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Lessons Learned From Telemedicine During COVID-19 and How Organizations Can Scale and Adapt

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Elizabeth Gallagher, CRO, Lineate. According to survey data from the “2020 Cox Consumer Pulse on COVID-19 and Telehealth,” only 28% of consumers reported their primary care doctor offered remote services before coronavirus. But after […].

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States Passing Laws to Prevent Telehealth Coverage Rollbacks by Payers

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth coverage rollbacks started as early as June 4, when Aetna, United Healthcare and Anthem ended no-cost coverage of non-COVID telehealth for commercially insured members. These organizations stopped waiving the cost of copays, coinsurance, and deductibles for non-COVID telehealth visits … Read more. The post States Passing Laws to Prevent Telehealth Coverage Rollbacks by Payers appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Expanding Telehealth Enrollment During COVID-19

Health Recovery Solutions

Over the last several years, the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) has steadily grown. Specifically among home health care providers, telehealth and RPM has proven a useful tool to enhance patient engagement and education as well as to prevent adverse outcomes such symptom exacerbation, hospital readmissions, or mediation mismanagement.

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The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

Health Populi

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare. What a difference a pandemic can make in accelerating patients’ adoption of digital health tools.

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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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FDA grants De Novo clearance to prescription Apple Watch app for nightmare disorder

Mobi Health News

NightWare's digital therapeutic monitors a wearer's heart rate and movement to detect disturbances during sleep, and delivers gentle vibrations to interrupt a nightmare without waking the user.

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How Digital Patient Engagement Supports Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Pipsa Otra-aho, marketing manager, Buddy Healthcare. Primarily, hospitals are used to guiding and supporting patients by making personal phone calls, sending letters or text messaging. However, many hospitals report that reaching patients, especially the […].

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Rebuilding Resilience, Trust, and Health – Deloitte’s Latest on Health Care and Sustainability

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated health care providers’ and plans’ investment in digital technologies while reducing capital spending on new physical assets, we learn in Building resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. What must be built (or truly re-built), health care leaders believe, is first and foremost trust, followed by financial viability to ensure long-term resilience and sustainability — for the workforce,

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Google Cloud unveils AI tools to help healthcare analyze unstructured medical text

Mobi Health News

Now available in public preview, the offerings are designed to help organizations and individuals pull clinically-relevant insights from large volumes of free text housed in medical records.

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Upstate Medical University decreases no-shows by 59% with telehealth, which patients love

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. THE PROBLEM. Upstate’s telemedicine committee was in the process of defining needs for an institution-wide solution that integrated with the Epic EHR.

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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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What Will Your Child Look Like?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Although we often think of medical technological devices as scientific tools to track progress and improve well-being, a few also satisfy our burning curiosity. A couple, for example, may simply want to know whether an […]. The article What Will Your Child Look Like?

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Remote Care Technology and Older Adults - Filling in the basics 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. But it also became apparent that some older adults who were shut out from these due to limitations in vision, hearing, dexterity, and even dementia. And for some, technologies were not affordable – median income of a household age 75+ is $34,925.

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Amazon releases new Alexa features allowing families to monitor seniors living alone

Mobi Health News

The Amazon Alexa Care Hub connects a senior's personal assistant device to a caretaker's mobile app, and includes activity alerts, emergency contacts and other communications features.

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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By Tyler Williams, Directory of Strategy, AR Optimization, ZOLL Data Systems. Prepare Now for Anticipated Changes to Medicare and Private Payer Rules. “The expansion of telehealth and the offering of new telehealth services that were not previously covered really enabled physicians to care for their patients in the midst of this crisis,” said Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy, during a recent “AMA COVID-19 Update.

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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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4 Ways Technology Can Help You To Lose Weight

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A weight loss journey can be a tough one, especially when you’re trying it for the first time and need access to a lot of support and information regarding how to do so successfully. Fortunately, […]. The article 4 Ways Technology Can Help You To Lose Weight appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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This is how Amwell, Doctor on Demand predict telehealth visits will be different in the future

FierceHealthIT

This is how Amwell, Doctor on Demand predict telehealth visits will be different in the future. treed. Fri, 11/13/2020 - 17:48.

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Making telemedicine more human

Mobi Health News

Laura Cooley, senior director of education and outreach at the Academy of Communication in Healthcare, dishes out tips to improve the telehealth experience at the Patient Experience Summit this morning.

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Designing telehealth for seniors means designing for all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Designing telehealth for seniors means designing for all Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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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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Lean On Your Connected Community of Care In Times of Crisis

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Keith C. Kosel, PhD, MHSA, MBA, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. We’ve all experienced crises in our lives. They may be personal in nature (e.g., involving our interpersonal relationships), organizational (e.g., relating to our […]. The article Lean On Your Connected Community of Care In Times of Crisis appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Why experts say healthcare needs to extend the interoperability conversation to public health

FierceHealthIT

Why experts say healthcare needs to extend the interoperability conversation to public health. pminemyer. Fri, 11/13/2020 - 15:43.

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Designing better tech for seniors means simplifying tech for everyone

Mobi Health News

Experts say that designing technology for everyone and creating customization features for smaller populations are key in making better solutions for seniors.

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How telehealth helps prevent burnout among nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How telehealth helps prevent burnout among nurses Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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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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To Protect Patient Data, Don’t Forget Scanners and Printers

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jim Cropper, director of healthcare Sales, Brother International Corporation. Almost every day, a news story breaks about a cyberattack hitting a healthcare facility. Healthcare is one of the most highly targeted sectors, and hacks […]. The article To Protect Patient Data, Don’t Forget Scanners and Printers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AMA releases new CPT codes for coronavirus immunizations to prepare for vaccine rollout

FierceHealthIT

AMA releases new CPT codes for coronavirus immunizations to prepare for vaccine rollout. hlandi. Wed, 11/11/2020 - 15:42.

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Mantra Health tackles college mental healthcare with 'closed-loop' virtual care

Mobi Health News

Backed by an unannounced $3.2 million seed funding round from 2019, the virtual mental healthcare startup has announced three new partner schools and the official launch of its integrated "Managed Care Program" offering.

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Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the onset of COVID-19, COPE Community Services, a Tucson, Arizona-based nonprofit behavioral and physical healthcare organization serving more than 15,000 clients in Pima County, was unprepared to have its staff work remotely. THE PROBLEM. COPE needed to react quickly to the sudden change in the healthcare service delivery model and minimize any negative impact from these changes.

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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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Benefits of Temperature Checking Devices In 2020

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. This 2020’s pandemic has taken a toll on many different countries all around the world. Signs of this virus entail flu-like symptoms, like a terrible cough, breaking difficulties, and of course, fever. While the other […]. The article Benefits of Temperature Checking Devices In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HHS partners with pharmacy chains, independent pharmacists to distribute COVID-19 vaccines

FierceHealthIT

HHS partners with pharmacy chains, independent pharmacists to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. rking. Thu, 11/12/2020 - 14:37.

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Medtronic launches CGM-integrated smart insulin pen for multiple daily injections

Mobi Health News

The announcement comes a few months after Medtronic acquired the InPen device's original maker, Companion Medical.

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