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Simple solutions for social connections

KevinMD

When Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa acquired the company that makes Lovot, a pet-sized robot for emotional support, it spoke about more than a financial investment in robotics. The news was tied to love, companionship, and healing. It also revealed the global loneliness and social isolation pandemic. The use of assistive robots is gaining popularity in Japan.

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Increase Providers’ Satisfaction Through Telehealth Modularity

AMD Telemedicine

Why Modularity Is the Missing Ingredient for Widespread Provider Telehealth Adoption. Exciting news is coming from the virtual healthcare world: The momentum for telemedicine is reaching new heights, with about 6 in 10 patients touting telehealth for its convenience , according to McKinsey & Co. research. Patients embracing telehealth options is a step in the right direction.

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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

Health Populi

Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year. But these purchases will be made with greater attention to budget and value consumer mindsets firmly focused on (and stressed by) inflation. The 24th Annual Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) tells us that Americans in 2022 will have to m

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Study: ML algorithm helps detect traumatic intracranial hemorrhage using prehospital data

Mobi Health News

The study found a machine learning model detected traumatic intracranial hemorrhage with a sensitivity of 74% and a specificity of 75% using information collected before patients were transported to the hospital.

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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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3 reasons practices should implement patient-initiated collaborative texting

KevinMD

Medical care continues to advance at a frenetic pace, with new diagnostics, treatments, and therapies arriving monthly. So why are medical communications still stuck in the 20th century? Despite the ubiquitous presence of smartphones among consumers of all ages, medical practices still use one-to-one telephone calls as the primary communications vehicle.

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In a Heat Wave (and Heating Up Prices), Ice Cream and Health Top of Mind – McKinsey Update

Health Populi

With temperatures over 90 degrees in Brussels today, In Chez S-Kahn, we’ve got fans running, iced coffee brewing, and ice cream on our minds. Thanks to McKinsey, there’s a new report informing my perspective on the ice cream and yogurt market with a lens on wellness and values. McKinsey advises us on How to stay cool as competition heats up in ice cream and yogurt.

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WSJ: Digital mental health company Cerebral under investigation by FTC

Mobi Health News

According to the Wall Street Journal's reporting, the Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the startup was involved in deceptive or unfair marketing or advertising practices.

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The cost of cosmetic procedures resulting in short-term disabilities

KevinMD

In a viral video shared on Twitter in 2021, we see a line of women waiting to board a flight from Santo Domingo to Atlanta. Airline staff in safety vests stand around the women, all of whom are sitting—in wheelchairs. These women had recently undergone the popular Brazilian butt lift or “BBL” surgery, where fat. Read more…. The cost of cosmetic procedures resulting in short-term disabilities originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many healthcare consumers today are disconnecting from traditional primary care, since the current experience is not meeting consumers' expectations, some industry observers say. When consumers disengage, the promise of traditional primary care cannot be realized. The situation results in increased ER and urgent care usage, undiagnosed chronic conditions, unmet mental health needs, and other problems, they add.

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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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The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

Health Populi

Among the many lessons we should and must take emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding and addressing the caregiver shortage-cum-crisis will be crucial to building back a stronger national economy and financially viable households across the U.S. And if you thought robots, AI and the platforming of health care would solve the shortage of caregivers, forget it.

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Alimetry gets FDA clearance for wearable gut disorder test

Mobi Health News

The company has also launched a distribution unit in the United States.

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The health care system will cause its own physician shortage

KevinMD

A quarter of a million dollars — that’s the amount of debt the average medical student in the United States owes after completing medical school. After all the late nights studying, the endless exams and selfless sacrifice, it’s human nature to expect a historically stable career as the reward — right? I mean, weren’t we. Read more….

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Falling short on solving the care crisis, now and in the future

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. Boston Consulting Group analyzed the care crisis recently asserts that the lack of paid or unpaid care workers to provide care of children or aging parents may prevent them from filling unfilled jobs, noting the 99 million people today who are not in the workforce. y do an interesting analysis built around the premise that some people who could work do not because of care responsibilities.

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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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Cyberattacks Threaten Patients’ Lives In Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In recent years, the global healthcare industry has been under heavy attack by cybercriminals. The sector stands in fourth place among the most targeted industries, and one-fifth of its spending is dedicated to cybersecurity. The […]. The article Cyberattacks Threaten Patients’ Lives In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Swing Therapeutics scores $10.3M to support fibromyalgia DTx clinical trial

Mobi Health News

The startup's smartphone-administered digital therapeutic for fibromyalgia received FDA Breakthrough Device designation last year.

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Gender inequality is making burnout worse [PODCAST]

KevinMD

“If we want to alleviate the fatigue and frustration women physicians are experiencing, we can always start by solving two old problems: (1) All doctors need fewer bureaucratic tasks forced upon them, and (2) women physicians must be able to work in environments free of harassment and discrimination. There’s yet another solution … Read more… Gender inequality is making burnout worse [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Prior Auth, COVID Times, Health Startups – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you’ve had a great week and are ready for an amazing weekend. We’re back again with another edition of Fun Friday where we hope to give you a laugh and make you smile as the perfect way to start the weekend. We’ve got some pretty good entries this week including […].

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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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The Solution To Rising Healthcare Wait Times

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rebecca Chi, chief client experience officer, AristaMD. Accessing specialty medical care shouldn’t be difficult, yet 27% of people in the U.S. wait one month or more to see healthcare specialists. A survey by AristaMD of […]. The article The Solution To Rising Healthcare Wait Times appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Aidoc raises $110M to expand AI-enabled imaging platform

Mobi Health News

The round comes nearly a year after the company announced a $66 million Series C.

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Eating disorder myths debunked [PODCAST]

KevinMD

“When people think of eating disorders, the image is often of an emaciated, white teenage girl in the hospital hooked up to feeding tubes. In fact, eating disorders are varied in how they present in a person, and they certainly do not ‘look’ a certain way. Eating disorders occur in all cultures, … Read more… Eating disorder myths debunked [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Has AI Finally Arrived in Healthcare? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 90

Healthcare IT Today

For the 90th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re asking the question Has AI Finally Arrived in Healthcare? We’ve been hearing about the potential benefits of AI in healthcare for a long time. In this episode we dive into where we’re at when it comes to AI in healthcare. Is it still all a […] For the 90th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we're asking the question Has AI Finally Arrived in Healthcare?

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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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HHS puts out new notice on audio-only telehealth and HIPAA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued new guidance describing how HIPAA covered entities can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth services. WHY IT MATTERS. The goal is to ensure such communications are conducted consistent with the applicable requirements of the HIPAA's Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules – especially when OCR's Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth e

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Walgreens clinical trial business looks to engage more diverse communities

Mobi Health News

The company is leveraging its own portfolio and partner digital assets to directly engage patients at home, virtually or in-person.

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Flip the axis: Primary care rotations

KevinMD

Primary care is foundational to the U.S. health system, but not enough students are entering the field. Whether students are interested in medicine, nursing, social work or pharmacy — it is critical that we share the exciting aspects of primary care and then adequately prepare them to work in the field. High loan burden and. Read more…. Flip the axis: Primary care rotations originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Leading the Future of Healthcare Communication

Healthcare IT Today

When I look at the state of communication in healthcare, I can see that we’ve made a lot of progress. Certainly, there’s still plenty of work to be done, but the good news is that now we have electronic options when it comes to communicating healthcare data between organizations. This wasn’t really true even a […].

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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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Assessing the success of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cognitive behavioral therapy, known more commonly in psychological circles as CBT, can lead to great success in changing problematic thinking and behavior in patients. "Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness," according to the American Psychological Association.

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Bangladeshi startup Doctor Koi scores $500,000 in seed funding for prescription writing software

Mobi Health News

The company plans to bring its technology to 10,000 more doctors in the country.

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Thoughts of a retired physician [PODCAST]

KevinMD

“COVID-19 melted down the world at a very inopportune time in history. Just as medicine was getting a handle on previously intractable conditions, from sophisticated diabetes management to less invasive surgical procedures, a new threat that devastates our population with few good treatments overwhelms health care. Medical workers come to the rescue, … Read more… Thoughts of a retired physician [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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