Wed.Nov 04, 2020

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MIT researchers' AI model detects COVID-19 by listening to coughs

Mobi Health News

The tool was "100% accurate" when spotting cases among asymptomatic individuals, the researchers wrote, and could be deployed as a low-cost prescreener to support diagnostic testing efforts.

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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

TriHealth, a health system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, had an access problem regarding patients who desired a first contact medical option that did not require a visit to a doctor’s office. THE PROBLEM. Once TriHealth made the decision to research telemedicine platforms, from its point of view there were three major components needed for any platform to be seriously considered.

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Health tech company 54gene launches clinical research programme in Nigeria

Mobi Health News

The launch coincides with 54gene being appointed as a country partner in a global registry study of healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19.

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Healthcare is ramping up AI investments during COVID. But the industry is still on the fence about Google, Amazon. Here's why

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare is ramping up AI investments during COVID. But the industry is still on the fence about Google, Amazon. Here's why. hlandi. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 12:25.

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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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Cleveland Clinic researchers on how digital is transforming cardiac electrophysiology

Mobi Health News

Researchers out of the Cleveland Clinic discuss the digital landscape in the cardiology space.

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Fertility employee benefits startup Fertifa raises £1M to support UK growth

Mobi Health News

The U.K.-based digital fertility employee benefits company Fertifa announced this week the closing of its $1.3 million (£1 million) financing round. Passion Capital, along with strategic angel investors, financed the round to help the startup reach its mission of providing “fertility for all.

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5 Ways Virtual Tech Is Advancing Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Devin Partida, technology writer and the editor-in-chief, ReHack.com. Healthcare technology is experiencing something of a golden age at the moment. The world is undergoing an unprecedented period of technological advancement, and the medical industry […].

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Industry Voices—Will the country choose virtual care post-COVID? Yes – but only if it’s better

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Will the country choose virtual care post-COVID? Yes – but only if it’s better. hlandi. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 11:23.

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Patient Master Identity Registry

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The Patient Maser Identity Registry is a new profile (Implementation Guide) from IHE. It is designed to address a new environment that has no existing HL7 v2 or v3 patient identity management solution, that needs a multiple organization Patient Identity Management. It defines the following actors. This is the typical IHE model of defining abstract actors, not systems.

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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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Many pediatricians say vaccines, visits dropped off amid COVID-19. Nemours says it bucked the trend

FierceHealthIT

Many pediatricians say vaccines, visits dropped off amid COVID-19. Nemours says it bucked the trend. treed. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 11:23.

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Beyond COVID: The C-Suite’s Roadmap To A Healthy Financial Outlook

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vasilios Nassiopoulos, vice president of platform strategy and innovation, Hayes. 2020 will undoubtably be a year that the healthcare industry will want to forget. The COVID-19 pandemic not only introduced unprecedented care delivery challenges—at […].

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Payer, health tech stocks jump at market open despite election uncertainty

FierceHealthIT

Payer, health tech stocks jump at market open despite election uncertainty. treed. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 09:17.

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Differing Medical Professional Cultures Shape How Clinicians, Staff Handle InfoSec Issues

Healthcare IT Today

Data from a recent research study suggests that the subcultures in which nurses, doctors and healthcare support staff work can have a big influence on whether they’re likely to comply with healthcare information security policies. Healthcare organizations could face a higher risk of data breaches if they don’t address those differing work styles in their […].

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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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HHS wants to review most of its existing regulations and sunset burdensome, obsolete rules

FierceHealthIT

HHS wants to review most of its existing regulations and sunset burdensome, obsolete rules. rking. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 11:37.

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Q&A with CIO Robert Eardley, Part 3: “The Engine of Success Is Having a Quality Team.”

Health System CIO

One of the most important takeaways from Covid-19 is the consumers are willing to embrace change and absorb technology when it meets an actual need, and is both simple and intuitive, says CIO Robert Eardley. Source: Q&A with CIO Robert Eardley, Part 3: “The Engine of Success Is Having a Quality Team.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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How Highmark's pharmacists are teaming with primary care docs for better medication management

FierceHealthIT

How Highmark's pharmacists are teaming with primary care docs for better medication management. pminemyer. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 13:48.

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Adapting to the New Normal Through the Reliability and Scalability of the Cloud

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sunnie Southern, Vice President of the Health & Life Sciences Division at Onix. Sunnie is one of our A-List speakers at our new EXPO.health Experience Series. Sunnie will join Rasu Shrestha and other leaders in an interactive discussion about health IT resiliency and how health IT professionals and […].

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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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The Open Payments Database: Not Just for Doctors Anymore!

HealthStream

The kinds of providers included in CMS’s Open Payments database will be expanded on January 1, 2021. This will impose new compliance requirements on healthcare providers, professionals, and applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations.

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Featured Health IT Job: Support Services Lead

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Support Services Lead positions that were recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by QuadMed in Wisconsin. Here’s a description of the position: The Support Services Lead is responsible for providing supervision, […].

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What a Republican Senate will mean for the healthcare industry

FierceHealthIT

What a Republican Senate will mean for the healthcare industry. rking. Wed, 11/04/2020 - 16:36.

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Election Day Recap and Potential ACA Changes

ACA Times

3 minute read: Heading into Election Day, a record-breaking one million Americans cast their ballots early , creating a myriad of potential challenges for determining a clear victor in the 2020 presidential election. . As to be expected with one of the most unique presidential elections of our time, there are still a number of uncertainties surrounding our next president, such as accounting for mail-in and absentee ballots.

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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.