April, 2017

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Help Patient Care Managers Succeed with These Strategies

CareWire

Care managers are responsible for providing critical healthcare resources to patients, relaying information and care instructions to those in their care, and facilitating communication between members of the patient’s care team. This role is a challenging and ever-changing position that requires an extensive skill set ranging from an understanding of medical procedures, insurance matters, social work, and almost everything in between.

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Extending Care Series: 3 Key Considerations for Telehealth Adoption

CiscoHealth

Over the past decade, telehealth has transformed from a fledgling tool into a comprehensive solution that enables healthcare systems to connect to their patients without limitations of geography or time. The majority of healthcare organizations have launched or are actively exploring how telehealth technology can solve ubiquitous pain points including physician shortages, unequitable access to […].

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Our Son’s Highs and Lows Were Treated as Behavioral Problems

Insulin Nation

Our son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four after the nurse at his preschool recognized his symptoms and advised to have him tested. Between her experience with diabetes and his teacher’s desire to learn how to care for a student with Type 1, the return to school after diagnosis went as smoothly as one could hope. sponsor. When it came time to transition from preschool to kindergarten, we were nervous as we met with the nurse from the elementary school.

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Healthcare consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions has been taking place for a number of years. It is seen on both the provider and payer sides. In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation.

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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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Digital Therapeutics – The Third Phase of Medicine

33 Charts - Digital Health

Chrissy Farr in Technology Review ( Can Digital Therapeutics Be as Good as Drugs ?) this week pulls back the curtain on digital therapeutics , Silicon Valley’s latest angle in health. Digital therapeutics, or “digiceuticals,” as some call them, have become a Holy Grail in some quarters of Silicon Valley, where investors see the chance to deliver medicine through your smartphone.

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How telehealth has enhanced Cleveland Clinic’s value-based care strategy

American Well

Originally posted by Becker’s Hospital Review. Interest in the telehealth industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with 78.5 percent of healthcare consumers reporting they would be comfortable interacting with a physician via online video or online chat, according to a 2016 report out of the Aloft Group — even if almost half of respondents were still not familiar with the term “telemedicine.” As reimbursement models uphold outcomes over volume of services rendered, hospitals

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Stop using OPT-IN and OPT-OUT

Healthcare Exchange Standards

In various conversations on Consent , including #FHIR Consent, discussions often get mixed-up because we use the terms "OPT-IN" and "OPT-OUT". These terms are trouble. We need to stop using “OPT-IN” and “OPT-OUT”. I want to propose a set of terms. I will never get everyone to stop using opt-in and opt-out, but where better terms can be used, I propose better terms.

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Endocrinologist Says She Can’t Compete to Artificial Pancreas

Insulin Nation

At a recent JDRF Type One Nation summit in Hartford, Connecticut, an endocrinologist gave her personal perspective of efforts to develop artificial pancreas pump systems. Dr. Jennifer Sher, an assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology at the Yale School of Medicine, has been involved in artificial pancreas technology since the early stages of this field of research. sponsor.

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What To Do When An IRS Letter Lands In Your Mailbox

ACA Times

The dreaded IRS letter. It can mean anything or nothing at all. As tax season for the 2016 tax year is coming to an end for most, so begins the IRS outreach for many. So you’ve received a letter from the IRS. Now what do you do? Before proceeding with a tip sheet the Golden Rule is DO NOT IMMEDIATELY IGNORE IT. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently released a report reflecting how the IRS will crackdown on information reporting, particularly with the Affordable C

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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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Fitbit – Can it Save Your Life?

33 Charts - Digital Health

Apparently. A Connecticut woman wasn’t feeling well and noticed on her Fitbit that her heart rate was climbing. She sought medical help and it was determined that she had a blood clot in her lungs. Kind of remarkable. But let’s face it, we’re desperate for stories about digital gimmicks that save lives. It’s these stories that fuel saucy digital health keynote presentations that predict a bigger, brighter, healthier future.

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A Physical Therapist Can Help Rehab After Concussions

In Hand Health

There are approximately 3.8 million concussions sustained in the US per year. Concussions (or mild traumatic brain injuries) can be caused by motor vehicle accidents, sports or any type of injury where a bump or jolt to the head and/or neck occurs. 85-90% of people who sustain a concussion recover from symptoms in just a few weeks with proper care. For the small percentage of people who take longer to recover from a concussion, physical therapy can help in many ways.

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Employee Spotlight

American Well

Name: Ian Ives. Title: Visual Design Manager. Start Date: December 27, 2016. What attracted you to American Well? American Well is changing the way we think about healthcare – in a revolutionary way – and I’m excited to be a part of it! For the first time, anyone with a mobile device or computer can have access to high quality care at a fraction of the cost of a traditional in-person doctor visit.

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Reflecting FHIR FMM in IHE Profiles

Healthcare Exchange Standards

IHE is creating many Profiles using FHIR. Given that FHIR is still "Standard for Trial Use" (STU), and thus there is a "Maturity" concern. This maturity concern is communicated in FHIR STU3 through a "FHIR Maturity Model" (FMM) evaluation number on each Resource and other parts. These FMM number indicate to the FHIR audience a stability and readiness for use.

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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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Family Fundraises After Woman’s Type 1 Coma

Insulin Nation

A severe medical event that comes about from Type 1 diabetes is a multi-faceted tragedy, one that takes a physical, emotional, and financial toll on a person with Type 1 and on all those who love him or her. The family of a woman with Type 1 diabetes has launched an online fundraiser to deal with the aftermath of such an event. Holly Murphy slipped into a coma from hypoglycemia while she was alone in her Tuscon home on February 10th, 2017.

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The Curious Case Of Chipotle

ACA Times

Over the last several years—even prior to and following the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) —fast food chains have struggled with classifying employees, the designation of which can trigger ACA obligations. From chains like McDonald’s to Taco Bell, cases have arisen where workers are being titled as something other than “employee” in an effort to either sidestep the ACA employer mandate , which requires certain employers to offer healthcare to its “full-time employees,” and other employ

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Back to the Future: The Future of Healthcare is Now

New Age Healthcare

Healthcare had no data before. Healthcare had no records of patients’ history. Then one day… Health care became costlier and non-interoperable. It was a long day for the physician at the office. The desk is cluttered with clipboards, papers scattered all over, patients lining up outside the office – the physician just couldn’t manage available time between seeing patients and finishing off all the mandatory tedious administrative work.

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Extending Care Series: 3 Key Considerations for Telehealth Adoption

CiscoHealth

Over the past decade, telehealth has transformed from a fledgling tool into a comprehensive solution that enables healthcare systems to connect to their patients without limitations of geography or time. The majority of healthcare organizations have launched or are actively exploring how telehealth technology can solve ubiquitous pain points including physician shortages, unequitable access to care, payment reform, chronic disease management and increasing consumer demand for convenient, cost ef

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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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Employee Spotlight

American Well

Name: Ian Ives. Title: Visual Design Manager. Start Date: December 27, 2016. What attracted you to American Well? American Well is changing the way we think about healthcare – in a revolutionary way – and I’m excited to be a part of it! For the first time, anyone with a mobile device or computer can have access to high quality care at a fraction of the cost of a traditional in-person doctor visit.

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IHE Document Digital Signature (DSG) Profile approved for Final Text

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Today the IHE ITI Technical and Planning committees approved the Document Digital Signature (DSG) Profile be moved into Final Text. This Document Profile defines a way to support Digital Signatures, including when those Documents are managed in a Document Sharing infrastructure. This DSG Profile is referenced in many places where adding a Digital Signature to a document would be beneficial, such as Consent, Legal Evidence, etc.

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Victoza Tested to Combat DKA for People with Type 1

Insulin Nation

In recent years, we have seen increasing overlap between drugs used to treat Type 1 diabetes and those used to treat Type 2 diabetes. More people with Type 2 diabetes are going on insulin therapy than in previous years, while drugs like metformin and Invokana are being prescribed off-label for people with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers are exploring whether a class of drugs called GLP-1 agonists can be used to help people with Type 1 combat high blood glucose levels and lower their risk of diabeti

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The Treasury Inspector General Tax Administration Says Employer Mandate Penalties Are Coming

ACA Times

With now two reporting years (2015 and 2016) behind us since the implementation of the Employer Mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the IRS has yet to impose any penalties on employers for failure to comply with the Employer Mandate. These are the “A” and “B” penalties under Internal Revenue Code Section 4980H, which correspond to (A) penalties for failure to offer minimum essential coverage and (B) penalties for those who offer such coverage but fail to meet minimum value and/or afford

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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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Back to the Future: The Future of Healthcare is Now

New Age Healthcare

Healthcare had no data before. Healthcare had no records of patients’ history. Then one day… Health care became costlier and non-interoperable. It was a long day for the physician at the office. The desk is cluttered with clipboards, papers scattered all over, patients lining up outside the office – the physician just couldn’t manage available time between seeing patients and finishing off all the mandatory tedious administrative work.

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Should My Child with Type 1 Take a Standardized Test?

Insulin Nation

Karen Iovino contacted us about school standardized tests and children with Type 1 diabetes. She wanted to learn what other parents of children with Type 1 did when it came to such tests. We encouraged her to share her experience: Florida third graders recently took the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) tests, a series of four 80-minute sessions that can determine whether a child should move on to fourth grade.

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Mother Accused of Giving a Child with Type 1 Too Much Insulin

Insulin Nation

Most parents of children with Type 1 diabetes display quiet heroism as they take on the 24/7 task of blood sugar management for their little ones. Their selflessness makes news of a parent who stands accused of trying to poison her child with insulin all the more abhorrent. sponsor. Deva Young has been arrested in Cleveland for felonious assault and third-degree felony child endangerment, according to a Cleveland.com report.

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10 Facepalm Moments in Life with Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

Life with Type 1 diabetes comes with many opportunities for mistakes and misunderstandings. From our article library, we’ve collected 10 facepalm moments when people made some cringe-worthy mistakes in understanding or managing Type 1 diabetes. 1. When a TV report says too little insulin will cause someone’s blood sugar to go low. Read more: TV Report Gets Blood Sugar Management Completely Wrong. via GIPHY. sponsor. 2.

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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 telehealth has enhanced Cleveland Clinic’s value-based care strategy

American Well

Originally posted by Becker’s Hospital Review. Interest in the telehealth industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with 78.5 percent of healthcare consumers reporting they would be comfortable interacting with a physician via online video or online chat, according to a 2016 report out of the Aloft Group — even if almost half of respondents were still not familiar with the term “telemedicine.” As reimbursement models uphold outcomes over volume of services rendered, hospitals

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Adopting Telehealth to Meet Your Health System’s Goals

American Well

Avizia has helped many health systems explore the ways technology can expand their service offering. Each organization comes to this exercise with their own unique set of priorities. But all must align their investment in technology with their current and future business goals. To help our partners do this effectively, we’ve developed a set of critical questions.

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Adopting Telehealth to Meet Your Health System’s Goals

American Well

Avizia has helped many health systems explore the ways technology can expand their service offering. Each organization comes to this exercise with their own unique set of priorities. But all must align their investment in technology with their current and future business goals. To help our partners do this effectively, we’v e developed a set of critical questions.