Tue.Jan 12, 2021

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The devices, software and health tech headlines of CES 2021

Mobi Health News

MobiHealthNews' running list of the new health and wellness products from the digital version of this year's consumer tech show.

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Health Is Everywhere at #CES2021 – CTA’s CES 2021 Tech Trends to Watch

Health Populi

Spending on connected health monitoring devices in the U.S. will reach $845 million based on the forecast of the Consumer Technology Association, convening the annual 2021 CES this week in a virtual format. CTA unveiled the 2021 key trends we’ll see presented this week through the online exhibition hall and in educational sessions on the CES.Tech platform.

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Trustworthy AI has the ability to transform healthcare

Mobi Health News

Experts at CES 2021 discuss how to overcome the barrier to trust in something that is hard to understand and visualize.

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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes sweeping telehealth reforms

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced legislation this week that would expand access to telehealth throughout the state. The governor's proposal includes broad regulatory and statutory changes to allow for greater flexibility in where and how patient use telehealth, new requirements for insurers regarding telehealth coverage, technology expansions that would further enable virtual care, and professional development and education aimed at facilitating the use of telemedicine among patients and

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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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Nurx CEO on what's next for women's health in 2021

Mobi Health News

Varsha Rao sits down with MobiHealthNews to talk about what happened in 2020 and why women are driving the push towards the consumerization of healthcare.

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UK biotech company Theolytics raises £5M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The company will expand its oncolytic viral therapy platform to combat cancer.

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Ochsner Health successfully treats chronic disease patients via telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, patients are priority No. 1, and they serve as a compass for what staff does. Ochsner's digital health programs began as solutions for the health system itself and for its communities. However, the health system quickly expanded the programs to consumers, employers and payers with the goal of applying innovation to healthcare gaps in access to care and specialty expertise.

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Rock Health: Veteran investors doubled down on digital health's pandemic demand in 2020

Mobi Health News

The firm's year-end funding report reaffirmed 2020 as a breakout year totaling $14.1 billion in digital health fundings.

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Three Digitized Ways To Improve the Member Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhishek Danturti Sharma, assistant general manager and lead data scientist for business transformation, HGS. Health plans are all too familiar with the challenges of member experience—that perfect storm of call/processing volume surge, staffing challenges, […].

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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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At all-virtual CES, the spotlight is on touchless tech, robot companions — and smart bathrooms

FierceHealthIT

At all-virtual CES, the spotlight is on touchless tech, robot companions — and smart bathrooms. hlandi. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 19:51.

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Moving Forward In 2021 With 20/20 Vision

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By John Danaher, MD, president, global clinical solutions, Elsevier. At the beginning of last year, we all had our own thoughts on how the year would unfold. However, a few months into 2020, we realized […]. The article Moving Forward In 2021 With 20/20 Vision appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How to Think About Healthcare Chatbots

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most exciting areas of healthcare IT is the automation of so many of the mundane tasks that exist in healthcare. In many cases, our first efforts in this regard were to outsource these mundane tasks, but now healthcare AI and other things like robotic process automation (RPA) have come along to help […].

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5 Tips For Finding Reliable Medical Information Online

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The internet has been the greatest force on the planet to get vast amounts of information out to the public. However, its decentralized, leaderless structure means there is no gatekeeper to determine whether information is […]. The article 5 Tips For Finding Reliable Medical Information Online appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Pressure is building for a coordinated federal COVID-19 response. Inova Health System's CEO describes why

FierceHealthIT

Pressure is building for a coordinated federal COVID-19 response. Inova Health System's CEO describes why. treed. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 14:12.

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Microsoft Dynamics AX To Better Manage Your Business Processes

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Are the basic finances and operations systems your business used to use are no longer efficient enough? Maybe it’s time to think about adopting a more modern and more ergonomic Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system! […]. The article Microsoft Dynamics AX To Better Manage Your Business Processes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Billing Telehealth Updates for the South Central Region – December 2020

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

As we enter the new year we are seeing numerous payor telehealth policy changes, and therefore we have made several updates to the Virtual Visit Billing Guides for Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The COVID-19 pandemic really brought into light the necessity of telehealth, and payors quickly realized their previous telehealth policies were too limited in scope, which resulted in the immediate implementation of temporary policies back in March.

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CMS finalizes rule aimed at cutting lag time of Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices

FierceHealthIT

CMS finalizes rule aimed at cutting lag time of Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices. treed. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 17:25.

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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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Central Logic Acquires Acuity Link for Intelligent Transport + Announces New Bed Visibility Capability

Healthcare IT Today

Central Logic, the leading healthcare access and orchestration company, has acquired Acuity Link, a leading provider of transportation communications and logistics management software. Acuity Link’s technology powers Central Logic’s new Intelligent Transport capability, which was announced today along with the company’s real-time Bed Visibility platform.

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Feds plan to release second COVID-19 vaccine doses, expand eligibility amid criticism of rollout

FierceHealthIT

Feds plan to release second COVID-19 vaccine doses, expand eligibility amid criticism of rollout. rking. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 12:26.

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2020 Not All Bad: eVisit Shares Look Back and Forward Including 2021 Predictions

eVisit

A heartfelt Happy & Healthy New year from the crew at eVisit! We are a team that is always looking forward — looking toward the next new innovation to build and deliver…the next new customer to help deploy its virtual care strategy…the next quarterly business review to showcase success metrics and address optimization strategies…the next new challenge to tackle in telehealth.

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JPM21: Cigna's Cordani says recent slew of executive moves have had positive 'cascading effects' on other leaders

FierceHealthIT

JPM21: Cigna's Cordani says recent slew of executive moves have had positive 'cascading effects' on other leaders. pminemyer. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 16:58.

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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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Transformation in Healthcare Revenue Cycle as a Result of COVID – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Kristen Jacobsen from @RevSpringInc on the topic “Transformation in Healthcare Revenue Cycle as a Result of COVID“ The burden on healthcare organizations and their patients today, particularly […].

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JPM: Oak Street Health, One Medical CEOs explain how healthcare models can actually scale

FierceHealthIT

JPM: Oak Street Health, One Medical CEOs explain how healthcare models can actually scale. treed. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 22:06.

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Reimagining Online Mental Health Education

HealthStream

New possibilities are now available for digital mental health education, especially for healthcare organizations, with the hope of expanding training opportunities and public health awareness around mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention.

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Kaufman Hall: Hospital industry made 79 deals in 2020, down from 92 in 2019

FierceHealthIT

Kaufman Hall: Hospital industry made 79 deals in 2020, down from 92 in 2019. rking. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 14:59.

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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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Allina Health's Hospital at Home Program Helps COVID-19 Patients Recover at Home

Health Recovery Solutions

Allina Health was recently featured by CBSN Minnesota for their Hospital Home Care Program, a program the organization is offering to help patients recover from COVID-19—among other conditions—at home. Through the program, Allinda provides patients with the HRS telehealth solution to help them monitor their condition and recover in the comfort of their own home.

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JPM: Oak Street Health investing in tech, data science as it eyes further expansion of primary care clinics

FierceHealthIT

JPM: Oak Street Health investing in tech, data science as it eyes further expansion of primary care clinics. hlandi. Tue, 01/12/2021 - 09:33.

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3 Portal-Related Lessons From 2020

Health Portal Solutions

2020 highlighted important ways Payers can use their portal, and these trends will carry over into this year and beyond. As we look back on the lessons learned from 2020, it’s also time to plan ahead for meeting the demands of your customers this year. Here are 3 key lessons from 2020 and how you can use them for your 2021 business success. Lesson 1: Provide an Online Option.

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