Wed.Jul 21, 2021

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Bill Gates and George Soros back acquisition of UK diagnostic technology group Mologic

Mobi Health News

Supported from Bill and Melinda Gates, the acquisition is part of the launch of Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise that seeks to expand access to affordable medical technology.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. Further, CIOs and other health IT leaders reinvented systems and processes, and clinicians gained an improved understanding of the invaluable impact of integrated informatics on digital transformations and the quality and efficiency of care.

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Multimodal primary care provider Carbon Health scores $350M to become largest in the U.S. and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: digital chatbot Woebot raises $90M in Series B, b.well lands $32M for company growth and CITYROW closes Series A to enhance its digital platform and open new studios.

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Mass General Brigham on the finer points of EHR-telehealth integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As more health systems begin to build out their virtual care portfolios, they're quickly finding that integrating with their EHR is an essential piece to providing an experience that delights patients and doesn't disrupt care providers. Many health systems are considering expanding their virtual care programs, and many are considering integrating their current platforms with their EHRs.

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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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Wearable tech market on the rise, according to Consumer Technology Association

Mobi Health News

The wearable market is expected to reach $487 billion in revenue this year, according to the report.

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Hillrom branches further into surgical communications with new launch

Mobi Health News

The new system lets clinicians record and share videos – and communicate during an operation.

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

After more than 15 years of creating and pushing health IT innovations forward in the state, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative has completed its final dissolution. This week, the organization announced that its remaining assets had been distributed to six local public charities whose grant projects closely align with its purposes. "With our work completed, and our mission fulfilled, it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation of HIT innovators," said Dr.

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Google Maps feature lets users check how crowded public transit is to help maintain social distancing

Mobi Health News

A new pilot in New York and Sydney will give users information about what transit cars are the most crowded.

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AI Powered Behavior Change in Healthcare is Not Just for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the stories we read about changing behavior in healthcare are about patients. Not this one. In this article, we are focusing on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) coupled with a better approach to training can lead to measurable improvement for clinicians. Why is it so hard to change behavior? Megan Call, Associate Director of […].

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Transform Clinical Communication With Role-based Messaging

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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WELL Ventures launches with a focus on early-stage digital health companies

Mobi Health News

The new firm has a focus on investing in Canadian digital health companies.

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Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs. Why the exponential growth? HIEs […].

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Indian AI-enabled health and fitness app HealthifyMe set for North America expansion with $75M investment

Mobi Health News

The company also intends to set up offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southeast Asia.

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Pharma pushes back on Congress' flirtation with delaying rebate rule to help pay for infrastructure

FierceHealthIT

Pharma pushes back on Congress' flirtation with delaying rebate rule to help pay for infrastructure. rking. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 12:51.

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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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Skin checking app Miiskin launches mole sizing feature

Mobi Health News

The Danish consumer platform helps users track skin changes.

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Merck taps Evidation to use apps, wearables to detect early stages of Alzheimer's

FierceHealthIT

Merck taps Evidation to use apps, wearables to detect early stages of Alzheimer's. hlandi. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 20:52.

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South Korean AI startup Lunit scores $26M investment from Guardant Health

Mobi Health News

It also announced its collaboration with an unnamed liquid biopsy company.

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Tenet Healthcare ups its profits to $120M alongside recovering volumes in Q2 2021

FierceHealthIT

Tenet Healthcare ups its profits to $120M alongside recovering volumes in Q2 2021. dmuoio. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 16:58.

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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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There's No Place Like Home: How Hospital Automation Is Elevating Telehealth to Bring the Hospital to the Home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the post-COVID landscape, the need for telehealth is more talked about than ever. But up until recently, a reliable remote care platform that delivers the confidence of hospital-grade care has been virtually nonexistent. Using powerful automation technologies and hospital-proven remote monitoring, clinicians can finally give their patients the same peace of mind they feel when being cared for in a hospital setting—from the comfort of home.

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Oncology group presses CMS to roll back payment cuts, changes to controversial payment model

FierceHealthIT

Oncology group presses CMS to roll back payment cuts, changes to controversial payment model. rking. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 15:34.

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Featured Health IT Job: Business Application and Systems Administrator

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Business Application and Systems Administrator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by University of Minnesota Boynton Health and is in Minnesota. Here’s a description of the position: Required Qualifications: […].

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Anthem raises its earnings forecast—again—as it posts $1.8B in profit for Q2

FierceHealthIT

Anthem raises its earnings forecast—again—as it posts $1.8B in profit for Q2. pminemyer. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 07:20.

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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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HIStalk Interviews Don Woodlock, VP of Healthcare, InterSystems

HIStalk Interviews

Don Woodlock is VP of healthcare at InterSystems of Cambridge,

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Carbon Health banks another $350M to become 'largest primary care provider in the U.S.'

FierceHealthIT

Carbon Health banks another $350M to become 'largest primary care provider in the U.S.'. dmuoio. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 11:22.

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WebMD purchases patient educational video maker The Wellness Network

FierceHealthIT

WebMD purchases patient educational video maker The Wellness Network. dmuoio. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 15:06.

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Bain Capital Private Equity scoops up medtech supply chain firm PartsSource

FierceHealthIT

Bain Capital Private Equity scoops up medtech supply chain firm PartsSource. hlandi. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 13:19.

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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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Anthem Blue Cross, Dignity Health ax California network agreement

FierceHealthIT

Anthem Blue Cross, Dignity Health ax California network agreement. pminemyer. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 14:19.

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