Tue.Feb 15, 2022

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Here’s a crazy thought: Make technology work for doctors

KevinMD

We are surrounded by technology. This hasn’t always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more “deliberate,” if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health’s 2021 year-end report found that digital health funding among U.S.-based startups reached a record $29.1.

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

Health Populi

It felt super appropriate that I met up with Abner Mason, Founder of SameSky Health, on Valentine’s Day 2022. While we conversed via Zoom, Abner’s positive energy vibrated over the 5,600 miles between him in LA County and me in Brussels, Belgium – nine hours apart, but in the proverbial same room in the conversation. My initial ask of Abner was to discuss the re-branding of ConsejoSano to SameSky Health , but I first wanted to hear the man’s origin story.

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Outpatient telehealth use declines, but is still elevated from pre-pandemic era

Mobi Health News

During the first six months of the pandemic, 13% of outpatient visits were conducted through telehealth. By March to August 2021, that number slipped to 8%.

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Here’s a crazy thought: Make technology work for doctors

KevinMD

We are surrounded by technology. This hasn’t always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more “deliberate,” if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health’s 2021 year-end report found that digital health funding among U.S.-based startups reached a record $29.1.

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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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LifeSpeak snaps up fellow employer-focused wellness company Wellbeat for $92.5M

Mobi Health News

Wellbeat brings a platform with virtual fitness, nutrition and mindfulness courses.

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Kallyope scores $236M, Ro scoops up $150M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Complex-care-management platform Memora Health and digital-fitness startup FitOn both raised $40 million.

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GlobalMed Celebrates 20 Years Offering Virtual Health Technologies

GlobalMed

In celebration of its 20th year, GlobalMed announces its newest initiatives for expanded access to care and support of federal, commercial, and international customers. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. February 15, 2022 – For 20 years, GlobalMed has been an international leader of virtual health with its technology platform of software and integrated telehealth stations and medical devices.

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VillageMD buys chronic care management company Healthy Interactions

Mobi Health News

Late last year, VillageMD announced its plans to go public through an IPO.

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Study Says Patients Like Mayo Clinic’s “Care Hotel” Virtual Care Approach for Surgical Care

Healthcare IT Today

A new study has concluded that Mayo Clinic’s hybrid Care Hotel is working well for patients, offering them an opportunity to handle stressful aspects of surgery in a lower-stress environment and saving them money. Mayo’s Care Hotel is a virtual medicine hybrid care model implemented at Mayo’s Florida location in July 2020. Mayo designed the […].

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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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Voice-AI for Older Adults -- How has it helped and what's next?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). Fairly new at the time, a few senior living organizations embraced it for its home automation potential, possibility of concierge services -- turn on the lights!

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Top Benefits of A Virtual ICU

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The pandemic has changed the medical field forever. While virtual medical visits were on the rise before the virus sent everyone into quarantine, they exploded once people were hesitant to leave their homes to visit […]. The article Top Benefits of A Virtual ICU appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health IT Olympics – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/18 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Health IT Olympics.” We’re wrapping up the Winter Olympics soon. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed some of the events. I […].

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How Teletherapy Can Boost Employee Productivity Amid the Omicron Outbreak

MeMD

As the Omicron variant surges, businesses nationwide have scrambled to meet customer demands despite increasing employee burnout. Could the answer be as simple as ensuring workers are happy, healthy and heard? Depression and anxiety symptoms have nearly tripled since the start of the pandemic, leading to an unmotivated and generally unhealthy workforce.

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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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PriorAuthNow Raises $25 Million to Expedite Healthcare Authorizations

Healthcare IT Today

Funding round is led by Insight Partners to accelerate growth and fuel platform’s network expansion to meet surging demand PriorAuthNow, the only real-time prior authorization network for providers and payors, today announced a $25 million funding round led by New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. This latest investment brings PriorAuthNow’s […].

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HIStalk Interviews Gidi Stein, MD, PhD, CEO, MedAware

HIStalk Interviews

Gidi Stein, MD, PhD is co-founder and CEO of MedAware.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for what really matters in both personal and professional life. Healthcare providers are especially faced with new challenges: balancing best-practice patient care, reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel, and much more. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight.