Thu.Oct 06, 2022

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Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Tina Feldmann, VP of Corporate & Product Marketing at Kno2. The content of this article is taken from a panel Kno2 hosted as part of the recent Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference , in collaboration with DirectTrust™ within a track dedicated to the sharing of health data to advance health equity. “This health data session led by Kno2, a long-time member of DirectTrust and a new member of Civitas Networks for Health, gave a great overvi

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Google reveals long-awaited Pixel Watch with Fitbit health tracking

Mobi Health News

The new wearable will include continuous heart rate tracking, sleep monitoring and fitness features. Google also plans to add fall detection this winter.

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Telehealth-As-Healthcare Is a Mainstream Expectation Among Consumers, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

Telehealth has increased access to mental health services, I’ve highlighted this Mental Illness Awareness Week here in Health Populi. But telehealth has also emerged as a preferred channel for routine health care services, we learn from J.D. Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Among people who had used virtual care in the past year, telehealth-as-healthcare is now part of mainstream Americans’ expectations as a normal part of their medical care.

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Kaiser Permanente members gain access to Ginger and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Jasper Health and Scripps Research partner to advance the body of literature in oncology, and Zipline and Intermountain Healthcare collaborate to deliver prescriptions and medical products via drones in Utah.

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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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Corrective Action Plans: Leveling the Audit Playing Field with CAPs

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dana Finnegan, MDaudit. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made no secret of its intentions to crack down on fraud, abuse, and waste, throwing more budget dollars into audits, heightening program […]. The article Corrective Action Plans: Leveling the Audit Playing Field with CAPs appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare IT Consultants

Optimum Healthcare IT

Cybersecurity is a critical issue for healthcare organizations as healthcare remains one of the most targeted industries for cyberattacks. Continue reading Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare IT Consultants at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Burnout and the Staffing Crisis – How Do They Impact the Healthcare Workforce and What are Some Possible Solutions?

Healthcare IT Today

During the pandemic, so much was asked of our healthcare workers that they began to get burnt-out and started to quit. With people leaving, the remaining staff began to be stretched to make up for this loss. Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. Leaving us stuck in a vicious cycle of not enough workers and burning out quickly as a result.

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How Can I Use Reporting and Analytics to Grow My Practice?

TheraNest

Reading Time: 4 Minutes. Growing your therapy practice is an exciting adventure to embark on. While thrilling, there are many details that go into a growth strategy. Mental and behavioral health providers need to have a firm understanding of both the patient and business sides of their practice to make decisions that help them scale and grow their business.

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Storytelling: Where Compassion is Born

Society for Participatory Medicine

Editor’s note: In this excerpt from her latest book, Ducks in a Row , Canadian-based author, Sue Robins explains the power of storytelling for everybody invested in health care—patients and clinicians alike. A well-told story, Robins explains, has the ability to foster compassion in listeners and bring us closer together as human beings. An active patient advocate, Robins is a former breast cancer patient and caregiver of a young man with Down syndrome. .

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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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Digital Health Strategy in the Real World: Challenges and Opportunities

Xealth

Cynthia Church, Chief Strategy Officer. It seems like everyone working in a hospital these days is grumpy—from doctors and nurses to medical assistants and patient registration—and for a good reason, as there is more to do than is humanly possible. . While there’s a lot of talk from administrators about valuing “healthcare heroes,” there has been little to no concrete action to lighten the load of frontline care teams any time soon. .

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Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare IT Consultants

Optimum Healthcare IT

Cybersecurity is a critical issue for healthcare organizations as healthcare remains one of the most targeted industries for cyberattacks. Continue reading Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare IT Consultants at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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2022 Trends in Mental and Behavioral Health

TheraNest

Reading Time: 6 Minutes. The demand for mental and behavioral health keeps climbing, but providers remain underserved and prone to burning out. While telemedicine is stabilizing post-pandemic, stress and anxiety remain high while substance use rises. There are some trends to watch out for as the year progresses and we look to the future. Some of these trends indicate where the industry is heading, while others are things we need to fix before they get ingrained too deeply.

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EA and Business Process Transformation: Insights from Cognizant and LeanIX

LeanIX

How does LeanIX (and EA in general) drive business process transformation? At the LeanIX Connect Summit in Boston this summer, we sat down with the team from Cognizant , one of our key go-to-market partners , to find out how they’ve seen transformation happen in the field.

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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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New Mental Health Company Led by Consumer Brand Industry Veterans to Revolutionize Mental Health Care Delivery for Seniors

Healthcare IT Today

Rippl Raises $32 Million to Build the Future of Mental Health Care for Seniors. Rippl , a mental health company focused on caring for seniors with dementia and other neurocognitive conditions, launched today with $32 million in seed round funding led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst. The round also includes investment from GV, F-Prime Capital, and Mass General Brigham Ventures.