Thu.Apr 23, 2020

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How to maximize utilization when establishing, growing school-based telehealth programs

Mobi Health News

Medical directors at Medical University of South Carolina share practical advice from their work establishing and growing a school-based telemedicine program.

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Nearly half of physicians using telehealth, up from just 18% in 2018

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Physicians are changing the patterns of their practice because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly half of them using telehealth to treat patients, up from just 18% in 2018. WHY IT MATTERS. These were the results of a survey of 842 physicians across the country that conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins. It also revealed 14% of physicians indicated that they will change practice settings as a result of the outbreak.

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Italian hospital utilising VR to combat clinician stress during COVID-19 crisis

Mobi Health News

The headsets use “teleportation” to place users in periods of their life when they were happy.

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FCC doles out $3.7 million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Federal Communications Commission approved the next five funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which includes health centers from coast to coast. WHY IT MATTERS. These include NYU Langone Health in New York City; St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles; Health Partners of Western Ohio in Lima; Banyan Community Health Center in Coral Gables, Florida; and the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.

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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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Bolton NHS partners with Qure.ai for monitoring of COVID-19 patients

Mobi Health News

Qure.ai’s qXR solution can detect findings that are indicative of COVID-19 and also quantify the volume of the infection.

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CarePredict launches new tracing tools in an effort to curb coronavirus spread in nursing homes

Mobi Health News

The tool is able to track who a patient or staff member came into contact with and where they traveled in the facility.

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Health system pieces together ‘virtual rounding’ to cope with pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacksonville, Florida-based Nemours Children’s Health System needed to quickly revamp rounding by leveraging existing technology and infrastructure to avoid unnecessary contact and personal protective equipment use. PROPOSAL. Nemours leveraged the power of several technologies to create its solution. It is using the VidyoConnect secure app for rounding, team communication and teaching; Epic monitor for remote access to in-room cameras for both the health s

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XRHealth raises $7M to expand its VR telehealth platform

Mobi Health News

The startup kicked off its remote VR clinics just last month.

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How the Pandemic Is Revealing the Power of Remote Patient Care

care innovations

I think many of us would agree that life has been somewhat strange for the past several weeks as we globally battle COVID-19. As I sat with my 10-year old daughter attempting my best to be a home schoolteacher, she looked up at me and said, “has anything like this happened before?” I told her there have certainly been pandemics before, but none that have directly affected us like COVID-19.

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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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MiRXES to manufacture and distribute Fortitude Kit SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test

Mobi Health News

To date, the Fortitude Kit has been deployed in 13 Singapore hospitals and labs, public and private, and more than 20 countries internationally.

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Avalere: One-third of physician services eligible for telehealth reimbursement

FierceHealthIT

About one-third of physician service payments are now eligible for reimbursement via telehealth based on existing and temporary federal payment policies. An analysis by Avalere Health looks at the impact of COVID-19 telehealth policies by specialty.

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Virta hires former American Diabetes Association CMO; Bright Health names new CEO and other digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: RDMD names Spark Capital's Nabeel Hyatt to the board of directors, Unite US announces next COO.

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BCBSA to Congress: Bring back COBRA subsidies

FierceHealthIT

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has outlined its list of demands for Congress’ next package targeting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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The Auto Documentation Telehealth Solution Will Be a Big Winner

Healthcare IT Today

Last week I started a project to create a list of all of the telehealth options out there. Mostly, I wanted to be able to provide my friends and readers answer to the question I’m certain to get over the next year, “Which telehealth solution is best?” It may take me another week to finish […].

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Oncology practices detail quick switch to telehealth, barriers to using technology permanently

FierceHealthIT

Oncology practices have reported great success quickly transitioning to telehealth, but questions on requirements for deploying the technology and reimbursement remain.

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3 Privacy Mistakes to Avoid During a Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mark LaRow, CEO at Verato. While the federal government has relaxed some patient privacy rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still avoidable mistakes healthcare professionals make when it comes to protecting patient data. These types of lapses become much more prevalent when staff are suddenly […].

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Outpatient visits plummet amid COVID-19 pandemic

FierceHealthIT

The COVID-19 pandemic has led the number of outpatient procedures to plummet, a new report shows.

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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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Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibilities amid the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced a policy of enforcement discretion […]. The article Statements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Interoperability Flexibil

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Phreesia CEO says company preparing for near-term uncertainty as drop in patient visits will hurt revenue

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare software company Phreesia reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 financial results but 2020 revenue will likely take a hit from the impact of COVID-19. Find out how the company has pivoted to support providers' transition to telehealth, such as providing "virtual waiting rooms.

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Should We Be Excited About ‘Curing’ T1D in Mice?

Insulin Nation

You have probably already heard the exciting news out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers there have successfully implanted stem cells in mice to ‘cure’ their diabetes. As exciting as this news seems, it is important to pause anytime these types of announcements are made. In this article, we take a look at the astonishing results of this new study, how the researchers got there, and take a critical look at what this actually means for people liv

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CMS, ONC, and OIG Regulatory Updates Including Information Blocking Enforcement Details

Healthcare IT Today

As is no surprise to anyone, all of the organizations at HHS are releasing a wide variety of information, rules, relaxation of rules, and other changes amidst COVID-19. We’ve covered most of those changes in our COVID-19 Updates. Given the pace of changes, we wanted to share a number of other updates we’ve seen that […].

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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.

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How Telehealth Helps Address Healthcare Worker Shortages

InTouch Health

Health Facilities Can Use Telemedicine to Improve Efficiency, Reduce Costs and Attract Talent. The healthcare industry is one of the fastest-growing job sectors in the United States, with an expected growth rate of 14% over the next eight years, adding around 1.9 million new jobs. Demand for healthcare services is expected to rise in the years ahead as baby boomers age and the number of Americans living with at least one chronic condition grows.

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Sport Ortho Urgent Care Partners with OrthoLive

Ortholive

Sport Ortho Urgent Care , located in Nashville, Tennessee, has signed an agreement with OrthoLive as its exclusive telemedicine partner. Sport Ortho Urgent Care currently has five locations in the Central Tennessee area. OrthoLive will provide the technology solution to deliver telemedicine appointments for new and established patients at the practice.

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Five Guidelines for Creating an Overarching Set of Competencies for All Clinicians

HealthStream

There are some principles and some essential competencies that are just too important to be left out of the equation and can be useful to us in establishing organizational thresholds for competency. Here are five to guide your efforts at creating uniform standards.

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Overview of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program

Health Law Blog | Telehealth

By Cory Talbot. As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program, administered through the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), is designed to help health care providers deliver connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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How to maximize utilization when establishing, growing school-based telehealth programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Overview of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program

Health Law Blog | Telehealth

By Cory Talbot. As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, Congress appropriated $200 million in funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program (the “Program”). The Program, administered through the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), is designed to help health care providers deliver connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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XRHealth raises $7M to expand its VR telehealth platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth