Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S. revealed many weakness in the American health care system, one of which has been health inequities faced by millions of people — especially black Americans, who have sustained higher rates morbidity and mortality

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has given the OK for what it's calling a "sweeping set of adjustments" to 40 of the measures used for HEDIS scores, given the new realities of widespread and scaled-up telehealth use. WHY IT MATTERS. The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures, widely used in quality-improvement efforts, have been updated by NCQA as more health plans, clinicians and patients embrace telehealth services in a major way during the coronav

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Morning eHealth

JUNE 5, 2020

CDC head apologizes for lack of disparity data — GAO cites 'Mar-a-Lago 3' influence on VA

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

A collaboration between clinic-management specialists Savience Limited and healthcare IT solution firm HSL Telehealth has created a new secure virtual clinic service. By integrating the virtual clinic module from Savience’s Clarity system with HSL’s shared conferencing and collaboration network, the service allows clinicians to organise a remote outpatient’s consultation by clicking on a screen icon.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 5, 2020

Also - NHS Digital integrates the eConsult digital triaging service into the NHS App.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 5, 2020

GAO: Mar a Lago members acted as advisers on VA initiatives, including $16B Cerner EHR contract. hlandi. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 13:47.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: COVID-19 demanding telehealth, security advances Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Sponsor: HP Right Now:

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Susan Kohler, chief compliance officer, Greenway Health The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law in March, has provided a lifeline for many businesses — including healthcare organizations. Amid the grim […].

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 5, 2020

Healthcare sector jobs increase by 312K in May thanks to dentist offices. rking. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 09:50.

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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.

Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Anne Dabrow Woods, critical care nurse practitioner, Chester County Hospital These are the days we never thought we’d see – unimagined times, pushing our nurses and healthcare workers to the brink with the demands […]. The article The Nursing Experience Divide and Technology: What Hospitals Need to Know appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2020

As I was researching to create our list of live video telehealth companies, it became clear to me that telehealth meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people and companies. The two largest areas of telehealth for healthcare delivery organizations was live video telehealth and chronic care management/remote patient monitoring (Our […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Banco, CEO and co-founder, etherFAX The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed the fragility of traditional telephony infrastructure. Government and healthcare organizations utilizing limited PSTN-based fax numbers and legacy systems simply cannot handle the […].

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 5, 2020

Medicare Advantage plans face 'double whammy' of pent-up care demand and risk scores: experts. rking. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 13:34.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2020

As the number of COVID-19 cases begin to decline, healthcare leaders are finally able to take a step back and assess the gaps that the pandemic has exposed in their operations. When they do, workforce management, should be on their list of key areas to address, according to Nanne Finis, Chief Nurse Executive at Kronos. […].

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 5, 2020

Optum says payers should keep a close eye on these 3 drugs. Here's why. pminemyer. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 15:32.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2020

Another week is nearly in the books and you know what means. Time for another Fun Friday article where we share something that hopefully makes you laugh and starts your weekend off right. We found some pretty good ones this week. Hopefully, they can help you stop for a moment and maybe put a smile […].

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Iris Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2020

This blog is solely dedicated to BLM and the support and actions we all can take to help end the injustice. The black box image is in reference to last Tuesday’s #blackouttuesday social media movement. You can learn more about it here. The inequality issue in our world is not new, has gone on for way too long, and needs to be reformed now. George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor were innocent individuals murdered by police officers because of their skin color. 2020 must be the year

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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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Ortholive

JUNE 5, 2020

Telemedicine visits are predicted to surge this year, surpassing one billion encounters, according to CNBC. The coronavirus was the tipping point for many practices to finally embrace telemedicine services as a tool to provide care while protecting patients and providers with social distancing. The current pandemic, coupled with CMS waiving many of the restrictions on reimbursement for telehealth, pushed virtual visits into widespread mainstream acceptance.

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HealthStream

JUNE 5, 2020

A recent virtual meeting of HealthStream’s Revenue Cycle Special Interest Group focused on how healthcare organizations are adapting to the demands and necessities of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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ACA Times

JUNE 5, 2020

3 minute read: As part of their campaign against the requirements of California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which went into effect January 2020 and requires employers to treat contract workers as employees unless they meet certain requirements, GIG giants Uber and Lyft have promoted a ballot measure, the App-Based Driver Protection Act (Driver Act) , which would reclassify those same workers as independent contractors with quasi-employee benefits.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 5, 2020

Weekly News Recap Amwell files IPO documents. Two major medical.

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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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Henry Kotula

JUNE 5, 2020

[link]. About 208 million Americans are living in counties with no or very few infectious disease physicians, and many of these areas have been hit hardest by COVID-19, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers determined the density of infectious disease physicians in every U.S. county using 2017 Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data.

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