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The Rise of the Homebody Economy and Healthcare to the Home

Health Populi

As the coronavirus crisis stretched from weeks into months, now over one year since being defined as a pandemic, U.S. consumers have made significant investments into their homes for working, educating students, cooking, and working out. Welcome to the “rebalancing of the homebody economy,” in the words of McKinsey, out with new data on consumer sentiment during the coronavirus crisis.

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A New Journey into Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Deborah Millin, Senior Director of Healthcare Business Development at NVIDIA. The coined term “Smart Hospital” has been the most talked about concept in Health IT journals in recent years since the introduction of HIPAA, illustrating the plethora of disruptive technologies that is casting a wide net over healthcare […].

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What Do You Need To Work In Healthcare Abroad?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare professionals are in demand all around the world. By exploring vacancies abroad, you may increase your chances of securing the perfect role. On top of this, it could be a chance to travel and […]. The article What Do You Need To Work In Healthcare Abroad?

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UAE first country in Arab world to begin manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine

Mobi Health News

Hayat-Vax is a joint collaboration between Sinopharm CNBG and Abu Dhabi’s G42. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing app will now also function as a national vaccine registry.

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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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Housing as Prescription for Health/Care – in Medecision Liberation

Health Populi

COVID-19 ushered in the era of our homes as safe havens for work, shopping, education, fitness-awaking, bread-baking, and health-making. In my latest essay written for Medecision, I weave together new and important data and evidence supporting the basic social determinant of health — shelter, housing, home — and some innovations supporting housing-as-medicine from CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group, AHIP, Brookings Institution, the Urban Land Institute, and other stakeholders learning ho

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Why The Business of Healing Starts With Healing The Business

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It is easy to forget that doctors are entrepreneurs. They are business owners who very likely lack the formal education and experience necessary to run a successful business. That does not mean your doctor is […]. The article Why The Business of Healing Starts With Healing The Business appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Oxford spinoff receives De Novo clearance for video-based vitals monitoring software

Mobi Health News

The Oxehealth Vital Signs system is installed in a patient's hospital room, where it can spot-measure pulse, heart, respiratory and breathing rates with no physical contact.

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Does IoT Increase Security Risks in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare is full of acronyms and jargon. IT is the same. Mix them together and you have a mess that is not unlike what you get with a 2-year-old in the same room as wooden alphabet blocks. On top of this alphabet soup are the technology myths that persist – like what really causes EHR […].

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Tablet-based telehealth keeps mental health services online during the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Stay-at-home orders put in place in March 2020 required New York City-based Goodwill NYNJ's offices to close. As a result, staff members needed to figure out how to maintain their two PROS (personalized recovery-oriented services) serving people with serious and persistent mental illness. Early in the pandemic, New York State began allowing providers to bill Medicaid for telehealth services, which greatly impacted Goodwill NYNJ's ability to meet the needs of its mental illness population

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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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What The DTC Testing and Wearables Wave Means For Your Next Doctor’s Visit 

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Salvatore Viscomi, chief medical officer, GoodCell, and an attending physician at Baystate Health. As we round the corner on the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 sending the country and most parts of the world into lockdown, the pandemic is still ever-present […].

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SOC Telemed acquires Access Physicians to solidify its acute care telemedicine services

Mobi Health News

The deal is valued at about $194 million and will drive about a third of the telemedicine company's expected revenue moving forward.

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eVisit Named SOLO LEADER by Independent Research Firm in Virtual Care Platforms for Digital Health Evaluation

eVisit

We are pleased to share the news that our eVisit Enterprise Virtual Care Platform has been named the Solo Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Virtual Care Platforms for Digital Health, Q1 2021. The eVisit Enterprise platform was recognized among 12 other vendors and scored among the top for the Current Offering and Strategy categories.

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89% of digital health leaders perceive the industry as risky, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A global survey of digital health and wellness practitioners found that although many leaders feel optimistic about the future of the industry, the overwhelming majority also perceive the sector to be relatively high risk. The survey, commissioned by specialist insurer Beazley , focused on 376 executives from telehealth companies in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as mobile platforms and life science technology software.

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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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How Automation Can Provide Pharmacists With Time For Vaccinations and Clinical Initiatives

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Thomas E. Hanzel, Pharm.D., MBA, vice president of long-term care and nutraceuticals, Parata. The role of a pharmacist in today’s world is constantly evolving. While at times seen just as pill pushers, pharmacists are […]. The article How Automation Can Provide Pharmacists With Time For Vaccinations and Clinical Initiatives appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AI technology detects ‘ticking time bomb’ arteries

Mobi Health News

System which identifies patients at risk of fatal heart attack obtains CE mark. .

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Mastercard makes healthcare move with digital ID solution patients can use on their smartphones

FierceHealthIT

Mastercard makes healthcare move with digital ID solution patients can use on their smartphones. hlandi. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 16:03.

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Healthcare Fax in the Cloud vs On Premise Servers

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Doug Clayton from WestFax. In recent years, we have watched as healthcare providers have migrated away from their costly and inefficient on-premise fax servers to more flexible, secure, and reliable cloud fax services. A decade ago, concerns about security, bandwidth, and reliable Internet connectivity were still commonplace.

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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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What Is Scalp Micropigmentation?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Chances are you’ve heard the word pigment and know it’s something to do with the color of your skin, and you’d be right. Micropigmentation is essentially the process of changing the color of small areas […]. The article What Is Scalp Micropigmentation?

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Dutch medical AI company Thirona launches software for cystic fibrosis

Mobi Health News

The new algorithm allows for automated analysis of CT scans of patients with the condition.

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AMA unit Health2047 spins out obesity testing startup to accelerate personalized medicine

FierceHealthIT

AMA unit Health2047 spins out obesity testing startup to accelerate personalized medicine. hlandi. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 11:23.

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Insights Report Delivers Top Stories in Telehealth and Connect Health

eVisit

This Spring has already provided a lot of exciting and positive happenings in the world of telehealth, and The Virtual Care Blog staff has curated some of the top stories from the past few weeks in this quick read report.

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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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Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Events cropped up again in March that help accelerate interest in and ultimately benefit for older adults. One of these was the Longevity Health & Innovation Summit , which featured numerous longevity and technology experts as well as a pitch challenge. Today the CTA Foundation pitch competition is being held in partnership with AARP Innovation Labs.

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Analysis system for breast cancer diagnosis solves ‘blackbox algorithm’ problem

Mobi Health News

The system uses heatmaps to make AI decisions transparent to clinicians.

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COVID-19 accelerates trend of hospitals acquiring ambulatory surgery centers

FierceHealthIT

COVID-19 accelerates trend of hospitals acquiring ambulatory surgery centers. rking. Fri, 04/02/2021 - 16:00.

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Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Cost Nearly $21 Billion In 2020. Now What?

Healthcare IT Today

As the dust settles on 2020, it’s become clear that this was an unbelievably bad year for healthcare ransomware attacks. In fact, it was a year that cost organizations $20.8 billion in ransomware expenses, according to a new estimate. Worse, there is no future relief in sight. Research by Comparitech recently concluded that there were […].

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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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5 Steps to Streamline the Intake Process for New Therapy Clients

TheraNest

Bringing in new therapy clients is an exciting process. It means that your practice is growing and that you get the chance to work with more people. Although getting a new client is great for business, providers are often weighed down by inefficient intake processes. With an ineffective onboarding process, you put yourself at risk of losing that very same client you just brought on.

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Mantra Health's $2M extension will help expand its college mental health offering across the US

Mobi Health News

The virtual care startup will also look to accept additional health insurance carriers going forward.

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FCC moves forward with $250M telehealth program with a focus on equitable distribution

FierceHealthIT

FCC moves forward with $250M telehealth program with a focus on equitable distribution. hlandi. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 10:05.