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What Is “Patient Engagement” and Its Catalyst In the Current Age of Health IT?

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. What does “patient engagement” mean in the current age of health IT? Given the recent proposed rules by CMS that tell the sector that all data generated by a patient in the care spectrum is their information, has much changed since the term took roost in healthcare several years ago?

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BACTrack launches remote monitoring app for alcoholism

Mobi Health News

The $79 to $129-a-month subscription service provides digital accountability for people in recovery.

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A Piece in the Puzzle - Telehealth & Autism

Health Recovery Solutions

In 2018, the CDC determined that one in 59 children is diagnosed with ASD in the United States. Often, children with autism and their families live too far away from care and support or cannot access it due to high costs, limited availability, and other circumstances. Telehealth can serve as a wonderful resource for the ASD patient and their family as it can be utilized for diagnosis, therapy/treatment, and caregiver education.

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Omada adds glucometer, blood pressure cuff to chronic disease management offerings

Mobi Health News

The company will augment its BYOD strategy with optional included sensors.

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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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Hospitals could sustain 10% cut under Medicare public option proposals: report

FierceHealthIT

If the U.S. were to pursue a Medicare public option proposal, it could "decimate" insurance coverage as it looks today and result in a nearly $800 billion cut to U.S. hospitals over a 10-year period, leaders from the two most powerful hospital organizations said on Tuesday.

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Let’s talk pricing: How payers can navigate tough conversations with members

FierceHealthIT

Lee Carter, president of language strategy firm Maslansky + Partners, works with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies grappling with healthcare pricing.

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RapidSOS, Carbyne integration will aggregate both companies' emergency response data

Mobi Health News

Each company has developed digital tools that quickly provide emergency responders with actionable data during a crisis.

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EHR-Related Issues Top Patient Safety Concern List

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

ECRI Institute report targets diagnostic errors, improper management of test results in EHRs

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POPS! one diabetes management system commercially launches

Mobi Health News

The system uses an algorithm to give users real-time personalized diabetes coaching.

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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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Diagnostic errors are top reason for liability claims against primary care doctors, report says

FierceHealthIT

Diagnostic errors are the leading cause of liability claims against primary care doctors and account for the highest proportion of payouts, according to a new report.

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Care coordination platform Olio raises $2.5M in seed funding

Mobi Health News

The company plans to use the new money for scaling its technology and expanding across the US.

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Hospital leaders see clear ROI for supply chain analytics, but most use outdated processes: survey

FierceHealthIT

Hospital executives say that better supply chain management can increase margins by more than 1%, but most hospital leaders are not investing in supply chain operations as their top priority, a recent survey found.

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Blue Shield of California, Teladoc support Paradise, CA patients in wake of fires

Mobi Health News

Telemedicine services will be available to Paradise Medical Group patients at no extra charge.

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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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National Cancer Institute Director Ned Sharpless named temporary replacement to lead FDA

FierceHealthIT

During his opening statements before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced the selection of the interim replacement for FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.

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Gilde Healthcare raises €200m for private equity fund

Mobi Health News

The fund will focus on established businesses in the Benelux and DACH regions of Europe.

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Kaiser Permanente announces new investments to address homelessness at SXSW

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente is ramping up its investments in addressing chronic homelessness, the health system announced at the annual South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas.

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3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas

Insulin Nation

Micha? Wszo?a MD, PhD, and Chairman of the Bionic Consortium in Poland. We spoke with Micha? Wszo?a MD, PhD about the 3D Bio-Printed Bionic Pancreas work being done with his team and Bionic Consortium in Poland. See www.fundacjabirn.pl. Problem being Addressed. “ Pancreatic or pancreatic islet transplantation is the only method to cure T1D. However, these transplants are difficult, there is a shortage of organs for transplantation, and patients risk surgical complications and require chronic imm

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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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VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announces precision medicine testing initiative with Sanford Health

FierceHealthIT

Up to 250,000 veterans could receive access to no-cost pharmacogenomic testing by 2022 under a new partnership with Sanford Health. The announcement comes just months after the former secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs took on the role of chief innovation officer at the Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based health system.

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EHRs top patient safety concerns

Morning eHealth

eHealth bits in Trump’s budget request — New Internet of Things bill

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Texas hospital CEO pleads guilty to role in multimillion dollar pass-through payment scheme

FierceHealthIT

The former CEO of a small Texas hospital pleaded guilty to defrauding three of the state’s largest payers out of millions through a laboratory billing scheme.

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Rural Health Professions Training Showing Medical Students the Benefits of Telemedicine

Arizona Telemedicine Program

For medical students with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, weeks of suspense will end on March 15. Otherwise known as Match Day, it’s the day the students will learn where they will go for their residency training, in their chosen medical field, after they graduate from medical school in May. Sarah Joy Ring, who has completed the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Rural Health Professions Program and a 16-week Rural Health Distinction Track, is hoping for a residency focused o

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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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Blue Cross NC, Cambia Health Solutions enter 'strategic affiliation'

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions will enter a strategic affiliation to unite under shared goals and management structure.

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Quarterly Thought Conference – Telehealth Tech Panel Discussion

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

A panel of telehealth tech experts will discuss a variety of topics, including: • Selecting a vendor or service provider. • Network considerations. • Environmental considerations. • IT considerations based on clinical need. • Lessons learned. Panel participants: • Teague Johnson with UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation. • Greg Hall with University of Mississippi Medical Center IT Department. • Josh Scales with Tennessee Primary Care Association Health Information Technology.

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UnitedHealth to expand use of point-of-sale drug discounts

FierceHealthIT

Beginning in 2020, all new employer plans with UnitedHealth and its pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary Optum will be required to offer all drug discounts directly to members at the pharmacy counter, the insurer said.

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South Central Legislative/Regulatory Update – February 2019

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The following attachment is a list of legislative and regulatory updates compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. Click the image below to view the full PDF update.

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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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Kansas doctor sentenced to life in prison after a patient’s overdose death

FierceHealthIT

A judge sentenced a Kansas doctor to life in prison after he was found guilty of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, including prescriptions blamed for the overdose death of a patient.

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SCL Health Names Richardville CIO

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Former Atrium executive was named 2015 John E. Gall, Jr.

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Cedars-Sinai teams to operate Providence St. Joseph Health hospital in joint venture

FierceHealthIT

Providence St. Joseph Health and Cedars-Sinai have agreed to create a joint venture to own and operate Providence Tarzana Medical Center.

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