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AI-assisted cardiac ultrasound guidance software receives De Novo clearance

Mobi Health News

Caption Health's tool instructs non-expert medical staff on how best to produce high-quality diagnostic images in real time.

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USA Today Finds Hidden Common Ground Among Americans For Health Care

Health Populi

“We need to demand our health citizenship. That means our nation must approach medical treatment and data privacy as civil rights that protect everyone.” This is the start of my column, Americans, let’s claim our health care rights , published by USA Today today. USA Today is publishing a 10-part series called “Hidden Common Ground” addressing key issues where Americans can come together.

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The pursuit of a 10X better value-based care enablement: Tactics for entrepreneurs to accelerate transition from FFS to FFV

Mobi Health News

Flare Capital Partners Principal Ian Chiang offers practical suggestions for innovators finding themselves in the midst of a transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value.

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VA set to open fully 5G-enabled hospital In California

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, California, is soon to become one of the first 5G enabled health facilities in the world, with portions becoming operational this week, according to statements VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said at State of the VA speech Feb. 5 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The 5G networking capabilities will provide means of delivering telesurgery services to Veterans, he noted, giving the VA the capacity to allow their physicians to consult during surger

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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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How NYC Health + Hospitals is teaming with a startup to tackle food and housing insecurities

FierceHealthIT

The largest public health care system in the nation is working with a startup to help address food and housing insecurities among millions of patients.

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Former Outcome Health executive settles SEC fraud allegations

FierceHealthIT

Former Outcome Health executive Ashik Desai reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission involving fraud allegations. Four former executives still face criminal charges for their alleged roles in a $1 billion fraud scheme.

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Egypt looking to deploy telehealth in Africa

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Egypt looking to deploy telehealth in Africa Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK Right Now:

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The Future of SDoH: The Power of Personal Determinants of Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vikas Chowdhry, MBA, chief analytics and information officer, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI). It is encouraging to see many healthcare systems and payors focusing on the impact of social determinants of health (SDoH) […]. The article The Future of SDoH: The Power of Personal Determinants of Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Congress revives surprise billing debate with proposal for "mediation"

FierceHealthIT

A new compromise to tackle surprise medical bills would use arbitration to handle any payment disputes, a provision sure to generate ire among payers.

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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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Is Epic Poised To Own The Healthcare Voice Assistant Market? Not Quite.

Healthcare IT Today

Given its position atop the EHR industry, the things Epic does can have an outsized influence on the healthcare world. Will such be the case when Epic debuts its new voice assistant at HIMSS20? I’d argue that this time, perhaps, not so much. According to a piece appearing in Healthcare IT News, Epic is debuting […].

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How to be innovative in a ‘noisy’ field

Digital Health Today

Jim Joyce, Co-founder and CEO of HealthBeacon, on navigating the digital health market. HealthBeacon is a tool to manage medication adherence for patients who take injectable medications at home. Learn more about this innovative product as well as gather tips about the growing field as I share my interview with Jim Joyce, co-founder and CEO of HealthBeacon.

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The Safe Bets You Used to Choose Aren’t The Safe Bets Anymore

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most famous phrases in technology selection is “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.” If you’ve worked in technology, you’ve heard this phrase. If you’ve worked in healthcare technology, then you’ve probably heard the similar phrase, “Nobody ever got fired for buying Epic.” Turns out that this phrase while often accurate is […].

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Smartphone Apps

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Standalone Smartphone Apps for Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Authors: Kiona K. Weisel, Lukas M. Fuhrmann, Matthias Berking, Harald Baumeister, Pim Cuijpers and David D. Ebert While smartphone usage is ubiquitous, and the app market for smartphone apps … Read more. The post Smartphone Apps appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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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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Why Improving CoPs Compliance Matters

HealthStream

This blog post starts to define Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and examines new ways healthcare organizations can use assessments and training from HealthStream to ensure staff understand and are adhering to policies that support compliance.

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At least 400 hospitals stand with Epic against data sharing rules

Morning eHealth

Preprints: More harm than good during an outbreak?

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When Choosing an ACA Vendor, Make Sure They’re SOC II Compliant

ACA Times

2 minute read: Who do you trust with your data? The large-scale data breaches of the 2010s saw companies ask the question of whether their network security was sufficient to protect their sensitive data. As we enter the 2020s with ever expanding data privacy regulations, many companies are asking the question of from whom, how and why they are collecting sensitive data.

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Weekender 2/7/20

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap The VA says the firing of.

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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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HIMSSCast: Digital Health around Boston

Mobi Health News

In this grab-bag episode of HIMSSCast, Laura Lovett, an editor at MobiHealthNews, chats with host Jonah Comstock about three recent in-person reporting experiences here in the Boston area, where MobiHealthNews is based. They included an office visit to the Division of Digital Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Patient Safety in a Digital World symposium held at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the MassChallenge Health Tech Accelerator's Opening Night.

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CMS rolls out survey of drug costs for 340B hospitals as legal fight rages

FierceHealthIT

The Trump administration has finalized a survey of hospitals to acquire the payment rates for drugs purchased under the 340B discount program, much to the dismay of hospitals.

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