Fri.Apr 01, 2022

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

People spend one-half of their lives in “less-than-good health,” we learn early in the paper, Adding years to life and life to years from the McKinsey Health Institute. In this data-rich essay, the McKinsey team at MHI sets out an agenda that could help us add 45 billion extra years of higher-quality life equal to an average of six years per person (depending on your country and population demographics).

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How To Make Your Daily Life Easier When Working In Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare industry currently accounts for 14% of all US workers, employing about 22 million professionals across different sectors. However, despite this and the unquestionable importance of the industry, it is underfunded, understaffed, and underappreciated. […].

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Chat support startup Nurse-1-1 raises $2.3M seed

Mobi Health News

The startup plans to hire more team members, accelerate its go-to-market strategy and add to its partnerships with digital health companies.

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Health IT April Fool’s Day Jokes – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! And this is a special Friday because it’s April 1st which is that time where companies have a little fun and share April Fool’s Day jokes. We’ve shared a lot of April Fool’s Day Health IT jokes over the years including a few of our own. Here’s a few we saw today […].

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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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Study: Digital MSK program improves chronic shoulder pain, disability

Mobi Health News

The study of SWORD Health's tool found a 51.6% reduction in disability as well as a 54.8% reduction in pain.

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Reema Health scores $8M to help patients address SDOH

Mobi Health News

This new infusion of cash brings the company's total raise to $10 million.

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Making Virtual At Home Lab Testing a Reality

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is continuing its march towards remote monitoring (RPM) patients. Whether this was necessitated by the pandemic, new technology made it possible, or studies that show that patients do better at home, there’s a confluence of changes and technology that are making remote patient monitoring a reality. While the move to RPM is accelerating, there’s […].

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athenahealth rolls out new capabilities to support transgender and nonbinary health

Mobi Health News

The new tool lets clinicians input a patient's name, pronouns and gender identity.

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Gozio Health Announces Financial Partnership with Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital

Healthcare IT Today

Partnership is expected to fuel future growth initiatives and extensibility of mobile patient engagement platform Gozio Health, an industry-leading location-aware mobile patient engagement platform, announced the closing of an investment from funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. The investment round will be used to accelerate Gozio’s growth and sets the stage for a long-term […].

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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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6 Tips in Choosing the Best Blood Glucose Monitor for Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to the CDC, 37.3 million Americans have diabetes, which results in a total of $327 billion in medical costs and lost work and wages. With more and more people having diabetes, healthcare professionals are recommending remote glucose monitoring, especially for those with the disease or pre-diabetes. Today, a lot of people with diabetes are using remote patient monitoring (RPM) to get better healthcare.

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MISSION BASED MEDIA AND YOURCOACH.HEALTH TO DEVELOP A NOVEL DIGITAL THERAPEUTIC TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH PODCASTS 

Digital Health Today

BOSTON, April 1, 2022 – Mission Based Media , a leader in podcasts about health, care and well-being , and YourCoach.Health , a leader in evidence-based and coach-led behavior change, today announced a collaboration for the development of a prescription-based digital therapeutic (PDT) to assist users in the development of high-quality health podcasts.

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5 Ways Remote Patient Monitoring & Telehealth Can Improve Emergency Care

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The global remote patient monitoring (RPM) market is expected to reach USD 175.2 billion in 2027, growing at a CAGR of 26.7% [1]. This market has been rapidly expanding its services worldwide, from chronic disease management [2] [3] to tracking patients severed by social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. But will RPM’s benefits stand a chance in an emergency care setting?