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Viz.ai receives FDA clearance for pulmonary embolism-related algorithm

Mobi Health News

The new tool measures the diameter of the ventricles of the heart to provide the ratio of the maximum right ventricle diameter compared with the left ventricle. That can help indicate pulmonary embolism severity.

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Innovation for all: Adapting patient-facing tools to promote digital health equity

KevinMD

More often than not, ground-breaking health care advancements are disproportionately accessible for those who already have favorable social determinants of health. Improving cost, access, and quality, but for whom? The boom of telehealth and digital health during the pandemic was a necessary shift to bridge the critical access gap while also supporting the public health.

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Users more likely to embrace AI-enabled preventive health measures with human touch, study finds

Mobi Health News

Individuals are also less likely to trust AI-suggested interventions than those recommended by humans.

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Walmart + UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health + Signify — the Current Flurry of Big HealthCare

Health Populi

With today’s announcement that Walmart will partner with UnitedHealthcare in a ten-year collaboration to bring affordable health care to Mainstream Americans, we have yet another huge ripple in the evolving retail health ecosystem. The other Big Healthcare news item this week was CVS Health’s planned acquisition of Signify Health , after much speculation that Amazon and other Big and smaller bidders (including UnitedHealth Group) were keen on acquiring the home/care company over the

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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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Study: Video telehealth, in-person diagnoses agree in 87% of cases

Mobi Health News

Specialty care was significantly more likely to result in concordant diagnoses between telehealth and in-person appointments, compared with primary care.

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Transparency Ecosystem in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Paul Ketchel, Chief Executive Officer at MDsave. Cost transparency is a driving force in the American market. Whether consumers are looking to purchase a latte, a plane ticket, or surgery, they increasingly expect to pay an “out-the-door” price– something that includes all labor and materials as well as the finished product or service.

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Patients and the Diagnostic Journey: Finding Specialists

Society for Participatory Medicine

The journey to diagnosis for patients, particularly those living with complex health conditions remains challenging for patients, their loved ones, and their physicians. As frontline experts on the diseases and conditions affecting their lives, patients and family caregivers have many meaningful insights. Earlier this year, Rare Patient Voice LLC, a patient recruitment firm, and MediFind , a digital health platform, published a report examining the state of the diagnostic odyssey for patients wi

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Healthcare’s Sustainability Problem And The Solutions Tech Can Provide

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Melissa Powell, COO at Genesis HealthCare. Healthcare’s future is smart and sustainable, led by tech-driven solutions and human ingenuity. One great success story of sustainable healthcare that combines those forces begins with a nurse who sews. Tami Ochs, an RN at New Jersey’s Overlook Medical Center, helped the facility repurpose 15,000 pounds of surgical blue wrap that was being discarded annually.

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10 Ways to Help Your Child Heal from Childhood Trauma

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Childhood trauma occurs much more frequently than most people think. More than one in six of the adults polled said they had at least one childhood trauma before turning 18, and about six out of ten said they had four or more. (1) Here are some ways to help your child heal from childhood trauma. Share the information about the traumatic event. It is best for kids to get information about a traumatic event from a responsible adult like their parents.

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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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Innovation is for Kids at Holland Bloorview

Healthcare IT Today

Despite operating in Canada’s capitated healthcare system where investment in innovation is challenging, the leadership team at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) in Toronto, Ontario has found a way to make it part of their DNA. Using a collaborative, inclusive, and open approach, Holland Bloorview is blazing a trail and setting an example for other organizations.

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Prepare for 2022 ACA Reporting With the ACA Essential Guide

ACA Times

The ACA reporting season for the 2022 tax year is fast approaching and organizations must take the proper precautions to ensure an accurate and timely filing, void of penalty risk.…. The post Prepare for 2022 ACA Reporting With the ACA Essential Guide first appeared on The ACA Times.

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Featured Health IT Job: Systems Specialist – Practice Manangement

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Systems Specialist – Practice Manangement position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA and is in Baltimore, Maryland. Here’s a description of the position: Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A. is hiring for a Practice Management Systems position.

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Can Hugs Benefit Mental Health?

TheraNest

Reading Time: 3 Minutes. If the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown us anything, it’s that humans need physical touch. As lockdowns lifted and vaccines closed the gaps of social distancing, friends and families have embraced with more gratitude than ever, reminded of the power that a simple hug can have. From instant mood boosts and closer relationships to higher self-esteem and improved mental health and well-being, the science is clear that hugs don’t just feel good—they’re good

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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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SOC Telemed Expands Behavioral Health Offering with Acquisition of Forefront Telecare

Healthcare IT Today

Company Renamed Access TeleCare. SOC Telemed, the largest national provider of specialty acute care telemedicine, announced its acquisition of Forefront Telecare, a leading virtual behavioral health company serving vulnerable adults nationwide across the care continuum. The acquisition significantly expands SOC Telemed’s existing behavioral health offering, provider network, and clinical capabilities.

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Major takeaways from Epic UGM

David Chou

At the recent Epic UGM, it was clear that the company is continuing to push forward aggressively, despite the turmoil in the health IT market. Major announcements included the significant progress in onboarding clients to Cosmos, the payer platform, OR scheduling optimization, and a unified record for all Epic patients. Payer Platform. For years, Epic has had a payer solution called Tapestry.

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