Thu.Sep 13, 2018

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Telehealth Care for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing

Arizona Telemedicine Program

Note: This article adheres to the common use of two terms used to identify people who are Deaf or have hearing loss. The term?Deaf?(with a capital D) is used to describe individuals who do not hear and are “cultural” sign language users, while the term deaf?(with a lower-case d) describes people who may lip-read and/or use hearing aids. . The expansion of telehealth services across the country has made it possible for almost anyone with a non-emergency medical problem to access a doctor by sm

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Hurricane-affected residents can opt into free telehealth services

Mobi Health News

Virtual telephone or video care will be available at no cost, with some offers lasting for several weeks.

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PwC: The financial risks of hurricanes hospitals might not be prepared for

FierceHealthIT

As the Carolinas brace themselves for Hurricane Florence, hospitals and health systems within the storm’s path need to ready for the long-term effects—which can linger months and even years after floodwaters recede.

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Apple's ECG announcement was likely years in the making, but its timing was remarkable

Mobi Health News

The announcement has drawn questions about novelty and claims of coziness with the FDA.

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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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Russian Twitter trolls attempted to cull opposition to the ACA during repeal attempts

FierceHealthIT

Twitter and the government must do more to stop the spread of messages that can deceitfully sway public sentiment, experts say.

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Officials demonstrate the complicated art of getting VA, DOD health records to work together

FierceHealthIT

As the Department of Veterans Affairs forges ahead with its Electronic Health Record Modernization program, questions remain about the best oversight structure to improve interoperability with the Department of Defense.

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Cigna to put $250M into healthcare innovation through new venture fund

Mobi Health News

The focus will be invest in early and growth stage startups working in insights and analytics, digital health and retail, and care delivery and management.

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5 questions that need answers for the future of medical education in the U.S.

FierceHealthIT

There are lots of questions when it comes to planning for the U.S. system for training future physicians, says one medical school dean.

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Instagram now surfaces substance misuse resources for relevant searches

Mobi Health News

Users who click through the popup will be provided with anonymous support hotlines, a treatment facility locator, peer support guidance, and other substance abuse education.

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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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Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First

TheraNest

Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First with Person Centered Tech. What you’ll learn in this webinar: Telemental Health Standards. Areas of Competence/Training. Setting Up Your Therapy Room. Ease of Creating Telehealth Sessions and Joining Sessions in TheraNest. You can check out other webinars by TheraNest here. The post Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First appeared first on TheraNest Blog.

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Startup adds air quality sensors to Google vehicles, app-assisted musical instruments analyze samples, and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Student athletics injury management app launches, and Sheba Medical Center pilots MedAware's AI medication warning software.

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Epic, Nuance team up on voice assistance technology to help lighten doctor documentation burden

FierceHealthIT

Two major companies, Epic and Nuance Communications, have teamed up, hoping voice assistance technology in electronic health records is an answer to reducing the documentation burden for doctors.

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Healthcare innovation giving rise to the Chief Digital Officer

Mobi Health News

Pamela Dixon of SSi-Search on the emerging CDO role and how it differs from traditional CIOs, CTOs and other executive positions.

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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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Apple’s new ECG sensor gets tongues wagging

Morning eHealth

North Carolina preps for Florence — Opioid bill update

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All of Us adds new CMO, Shulkin lands on his feet, and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Shulkin will head up innovation at Sanford Health while the NIH welcomes Dr. Kelly Gebo.

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Physician Practice Roundup—Doctors face prison time in two fraud cases and more news

FierceHealthIT

A pain-management physician from Maryland and a Detroit-area podiatrist have been sentenced to prison in two separate cases of healthcare fraud and more physician practice news.

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Shulkin lands on his feet, All of Us adds new CMO, and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Shulkin will head up innovation at Sanford Health while the NIH welcomes Dr. Kelly Gebo.

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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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Payer Roundup—Maryland files countersuit seeking to protect ACA; lawmakers cut drug pricing proposal from spending bill

FierceHealthIT

Maryland filed a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at protecting the ACA, the House took out a key drug price proposal from its spending package and other payer headlines from around the web.

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Autoimmune Tsunami

Insulin Nation

AD is the most common disease category, after cancer and heart disease, affecting 5% to 8% of the U.S. population. T1D is an autoimmune disease and it represents one of the most significant chronic diseases in children which often results in lower life expectancy. The United States has witnessed the highest growth in new cases annually with more children having diabetes in the US than anywhere else in the world.

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Industry Voices—We still need to convince doctors to stop prescribing so many opioids

FierceHealthIT

The national opioid epidemic began with the devaluing of primary care in volume-centric health systems that serve as little more than a wheelhouse of referrals for unnecessary procedures, painful surgeries and “quick-fix” prescriptions like opioids that get patients in and out of the hospital quickly—at the expense of putting them on the fast track to addiction.

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Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First

TheraNest

Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First with Person Centered Tech. What you’ll learn in this webinar: Telemental Health Standards. Areas of Competence/Training. Setting Up Your Therapy Room. Ease of Creating Telehealth Sessions and Joining Sessions in TheraNest. You can check out other webinars by TheraNest here. The post Online Therapy: What You Need to Know First appeared first on TheraNest.

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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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MACPAC continues to ponder value of collaborations between states

FierceHealthIT

At its monthly meeting on Thursday, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission continued its discussion of whether federal policies can—or should—help states collaborate to bolster their administrative capacity. This time, two key officials chimed in.

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Healthcare Roundup—Azar: HHS’ drug blueprint an ‘original, American’ solution to rising prices 

FierceHealthIT

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar touted the agency's work on drug prices at a summit on Thursday, plus more healthcare headlines.

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CVS' Larry Merlo defends rebates, touts pending Aetna deal at Morgan Stanley conference

FierceHealthIT

With the Trump administration's focus on curbing high prescription costs, drug rebates negotiated by pharmacy benefit managers have become a popular whipping boy. But CVS CEO Larry Merlo said he doesn't foresee either going away anytime soon.

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