Wed.Mar 25, 2020

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AMA launches Telemedicine Quick Reference Guide to help docs implement tech during COVID-19

Mobi Health News

The association has also created a virtual panel discussion to talk best practices when using the tech for telemedicine.

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Steps Count: More Steps Are Self-Care Goodness in the COVID-19 Lifestyle

Health Populi

There’s evidence in this week’s JAMA of a dose-response relationship between peoples’ steps and lower mortality. In other words: more steps done daily is statistically significantly associated with death from all causes. Furthermore, step intensity didn’t make a difference in mortality rates, shown in the JAMA -published study, Association of Daily Step Count and Step Intensity With Mortality Among US Adults.

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Butterfly rescinds features from handheld ultrasound device, working with FDA to re-enable

Mobi Health News

The Auto Ejection Fraction Tool and the Auto Bladder Volume Tool both employed AI to help Butterfly iQ users more easily evaluate the patient's condition.

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Former FDA chief Gottlieb has dire warnings about hitting the brakes on social distancing measures

FierceHealthIT

Hard-hit coronavirus "hot spots" like New York City are two to three weeks away from hitting peak COVID-19 cases, according to former federal official Scott Gottlieb, M.D. Many other cities and states could be two weeks behind.

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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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Public health officials talk about what innovators need to know during COVID-19 crisis

Mobi Health News

This morning MassChallenge hosted a virtual summit focused on innovation and the coronavirus.

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Diligent Robotics collects $10M more for Moxi, its autonomous hospital robot

Mobi Health News

The Series A raise comes just a few months after the company raised $3 million in seed funding.

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How Technology Can Address the Critical Gap In NICU Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tammi Jantzen, co-founder and CFO, Astarte Medical. The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently determined that 75% of senior hospital executives endorsed the importance of digital innovation. This is incredible progress for the industry, but […].

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UAE entrepreneur pledges AED 5 million towards COVID-19 vaccine currently in trial

Mobi Health News

Chairman of the UAE’s IBC Group is working with the UK biotech research company, Vaxbio to launch an affordable vaccine that the company hopes to launch by the summer.

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Telemedicine platform can be used in-house to keep docs safe in COVID-19 assessments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A telemedicine technology vendor is offering a new way to use its platform to virtually treat potential COVID-19 patients – even when those patients and clinicians are in the same facility. Cloudbreak Health is offering an additional use for its technology, enabling its Martti devices to be used to assess patients who come in for treatment of potential infection with the highly contagious virus.

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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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Swedish startup says its brain stimulation headset can help treat depression during COVID-19 pandemic

Mobi Health News

Flow Neuroscience gives advice on how people can protect their mental health

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Software startup Apervita rolls out advanced encryption for health plan, provider data

FierceHealthIT

Health technology company Apervita has rolled out a new data security feature that will slow down hackers and could stop data breaches. The cloud-based software firm said the new security feature, called deep encryption, encrypts healthcare data at the field level for the company's health plan and provider customers.

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3 Tips For Starting Your Retirement In 2020

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Many people call retirement the golden years, and they look forward to it for decades. However, those who make the wrong decisions before and during retirement could find that it’s not as pleasant as they […]. The article 3 Tips For Starting Your Retirement In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HHS: Information on COVID-19 patients can be shared to protect first responders from infection

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare providers can share COVID-19 patients' medical information without express permission to protect first responders from the risk of infection, the Department of Health and Human Services said.

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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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Solving The Challenges of Provider Database Management

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Priya Sabharwal, practice leader, network operations, HGS. Imagine a scenario: A patient looking for a new doctor searches her insurer’s online network directory to find a provider her plan will cover. She selects what […]. The article Solving The Challenges of Provider Database Management appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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UnitedHealth Group study finds self-administered COVID-19 tests as accurate as clinician-administered tests

FierceHealthIT

A study led by UnitedHealth Group suggests that self-collected samples for COVID-19 testing are as effective as samples collected by clinicians.

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New Coalition Forms To Share Data, Coordinate Response To COVID-19 Threat

Healthcare IT Today

A group of healthcare, tech and non-profit organizations has come together to support the rapid deployment of open source solutions addressing the COVID-19 virus. The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition’s members include Amazon Web Services (AWS), athenahealth, CommonWell Health Alliance, Epic, HCA Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare, LabCorp, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Rush University System for Health, Buoy Health, Arcadia.io, […].

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AMA's Harris says stopping gun violence is in doctors' lane

FierceHealthIT

Physicians across the board have a role to play in stopping gun violence—one that most doctors believe is indeed "in their lane," said American Medical Association President Patrice Harris.

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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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Health privacy falling in pandemic times?

Morning eHealth

VA opens up telework — AliveCor uses FDA guidance

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Hospitals get $130B in massive stimulus deal as facilities face COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals and community health centers will get $130 billion in a $2 trillion economic stimulus package to help meet the skyrocketing increases of COVID-19 cases.

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Movement Data from Sees Drop Amidst COVID-19 Social Distancing

Healthcare IT Today

Yesterday we shared about the importance of physical distancing (many are calling social distancing which is probably not the best term) in helping us get COVID-19 under control and what we’ll need in place to go back to more normal social activity. Turns out, our various wearable devices and cell phones are collecting a lot […].

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Aetna to waive commercial members' cost-sharing for inpatient COVID-19 admissions

FierceHealthIT

Aetna will waive copayments and cost-sharing for inpatient admissions related to COVID-19 for its commercial members, the insurer announced Wednesday.

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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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Why Telehealth is Critical for SNFs

Synzi

The Challenges of Continuing Care with SNF Patients Nurses and therapists are facing a range of challenges as they deliver essential care to patients in nursing facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic. The nurses and therapists may not have enough personal … Read More. The post Why Telehealth is Critical for SNFs appeared first on Synzi.

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Kaiser Permanente pulls the plug on planned $900M Oakland headquarters 

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente is canceling plans for a $900 million Oakland headquarters, a decision it says isn't related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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What will it take to make a healthcare bot your new best friend?

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Developers of smart speaker systems for healthcare consumers must address challenges like AI bias and human-centered application design. “I was so tired, I started talking to Alexa.”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people refer to Alexa as something more than a digital assistant this past year. More people are talking to and asking questions of voice-activated digital assistants and cognitive-powered colleagues than ever before.

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COVID-19 Telehealth Considerations

Optimum Healthcare IT

Read Time: 3 min While IT & clinical staff are tasked with quickly getting telehealth programs up & running due to Covid-19, here are some considerations to keep in mind. The post COVID-19 Telehealth Considerations appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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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.

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How can Zesty help with COVID-19?

Lloyd Price

NHS Hospitals are focused on maximising their capacity to treat COVID-19. Treatment capacity is being released through the cancellation of non-critical surgery, day cases and most outpatient clinics – this is likely to continue for at least three more months. Those outpatient clinics that do run, are being moved from face-to-face to video or telephone appointments.

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FAQ: COVID-19 Telehealth Reimbursement

Health Recovery Solutions

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, CMS has been updating their policies regarding telehealth delivery. We asked our clients to submit their questions relating to the many changes and updates.

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There's a $55K salary difference between the best and worst state for doctors, according to Zippia

FierceHealthIT

Based on salaries and job opportunities, Nevada is the best state for doctors and New York is the worst. So what are doctors making there?

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