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Top Three Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring Among Pregnant Patients

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Many health care industries paved their way to improve health care in the digital age. The rise of telehealth and remote patient monitoring are becoming more inevitable as it promotes more engagement among patients and health care providers. Will pregnant patients benefit from RPM as well? Originally intended for chronic patients, telehealth has expanded its services to more specialties in medicine.

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River Valley Counseling Center boosts productivity and experience with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

River Valley counseling Center's Holyoke Clinic in Holyoke, Massachusetts, always was trying to make ends meet with its technology. THE PROBLEM. Its efforts to revamp and improve its technology were merely trial and error. Staff were putting band-aids on their technologies, struggling to figure out what the root of the issues were when disruptions would occur.

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Do Patients Want Their Health Info? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 6/3 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Do Patients Want Their Health Info?” Many patients have worked really hard in order to access their health data. The government […].

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Q&A: What will it take to reform the 'massively broken' rural healthcare system?

Mobi Health News

Homeward CEO Dr. Dr. Jennifer Schneider discusses the startup's new partnership with Rite Aid, how their model works and why value-based care is paramount for rural communities.

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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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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

Health Populi

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America.

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Lightbeam Acquires Jvion AI and SDoH Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., the leader in end-to-end population health management solutions and services, today announced it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets related to Jvion, Inc., including Jvion’s market-leading AI-enabled prescriptive analytics and social determinants of health (SDoH) solutions. The strategic acquisition combines Lightbeam’s health analytics and outcomes […].

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Hinge Health appoints Mario Queiroz as chief product officer and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Mental health chatbot Woebot Health brings on Moses Ike as the company's first chief financial officer, and digital neurotherapeutic maker MindMaze announces a slew of new leadership hires.

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A New Chevy Equinox SUV, a Year in Grad School, or Health Care for Four – The 2022 Milliman Medical Index

Health Populi

A new Chevy Equinox SUV, a year in an MS program in kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran U., or health care for a family of four. At $30,260, you could pick one of these three options. Welcome to this year’s 2022 Milliman Medical Index , which annually calculates the health care costs for a median family of 4 in the U.S. I perennially select two alternative purchases for you to consider aligning with the MMI medical index.

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From Medical Alert to RPM – old marketing and products are obsolete

Aging in Place Technology Watch

PERS Insider helpfully listed the most common PERS Google searches. The result was bleak and informative. Their website identifies the top item (16,000 searches, results with ads) as a ‘medical alert bracelet'. Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought in everywhere, these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine health issue in an emergency.

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Transform Clinical Communication With Role-based Messaging

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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AliveCor KardiaMobile Card Review

Healthcare IT Today

Ever since I’ve started covering the varying wearables and health sensors that were hitting the market, I’ve learned how so many of them just aren’t medically relevant and so most doctors don’t care about that direct to consumer wearable data. The exception to this has been the various AliveCor products which provide medically relevant EKG […].

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Direct primary care startup Hint Health raises $45M and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: Autism-focused SpectrumAi and cancer clinical trial platform Massive Bio both scooped up $9 million.

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The Health of Older Americans in 2022 – Risks from the Pandemic, Isolation, and Social Determinants

Health Populi

For millions of older people in America, health and well-being got worse in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical, mental and behavioral health took hits, depending on one’s living situation, social determinants of health risks, and even health plan, I write in the Medecision Liberate Health blog. In this essay on health disparities and equity for older adults, I weave together new data from, The United Health Foundation’s study on seniors’ health status in America’

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10 Signs It’s Time to Expand Your Telepsychiatry Program

Iris Telehealth

The demand for telehealth continues to grow, and if you’re an organization utilizing a virtual behavioral health solution like telepsychiatry, you understand the value of this platform first-hand. By the numbers, 96% of behavioral health providers think telehealth has proven its worth as a therapeutic tool during the pandemic, and 59% of patients say they would use telehealth for mental healthcare.

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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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Memorial Day

Healthcare IT Today

We hope that all of you are having a great Memorial Day. At Healthcare IT Today, we’ve taken the day off to enjoy time with family and to take time to remember those who passed away. While I know Memorial Day can be a hard day for many, it’s always been one of joy for […].

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Toku Eyes launches AI retinal health scanner in the US

Mobi Health News

The AI platform can predict a person's risk of having a stroke or a heart attack in the next five years.

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Pondering War, Peace, Democracy and Dad on Memorial Day, 2022

Health Populi

My father, Charles Sarasohn, was a member of the U.S. Army serving as a Jungleer in World War II. He fought in the Pacific Theatre, in New Guinea and the Philippines. Dad’s the one on the right, holding what was a cheeky pin-up drawing. The root of the noun “Jungleer” is “jungle.” Dad carried a long gun with a bayonet on the end, a sort of small sword he and his Best Generation Band of Brothers in the 41st Infantry Division of the U.S, Army used to slash their way t

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There's broad-based support to stop telehealth cliff

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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Ordr Secures $40 Million in Series C Funding to Answer Increased Demand for Connected Device Security

Healthcare IT Today

Rising Threat of Data Breaches and Ransomware Attacks Drives Need for Complete and Accurate Real-Time Information About Devices and Their Risks Ordr has raised an additional $40 million to meet the growing need for organizations to understand, manage, and secure the growing number of connected devices in their environment, including Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), […].

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Study: Therapists serving Medicaid patients, couples and families less likely to continue teletherapy

Mobi Health News

Researchers found therapists with a higher percentage of clients from lower socioeconomic status groups, patients on Medicaid and families were less likely to keep using telehealth after the pandemic.

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Barriers to Rural Healthcare

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

According to CDC , people in the rural areas of the United States are more likely to die too soon from the five leading causes of death—heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke — in comparison to people in urbanized areas. . Let’s investigate the different barriers encountered in rural health care: First, people in rural areas are less likely to be tested with chronic conditions.

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Planning for the Next Phase of Telehealth: Scenarios

Joseph C. Kvedar, MD – Reinventing Healthcare

Dealing with COVID-19 has been a true game of whack-a-mole for all healthcare stakeholders. Here in the U.S., so much of telehealth’s penetration into care delivery is dependent on the state of the public health emergency, during which flexibilities put in place by the Administration have enabled utilization through generous reimbursement.

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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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Ordering TEFCA, Mentorship, and National Donut Day – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! Is summer finally here? It feels like it for me since my kids are out of school and the temperatures in Las Vegas are starting to heat up. No complaints though since I love my children and it’s been a milder start to June than some years. We hope you’ve had a […].

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Hybrid provider Carbon Health lays off 250 employees

Mobi Health News

CEO Eren Bali said the company was winding down some of its COVID-19-related services and plans to shift its focus from growth to profitability.

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BD Pyxis™ Products with Default Credentials May Pose a Security Threat

David Chou

Healthcare providers using certain BD Pyxis™ products may be at risk for security breaches, as some of these products were installed with default credentials that threat actors could exploit. If your organization uses any of the following BD Pyxis™ products, you may be impacted: BD Pyxis™ Anesthesia Station ES. BD Pyxis™ CIISafe. BD Pyxis™ Logistics.

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Telecardiology – a quick overview and a list of AI-integrated providers

Digital Health Hub

Due to the complex nature of cardiological conditions, telecardiology is becoming a much used modality for obtaining specialist second opinion or for providing care to people in remote locations. In the simplest form of telecardiology, a 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is used in the transmitting center, such as a primary care provider’s office or a rural clinic.

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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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Medical Coding The Optimal Solution Is A Hybrid Approach With Deep Learning And AI Automation

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Andrew Lockhart, Co-founder and CEO of Fathom. The healthcare industry continues to evolve to serve patients, and with every advance, the system becomes more complex. This complexity is often evident in the medical codes for healthcare encounters. For example, ICD-10 has 69,000+ diagnostic codes, which is over four […].

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Rural health startup Homeward partners with Rite Aid for senior care

Mobi Health News

Rite Aid pharmacists will be able to send patients to Homeward for wellness visits, screenings and risk assessments.

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How SteadyMD is Powering COVID-19 Test to Treat Programs for State Governments and Leading Healthcare Organizations

SteadyMD

In March of 2021, we proudly honored the efforts of SteadyMD’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Josh Emdur, for the proactive leadership and ingenuity he exhibited as a volunteer for the Colorado Innovation Response Team at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. While leading our own medical and technology teams through the complex changes and challenges sparked by the pandemic, Dr.