Mon.Dec 20, 2021

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Contributed: Prescription digital therapeutics don’t need a physician

Mobi Health News

Healthcare professionals other than physicians, dentists and veterinarians who have prescribing authority under state law can order prescription digital therapeutics. That could improve access, especially to devices that treat mental health conditions.

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Advances in telemedicine are on the way in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped partly by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and partly by the subsequent loosening of telemedicine reimbursement and licensure regulations by the government. But what's to happen in 2022? Will the government and commercial payers continue to reimburse for telemedicine?

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Google overhauls internal strategy, but adds plenty of health tools in 2021

Mobi Health News

The tech giant shut down its dedicated health division this year, but it released a variety of consumer- and clinician-facing projects.

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Five Signs A Health Information Technology Career Is Right for You

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Health information technology, or Health IT, is a specific type of health technology that works as a way to intertwine these two concepts. It includes the process, exchange, and storage of health information while using […]. The article Five Signs A Health Information Technology Career Is Right for You appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Advances in telemedicine are on the way in 2022

Mobi Health News

A physician expert in virtual care talks technological advances, reimbursement legislation and the continued evolution of remote patient monitoring.

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Tasso, Found score $100M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Well Dot scoops up $70 million, and dental startup Overjet brings in $42.5 million.

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Four Major Takeaways from the ATA EDGE2021 Conference

eVisit

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE2021 Policy Conference recently wrapped earlier this month. This year’s three-day conference at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. focused on finding the right care solutions and creating a path forward as momentum behind telehealth continues into 2022. Among its key topics for next year was a distinct focus on telehealth access, availability, and reimbursement initiatives.

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Oracle snags Cerner in $28B deal to gain a foothold in healthcare cloud market

FierceHealthIT

Oracle snags Cerner in $28B deal to gain a foothold in healthcare cloud market. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 12:09.

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Clinician Corner: Meet Dr. Marialba Romero Medina, MD

Iris Telehealth

Iris clinicians are at the heart of what makes our organization such a special place to work. That’s why we’re turning the spotlight on the amazing work they’re doing every day — starting with our very own Dr. Marialba Romero Medina. Q: How did you find Iris and decide you wanted to be an Iris provider? A: I found Iris at a time in my life where I needed a change.

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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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Industry Voices—Inside the most challenging data problem in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Inside the most challenging data problem in healthcare. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 15:28.

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Oracle Buys Cerner

Healthcare IT Today

Note: Check out our previous coverage on the potential Oracle Acquisition of Cerner. Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) and Cerner Corporation today jointly announced an agreement for Oracle to acquire Cerner through an all-cash tender offer for $95.00 per share, or approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. Cerner is a leading provider of digital information systems used within hospitals and health systems […].

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Healthcare execs trust AI to automate administrative processes, advance health equity: Optum

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare execs trust AI to automate administrative processes, advance health equity: Optum. rtorrence. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 11:19.

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One health system's telehealth use went from 'zero to 100%' due to COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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'You can’t have healthy people on a sick planet': How healthcare is correcting its role in climate change

FierceHealthIT

'You can’t have healthy people on a sick planet': How healthcare is correcting its role in climate change. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 23:09.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 22: Naomi Lenane on Going from EHR Rep to CIO Leader

Healthcare IT Today

For the 21st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Naomi Lenane, CIO & VP of Information Services at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In this episode Lenane shares some of the unique aspects of her job as CIO of a Cancer Institute. Plus, we look back at her early […].

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Drug price reforms, Medicaid coverage gap in balance after Manchin opposition to Build Back Better Act

FierceHealthIT

Drug price reforms, Medicaid coverage gap in balance after Manchin opposition to Build Back Better Act. rking. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 15:20.

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In The Wake of COVID, Patient-to-Doctor Messaging Rates Stabilize at Substantially Higher Level

Healthcare IT Today

New research suggests that as the pandemic tails off, the volume of patient messages to physicians may remain at a significantly higher level than they had been at in the past. This conclusion comes as part of a study of ambulatory EHR use in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic. To conduct the study, which […].

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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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Goldman Sachs forecasts positive outlook for insurers in 2022, buoyed by shift to value-based care

FierceHealthIT

Goldman Sachs forecasts positive outlook for insurers in 2022, buoyed by shift to value-based care. hlandi. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 16:54.

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Trend Spotting: Are Local Care Providers Losing the Telehealth Platform Wars?

E-CareManagement

by Vince Kuraitis, JD and Randall Williams, MD. Two recent surveys shed light on the issue of patient loyalty to local care providers for telehealth visits. While the findings are mixed, local providers should be concerned about how they're faring in the telehealth platform wars. Let's take a look at both surveys. Early Evidence Suggested Patients Preferred Their Own Providers for Telehealth Visits.

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HHS preps for launch of 3-digit nationwide suicide prevention hotline by July

FierceHealthIT

HHS preps for launch of 3-digit nationwide suicide prevention hotline by July. rking. Mon, 12/20/2021 - 11:56.

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IRS Issues Final 2021 ACA Reporting Instructions

ACA Times

On December 9, 2021, the IRS published the final ACA reporting instructions for the 2021 tax year , including the final 1094-C and 1095-C forms. As expected, the forms and instructions are nearly identical to the draft forms released in July. Below we’ve covered what you need to know about the final ACA reporting instructions for the 2021 tax year. Two new codes for Line 14 of the 1095-C.

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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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Top Trends in Reimagining the Healthcare Digital Experience

Geonetric

Digital strategy is taking a leading role. The digital front door is redefining the next generation of digital experiences. Digital teams are working more closely with operations than ever before. 2022 is poised to place new emphasis on online conversions and self-service. Are you ready? Join Geonetric’s Ben Dillon, chief strategy officer, and David Sturtz, […].

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Healthcare as a Meeting of Two Experts

Society for Participatory Medicine

When I was training to become a clinical psychologist, my supervisors gave me several pieces of great advice. One told me that the psychologist or therapist is the expert on mental health treatment and research but the patient or client is the expert on their own experience and symptoms. I didn’t realize it then, but this supervisor was preparing me to practice participatory medicine.

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vCare Pilot phase in Italy “Open the curtain” is approved by the expert users focus group

vCare Project

While the vCare Pilot phase in Italy is finally about to begin, Casa Di Cura del Policlinico di Milano has organized an online workshop involving a panel of experts representing four hospitals, all of them recognized as Italian excellence in clinical research and practice. The main objective was to collect external inputs before the launch of the Pilot phase.

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vCare Pilot phase in Italy “Open the curtain” is approved by the expert users focus group

vCare Project

While the vCare Pilot phase in Italy is finally about to begin, Casa Di Cura del Policlinico di Milano has organized an online workshop involving a panel of experts representing four hospitals, all of them recognized as Italian excellence in clinical research and practice. The main objective was to collect external inputs before the launch of the Pilot phase.

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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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Design and implementation of the vCare Avatar-based Virtual Coach

vCare Project

The vCare patient User Interface (UI) is realized as an Android application running on a tablet device. The UI supports different representation and interaction modalities, including the human-like avatar, the vCare Virtual Coach (VC). The VC is a ubiquitous part of the UI that assists and guides the patient through their rehabilitation program. The goal of the human-like UI representation is to engage and motivate the patient to adhere to their rehabilitation plan and doctor’s advices in their

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Design and implementation of the vCare Avatar-based Virtual Coach

vCare Project

The vCare patient User Interface (UI) is realized as an Android application running on a tablet device. The UI supports different representation and interaction modalities, including the human-like avatar, the vCare Virtual Coach (VC). The VC is a ubiquitous part of the UI that assists and guides the patient through their rehabilitation program. The goal of the human-like UI representation is to engage and motivate the patient to adhere to their rehabilitation plan and doctor’s advices in their

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