Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Good vision keeps you safe and connects you with your surroundings. Thanks to new technology, you can enhance your vision without risking health. Vision-enhancing technology isn’t just for people with eye problems; you can also […]. The article 7 New Technologies For Improving Vision appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for what really matters in both personal and professional life. Healthcare providers are especially faced with new challenges: balancing best-practice patient care, reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel, and much more. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight.

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KevinMD

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We are surrounded by technology. This hasn’t always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more “deliberate,” if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health’s 2021 year-end report found that digital health funding among U.S.-based startups reached a record $29.1.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

While love can’t solve all of the world’s problems, it is absolutely a basic human need and a positive force for health and well-being. For today’s Health Populi blog, I have curated a big hug-full of posts I’ve written over the years building the evidence base of love as a determinant of health. As a sidebar, the graphic you see here — my “WiFi Heart” — was purposefully commissioned to my web designer to incorporate elements of love and connectivi

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Germany, Belgium and France are trailblazers followed by Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland.

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KevinMD

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We are surrounded by technology. This hasn’t always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more “deliberate,” if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health’s 2021 year-end report found that digital health funding among U.S.-based startups reached a record $29.1.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It felt super appropriate that I met up with Abner Mason, Founder of SameSky Health, on Valentine’s Day 2022. While we conversed via Zoom, Abner’s positive energy vibrated over the 5,600 miles between him in LA County and me in Brussels, Belgium – nine hours apart, but in the proverbial same room in the conversation. My initial ask of Abner was to discuss the re-branding of ConsejoSano to SameSky Health , but I first wanted to hear the man’s origin story.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Experts on a panel hosted by the Digital Medicine Society and the Consumer Technology Association discuss how healthcare organizations can utilize artificial intelligence without amplifying inequities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A systematic review of 28 studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week found that telehealth-delivered interventions for patients of color were mostly effective when it came to treating and managing many conditions. However, technological difficulties were the main barriers to effective telehealth consultation.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Maybe it’s that time of year as we lead into the busy HIMSS and ViVE health IT conferences that are just around the corner, but there have been a number of interesting health IT awards programs given and announced. Here’s a look at a few of them that caught my eye. Congratulation to the Q4 […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Your patients should be at the heart of everything you do as an audiologist. These tips can help you to build and strengthen your relationships with your patients so they keep coming back and recommend […]. The article Patient Experience Tips For Audiologists appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

During the first six months of the pandemic, 13% of outpatient visits were conducted through telehealth. By March to August 2021, that number slipped to 8%.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The U.S. nursing shortage has reached critical levels with the pandemic battle paired with an aging population. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for 1.1 million new RNs for expansion and replacement of retirees. To serve its inpatient population and overcome the nursing shortage, St. Luke's Health System of Kansas City has developed an innovative approach leveraging virtual care.

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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.

GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In celebration of its 20th year, GlobalMed announces its newest initiatives for expanded access to care and support of federal, commercial, and international customers. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. February 15, 2022 – For 20 years, GlobalMed has been an international leader of virtual health with its technology platform of software and integrated telehealth stations and medical devices.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The following is a guest article by Michael Norring, President and CEO at GCSIT. Hospitals are predicted to have lost $53 billion in 2021. Finding ways to recoup this loss and meet the surge of patient needs starts with IT. Technology has been disrupting industries for more than a decade, and it’s time for the […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In a preview of her HIMSS22 session, Abbott's Jennifer Jones-McMeans explains how clinical studies can be structured to ensure a diverse population of participants.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

COVID-19 has created another health crisis in this country – a massive increase in depression and other mental health issues associated with being isolated. Further, the opioid crisis has worsened with an increase in addiction. THE PROBLEM. For Michigan Avenue Primary Care in Chicago, the most pressing need near the beginning of the pandemic was to find a way to adopt telemedicine as the primary service model during the COVID-19 lockdown, especially for mental health patients who suddenly

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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!

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GlobalMed

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The fully functional, portable solution optimizes audiologists’ time and increases patients’ access to timely, quality hearing care. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. February 17, 2022 — GlobalMed, an international provider of virtual health solutions, is proud to introduce the market release of the Transportable Audiology Backpack. The new portable audiology exam solution combines GlobalMed’s telehealth devices and eNcounter® software experience combined with a patient-directed audiology evaluation plat

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Natural live plants are effective air purifiers. NASA calls these plants “nature’s life support system.” According to the Environmental Protection Agency, people spend most of their time inside, estimated to be more than 90%, where levels of many common organic pollutants can be two to five times higher compared to outside pollutants. [1]. “Who would have thought you could get almost half a year in increased life expectancy on average just from cleaning up our air somewhat?

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The Egyptian non-profit has teamed up with GE Healthcare to utilise AI to assess how well a patient is responding to neoadjuvant therapy, commonly used prior to surgery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic unlocked new avenues to extend care beyond brick-and-mortar facilities. But as health systems have turned to telemedicine to bridge the gap between in-person services and at-home needs, stakeholders stress the importance of optimizing access for a broad range of patients. "While telehealth has evolved and scaled significantly during the pandemic, continued work is needed to ensure health equity and to bridge digital divides for future paradigms of care," observed

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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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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Mental health stigma is a serious problem that can cause people to opt-out of treatment for their behavioral health conditions. In fact, a study by the Cohen Veterans Network found that nearly one-third of Americans have worried about others judging them for seeking mental health services. While one-fifth of individuals say they’ve lied to avoid telling people they were seeking mental health care.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Sleep is important. Research shows that when we do not get good sleep, we are at risk for a host of problems, ranging from difficulty concentrating to chronic health problems. Millions of Americans have significant sleep problems, and the prevalence of sleep disorders in the United States has been steadily increasing for years. [1]. Obtaining healthy sleep is important for both physical and mental health, improving productivity and overall quality of life.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A study published in JAMA Network Open found CCBT led to improved depressive symptoms in primary care patients compared with treatment as usual alone.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Gaps in patient care contribute to declining health for preventable conditions and cost health systems millions of precious healthcare dollars. Furthermore, COVID-19-induced delays to standard preventive care and routine screenings have exacerbated gaps in patient care. Now, as organizations play catch up to understand patients’ current health status, they can’t afford to waste limited resources on inefficient care processes and guesswork.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Voice technology in 2022 – living up to hope and hype? By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). Fairly new at the time, a few senior living organizations embraced it for its home automation potential, possibility of concierge services -- turn on the lights!

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The WHO stated that depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide and the demand for curbing depression and other mental health conditions is on the rise globally. It has significance because of the global burden of disease it causes and the large amount of people it affects in all communities across the world. Recently, depression is estimated to affect 350 million people.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The virtual care giant said the latest offering was accelerated by its merger with Livongo in 2020.

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