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Visibly receives FDA clearance for online visual acuity test

Mobi Health News

The Visibly Digital Acuity Product uses a touchscreen mobile device paired with a computer to test how sharp a user's vision is at a distance.

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Designing with health literacy in mind can help with SDOH, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There is a commonly held belief that social determinants of health like income and education level may negatively impact the use of digital health programs, and that this could widen gaps in health equity. However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.

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Hong Kong Polytechnic University employs VR to enhance nursing education

Mobi Health News

It features more than 1,200 combinations of randomised simulated situations in a hospital ward.

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Health and IT Literacy

Healthcare IT Today

Today I went with my son to tryouts for flag football. My son has always been active, but he’s never played in organized sports before. Needless to say, I went to the tryouts with a little trepidation for how he’d do. Many of the other kids had been playing already for a couple years. Would he understand what the coach was asking him to do?

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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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New digital tool in Australia helps patients manage fear of cancer recurrence

Mobi Health News

The online treatment has been licensed to Blue Note Therapeutics for the development of a counterpart version in North America.

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Singapore clears Australian firm Hydrix's AI-powered implantable cardiac monitor

Mobi Health News

The company also has pending approvals for its device in Australia and Thailand.

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Home-Based Care for the Baby Boom is at Risk – But Operating Changes Can Shore up the Industry’s Economic Model

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Lee Hudson Teslik, Founder & CEO and Scott Erwin, Dynamic Staffing Expert at Reverence. In the coming decade, all 76M baby boomers will join the elderly population. And, naturally, such a significant generation will demand significant care as they age—with a resounding preference for support in the comfort of their own homes.

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Sema4 lays off 250 employees, founder steps down

Mobi Health News

The layoffs represent 13% of the AI-backed genomic and clinical data company's workforce.

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Featured Health IT Job: Clinical Business Analyst – Lab

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Clinical Business Analyst – Lab position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is an international position in Canada – Ontario. Here’s a description of the position: Company: TransForm Shared Service Organization.

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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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NG Healthcare Digital Summit Recap: Accelerating Consumer-Centric Care

eVisit

Healthcare is becoming more competitive and consumer-focused than ever before. Our mission remains clear: delivering enterprise healthcare systems the resources they need to craft world-class patient experiences.

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Payer Trends Impacting Reimbursement

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Patient Referral Editor’s Note: Payer trends, regulatory updates, and policy changes have a big impact on providers’ operations and bottom line. BHM Healthcare Solutions, as a third party review organization, count both payers and providers as clients. BHM understands the interworkings of care reimbursements. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM builds efficiencies.

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How Can a Contextual Approach to Therapy Benefit Patients?

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Reading Time: 6 Minutes. There has been a lot of talk in the psychology community about contextual therapy recently. Some people swear by it, while others think it’s another trendy approach that will eventually fade away. But what is contextual therapy, and why are people so passionate about it? Simply put, contextual therapy is a form of psychotherapy that considers the environment in which a person lives and functions.

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Is It Normal to Gain Weight During Menopause? Here are Six Approaches to Taking Control

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Women’s difficulties throughout menopause include weight gain and changes in body form. Hormonal shifts make women more susceptible to belly obesity and the associated health hazards. These alterations are not unavoidable; here’s what you can do about them. Why do women gain weight during menopause? Menopause is defined as the disappearance of menstrual cycles […].

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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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Payer Trends Impacting Reimbursement

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Patient Referral Editor’s Note: Payer trends, regulatory updates, and policy changes have a big impact on providers’ operations and bottom line. BHM Healthcare Solutions, as a third party review organization, count both payers and providers as clients. BHM understands the interworkings of care reimbursements. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM builds efficiencies.

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Vuzix tries out smart glasses for emergency medical care in Japan

Mobi Health News

There is a plan to expand its trial to more ambulances in the country to study its effectiveness.

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