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Machine Learning, AI, and Sepsis Prediction in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Everyone knows that sepsis is a big problem in healthcare. Everyone wants to find the right algorithms to identify sepsis risk to allow for early intervention. Not all sepsis algorithms are created equal. These are some of the lessons we’ve learned as even some of the top EHR companies have tried to address this problem […].

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Genentech’s Look Into the Mirror of Health Inequities

Health Populi

In 2020, Genentech launched its first study into health inequities. The company spelled out their rationale to undertake this research very clearly: “ Through our work pursuing groundbreaking science and developing medicines for people with life-threatening diseases, we consistently witness an underrepresentation of non-white patients in clinical research.

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What's next for digital health?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Femtech startups nearly double funding dollars from last year, but still make up small percent of market

Mobi Health News

Women+ funding still only accounts for 7% of the total U.S. digital health deals through August 2021, according to Rock Health.

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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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Space-bound Billionaires Can Help Make the World a Healthier Place Through Research

Digital Health

This article ran last week in STAT News – delighted to pass it along to my fellow space buffs and thank you to STAT for telling the story of TRISH. By Asha Collins, Lisa Suennen and Armen R. Kherlopian SpaceX Inspiration4, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, recently orbited the Earth for three days with an […].

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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy. In particular, CMS specifies that these codes can be used to monitor medication adherence.

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Abu Dhabi on track to operate world’s first city-wide medical drone network

Mobi Health News

The UAE capital’s Department of Health is working with the General Civil Aviation Authority, Abu Dhabi’s SkyGo, and the California-based Matternet to establish the network in 2022.

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MMIT/Evaluate Acquire Panalgo To Bring Speed and Trust To Pharma Analytics and Decision-Making

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Managed Markets Insight & Technology (MMIT) and Evaluate (a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Hg portfolio company)—which joined forces last month to become a $1.6 billion global pharma commercial intelligence provider—announced the acquisition of […].

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How Continuing Medical Education Impacts Physician Self-Assessment

Continue Education Journal

The importance of lifelong learning in continuing medical education was explored in a systematic review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Required for all healthcare professionals, continuing medical education (CME) serves the purpose of creating a culture of lifelong learning, assessing clinical competence, and fulfilling mandatory training for licensure.

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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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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. After the pandemic quickly mainstreamed telehealth and prescheduling technologies, patient wait times were significantly reduced. So what does this mean for patients and providers moving forward? Dr. David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the heal

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UnitedHealth calculator helps schools, workplaces design COVID-19 testing strategies

Mobi Health News

The calculator shows the estimated number of COVID-19 infections during the testing period, how much testing will cost per person and the number of potential false positives.

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Greenway Health Announces New Offerings and Leadership For Greenway Revenue Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider, today announced enhanced offerings with Greenway Revenue Services (GRS), which provides revenue cycle management support to clients. Due to clients placing a stronger emphasis on the […].

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Varied Uses for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Show AI’s Riches

Healthcare IT Today

Industries, researchers, and governments have only scratched the surface of what they can do with artificial intelligence. Recently I spoke with three companies using AI in creative and unexpected ways in health care. Here are their stories. Personalized Medication Administration by Dosis Over-the-counter cough medicines and aspirins make dosage sound simple: a teaspoon of liquid […].

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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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HHS watchdog: State oversight needed for behavioral telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a data brief this month aimed at providing insight into state evaluations and oversight of tele-behavioral services. The brief, which examined oversight efforts as of January and February 2020, stemmed from a survey of Medicaid directors from 37 states, as well as structured interviews with relevant stakeholders.

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Telehealth and the school nurse – with Marcos Domiciano

Mobi Health News

TytoCare's Marcos Domiciano joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss the challenges and opportunities of telehealth in schools.

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HHS Announces Funding for Public Health IT Workforce Development Program

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology […].

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eVisit CTO, Miles Romney, to Address How Telehealth Helps Providers Practice at the Top of their License at 7th National Telehealth Summit

eVisit

The 7 th National Telehealth Summit will be held in person at the Lowes Miami Beach Hotel in Florida next Monday-Tuesday with a core theme: Revolutionize Patient Care Outcomes and Curtail Costs through Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring.

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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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Virtual reality for pain management has potential, but hurdles remain

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that virtual reality can be a useful, scalable and appealing alternative to existing pain management approaches. At the same time, however, UC San Francisco researchers noted that challenges remain when it comes to adoption of the technology, especially for addressing the needs of diverse populations.

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Alexa launches service to help caregivers remotely monitor and assist seniors

Mobi Health News

The Alexa Together subscription builds on the tech giant’s Care Hub features that were announced in November.

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How Retail-Style Digital Engagement Can Leverage Your EHR’s power

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Shorrosh, CEO and founder, AccuReg. Healthcare consumers (aka “your patients”) have easily purchased goods and services on the Web for years and now expect that level of ease with their healthcare experience. So, […]. The article How Retail-Style Digital Engagement Can Leverage Your EHR’s power appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator

FierceHealthIT

Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator. hlandi. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:54.

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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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Community Connection – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/1 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Community Connection.” COVID has been brutal for everyone. The world as we know it has changed and is continuing […].

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Study: Wearables could detect flu, cold infection before patient shows symptoms

Mobi Health News

A prediction model that used wearable data was able to detect pre-symptomatic H1N1 and rhinovirus.

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Harris Healthcare’s Data Integrity Solutions, RightPatient Partnership Closes The Gap On Efficient, Accurate and Secure Patient Identification

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Harris Healthcare’s Data Integrity Solution Business Unit – which includes patient data integrity powerhouses Just Associates, Inc., and QuadraMed Corporation – have entered a strategic partnership with RightPatient to integrate biometric patient identification into its existing suite of master patient index (MPI) management solutions.

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Poll: Majority of U.S. voters approve of giving Medicare drug price negotiation authority

FierceHealthIT

Poll: Majority of U.S. voters approve of giving Medicare drug price negotiation authority. rking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:53.

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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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Behavioral Therapy: REBT Versus CBT

TheraNest

In therapy, there are many different approaches, theories, and techniques that mental health providers use to help their clients navigate circumstances and develop healthy emotional skills. What theories a provider uses may depend on a variety of things like preference, but ultimately boils down to the needs of a particular client. Some lines of thinking might apply better in certain situations or with patients that have specific emotional needs.

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How digital therapeutics can go mainstream in fragmented U.S. healthcare

Mobi Health News

There are many stakeholders interested in digital therapeutics, but aligning under the common goal of patient needs is key.

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Wide Variety of Topics at #AHIMA21

Healthcare IT Today

The 2021 edition of the annual AHIMA conference was virtual for the second year in a row. This year’s event featured a wider array of session topics, a more diverse set of speakers and a different technology platform. It was, in my opinion, even better than last year’s event from an attendee perspective. David Pogue […].