Mon.Nov 01, 2021

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Balanced is catering to seniors with its new fitness platform

Mobi Health News

Balanced CEO Katie Reed said general virtual fitness platforms may not take seniors’ needs into account, and options geared toward older adults can be too clinical.

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Health Consumers, Health Citizens, and Wearable Tech – My Chat with João Bocas

Health Populi

The most effective, engaging, and enchanting digital health innovations speak to patients beyond their role as health consumers and caregivers: digital health is at its best when it addresses peoples’ health citizenship. I had the great experience brainstorming the convergence of digital health, wearable tech, user-centered (UX) design, and health citizenship with João Bocas, @WearablesExpert , in a on his podcast.

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Study: Apps could improve communication between providers, pregnant patients

Mobi Health News

The study found only 46% of patients eligible for prophylactic low-dose aspirin due to high-risk factors for preeclampsia had gotten a provider recommendation by 16 weeks gestation.

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Hundreds of groups ask governors to expand telehealth licensure flexibilities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More than 230 healthcare and industry organizations wrote a letter to governors across the country asking for expanded access to telehealth via licensure flexibilities. The expiration of such flexibilities, said the groups, could abruptly prevent some patients from seeing their doctors virtually – a particularly troubling matter for immunocompromised people still at risk for COVID-19.

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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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Why Jonathan Bush thinks digital will upend primary care

Mobi Health News

Bush discusses his new company Zus and what tech-first providers need right now.

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Zeit lands $2M for stroke, seizure detecting headband system

Mobi Health News

The new technology is being developed for in-hospital and at-home use.

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How Telepsychiatry Can Support an Effective Integrated Care Model

Iris Telehealth

Integrated care acknowledges that mental health and physical health don’t exist in silos and makes high-quality care a reality for patients across the country. What initially began as co-location , a model that puts behavioral health and primary care providers in the same building, but not on the same team, has evolved into a collaborative approach that improves patient outcomes.

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AI startup RwHealth lands €7.2M in Series A round

Mobi Health News

The funding will help clinicians manage elective recovery backlogs in the NHS.

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Lower volumes, higher wages, supply chain disruption all dragged down hospital

FierceHealthIT

Lower volumes, higher wages, supply chain disruption all dragged down hospital. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 16:04.

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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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Staffing Woes: Automation Mitigates Risk

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Terese Masterson, Senior Vice President for Client Success at Ciox. Technology has long been used to drive cost out of processes by automating menial and high-volume tasks as well as improving quality by minimizing the chance of human error. Healthcare IT should once again turn to technology to solve […].

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Biden administration doubling down on ACA open enrollment outreach campaigns with health equity in mind

FierceHealthIT

Biden administration doubling down on ACA open enrollment outreach campaigns with health equity in mind. hlandi. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 16:12.

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Digital health in 2021: A look back

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Federal judge rules HHS' efforts to punish pharma over 340B restrictions 'arbitrary and capricious'

FierceHealthIT

Federal judge rules HHS' efforts to punish pharma over 340B restrictions 'arbitrary and capricious'. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 13:07.

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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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Fake It Til you Make It – Does It Work in Healthcare? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 74

Healthcare IT Today

For the 74th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the principle of faking it til you make it and whether that works in healthcare? This topic was ripped from the headlines as the Theranos case proceeds forward and many of the details of their efforts to “fake it” come to light. While […] For the 74th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the principle of faking it til you make it and whether that works in healthcare?

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Kareo and PatientPop merge to create all-in-one provider platform

FierceHealthIT

Kareo and PatientPop merge to create all-in-one provider platform. rtorrence. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 20:35.

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Earning trust, loyalty begins with knowing the patient, provider

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Jefferson Health claims full ownership of Health Partners Plans from Temple Health for $305M

FierceHealthIT

Jefferson Health claims full ownership of Health Partners Plans from Temple Health for $305M. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 17:26.

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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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Phrase Health Announces $3M Investment from Health IT Leaders LionBird, Vizient, and BioAdvance

Healthcare IT Today

The new investment will enhance growth initiatives, accelerate development, and support additional research to enhance platform capabilities. Phrase Health, a leading SaaS-based healthcare platform, today announced that it has closed a $3 million investment round led by digital health venture capital firm LionBird, with participation from health IT leaders Vizient and BioAdvance.

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Cerner's Feinberg says health IT giant will narrow strategic focus, confirms layoffs to 'right the ship'

FierceHealthIT

Cerner's Feinberg says health IT giant will narrow strategic focus, confirms layoffs to 'right the ship'. hlandi. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 18:16.

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Reflecting on the Importance of Ethics in Clinical Care and Research

Society for Participatory Medicine

Working as a health care researcher can be both rewarding and challenging, as daily we need to remember our commitment to our patients’ well-being and ethics to support treatment decisions. We are all familiar with deplorable abuses of human subjects in research, such as medical interventions without informed consent, and experimentation in concentration camps during World War II.

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HIStalk Interviews Stephan Landsman, JD, Emeritus Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law

HIStalk Interviews

Stephan Landsman, JD is emeritus professor of law and organizer.

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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.