Thu.Mar 11, 2021

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Using analytics could be key to curbing medical bias

Mobi Health News

Today at Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS' Patient Experience Summit, Dr. David Newhouse, formerly of Permanente Medical Group, discussed putting statistics into practice. .

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). On March 10th, V-BID held its annual Summit, celebrating the Center’s 20 years of innovation and scholarship. The Center is led by Dr. Mark Fendrick, and has an active and innovative advisory board. [Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics].

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New Cleo initiative aims to help Black and BIPOC families navigate healthcare

Mobi Health News

While these features are built to be used by all working families on the Cleo platform, it’s those families who do face discrimination who will benefit the most. .

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Majority of people open to using telehealth for sleep concerns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recently released report from Royal Philips found that although few people have sought help from a sleep specialist via telehealth, the majority of survey respondents said they'd be willing to try it. The survey examined the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of 13,000 adults in 13 countries around sleep. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they'd experienced new sleep challenges since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with women reporting more sleep struggles than men.

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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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Truepill rolls out suite of COVID-19 diagnostics, digital tools for the employer market

Mobi Health News

Truepill inked a deal with Health Transformation Alliance in order to offer its new services to the latter's members. .

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NHS trials edible capsule cameras to detect colon cancer

Mobi Health News

The Pillcam technology is manufactured by US medical device firm Medtronic.

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Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod

FierceHealthIT

Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod. hlandi. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 13:04.

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Forward closes $225M Series D to expand its tech-powered primary care services

Mobi Health News

The company currently has 11 locations delivering virtual-supported care, but now plans to open "several" more in the first half of 2021. .

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Cigna: Some COVID-19 patients report lingering neurological, heart conditions post-recovery

FierceHealthIT

Cigna: Some COVID-19 patients report lingering neurological, heart conditions post-recovery. pminemyer. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 11:47.

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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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cliexa scoops up GI surgical scheduling platform ProSkedge

Mobi Health News

The acquisition allows cliexa to meet GI customers with an end-to-end automated scheduling, reporting and communications platform.

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4 Ways to Help Solve Your Telehealth Adoption Problem

eVisit

Telehealth’s meteoric rise began just as the pandemic took off, and all indications suggest it’s here to stay. States that were once unwilling to reimburse for virtual visits are now on board with some also passing parity legislation requiring insurers to reimburse equally for in-person visits and virtual visits, according to MedCity News.

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Israeli AI clinical insight company Medial EarlySign partners with Datos Health

Mobi Health News

The collaboration will augment AI with remote care automation to improve patient care.

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CMS: Many value-based payment models under review after several already delayed, withdrawn

FierceHealthIT

CMS: Many value-based payment models under review after several already delayed, withdrawn. rking. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 11:31.

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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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Precision Medicine Informatics Deployment Rate Growing

Healthcare IT Today

New research suggests that healthcare organizations are getting increasingly serious about the deployment of precision medicine informatics. According to a study appearing in the Journal of Precision Medicine and co-sponsored by XIFIN, 76% of respondents had invested in precision medical informatics (PMI), 18% said that they hadn’t made such investments but were planning to do […].

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Change Healthcare teams up with AWS to offer data analytics service with focus on social determinants of health

FierceHealthIT

Change Healthcare teams up with AWS to offer data analytics service with focus on social determinants of health. hlandi. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 11:02.

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How to Incorporate Specialists Into Your Telehealth Program Through Virtual Visits

Health Recovery Solutions

Virtual visits have long been used by healthcare providers as a tool to reduce cost of care, improve clinical efficiency, and enhance patient engagement. Over the past year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits have become increasingly intertwined into patient care plans, proving essential to maintaining care access through public health safety precautions and restrictions.

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Ohio AG Yost files suit against Centene, launching latest salvo in his war on PBMs

FierceHealthIT

Ohio AG Yost files suit against Centene, launching latest salvo in his war on PBMs. pminemyer. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 16:25.

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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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Featured Health IT Job: PeopleSoft-Finance ERP Solutions Specialist III

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the PeopleSoft-Finance ERP Solutions Specialist III position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Texas Health Resources and is in Arlington, Texas. Here’s a description of the position: Texas Health […].

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Supreme Court pulls Medicaid work requirements case off docket

FierceHealthIT

Supreme Court pulls Medicaid work requirements case off docket. rking. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 14:16.

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Information Blocking Exceptions in 21st Century Cures Act

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most challenging pieces of the information blocking regulation that’s about to hit healthcare on April 5, 2021 is all the exceptions that are included. These exceptions are important, because there are some reasonable times when it might be in anyone’s best interest to share data. However, I’m sure many healthcare organizations are […].

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Chutes & Ladders—Former UnitedHealthcare data chief joins startup Skyflow

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—Former UnitedHealthcare data chief joins startup Skyflow. treed. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 16:05.

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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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The Need for a Gold Standard in Telehealth Education

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD – Reinventing Healthcare

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]According to the Consumer Technology Association, recent data shows that 59% of consumers use remote mental health services, 49% are using telehealth for physical health, and 37% are using health fitness apps – all increases compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ONC leader Tripathi says health IT agency focused on 'healthy equity by design'

FierceHealthIT

ONC leader Tripathi says health IT agency focused on 'healthy equity by design'. hlandi. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 15:59.

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Transforming IT in the Insurance Industry

LeanIX

Traditional enterprise architecture (EA) has given the impression of creating documents from an ivory tower. Transformed EA, on the other hand, sees CIOs asking, “How can you deliver on my business outcomes?” In this episode of Unleash IT, we speak with Kalpesh Sharma , Director and Principal Enterprise Architect at Capgemini , about IT transformation in the insurance industry.

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Treating the Opioid Epidemic as a Mental Health Issue

HealthStream

Many people who are addicted to drugs are also diagnosed with other mental disorders, including anxiety and depression. The past year of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many health issues that contribute further to the opioid addiction crisis.

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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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VIDEO: It's been a year. So, when did you realize the world was going to change?

FierceHealthIT

VIDEO: It's been a year. So, when did you realize the world was going to change? treed. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 08:48.

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Healthcare use of Identity level of assurance

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There is discussion going on in the FHIR chat on this topic. I wanted to capture details as it seems that most of the problem is getting everyone understanding the same thing. The discussion is specific to an open system for recording and showing that an individual has received a COVID-19 immunization. (see HL7 effort on vaccination credentials and broader outreach ).

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