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How to Incorporate Specialists Into Your Telehealth Program Through Virtual Visits

Health Recovery Solutions

Virtual visits have long been used by healthcare providers as a tool to reduce cost of care, improve clinical efficiency, and enhance patient engagement. Over the past year, during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits have become increasingly intertwined into patient care plans, proving essential to maintaining care access through public health safety precautions and restrictions.

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Digital Technology Is Improving Healthcare Supply Chain Effectiveness

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over the past year, COVID-19 pushed the healthcare supply chain to breaking point. Throughout March, April, and May 2020, many offices could not get hold of the critical personal protective equipment they needed. And today, […]. The article Digital Technology Is Improving Healthcare Supply Chain Effectiveness appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

Health Populi

Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year. Those themes are, The Year of the Pharmacist.

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Proof-of-concept system turns smart speakers into contactless heart rhythm monitors

Mobi Health News

Smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Nest can be used to monitor heart rhythms without physical contact as effectively as an electrocardiogram, according to research from the University of Washington published in Communications Biology.

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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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What does the 'after COVID' business look like? IT leaders weigh in

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Amid the chaos of the past pandemic year, there have been many valuable lessons for CIOs and health IT leaders willing to learn them. Many were discovered while managing unusual sets of circumstances, or from the plain and simple need to shift strategies on a dime. This is the latest in Healthcare IT News' series of feature stories on lessons learned during the COVID-19 era.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). On March 10th, V-BID held its annual Summit, celebrating the Center’s 20 years of innovation and scholarship. The Center is led by Dr. Mark Fendrick, and has an active and innovative advisory board. [Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics].

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Abbott updates app-based neuromodulation platform with remote programming

Mobi Health News

Providers will be able to have in-app live video conversations with chronic pain and movement disorder patients, as well as prescribe new settings for their neuromodulation therapies from afar.

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Majority of people open to using telehealth for sleep concerns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recently released report from Royal Philips found that although few people have sought help from a sleep specialist via telehealth, the majority of survey respondents said they'd be willing to try it. The survey examined the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of 13,000 adults in 13 countries around sleep. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they'd experienced new sleep challenges since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with women reporting more sleep struggles than men.

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A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Your routine, health, and lifestyle can all contribute to your sleep quality each night. If you often feel tired throughout the day or crave sleep as soon as you have stepped out of bed, you […]. The article A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Voice First Technology and Older Adults – Three Years Later

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The trumpets sounded loudly at the arrival of Voice First. The Future of Voice First and Older Adults was published in February of 2018. A re-read shows how excited the 31 interviewees and participants were, offering their vision of the future of this technology and its potential use by older adults. Has the future arrived in the world of seniors, senior housing, home care?

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Using analytics could be key to curbing medical bias

Mobi Health News

Today at Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS' Patient Experience Summit, Dr. David Newhouse, formerly of Permanente Medical Group, discussed putting statistics into practice. .

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Digital retail pharmacy NowRx expanding into telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NowRx is expanding into telehealth, the digital retail pharmacy and prescription delivery company announced Wednesday. NowRx Telehealth will enable provider-patient, app-based interactions, in addition to same-hour or same-day prescription medication deliveries, according to the company. WHY IT MATTERS. The rollout's first phase will focus on the provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, an HIV prevention medication.

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5 Tech Tools For Elderly Health and Safety

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Physical and mental activity keeps elderly people alive. It boosts their memory and mental capacity, slowing down aging and enhancing their quality of life. Experts view gadgets as the best tool to engage these seniors […]. The article 5 Tech Tools For Elderly Health and Safety appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Is Healthcare AI Adoption Moving Too Fast?

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare AI adoption has been growing rapidly, and to date seems to have been producing worthwhile results most of the time. However, a new survey suggests that at least some healthcare leaders are a bit uncomfortable with the speed at which healthcare AI is being put in place, even if they still believe it can […].

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Cognito Therapeutics touts positive Phase 2 results for device-delivered Alzheimer's treatment

Mobi Health News

The startup will now move onto a larger pivotal trial of the neuromodulation therapy, which received a Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA in January.

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Two major telehealth orgs team up to expand virtual care training

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association and the American Board of Telehealth announced Tuesday that they were partnering to expand access to training and education for virtual care. The partnership comes on the heels of the ABT's recently launched CORE Concepts in Telehealth Certificate, which consists of seven telemedicine-focused training models.

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How Do Laboratory Billing Companies Help You Overcome Revenue Hurdles?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Most of the laboratory practitioners lose millions of dollars just because of inefficient management of lab billing services. Usually, it happens because of the lack of a sufficient workforce, equipment required for billing, and more […]. The article How Do Laboratory Billing Companies Help You Overcome Revenue Hurdles?

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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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How Can a Digital Workforce Address Healthcare’s Challenges? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/12 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Linda Stotsky (@EMRAnswers) from @Bossoft on the topic “How Can a Digital Workforce Address Healthcare’s Challenges?” Things have changed drastically for the healthcare sector over the last […].

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Hinge Health purchases pain relief wearable maker Enso

Mobi Health News

The digital MSK company is looking to bundle the non-invasive, non-addictive pain reduction device alongside the rest of its employer-focused offerings.

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Aspire Health Partners upgrades network and adds RPM to handle telehealth needs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Aspire Health Partners in Orlando, Florida, last year was facing two problems: the need for remote monitoring of patients in its inpatient hospital units and the need to upgrade its network switch infrastructure to better handle the load on network resources related to the increase in telehealth services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE PROBLEM.

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Effective Communication Skills Every Nurse Must Possess

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nursing may not be one of the oldest professions out there, but it is undoubtedly one of the most esteemed and well-regarded ones. However, it wasn’t always this way. It has evolved immensely since its […]. The article Effective Communication Skills Every Nurse Must Possess appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Hackers reportedly breach hospital surveillance cameras, exposing the security risks of connected devices

FierceHealthIT

Hackers reportedly breach hospital surveillance cameras, exposing the security risks of connected devices. hlandi. Wed, 03/10/2021 - 15:35.

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Intranasal COVID-19 vaccines developed for additional protection

Mobi Health News

Study finds nasal spray delivery offers 'many benefits' over traditional approaches to vaccine administration.

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Blessing Health calms anxious COVID-19 patients with RPM tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Blessing Health System, based in Quincy, Illinois, was facing a two-pronged challenge. THE PROBLEM. First, patients with COVID-19 who get hospitalized have an increased level of anxiety and stress related to this diagnosis. Second, once discharged, they are limited in their interactions with family and healthcare providers. Blessing Health was looking at ways it could provide these patients with a true human connection with their care team, in a safe environment, while monitoring the physiologic

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API-First Solutions Are Becoming The Foundations For Telehealth Efficiently and Scale

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Nick Macario, CEO, Verifiable. Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most well-known venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, having made notable exits including Airbnb, Facebook, Box and Slack, is often at the precipice of significant […]. The article API-First Solutions Are Becoming The Foundations For Telehealth Efficiently and Scale appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Transforming Healthcare with Proactive, Automated Communication

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Carlene Anteau, MS, RN, Vice President, Marketing, Twistle. Adhering to an episodic or long-term health treatment plan can be overwhelming for many patients. They often do not remember everything their doctor tells them during visits, health portals are cumbersome and difficult to access, and the healthcare literacy level […].

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Truepill rolls out suite of COVID-19 diagnostics, digital tools for the employer market

Mobi Health News

Truepill inked a deal with Health Transformation Alliance in order to offer its new services to the latter's members. .

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Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod

FierceHealthIT

Boosted by Microsoft's tech, Adaptive Biotechnologies' new diagnostic test for COVID-19 gets FDA nod. hlandi. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 13:04.

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