Wed.Mar 03, 2021

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Hillrom's retreat from $375M Bardy Diagnostics acquisition countered in court

Mobi Health News

Hillrom says that lower-than-expected reimbursement rates proposed in late January void the deal. But the cardiac-monitoring device maker asserts they were accounted for during negotiations.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

Five years ago, in 2016, the W2O Group said that, “Relevance is reputation.” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. 2020 changed everything, the W2O team asserts, now issuing its latest look into the issue through the Relevance Quotient. Relevance is built on recognizing, meeting and exceeding stakeholder expectations of organizations.

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House panel launches investigation into One Medical’s vaccination practices

Mobi Health News

Media reports indicate that One Medical has allowed people connected with company executives and other ineligible individuals to skip the vaccination line. .

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Why use current Exchange infrastructure rather than starting over?

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I proposed an agile approach to improving Healthcare Information Exchange. Why should we keep the current? I covered this mostly with simply "that it is functioning", but did not enumerate why this is such a big deal. Many will say that http RESTful is functioning on a global basis with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Wiki, and Blogs. This is true, but these are all monolithic servers.

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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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Ro will start making house calls to vaccinate elders in New York for COVID-19

Mobi Health News

The health tech company teamed up with New York State's Department of Public Health to distribute the vaccines. .

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Apple, University of Michigan share first results from Apple Hearing Study

Mobi Health News

One in four participants has a noise exposure over WHO's daily limit and many have undiagnosed hearing loss.

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Three Ways Today’s Healthcare CFO Is No Longer A Traditional CFO

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tim Susterich, chief provider network strategy and contracting officer, HealthBridge Financial, Inc. Though healthcare CFOs still occupy a traditional role in many organizations, the role has significantly expanded in recent years. No longer can […].

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In-home urgent care provider DispatchHealth lands $200M in Series D funding

Mobi Health News

This brings the company's total valuation to $1.7 billion. .

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Best Buy's Lively app now available on Apple Watch as retailer pushes further into healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Best Buy's Lively app now available on Apple Watch as retailer pushes further into healthcare. hlandi. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 16:25.

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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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Reperio Health closes $6M seed round for at-home health assessment kits

Mobi Health News

The company is initially targeting the large employer market with its app-connected biometric monitoring tools.

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Large hospital chains post profits in 2020 thanks to higher acuity and liquidity

FierceHealthIT

Large hospital chains post profits in 2020 thanks to higher acuity and liquidity. rking. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 16:50.

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In-home urgent care provider Dispatch Health lands $200M in Series D funding

Mobi Health News

This brings the company's total valuation to $1.7 billion. .

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Industry Voices—Is healthcare going to the drones? What hospitals can learn from Amazon and big tech

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Is healthcare going to the drones? What hospitals can learn from Amazon and big tech. treed. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 16:47.

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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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Health Gorilla Raises $15 Million Series B Co-Led by IA Capital and Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

Health Gorilla, the leading provider of healthcare APIs, today announced it has raised $15 million in Series B financing co-led by IA Capital and Nationwide, with participation from Aflac Ventures, Epsilon Health Investors and existing investors including True Ventures. IA Capital General Partner, Matt Perlman, will be joining Health Gorilla’s Board of Directors.

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DispatchHealth brings in $200M to scale up in-home medical care

FierceHealthIT

DispatchHealth brings in $200M to scale up in-home medical care. hlandi. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 13:02.

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GetWellNetwork: Addressing Vaccine Inequity is More Than a Moral Obligation

Healthcare IT Today

The COVID pandemic has been hard on everyone, but it has disproportionately affected the elderly, the working poor, and visible minorities. This inequity, if not addressed, has the potential to blunt the effectiveness of COVID vaccination programs. GetWellNetwork believes that technology, applied correctly, can be a bridge that closes this inequity gap for COVID vaccines […].

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Becerra's nomination to lead HHS advances to Senate floor but without any GOP support

FierceHealthIT

Becerra's nomination to lead HHS advances to Senate floor but without any GOP support. rking. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 12:35.

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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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What to Look for In Your Remote Patient Monitoring Solution

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Peter Van Haur, CEO, VitalConnect. In the spring of 2020, hospital and IT systems were put in a difficult position. For one, hospitals were overloaded with patients and bed space was at a premium, yet the need for care wasn’t waning. Health care systems also needed to contain […].

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Humana, University of Houston launch value-based care specialization course

FierceHealthIT

Humana, University of Houston launch value-based care specialization course. pminemyer. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 12:07.

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Improving Resuscitation Through Training Demands Innovation in Science and Education

HealthStream

Believing that competition and choice in the resuscitation training market can drive innovation while simultaneously lowering cost, HealthStream offers the Resuscitation Training Suite from the American Red Cross—a more flexible training option with significant promise to improve outcomes.

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Industry Voices—Increased vaccine supply is a crucial step in eliminating the burden on nurses

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Increased vaccine supply is a crucial step in eliminating the burden on nurses. treed. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 15:34.

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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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VitalSite Demo: Helping You Put Digital First

Geonetric

Join other healthcare marketers for this live demo and see the different ways VitalSite can help you create marketing results. This 30-minute session is packed with best practices and examples of how leading organizations are using VitalSite to manage their website, support marketing campaigns, promote providers and increase volume for their services.

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Oscar Health brings in $1.4B in stock listing, eyes $7.9B valuation

FierceHealthIT

Oscar Health brings in $1.4B in stock listing, eyes $7.9B valuation. pminemyer. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 12:23.

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FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Part 2 In the Works

Health Recovery Solutions

In 2020, we saw countless changes to federal and state telehealth regulations—changes that expanded coverage and reimbursement, waived state licensure requirements, expedited the FDA review process, and more. These changes quickly and fundamentally altered how providers, payers, and patients interact and leverage telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

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Industry Voices—Price transparency alone won't solve the healthcare cost crisis

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Price transparency alone won't solve the healthcare cost crisis. treed. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 15:55.

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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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Post-Implementation Staffing Needs for Revenue Cycle Applications

Optimum Healthcare IT

App builds and implementations need adequate staffing, but you should also consider your staffing needs will be after implementation? The post Post-Implementation Staffing Needs for Revenue Cycle Applications appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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The process, not technology, is holding back virtual health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth.

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Deep dive: Tracking the past 12 months of telehealth at Yale New Haven Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut is a five-hospital, seven-campus health system that includes a large physician practice, numerous ambulatory centers and a home care agency. It is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine and its clinical faculty practice, Yale Medicine, which provides a depth and breadth of clinical expertise to support much of the health system's telemedicine programs and provides existing infrastructure that supports joint development of telehealth programs.