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Avail Medsystems fuels its procedure room virtual consultation system with $100M Series B

Mobi Health News

The company's technology allows outside experts to virtually support surgical teams while they're conducting a procedure.

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A Look at Patient Engagement Amidst COVID-19 with Luma Health CEO Adnan Iqbal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is an interview with Adnan Iqbal, Co-Founder and CEO of Luma Health. Tell us a little bit about yourself and Luma Health. My co-founder, Dr. Tashfeen Ekram and I started Luma Health five years ago, starting with a super simple problem that we both experienced first hand, him as a doctor, me as […].

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Smoking cessation app Quit Genius proves to be effective in the short term

Mobi Health News

Participants reported being more confident and had improved self-efficacy to stop smoking after completing the preliminary intervention.

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Preventive care dropped during COVID-19 pandemic despite rise in telehealth visits: study

FierceHealthIT

Preventive care dropped during COVID-19 pandemic despite rise in telehealth visits: study. hlandi. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 10:20.

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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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Machine learning algorithm helps Bluetooth contact tracing systems discern per-event risk of COVID-19 transmission

Mobi Health News

The novel approach could help public health authorities focus their contact tracing and quarantine efforts on those at greater risk of infection.

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Panthera Biopartners completes Series A funding to expand its clinical trial sites

Mobi Health News

The capital raised will also increase its team of clinical trial experts in serving both pharma and patients across the UK and overseas.

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FDA warns PPE decontamination manufacturer over lack of process for reporting adverse health events

FierceHealthIT

FDA warns PPE decontamination manufacturer over lack of process for reporting adverse health events. rking. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 13:09.

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Adding to chronic care funding, Lark Health scores $55M in Series C

Mobi Health News

The company also announced a new partnership with Anthem.

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Remote patient monitoring improving chronic care management for underserved groups

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Remote patient monitoring improving chronic care management for underserved groups Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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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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How the WellCare acquisition is driving Centene's approach to Medicare Advantage

FierceHealthIT

How the WellCare acquisition is driving Centene's approach to Medicare Advantage. pminemyer. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 13:14.

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Supporting Chronic Pain Patients with Telehealth & RPM

Health Recovery Solutions

Chronic pain, persistent pain that lasts weeks, months, or even years, affects 1 in 5 Americans , costing the nation $650 billion annually. That’s 50 million people who experience pain either daily or almost daily. Of the 50 million, 19.6 million struggle with pain that interferes with their daily lives - interferences that create challenges at work and at home, in their relationships, and with their mental health and quality of life.

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TigerConnect banks $45M series D investment in care collaboration platform

FierceHealthIT

TigerConnect banks $45M series D investment in care collaboration platform. hlandi. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 13:28.

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Healthcare systems need to keep innovating

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Quality and Safety Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Healthcare systems need to keep innovating Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: EMEA Right Now:

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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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CMS alerts providers to changes to Medicare advance loan repayments, giving hospitals more time

FierceHealthIT

CMS alerts providers to changes to Medicare advance loan repayments, giving hospitals more time. rking. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 17:07.

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Viral Tripathi: Why IT Agility is Crucial for Enterprise Architects

LeanIX

Now that organizations have to pivot from 80% work from the office to 100% work from home, the need for an agile IT landscape is crucial. With almost 70 offices worldwide, Collabera needed to make sure that their employees, users, and clients had secure connectivity and uninterrupted access to their core business applications. Sounds pretty intense, right?

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Anthem expanding access to MA benefits targeting the social determinants in 2021

FierceHealthIT

Anthem expanding access to MA benefits targeting the social determinants in 2021. pminemyer. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 15:22.

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EA Growth: A Look at Forrester's Q4 2020 Now Tech Report

LeanIX

The enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) market is growing swiftly and showing no sign of slowing down. Across industries, dedicated tools for performing enterprise architecture (EA) have become a necessary part of running a successful business and managing IT landscapes. Picking the right EAMS is a critical decision, and Forrester's recently published Now Tech: Enterprise Architecture Management Suites, Q4 2020 , explains everything buyers need to know about the changing market.

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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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Lyft deepens its healthcare ties with Epic integration

FierceHealthIT

Lyft deepens its healthcare ties with Epic integration. hlandi. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:28.

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Executing on Digital Transformation in 2020 and Beyond

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Julie Mann, Chief Commercial Officer at Carium. A Success Story in the Year of Vision For healthcare, 2020 has truly become the year of vision — exposing endless opportunities for improvement and launching enterprise-wide projects. Edward Marx and Paddy Padmanabhan just released their compelling guide for healthcare leaders […].

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Amwell's stock jumps on speculation of potential UnitedHealth deal: media report

FierceHealthIT

Amwell's stock jumps on speculation of potential UnitedHealth deal: media report. hlandi. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 16:13.

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CorroHealth Expands AI’s reach in Clinical Revenue Integrity with Addition of TCP Services and Analytics Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

CorroHealth expands its Clinical Revenue Integrity solutions with the purchase of the analytics platform and review solutions from TCP Services and Analytics (“TCP”). A combination of artificial intelligence (“AI”) capabilities and physician-led quality reviews enhances the reimbursement cycle solutions from CorroHealth. The solutions acquired from TCP provides data-driven, physician-led, prospective clinical documentation integrity (“CDI”) reviews […].

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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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Industry Voices—Overutilization gets all the attention when it comes to rising healthcare costs—but what about underutilization?

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Overutilization gets all the attention when it comes to rising healthcare costs—but what about underutilization? treed. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:04.

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Should Providers Be Asked to Withdraw Requests for Privileges?

HealthStream

Many organizations have questions regarding privileging that relate to how privileging recommendations and decisions are made. One of the more common questions is: The provider does not meet our criteria for privileges – should I ask the provider to withdraw the request?

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Chutes & Ladders—Aledade co-founder takes on new exec role; Oak Street Health appoints former U.S. surgeon general to board

FierceHealthIT

Chutes & Ladders—Aledade co-founder takes on new exec role; Oak Street Health appoints former U.S. surgeon general to board. treed. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:55.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

For a worker in the U.S. who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The first chart illustrates the growth of the premium shares split by employer and employee contributions. Over ten years, the premium dollars grew from $13,770 in 2010 to $21K in 2020.

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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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Podcast Interview with CIO Robert Eardley, Part 1: “It All Goes Back to the Concept of Need.”

Health System CIO

Sometimes the most powerful force in propelling an organization forward is need, said CIO Robert Eardley in a podcast interview. For University Hospitals, Covid-19 highlighted the need for a centralized data source. Source: Podcast Interview with CIO Robert Eardley, Part 1: “It All Goes Back to the Concept of Need.” on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare

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