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Interoperability: The Key To Enhanced Care and Becoming A Preferred Provider

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By B.J. Boyle, vice president of product management, PointClickCare. Interoperability, as it was envisioned, should be built on transparency and connectivity, allowing a patient’s critical health information to be easily accessible, regardless of where treatment is being administered.

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How to Know If Your Software is HIPAA Compliant

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Abbas Dhilawala, CTO, Galen Data. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, was enacted in the United States in 1996. The legislation creates data security and privacy requirements for safeguarding medical information. In recent years, HIPAA compliance has become a hot button issue for software developers in the healthcare space, as a […].

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DOJ indicts Iranian health care hackers

Morning eHealth

Some skepticism for Amazon rollout — HHS’ burden-reduction strategy

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Report: Apple Watch ECG will go live by year's end

Mobi Health News

According to leaked training documents, both the ECG and irregular heart rate detection will be part of Watch OS version 5.1.2.

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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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Doctors add voices to fears climate change is posing health risks around the globe

FierceHealthIT

In the wake of a new study released Wednesday that warned of escalating health risks from climate change, a major physician group is backing the report’s call for action.

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CMMI’s Adam Boehler wants to ‘blow up’ fee for service

FierceHealthIT

CMMI Director Adam Boehler said Thursday that one of his "prime goals" is to "get rid of fee-for-service" payments altogether. But that might be easier said than done in an industry slow to embrace change.

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Ping An Good Doctor showcases AI-powered, unstaffed clinics

Mobi Health News

The system would also include a smart medicine cabinet that could dispense more than 100 medications.

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VigiLanz and Cincinnati Children’s Partner to Commercialize Solution to Minimize Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatrics

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. VigiLanz and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center announces a collaboration that leverages Cincinnati Children’s research on pediatric nephrotoxic kidney injury and VigiLanz’s capabilities to commercialize a solution for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in pediatric patients. Dubbed NINJA, or Nephrotoxic Injury Negated by Just-in-time Action, the solution enables real-time identification and monitoring of patients at risk for

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China's online healthcare platform jianke.com enters into strategic collaboration with Pfizer

Mobi Health News

Jianke.com, China's online healthcare platform, yesterday announced during the Jianke Doctor Rebrand & 2018 Jianke Partners' Conference in Shanghai that they will be entering into a strategic partnership with US-based global pharmaceutical leader Pfizer.

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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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HHS finalizes January start date for long-delayed 340B final rule 

FierceHealthIT

HHS has finalized plans to roll out the long-awaited final rule for the 340B drug discount program, which would set price ceilings and monetary penalties, at the beginning of next year.

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One hospital's unique path toward an electronic patient record

Mobi Health News

Adrian Byrne, CIO of the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, talks about his organization's journey toward developing an electronic patient record (EPR), which involved an integration engine and standard messaging.

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New ACA innovation waiver policy brings major changes to state marketplace coverage

FierceHealthIT

Fighting back against allegations that the administration is trying to sabotage the ACA, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the new policy allows states to promote “consumer engagement, personal freedom and choice, spending smarter, price transparency, portability, and controls over premium growth." But one analyst says there are "serious questions" about the agency's approach.

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RAND: Vitality's wellness program drove greater activity when offering Apple Watch incentive

Mobi Health News

Paying off the cost of the wearable was a greater motivation to exercise than other rewards offered through the program.

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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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Physician Practice Roundup—Doctor’s TV interview results in $125K HIPAA fine for practice

FierceHealthIT

A Connecticut physicians group has been hit with a $125,000 fine for alleged HIPAA violations after one of its doctors spoke to a TV reporter in a dispute with a patient over bringing a service animal to the allergy practice.

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Munich-based TeleClinic brings in $7.96M

Mobi Health News

The company said that it plans to use the funding from Idinvest Partners to scale its virtual care offering.

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Soft Warm Socks and Gloves

Christina's Considerations

Fall brings a change to the color of leaves in trees and a coolness in the air that will only turn to cold; especially on damp days. For people with nerve damage and neuropathy, these changes also bring about more.

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Bright Health's integrated insurance model collects another $200M

Mobi Health News

The company plans to use its oversubscribed round to expand into new markets and beef up its tech platform.

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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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Sen. Alexander favors 21st Century Cures oversight over new legislation

FierceHealthIT

The lawmaker behind the landmark 21st Century Cures Act isn’t interested in hashing out follow-up legislation. “We’re more likely to make adjustments to it than we are to pass another big new bill like that in the next few years,” Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said Wednesday.

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Woodworking as Art Therapy for PTSD

Christina's Considerations

Guest Post: Robert Johnson is a woodworking enthusiast whose passion for power tools is expressed through writing. He is the founder, owner, and main author of Sawinery.net, a blog site dedicated to his personal reviews of different types and specific.

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Need help talking to patients about cost? AEH launches new tools to help the conversation

FierceHealthIT

America’s Essential Hospitals has compiled a digital library of resources that patients and providers can use to guide conversations about the cost of care.

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Why PT clinics that personalize will shine in today’s experience-driven world

In Hand Health

Last week, my neighbor shopped for, financed and purchased a new car – all from his laptop. The company delivered the car right to his driveway. Not long ago, I would have said that’s crazy. But today, we’re all getting used to expecting the experience we want how and when we want it –­ from cars to music to customized skin-care labs. For example, Nike allows you to create your dream shoes in-store and take them home in 90 minutes.

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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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CGM Sensors are good and getting even better

Insulin Nation

MediSense, a UK/US company acquired by Abbott in 1996, was the first to offer a biosensor for BG monitoring. Thirty years later, the Abbott FreeStyle Libre system is the current product of that team’s ongoing efforts. We spoke with John Willis, Ph.D., CEO of Ultradian Diagnostics LLC (bio) who worked at MediSense and Tom Bishop (bio), who was the VP of Product Development at Echo Therapeutics, to get their thoughts on the evolution of CGMs based on their long careers in BG monitoring and medical

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Massachusetts AG, Federal Trade Commission give OK to Beth Israel, Lahey mega-merger

FierceHealthIT

Massachusett's Attorney General has signed off on the proposed merger between Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health System following an agreement with health system officials that the combined entity would not exceed a seven-year price cap.

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CGM Sensors are good and getting even better

Insulin Nation

MediSense, a UK/US company acquired by Abbott in 1996, was the first to offer a biosensor for BG monitoring. Thirty years later, the Abbott FreeStyle Libre system is the current product of that team’s ongoing efforts. We spoke with John Willis, Ph.D., CEO of Ultradian Diagnostics LLC ( bio ) who worked at MediSense to get his thoughts on the evolution of CGMs based his 30-year career in BG monitoring and medical devices.

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Study: Number of uninsured children rises for the first time in a decade; immigration rhetoric a likely factor

FierceHealthIT

The number of children without insurance rose for the first time in a decade, and the trend may be spurred in part by the Trump administration’s rhetoric on immigration, according to a new report.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.