Wed.Jul 07, 2021

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The rise of non-traditional nursing

KevinMD

Nurses are an essential component of the American health care system and are continually in high demand nationwide. For years, nurses have elected to leave the field or have sought alternative professions instead of working in a traditional nursing role full-time. The pandemic brought into focus the need for work-life balance across professions. Whether strained.

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Fitbit patent reveals it could be working on a health monitoring ring

Mobi Health News

The ring could measure biometric data including blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse, blood pressure, glucose levels and more.

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Lawsuit Brought Against CHIME for their $1 Million Patient ID Challenge

Healthcare IT Today

Back in 2016, CHIME announced a $1 million Patient ID challenge. CHIME teamed up with HeroX (which co-founded the XPRIZE) to run a year-long competition to develop a National Patient ID solution. They planned to announce the $1 million winner in Feb 2017 at the CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum. Here’s the challenge description from the HeroX […].

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Assured Allies scores $18.3M to help seniors navigate the aging process

Mobi Health News

The Boston and Tel Aviv-based company includes a predictive analytics tool which helps intervene in a person's aging trajectory.

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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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U.S. vaccine rollout prevented up to 1.25M hospitalizations, 279K additional deaths, study finds

FierceHealthIT

U.S. vaccine rollout prevented up to 1.25M hospitalizations, 279K additional deaths, study finds. rking. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 15:17.

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Hospitals often charge uninsured, cash-paying patients more than payers, WSJ reports

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals often charge uninsured, cash-paying patients more than payers, WSJ reports. dmuoio. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 13:21.

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Surgeon training company Osso VR closes $27M Series B

Mobi Health News

The company is planning on using the new funds to expand its library and build more capabilities.

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DOJ: Cleveland Clinic-owned Akron General Health System agrees to $21.3M fraud, kickbacks settlement

FierceHealthIT

DOJ: Cleveland Clinic-owned Akron General Health System agrees to $21.3M fraud, kickbacks settlement. dmuoio. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 15:14.

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With more mega deals on the table, 2021 has already surpassed last year's funding total, says Rock Health report

Mobi Health News

Halfway through this year, digital health has received $14.7 billion in funding – already more than 2020’s full-year amount of $14.6 billion.

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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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Osso VR takes in $27M to train surgeons using simulations

FierceHealthIT

Osso VR takes in $27M to train surgeons using simulations. hlandi. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:07.

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How World War II Impacted, Shaped and Expanded Technology and the Healthcare Field

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Robert Roche, Author of A War on Two Fronts and IT analyst at Blythedale Children’s Hospital. In early Spring 2021 I published my first novel, A War on Two Fronts, now available on Amazon. The story follows American mercenary William Mann who finds himself stranded in Europe during […].

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New poll finds large majority supports giving Medicare power to negotiate lower drug prices

FierceHealthIT

New poll finds large majority supports giving Medicare power to negotiate lower drug prices. rking. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 16:24.

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Featured Health IT Job: Hospital Network & Systems Engineer at Natividad

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Hospital Network & Systems Engineer at Natividad position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Natividad and is in California. Here’s a description of the position: At Natividad, our […].

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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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Express Scripts' supply chain lessons learned from COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

Express Scripts' supply chain lessons learned from COVID-19. pminemyer. Wed, 07/07/2021 - 13:07.

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HL7 New Zealand

HAY on FHIR

Well written article on the early days of HL7 in New Zealand written by the current chair, Peter Jordan. I think he understates his own role in health IT in our part of the world, maintaining both GP2GP and the prescription service.

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HIStalk Interviews B.J. Schaknowski, CEO, Symplr

HIStalk Interviews

B.J. Schaknowski, MBA is president and CEO of Symplr of.

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An Introduction to HRS Product Support

Health Recovery Solutions

Perhaps one of HRS’ closest-knit teams, the Product Support team works every day (even weekends!) to provide top-tier support to HRS clients across the country.

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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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Why COVID-19’s Death Toll Will Climb Long After the Pandemic Is Over

Henry Kotula

[link]. If you were anything like my family over the July 4 holiday , there were bowls of potato salad, casseroles of baked beans and platters of hotdogs, hamburgers and chicken all pulled from the grill and served family-style. For a lot of us, it was the first time seeing a wide net of our family in more than a year and we took advantage of ditching the masks, probably wrongly assuming our circles were vaccinated at higher levels than they were and maybe even handing kids lighters for sparkler

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Top Priorities for CIOs and CTOs in Today's IT Landscape

LeanIX

Change is the name of the game in IT today. Trends come and go, and priorities constantly change.

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Dollar General, the Latest Retail Health Destination?

Health Populi

“What if…healthcare happened where we live, work, play, pray and shop, delivering the highest levels of retail experience?” I asked and answered in my book HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. The chapter called “The new retail health” began with that “what if,” and much of the book responded with the explanation of patients evolving toward health consumers and, ultimately, health citizens empowered and owning their health and care.