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Securing legacy medical devices is daunting – but not optional

Mobi Health News

Skipping out on comprehensive device documentation and risk assessment will cripple an organization's cybersecurity program, experts say.

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7 Telemedicine Concerns and How to Overcome Them

Arizona Telemedicine Program

Telemedicine is growing with a forecasted market increase of? 16.8 percent from 2017 to 2023. It is already used by more than? 50 percent of hospitals in the United States and close to 1 million Americans,?thanks to its cost efficiencies and easy access to healthcare services. . While there are many benefits to telemedicine , they don't all come without valid concerns.

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Open Source Health Care Will Liberate Patients

Health Populi

Information is power in the hands of people. When it’s open in the sunshine, it empowers people — whether doctors, patients, researchers, Presidents, teachers, students, Everyday People. Welcome to the era of Open Source Healthcare, not only the “about time” for patients to own their health, but for the launch of a new publication that will support and continue to evolve the concept.

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Tech innovation centre opens at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London

Mobi Health News

Through a partnership with University College London, NHS Digital and other leading industry experts, a new centre has been opened at a hospital in London to transform the use of technology across health and care.

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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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Health IT Startup: DocuTAP

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. DocuTAP crafts on-demand healthcare software and services that make over a thousand urgent care clinics run efficiently. We design a tablet-based EHR and PM, offer RCM services, and refine patient workflow. Elevator pitch A better urgent care experience. Founders’ story In May of 2000, DocuTAP’s founders realized that wireless devices would play an increasingly important […].

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Troubleshoot Issues Impacting Citrix and Epic Users

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Join Electronic Health Reporter partner Goliath Technologies on Tuesday, October 16th at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT. During the live seminar you’ll gain the opportunity to learn more about how healthcare organizations like Monroe Healthcare, of Wisconsin, and Catholic Health Initiatives proactively use Goliath Technologies’ new Epic Module to anticipate, troubleshoot and prevent end user […].

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Patients' transformation into consumers upends the payer model

Mobi Health News

High deductibles and increased engagement are changing what patients expect out of their insurer and provider.

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Patients want doctors to talk to them about more than just physical symptoms, medications

FierceHealthIT

Today’s patients have a broader view of what good health means, according to a new survey, and they have greater expectations of what their doctors should be talking about during office visits.

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AI-powered women's health platform lands $12M in Series A extension round

Mobi Health News

Flo Health plans to use the new money to kick of its next growth phase and continue product improvement.

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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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CVS-Aetna got the green light. Brace yourselves, stakeholders say

FierceHealthIT

Despite the conditions DOJ placed on the deal, it could still lead to price hikes for consumers, some organizations say. But even if not, experts say this merger will be disruptive.

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With $4.5B, Q3 2018 was digital health funding's biggest quarter yet

Mobi Health News

A new report from StartUp Health Insights shows large, late-stage deals are driving the trend.

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Report: More people are seeking out mental health care—if they can afford it 

FierceHealthIT

The stigmas around mental health are eroding, which is pushing more people to seek care—but cost and access remain significant barriers, according to a new survey.

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Smartphone-powered 3D wound imaging, Strava integrations for UK users, and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Researchers building apps for consumer genetic test literacy; patients favor biometric matching.

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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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Grassley calls for Federal Trade Commission to examine hospital, insurer contracting

FierceHealthIT

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling for the Federal Trade Commission to examine "potentially anticompetitive contracting practices between insurers and hospital systems" that could be driving up costs for consumers.

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Pfizer shakeup yields new digital tech head, Integrity Applications' CEO steps down, and other digital health hires and departures

Mobi Health News

Also: Doctor On Demand brings on three new executives; SnapMD appoints new chief revenue officer.

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Walgreens and LabCorp to open 600 in-store testing sites

FierceHealthIT

Walgreens plans to partner with diagnostics giant LabCorp to open at least 600 testing centers inside Walgreens retail locations over the next four years.

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Updating the patient identifier

Morning eHealth

Mattis, Wilkie sign interoperability pledge — Mullin winding up for round 2 on privacy measure

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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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Aetna fined more than $600K in multistate investigation into 2017 HIV disclosure

FierceHealthIT

After paying a $17 million settlement for inadvertently disclosing the HIV status of 12,000 members, Aetna agreed to pay three states nearly $650,000 for the privacy violations and implement new policies and protocols.

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My key observations of Cerner #CHC18

David Chou

As we wrap up the week at #CHC18, the biggest potential change for Cerner is their strategy and commitment to partnerships. What do I mean by that? Cerner traditionally loved developing products in house. Now I see the strategy and discussion move towards platforms which is great. The partnership with Amazon and Salesforce is a big step forward towards developing solutions on a mature platform.

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Community Health Systems continues hospital sell-off with deal in South Carolina

FierceHealthIT

Franklin, Tennessee-based hospital giant Community Health Systems has continued with its previously announced plan to divest part of its portfolio, announcing that a subsidiary has agreed to sell a two-hospital health system in South Carolina by the end of the year.

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My T1D Road to Acceptance

Insulin Nation

We caught up with an inspirational T1D blogger, instagrammer and influencer, Judy Mitri from Montreal and asked her to share her journey to acceptance of her diagnosis. If you’re struggling to come to terms with diabetes, this story is for you – ED. From age 15 and through university I would not tell people I had diabetes. My best friends knew but I would not test in public.

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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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Detroit Medical Center-affiliated hospital charged with unfair labor practices

FierceHealthIT

A Detroit Medical Center-affiliated hospital has been hit with charges of multiple labor violations from the National Labor Relations Board.

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Vidyo’s Context-Aware Linking Offers Epic Houses Significant Advantages

Vidyo

Do you want to keep the click-to-connect simplicity of your Epic/Vidyo integration, but also have access to all the features Vidyo has to offer? There’s a solution! It’s called context-aware linking (CAL) and is new to Vidyo solutions in Epic environments. CAL is available with your existing Vidyo investment and maintains the well-known click-to-connect Vidyo Read More.

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Healthcare Roundup—Panel imposes ‘unpredecented’ conditions on Beth Israel-Lahey deal

FierceHealthIT

The Massachusetts Public Health Council has approved the Beth Israel-Lahey deal again, with conditions, plus more healthcare headlines.

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Average ACA premiums dip as Verma takes aim at critics

FierceHealthIT

CMS Administrator Seema Verma credited the Trump administration's policy changes as the reason for market stabilization but said it was "by no means a celebration." But policy experts say lower premiums are the product of a market correction following huge increases last year.

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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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Healthcare roundup—Senate rejects Democrats push to block ACA alternatives; California voters consider pediatric hospital funds

FierceHealthIT

Republicans panned a move by Senate Democrats to force a vote on banning short-term health insurance plans, California voters will weigh whether or not to back pediatric hospital infrastructure upgrades, plus other healthcare headlines from around the web.

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