Tue.Apr 07, 2020

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When eHealth goes viral: The strengths and weaknesses of health tech during COVID-19

Mobi Health News

Vasileios Nittas from the University of Zurich explains the importance of technology in the middle of a pandemic, and the pros and cons of relying on these solutions.

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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health

Health Populi

As the coronavirus pandemic’s curve of infected Americans ratchets up in the U.S., people are seeking comfort from listening to Dolly Parton’s bedtime stories , crushing on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s science-wrapped-with-empathy , and streaming the Tiger King on Netflix. These and other self-care tactics are taking hold in the U.S. as most people are “social distancing” or sheltering in place, based on numbers from the early April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation health trac

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What healthcare services can you automate with bots?

Mobi Health News

The advantages to health and human service delivery in a bot workforce include speed, reliability, consistency and cost-effectiveness. Sound too far-fetched for your management team? We would disagree.

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AMA offers further guidance for telehealth rollouts

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Medical Association has put together a new guide to help providers implement real-time virtual visits between clinicians and patients. WHY IT MATTERS. The 128-page update to AMA's Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series comes as telehealth adoption is increasing by leaps amid the coronavirus pandemic. Use of virtual care technologies had already doubled between 2016 to 2019 , and since the COVID-19 public health emergency, more and more overtaxed health systems have been a

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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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Bahrain launches electronic bracelets to keep track of active COVID-19 cases

Mobi Health News

Spearheaded by the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), the new wristbands are part of the government’s effort in quickly tracing new cases of COVID-19, as well as keeping track of active cases.

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More clinical trials are incorporating connected digital products with each passing year

Mobi Health News

From 2000 to 2017, the number of registered clinical trials featuring CGMs, apps and other connected devices rose at a 34% CAGR, according to new data from Harvard researchers.

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AHIMA Recommendations During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Julie Pursley Dooling, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, director of HIM practice excellence; AHIMA. Release of patient information during COVID-19 What insiders have long known has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic: health data is […]. The article AHIMA Recommendations During COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Seattle Children's Hospital's chief data officer explains the 11 mindsets for innovation

Mobi Health News

During a HIMSS20 webinar, Seattle Children's Hospital's Chief Data Officer Ryan Sousa explains the hospital's digital transformation.

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How Technology Can Help Provider Organizations Treating COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Respons from Art Papier, MD, CEO, VisualDx As the public is ordered to stay home to flatten the curve, healthcare systems are tasked to ‘raise the line’ by increasing staffing, adding beds, and moving to […]. The article How Technology Can Help Provider Organizations Treating COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Seattle Children's Hospital's chief data officers explains the 11 mindsets for innovation

Mobi Health News

During a HIMSS20 webinar Seattle Children's Hospitals Chief Data Officer Ryan Sousa explains the hospital's digital transformation.

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At-home medical kit maker TytoCare raises $50M as demand for virtual care soars

FierceHealthIT

TytoCare has raised an additional $50 million in its latest funding round as interest in virtual care solutions grows in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out how hospitals and health systems are using the company's virtual medical exam solution.

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SonderMind lands $27M to expand its therapist matching, scheduling services

Mobi Health News

The new round was led by General Catalyst with participation from F-Prime Capital, Kickstart Seed Fund, Di?ko Ventures and Jonathan Bush.

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Emergency app saves lives in Australia’s bushfire disaster

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As he went to bed on 30 December 2019, Jack Egan checked the Fires Near Me app to see the progress of a bushfire bearing down on his home on Australia ’ s east coast. Almost 30kms away, he expected the blaze would die down overnight. But at 6am the alerts and text messages began to arrive. The fire had made a run towards the New South Wales town of Rosedale.

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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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ResApp to launch SleepCheck, an at-home sleep apnea screening app

Mobi Health News

The app requires no accessories or hardware other than the user’s smartphone.

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AMA President Patrice Harris calls for all governors to implement physical distancing guidelines

FierceHealthIT

American Medical Association President Patrice Harris called on governors who have not already implemented physical distancing in their states to do so immediately.

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98point6 will tackle spiking COVID-19 demand with new hires, $43M fundraise

Mobi Health News

The company is tripling its physician pool by the end of April, and has launched a new patient dashboard.

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3 lessons from Children's National Hospital on rapidly setting up drive through COVID-19 testing

FierceHealthIT

As many schools around the nation began shuttering for the year due to the pandemic last month, top officials at Children's National Hospital were launching their own response with a COVID-19 drive-thru specimen collection site. Here's how they did it.

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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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Mental health service Mindler raises €8m to grow platform

Mobi Health News

The company will use the money to increase its European presence.

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Reimbursement for Telephone Telehealth during COVID-19?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Models such as telephone-based crisis intervention have been the foundation of the emergency safety net for decades. Yet, most clinicians haven’t learned these models. They also haven’t learned the classic telehealth telephone-based models. Now with COVID-19, many rely on their … Read more. The post Reimbursement for Telephone Telehealth during COVID-19?

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CyberMDX closes $20M to help hospitals protect their medical devices

Mobi Health News

The new investment brings the medical cybersecurity startup's total raise to $30 million.

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Industry Voices—Healthcare deal-making should remain resilient despite the coronavirus pandemic

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare resources worldwide are coming under tremendous strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, but for healthcare-oriented investors there’s good reason to believe the sector will remain resilient and reward those who are patient and smart.

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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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COVID-19 Healthcare Information Portal Now Available From EBSCO Information Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A team of healthcare professionals and evidence-based medical experts at EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has launched a COVID-19 portal which aggregates real-time information updates from authoritative sources to provide information on all aspects of the […].

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UnitedHealth to offer nearly $2B in accelerated payments, financial support to providers

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group will offer close to $2 billion in financial support, including accelerated payments, to cash-strapped providers as they continue to battle COVID-19.

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Kareo Survey Reveals Coronavirus Pandemic Impact On Independent Medical Practices and Their Patients

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In a new survey conducted by Kareo, independent medical practices and billing companies shared the unprecedented challenges created for them and their patients by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 600 medical practices and 140 medical […]. The article Kareo Survey Reveals Coronavirus Pandemic Impact On Independent Medical Practices and Their Patients appeared first on electronichealthrepor

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AHIP calls for CMS to delay mandatory new Medicare Advantage requirements due to COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

AHIP wants CMS to give insurers a reprieve from any new requirements in 2021 for Medicare Advantage to help them deal with the impact of COVID-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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Axxess Survey Confirms PPE and Cash Flow Seen As Significant Challenges During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a significant impact on healthcare at home providers’ ability to see or care for patients, and the much-publicized lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) is a very real issue, according […]. The article Axxess Survey Confirms PPE and Cash Flow Seen As Significant Challenges During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis appeared first on electronichealthreporter

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Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing -- well done #PbD

Healthcare Exchange Standards

I am impressed by @PeppPt Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing for use in situations like #COVID19 -- Impressive #PbD Privacy by Design. Their detailed design document with Privacy Considerations, and Security Considerations is available here. The use-case they are addressing is discovering who someone has been close to, when later that individual is found to be positive COVID-19 infected; while maintaining everyone's privacy.

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CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance Payment Program for Medicare Providers In One Week

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delivered near $34 billion in the past week to the healthcare providers on the frontlines battling the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The funds have been provided […]. The article CMS Approves Approximately $34 Billion for Providers with the Accelerated/Advance Payment Program for Medicare Providers In One Week appeared first on