Mon.Oct 12, 2020

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Commissioner Hahn: FDA hiring more data experts to help healthcare 'unleash the power of data'

Mobi Health News

More expertise will be necessary if the regulator is to keep up with the constant evolution of real-world evidence, privacy and other data-driven challenges, Dr. Hahn said.

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Florida Blue first health plan to sign on for integrated Teladoc-Livongo platform

FierceHealthIT

Florida Blue first health plan to sign on for integrated Teladoc-Livongo platform. hlandi. Mon, 10/12/2020 - 17:29.

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Walgreens is prepared to transform to meet the needs of the modern customer

Mobi Health News

The pharmacy is looking to provide better healthcare by becoming more digitally integrated and offering primary care in-store.

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A Look at COVID-19’s Impact on Medical Practices with MGMA’s CEO

Healthcare IT Today

While we all know what a crazy year it’s been for medical practices, when we sat down with Halee Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP, FACMPE, President and CEO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), we learned some of the numbers and details around how much medical practices have been impacted by the pandemic and the impact […].

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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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Comcast, Independence Health Group's joint venture launches senior-focused monitoring tool

Mobi Health News

The new tool is expected to help seniors access emergency assistance and include ambient sensors.

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Datavant brings in $40M to power health data exchange across providers, life sciences

Mobi Health News

The company says it has so far incorporated 350 organizations into its data ecosystem.

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SCOTUS Nominee & ACA Compliance Complications

ACA Times

2 minute read: With the potential of Trump’s nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, becoming the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in time for the November 10, 2020 hearing on the latest attack on the ACA, there has been a lot of speculation as to what this means for the survival of the ACA. This is particularly acute given Ms. Barrett’s criticism of the majority opinion in 2012 to uphold the ACA in National Federation of Independent Business v.

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How COVID-19 forced Humana's Broussard to rethink his leadership style

FierceHealthIT

How COVID-19 forced Humana's Broussard to rethink his leadership style. pminemyer. Mon, 10/12/2020 - 14:03.

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3 Days to Implement Epic for Thousands of New Hospital Beds

Healthcare IT Today

This week, the relatively new HLTH conference is hosting HLTH VRTL (I guess they have something against vowels). No surprise that the HLTH conference has gone virtual like pretty much all the other health IT conferences. They still have their big name list of conferences speakers, but I’m interested to see if sponsors and attendees […].

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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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KFF analysis reaffirms payers' strong financial performance amid COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

KFF analysis reaffirms payers' strong financial performance amid COVID-19. pminemyer. Mon, 10/12/2020 - 11:51.

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Lark Health Raises $55 Million Series C to Bring A.I.-Driven Chronic Conditions Care to More People

Healthcare IT Today

Lark Health today announced it has closed a $55 million Series C funding round led by King River Capital, as well as a $15 million venture debt credit facility with Trinity Capital and Bridge Bank. The round also includes new investors Franklin Templeton, SteelSky Ventures, and Olive Tree Capital; and existing Lark investors Lightspeed Ventures, […].

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Providence rolls Bluetree, Lumedic into new technology and services company

FierceHealthIT

Providence rolls Bluetree, Lumedic into new technology and services company. hlandi. Mon, 10/12/2020 - 14:41.

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Pediatric telehealth

Healee

There are many conditions that pediatricians manage, like asthma, diabetes, genetic disorders, mental health problems and more, that can be effectively handled via telemedicine. With COVID-19 still present, parents shy... The post Pediatric telehealth appeared first on Healee.

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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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Overcoming the Challenges of Fragmented Care

HealthStream

The United States healthcare system has grown increasingly fragmented. Those afflicted by chronic conditions may attend unnecessary appointments, receive confusing and contradictory advice from their doctors, struggle to get to the doctor’s office, and despair at exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses.

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Accelerate Your EA Journey With LeanIX Certifications

LeanIX

A great way to tell if a tool is worth the investment is to check and see if it provides a way, or even multiple ways, to learn how to use the platform. From Customer Success Managers to online or in-person training courses, modern businesses need to make sure their customer support techniques are successful in keeping their users happy and up to date on their products.

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Coffee Talk: How Digital Health Startups Respond and Thrive in a Global Pandemic

Digital Health Today

How Almirall's Digital Garden is helping startups move from crisis to opportunity. Imagine this: You’re the founder of a digital health startup. You’ve been carefully selected and invited to participate in a brand new accelerator in Barcelona. At the start of the year, you say goodbye to your friends and family, you find a place in Barcelona to call home, and you focus on growing your business with the mentorship and support of one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

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Virtual visits have declined, but the emails haven’t

Henry Kotula

[link]. While telemedicine visits have decreased sharply since their early pandemic peak, we’re hearing from providers across the country that patient demand for email communication has persisted. . Many patients have missed meaningful in-person interactions with their doctors. But once they sign up for the portal and realize they can email, they don’t want to go back to spending time on hold or scheduling a visit to get a prescription refill or the answer to a simple question.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Harjinder Sandhu, CEO, Saykara

HIStalk Interviews

Harjinder Sandhu, PhD is founder and CEO of Saykara of.

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Judy Faulkner talks lessons learned from Epic's COVID-19 response

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Monday offered her perspective on how the company has responded to the COVID-19 crisis – and described some of the lessons learned along the way. She spoke during a discussion at HLTH VRTL 2020 Monday with longtime Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson, who is now chair of the Institute for Intergroup Understanding. "The pandemic has taught us that there are some massive failures in the American healthcare delivery system," said Halvorson.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

2020 will be remembered for disruption and dislocation on many fronts; among the major blips in the year will be it remembered as the largest funding year for digital health recorded, according to Rock Health’s report on the 3Q2020 digital health funding. This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19.