Tue.Dec 14, 2021

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Survey: Telehealth adoption highest among the young, educated and wealthy

Mobi Health News

Rock Health’s 2021 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey also found an increase in live video telemedicine and a decrease in satisfaction with telehealth compared with in-person care.

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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare. It's clear the future of reimbursement will at minimum include a heaping portion of providers being paid for value as opposed to volume. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system.

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Former CMS chief of staff previews 4 areas of value-based care in 2022

Mobi Health News

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger talks telemedicine, staff retention and provider burnout, health equity, and growth in value-based payment.

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Equity must be embedded in the overall health ecosystem

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This past week, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the inaugural federal Day of Action on maternal health, aimed at drawing attention to the country's crisis. As Harris noted, women in the United States are dying from childbirth-related causes at a higher rate than in any other developed nation – and the risk is far higher for women of color, especially Black women.

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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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Mental health startup UpLift raises $8M to add psychiatry services

Mobi Health News

The company also plans to expand geographically in 2022.

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Ophelia, provider of opioid recovery tool, scores $50M

Mobi Health News

This new infusion of cash brings the company's total raised to $68 million.

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International Medical Center expands on digital offering via new partnership

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Jeddah’s International Medical Center (IMC) is expanding its digital offering by signing a strategic partnership with Saudi Telecom Company (STC), it has announced. The multidisciplinary hospital will reportedly make use of STC’s advanced telecom services “to enhance its medical care services and speed up the digital transformation process in the field of telemedicine,” the company said in a statement.

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RPM company Cadence scores $100M, boosting valuation to $1B

Mobi Health News

The company emerged from stealth in August with $41 million.

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Health systems reap big rewards by acquiring practices, but physicians aren’t sharing in those benefits, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Health systems reap big rewards by acquiring practices, but physicians aren’t sharing in those benefits, study finds. hlandi. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 12:46.

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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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Virtual Health Leader Joel E. Barthelemy Inducted into American Telemedicine Association College of Fellows

GlobalMed

Joel E. Barthelemy Awarded Additional Honors In Recognition of Decades of Trailblazing Innovation. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., December 15, 2021 — Virtual health industry leader GlobalMed announced CEO and founder Joel E. Barthelemy was recently inducted into the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) College of Fellows recognizing significant contributions and achievements in telehealth, service to the general telehealth community, and service to the ATA.

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HHS to distribute $9B in COVID-19 relief funds to smaller providers this week

FierceHealthIT

HHS to distribute $9B in COVID-19 relief funds to smaller providers this week. rking. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 11:31.

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Self Care and Public Health Prevention Measures – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 12/17 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Maram Museitif (@MaramMPH) on the topic “Self-care in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Preventions.” Our lives have changed forever since the COVID-19 pandemic. The […].

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U.K. antitrust watchdog investigates Microsoft-Nuance deal following E.U. probe

FierceHealthIT

U.K. antitrust watchdog investigates Microsoft-Nuance deal following E.U. probe. rtorrence. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 18:22.

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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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Latest IT Security Vulnerabilities: Apache, Google, and Apple

David Chou

This week has been a busy one for IT professionals. Apache announced that they had discovered and fixed a significant vulnerability in their software. At the same time, Google revealed that it had patched flaws in the Chrome browser, and Apple issued updates to fix vulnerabilities in macOS Big Sur. Google has confirmed the latest security update for Chrome's 2.6 billion users incorporating an emergency fix for a zero-day vulnerability that attackers are already exploiting.

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Supreme Court blocks challenge to New York's health worker vaccine mandate

FierceHealthIT

Supreme Court blocks challenge to New York's health worker vaccine mandate. hlandi. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 20:16.

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aptihealth Raises $50 Million Series B to Scale Higher Acuity Behavioral Healthcare Services

Healthcare IT Today

New capital from world-class syndicate will accelerate growth and expansion of aptihealth’s tech-driven, novel care model for outcomes-based behavioral healthcare aptihealth, the first tech-driven behavioral health provider built to transform higher acuity care, today announced a $50 million Series B funding round from Takeda Digital Ventures, Pivotal Life Sciences, Vista Credit Partners, Olive Tree Ventures, […].

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Remote care management startup Cadence hits $1B valuation with $100M series B

FierceHealthIT

Remote care management startup Cadence hits $1B valuation with $100M series B. rtorrence. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 15:02.

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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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Adding CBD To Your Skincare Routine: What You Should Know

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

Are you a travel enthusiast? If yes, you’re sure to be a redhead that gets to an altitude of 4500 feet and above. While the breathtaking views might thrill you, the fair share of sunburns doesn’t. Yes, the blistering and lobster’s literal color may be the real pain points after the fantastic excursion. And, this […]. The post Adding CBD To Your Skincare Routine: What You Should Know appeared first on Healthystic.

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Optimum CareerPath Accelerates Cutting Edge Software Company Clearsense

Optimum Healthcare IT

Clearsense utilizes the Optimum CareerPath program to custom source entry-level talent and have them trained on their proprietary platform. The post Optimum CareerPath Accelerates Cutting Edge Software Company Clearsense appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Log4j, Continuous Threats, and Building a Continuous Transformation Culture

LeanIX

When it became known last week that Apache’s popular software library – Log4j 2 – had a critical vulnerability, enterprise security teams sprang into action. The severity of the vulnerability and the widespread usage of the library (“this s**t is everywhere – and I do mean everywhere ,” one anonymous security engineer told WIRED) drove a real need for speed.

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Centene CEO Neidorff to retire next year

FierceHealthIT

Centene CEO Neidorff to retire next year. pminemyer. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 10:37.

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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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Senators press Biden administration to clamp down on insurers flouting ACA birth control cost-sharing rules

FierceHealthIT

Senators press Biden administration to clamp down on insurers flouting ACA birth control cost-sharing rules. rking. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 15:41.

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