new Digital Health Indicator, HIMSS hopes global collaboration will lead to speedy innovation

Mobi Health News

The new effort is a measure of progress towards a digital health ecosystem.

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Docs could face looming health crisis as COVID-19 disrupts care for chronically ill

FierceHealthIT

More than two-thirds of chronically ill patients in the U.S. report they are having problems managing their conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic if significant care delivery disruptions continue. Healthcare providers may face an even bigger crisis down the road, a new report found.

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StethoMe rolls-out AI medical device following major deals with European telemedicine providers

Mobi Health News

They signed deals with MaQuestionMedicale in France and HomeDoctor in Spain.

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As hackers ramp up attacks against smaller hospitals, here are 6 tips to protect against them

FierceHealthIT

Hackers are increasingly targeting small hospitals and health centers with ransomware attacks. This trend is particularly concerning since 80% of small practices do not have an in-house security official. Here are best practices to follow to protect your organization.

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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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Telehealth Group Therapy: Reimbursement & Clinical Issues

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth Group Therapy: Reimbursement & Clinical Issues As group therapists work to respond during the COVID-19 crisis, online telehealth group therapy sessions are replacing in-person groups. Group therapy is effective. Frequently, group work can be more effective for some patients … Read more. The post Telehealth Group Therapy: Reimbursement & Clinical Issues appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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UnitedHealth Group posts $3.4B in Q1 profit

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group released its first-quarter earnings report Wednesday, with the insurance giant reporting $3.4 billion in profit.

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A Therapist’s Guide to Working Remotely

TheraNest

Modern telehealth options have made it easy for therapists to offer services on a remote basis. And clients who travel frequently but want to stay consistent with their therapy schedule have boosted the popularity of remote therapy. But the COVID-19 pandemic has forced therapists offering telehealth services out of their offices and into their homes, which introduces unique challenges.

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Verma: 2nd round of hospital funding to be more targeted at COVID-19 hot spots

FierceHealthIT

CMS Administrator Seema Verma told reporters a second round of funding for hospitals will be more targeted at hot spots battling COVID-19

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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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AI in life science: faster cures for viral disease

Digital Leaders HealthTech

The COVID-19 pandemic reaffirms why AI is essential to accelerating the time it takes to discover a treatment for all types of viral disease. COVID-19 is upending life as we know it. The potential effect of this viral disease on mortality and public health, as well as the lasting socioeconomic impact of the crisis, is unfathomable. To mitigate the wide-scale impact of this growing pandemic, our hopes are trained on a vaccine, prophylactic or curative, and the life sciences industry that can pr

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Detroit Medical Center furloughs 480 workers due to COVID-19 financial crisis

FierceHealthIT

Detroit Medical Center announced it will furlough 480 workers out of the approximately 12,000 workers due to the COVID-19 financial crisis.

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Telehealth Assistance Resource Pages

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Whether you’re new to telehealth and telemedicine or have been utilizing telehealth for a while, the current COVID19 pandemic has flipped this type of healthcare service delivery on its head much like so many other facets of our professional and personal worlds. Currently, policy is fluid. Bandwidths are burdened. Knowledge is a whirlwind. Where does one begin to match the constantly changing information to appropriately serve the client, to the constant evolution of what we know of the current

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CMS boosts Medicare payments for high-throughput COVID-19 diagnostic tests

FierceHealthIT

CMS announced it will nearly double the payments for high-throughput diagnostic testing that can test a large batch of specimens quickly.

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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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Data reporting frustrations peak

Morning eHealth

More phone app tracking proposals — Dealing with cyber concerns

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Industry Voices—Medicare takes key steps to treat more patients at home amid COVID-19 crisis

FierceHealthIT

Informed by the experiences of our overseas colleagues, respiratory suppliers will play a critical role in caring for patients at home, including those who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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A 12-Step Program to Fix New COVID-19 Cybersecurity Risks

Healthcare IT Today

You built a strong IT security environment based on people working from your offices, including firewalls, endpoint protection, access controls, and automated processes that align with your cybersecurity policies. What is your new environment like, with so many people working from home? Are they using personally owned computers? Are they using their phones to take […].

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Industry Voices—6 ways hospitals can show financial care for patients during COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

As hospitals, health systems and physicians navigate the clinical impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the revenue cycle team at each of these organizations must also be ready to guide the financial care of patients.

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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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1000 extra digital devices will enable the rapid expansion of digital health services in Wales

Digital Leaders HealthTech

These are worrying times, particularly for people who are vulnerable, in hospital or in care. Many people are facing the prospect of self-isolating or shielding themselves for weeks. It is a situation none of us have faced before. Thankfully, for many people digital technology can provide some comfort. It means they will still be able to see friends and family, shop for groceries, find health information and participate in activities to keep them occupied.

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Savvy Cooperative Raises First VC Funding from Indie.vc

Healthcare IT Today

When I first saw Savvy Coop come onto the scene, I’d love their mission but wasn’t so sure about their model. Regardless of my apprehension, I wanted to support a company which I thought was offering something that was badly needed in healthcare. That was empowering the patient voice. Even more than that, it was […].

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How global tech is helping in the COVID-19 fight

Digital Leaders HealthTech

In the face of great adversity, often some of the best ideas are born. Countries worldwide have had to come up with new ways to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak, and with citizens forced to self-isolate, innovators look to tech to tackle some of the greatest problems caused by the virus. At PUBLIC we have never been more certain of the value of technology in making a real difference to people’s lives – here are some of the ways countries across the globe are using tech to tackle Coronavirus. .