Fri.May 21, 2021

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White House partnership with dating apps hopes to boost vaccination rates in young people

Mobi Health News

Users on the partner apps will get access to premium content if they show proof of vaccination.

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KLAS: Teladoc, Epic report widest breadth of telehealth capabilities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a new report examining the rapidly evolving telehealth landscape, KLAS found that vendors self-reported a wide array of capabilities – and it noted that different companies can meet different customers' needs. KLAS also found varying levels of self-reported customer adoption of vendors' tools across four common telehealth scenarios.

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HIMSSCast: Decentralized clinical trials: A 2021 update

Mobi Health News

THREAD Research CEO John Reites speaks on the state of remote and hybrid trials, and how COVID-19 has accelerated an already blossoming field.

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How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus, there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. Executives have been facing challenges they've never had to contend with before. But they've also been dreaming up creative solutions. In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very dif

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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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CMS technology payments are critical to addressing health inequity

Mobi Health News

Patient and providers are looking to remote monitoring for the future, but incentive structures fall short.

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Roundup: Malaffi supports Abu Dhabi COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Vodafone pilots 5G at Welsh hospital and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, NHS Scotland and Microsoft develop track and trace system to help businesses.

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Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health resumes international remote healthcare services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health (DoH) has reactivated its international remote healthcare offering, it has emerged. In an announcement released by the United Arab Emirates’ official news agency, WAM , DoH’s International Patient Care (IPC) Division – which focuses on coordinating consultations and treatment plans between a patient, their local doctor, and consultant based outside of the UAE – has resumed.

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Inpatient unit consolidation saves hospitals money

Mobi Health News

Using data and analytics, Berkeley Research Group looks at data around patient movement and empty beds.

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Telehealth staffing and tech services startup Wheel banks $50M to power virtual care

FierceHealthIT

Telehealth staffing and tech services startup Wheel banks $50M to power virtual care. hlandi. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:41.

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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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IRS Limited Non-Assessment Periods Help Avoid ACA Penalties

ACA Times

4 minute read. The Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions (ESRP) under the Affordable Care Act may seem straightforward, but, in reality, complying with them can be challenging and time-consuming. An area that many Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) struggle with is knowing when they are required to extend an offer of coverage to their full-time employees.

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Eli Lilly wants court to halt HRSA from issuing penalties over 340B contract pharmacy moves

FierceHealthIT

Eli Lilly wants court to halt HRSA from issuing penalties over 340B contract pharmacy moves. rking. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:29.

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Telehealth Exam Cameras: More Than Meets The Eye

19 Labs

19Labs shares insights and advice on the latest remote exam camera technologies. Exam cameras are a fundamental component of enhanced telehealth. As seen in our mobile phone cameras, technology can quickly improve the quality of images we take. Mobile devices now come with up to four cameras built-in, and few of us want to go back to phone cameras from a few years ago.

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1 in 4 Medicare patients used telehealth during peak of pandemic with majority using only telephones: KFF

FierceHealthIT

1 in 4 Medicare patients used telehealth during peak of pandemic with majority using only telephones: KFF. hlandi. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 14:48.

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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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CAMH Adds Patient Stories to Cerner and Everyone Loves It

Healthcare IT Today

Patient stories are powerful, but there is no easy way to capture them in a standard EHR. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) overcame this challenge by customizing their Cerner system to accommodate a special “This is Me” section where patients and clinicians could jointly document stories. Both patients and staff have benefitted […].

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OptumRx analysts see more pharmacy fraud activity amid COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

OptumRx analysts see more pharmacy fraud activity amid COVID-19. pminemyer. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 13:00.

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Scripps cyberattack causes outage; 6 drugmakers in violation of 340B statute

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Privacy & Security.

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Industry Voices—Digital twins of humans are closer than you think

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Digital twins of humans are closer than you think. pminemyer. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 13:38.

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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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Senior Citizen COVID Hotline with Jokes – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

It’s time again for another edition of Fun Friday. This week’s entrant comes from the Late Late Show with James Corden. The amazing thing is that this video was done back on May 19, 2020, but the concept would likely still be valuable today. The segment is called 3 things to cheer you up. And […].

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Biden admin to end Next Gen ACO model after this year

FierceHealthIT

Biden admin to end Next Gen ACO model after this year. rking. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 20:10.

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Tegria Acquires Colburn Hill Group to Ease Revenue Cycle Management Challenges for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

Tegria today announced the acquisition of Colburn Hill Group, one of the healthcare industry’s leading developers of analytically-driven robotic process automation (RPA) technologies for revenue cycle management (RCM). A centerpiece of the deal is Colburn Hill’s proprietary Ops Center RCM platform, which has earned praise from customers and industry analysts for its superior ease of use, reliability, […].

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Mayo Clinic reports $243M operating income, $3.7B total revenue to kick off 2021

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic reports $243M operating income, $3.7B total revenue to kick off 2021. dmuoio. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 12:43.

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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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Getting patients to open the digital front door

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement.

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BMA: Medicare Advantage enrollment swells to 26M in 2021 thanks to plan offerings, employee options

FierceHealthIT

BMA: Medicare Advantage enrollment swells to 26M in 2021 thanks to plan offerings, employee options. rking. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 14:37.

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Telehealth Exam Cameras: More Than Meets The Eye

19 Labs

19Labs shares insights and advice on the latest remote exam camera technologies. Exam cameras are a fundamental component of enhanced telehealth. As seen in our mobile phone cameras, technology can quickly improve the quality of images we take. Mobile devices now come with up to four cameras built-in, and few of us want to go back to phone cameras from a few years ago.

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LeanIX Now Integrates With GitHub and Azure Pipelines

LeanIX

We’re excited to announce two new out-of-the-box integrations with Azure Pipelines and GitHub. These connectors make it easier to catalog and navigate the owners and dependencies of services across your DevOps toolchain. Both are available as of today. The perks of modern software development, such as decoupling services to increase deployment velocity and ultimately shipping innovations faster to customers, also introduces constraints in organizations.

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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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Telehealth Exam Cameras: More Than Meets The Eye

19 Labs

19Labs shares insights and advice on the latest remote exam camera technologies. Exam cameras are a fundamental component of enhanced telehealth. As seen in our mobile phone cameras, technology can quickly improve the quality of images we take. Mobile devices now come with up to four cameras built-in, and few of us want to go back to phone cameras from a few years ago.

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A Guide to Mental Health for Healthcare Workers

Iris Telehealth

This past year, we have spent countless hours celebrating our healthcare heroes. We are so grateful to everyone who has worked tirelessly to fight the coronavirus pandemic and all of the challenges it has presented. However, we know gratitude alone is not enough — healthcare workers are physically and emotionally exhausted, and they need a helping hand.