Contributed: The power of AI in surgery
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Artificial intelligence's potential role in preoperative and intraoperative planning – and surgical robotics.
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Telemedicine Should Be A Permanent Way of Administering Healthcare, Experts Say
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Telemedicine – the practice of providing consultations and medical assistance to patients through video calls – should be a lasting way of administering health care, according to the American Medical Association, particularly for patients with […].
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The exciting future of our physical exam with point-of-care ultrasound
KevinMD
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
In a 1968 episode of Star Trek, Captain Kirk is kidnapped by humanoid aliens, tortured unrelentingly, and shackled to the ceiling by his wrists. Science officer Spock and Dr. McCoy find him disheveled and minimally responsive. They release him from the chains and set him on a nearby table for examination. Dr. McCoy urgently takes. Read more…. The exciting future of our physical exam with point-of-care ultrasound originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Rapid telehealth rollout was beneficial for nursing homes, but had downsides too
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive uptick in telehealth use around the country, hard-hit nursing homes also turned to the tool to try and keep patients safe. A University of Missouri study published this past week found that the turn to virtual care reduced stress for residents and helped increase access to services. At the same time, however, relying on telemedicine had drawbacks, especially from a social perspective.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Full Cycle, Purchased Healthcare Interoperability. – #HITsm Chat Topic
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 11/5 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Shane McNamee MD (@shanemcnamee_md) from @bpmplushealth and Dalton Ruer (@QlikDork) on the topic “Full Cycle, Purchased Healthcare Interoperability.” “If you don’t manufacture a quality product all you’ve […].
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Contributed: The biggest merger in digital health should be between behavioral and data sciences
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Digital tools have to do more than just feed people data. They must also keep them engaged and motivate them to make healthier decisions. This is where behavioral science comes in.
Data and An Omnichannel Customer Experience Breathe Life Into Healthcare Consumerism
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Evanguelidi, director, enterprise healthcare market, Redpoint Global. In a new Harris Poll survey commissioned by Redpoint Global, consumers ranked healthcare near the bottom among several industries in delivering an “exceptional customer experience.
What if technology can help doctors make more accurate clinical decisions?
KevinMD
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
After attending the first telehealth awareness week hosted by the American Telemedicine Association, I’ve become aware that there are more possibilities to improve clinical operations and patient experience with telehealth. In this seminar, Exploring Asynchronous Telehealth and its Critical Role within our Evolving Healthcare System, leading startups share their observations after implementing asynchronous communication features in telehealth.
How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Hims & Hers has grown rapidly across both of its lines – for men and for women – supporting care for many conditions that patients often feel uncomfortable talking about, including sexual health, mental health, contraception and hair loss. One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth. Melissa Baird, COO at Hims & Hers, leads a team of engineers that designed a telehealth experience that engages and connects patient care across its service lines, especi
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
Fax Isn’t What It Used to Be
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
One of the most interesting conversations I had at the HLTH conference in Boston this month was with Bevey Miner from Consensus. She has quite the history in healthcare and so she has a ton of experiences and perspective to draw on. Plus, she’s leading the charge for the newly branded Consensus suite of solutions […].
Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M. rtorrence. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:07.
Study: Digital tools don’t improve physical activity for people with low socioeconomic status
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
A systematic review of studies found digital interventions like wearables and apps weren’t effective in increasing physical activity for people in low socioeconomic status groups.
How Telepsychiatry Can Serve as a Long-Term Solution for Shortage Areas
Iris Telehealth
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
In many rural areas across the U.S., and even in a lot of urban areas, there’s a huge lack of access to psychiatry or behavioral health services in general. Partially due to the ongoing (and worsening) psychiatry shortage , many healthcare organizations find it difficult to locate high-quality, local behavioral health providers to serve their communities.
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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.
How digital therapeutics can strengthen the provider-patient relationship and improve behavioral health outcomes
KevinMD
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Research shows that early intervention in mental health conditions is critical for achieving better outcomes. Left unaddressed, conditions tend to progress. The depression will worsen. The anxiety will escalate. The disorder can intensify to the point where a child or teen can’t function, won’t get out of bed, may start self-medicating – and the list.
Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. Make no mistake, I am a believer! However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel. The fate of telehealth adoption is tied to the fate of broadband adoption.
Kareo and PatientPop Merge to Form Tebra
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Combination of leaders in practice growth and operations will create an all-in-one practice success platform to help independent practitioners thrive in the era of consumer-driven healthcare Kareo, a leader in cloud-based clinical and financial software, and PatientPop, a leader in practice growth technology, today announced the closing of their merger and the unveiling of the combined […].
Epic's sepsis algorithm may have caused alert fatigue with 43% alert increase during pandemic
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Epic's sepsis algorithm may have caused alert fatigue with 43% alert increase during pandemic. rtorrence. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:45.
The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report
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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!
The Virtual Care Paradigm: Going beyond telehealth for the future – and present – of care
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
In this 14-part video and podcast series, HIMSS Media editors and guests go deep on what the next phase of virtual care, beyond telehealth video visits, will look like.
How Nurse Practitioner Authority Varies By State
Iris Telehealth
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
The degree to which nurse practitioners (NPs) can utilize the full extent of their education and training varies from state to state and practice to practice. For NPs, there are rules on how they can see patients, whether or not they need a collaborative physician, and what controlled substances they can prescribe with or without the need for co-signatures.
What does it mean to be a nurse innovator?
KevinMD
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
A nurse innovator is a nurse who specializes in bringing forth positive change in health care quality and equity by addressing the unmet needs of a target population through new products, processes, and services. Innovators have existed throughout the history of nursing which dates to the 19th century. Yet, the formalization of a ‘nurse innovator’. Read more….
Nurse unions slam Kaiser's advanced care at home strategy
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. The unions accused the health system of trying to maximize profits and endangering patients, along with undermining the role of registered nurses in providing care.
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.
Discrimination in Healthcare – #HITsm Chat Topic
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 12/3 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Rachel Miller (@ray_hmiller) from @HealthcareScene on the topic “Discrimination in Healthcare.” Navigating the world of healthcare can be a tricky task, especially with the wide range of biases […].
Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care. hlandi. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:24.
Survey: Telehealth use increases overall in 2021, but growth stabilizes
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired survey found 26% of healthcare organizations reported a quarter or more of their patients have used telehealth, compared with only 7% in 2019.
“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. This urgent call-to-action became the rallying cry and objective for this weekend’s #NurseHack4Health, “The Front Line Is Shrinking,” with the goal of building a sustainable workforce of the future.
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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AI-based assessment platform Ada Health joins forces with pharma giant Bayer
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
The long-term strategic partnership between Ada Health and Bayer will empower individuals to take greater ownership of their personal health and make informed decisions.
Balanced is catering to seniors with its new fitness platform
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Balanced CEO Katie Reed said general virtual fitness platforms may not take seniors’ needs into account, and options geared toward older adults can be too clinical.
Record investment in global healthtech sees 280% increase on 2016 levels
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Global healthtech has received $51.3 billion in investment this year, marking new highs for venture capitalist interest in the sector and identifying London as the fastest growing health tech hub globally.
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