Fri.Mar 06, 2020

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Musculoskeletal health startup Sparta Science rakes in $16M

Mobi Health News

GSR Venture US led the round with participation from Arsenal Growth and existing investors.

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Coronavirus outbreak could slam hospital supply chains for drugs, protective equipment

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals should prepare for supply chain disruptions to drugs and personal protective equipment like masks due to the burgeoning coronavirus outbreak, several experts say.

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Pager's all-in-one care coordination app secures $33M in equity, debt financing

Mobi Health News

The funds will support expansion into new markets, as well as product launches and general scaling of its business.

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Executive Spotlight—NAHQ's CEO on how quality is linked to value-based care

FierceHealthIT

Stephanie Mercado, CEO of the National Association of Healthcare Quality, detailed how the group is getting healthcare organizations to rethink quality as the industry moves to value-based care.

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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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Finnish startup to provide online triage service to GP patients in Hull and York

Mobi Health News

The AI symptom checker aims to improve access to primary care and reduce waiting times.

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Voluntis, BMS collaborate on app for cancer patients, Ro piloting generic prescription subscriptions and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: 1Drop's portable diagnostics tackle the final frontier; AT&T, partners look to streamline patient check-in.

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Healthcare From Anywhere: Study Looks At The Impact of Telehealth In Rural America

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Connected Nation (CN), through its state program Connected Nation Michigan (CN Michigan), released a study that examines the use and perceptions of telehealth in rural areas with a focus on Michigan counties. Researchers found, among […]. The article Healthcare From Anywhere: Study Looks At The Impact of Telehealth In Rural America appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Guardrails for telehealth in coronavirus response

Morning eHealth

#HIMSS2020 finally cancels — Privacy negotiations at 'loggerheads' in Congress

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35% of Hospital CEOs Wish They Had Chosen A Different EHR

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The past decade of healthcare delivery has been dominated by the electronic health record (EHR), which has consumed vast hospital budgets and executive mindshare. However, 35 percent of hospital executives say if they could go […]. The article 35% of Hospital CEOs Wish They Had Chosen A Different EHR 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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NIH's Fauci on coronavirus: 'The risk group is very, very clear'

FierceHealthIT

Anthony Fauci, M.D., offers update on coronavirus to JAMA for clinicians.

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Rimidi Unveils New App To Accelerate Patient Screenings for COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Rimidi, a cloud-based software platform, announced the launch of its patient-reported outcomes survey app to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. Currently, the app is in expedited beta testing by select U.S. […]. The article Rimidi Unveils New App To Accelerate Patient Screenings for COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Avoid Coronavirus-Related Cancellations and No Shows with Telehealth

TheraNest

With concerns about Coronavirus and the flu going around, there are multiple reasons why clients may feel tempted to cancel their appointments with your practice. Clients who feel a little under the weather may prefer to stay home to avoid passing on germs to you and others. As more schools close or encourage sick kids to stay home as measures of virus prevention, clients may be unable to make it into your office because they are home caring for their families.

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Will Robots Take Over China's Hospitals After COVID-19?

Lloyd Price

COVID-19 is powering an explosive growth in China's medical robots. But will "Made in China 2025" be a blessing for bots or a curse? In the Wuhan Third Hospital, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, Xiaobai cruised through the narrow aisles to dole out medicines and meals, bypassing hazmat-suited professionals and facial masks-covered patients.

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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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Isn’t It Time We Figured Out What “Patient Engagement” Really Means?

Healthcare IT Today

As someone who contributes to a health IT publication, I get to see how a broad cross-section of the industry markets itself. This includes access to a plentiful helping of buzzwords. These days, as most of you have seen, one of the hottest buzzwords in the health tech sphere is “patient engagement.” On the whole, […].

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The CIO’s Role during a Health Crisis

Health System CIO

From optimizing remote access solutions to partnering with infectious disease leaders to collect data, there are several ways in which CIOs can help keep the organization on track during a crisis, says David Chou.

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How Hospitals & Health Systems Can Leverage Telehealth for COVID-19

American Well

With HIMSS 2020 being canceled due to COVID-19 fears, the opportunity to use the event to convene some of the world’s greatest medical professionals and technology innovators to discuss the virus has ceased. While many of these conversations are still taking place from afar, we’re quickly realizing that more needs to be done to fend off the imminent threat of the virus.

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A Little Healthcare Humor – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

I’ll admit that I’m a bit morose and shell shocked that HIMSS20 was cancelled. I think that’s true for many that were planning their time at HIMSS. I’m guessing that many who read this that weren’t planning to attend are dealing with other things related to the coronavirus as well. Either way, I guess that’s […].

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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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HIPAA Violations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

$100,000 HIPAA Settlement Reached for HIPAA Violations In its first HIPAA settlement of 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) fined a sole practitioner $100,000 for HIPAA violations. The gastroenterological practice, Steven A. … Read more. The post HIPAA Violations appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Feelings and Their Impact on the Effectiveness of Training in Healthcare

HealthStream

It is interesting that there is a link between the way we feel about our environment, the way the day has gone, the people around us, what it is we are having to learn, and many other feelings directly to how we learn and retain information. This is definitely true for healthcare training.

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The Gig Economy Is Losing Ground in its Fight with AB5

ACA Times

3 minute read: The passage and implementation of Assembly Bill 5 (“AB5”) in California has become a reckoning for employers who engage with large numbers of independent contractors and has potentially put thousands of employers out of compliance with California employment law. The most publicized of these employers have been the leaders of the so-called Gig Economy.

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Weekender 3/6/20

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap HIMSS cancels HIMSS20 at the recommendation.

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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.