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It Has Technology And Stuff – Are We Done Saying Digital Health Yet?

Digital Health

For ages I’ve been saying that the term “digital health” should be retired – that it is a bit of a lazy term that evolved around 10-12 years ago at a time when technology and healthcare rarely appeared in the same zip code, much less in the same enterprise. At that time, it was surprising […].

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Hospitals stopped suing patients for unpaid medical debt after media exposure, public pressure, study suggests

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals stopped suing patients for unpaid medical debt after media exposure, public pressure, study suggests. dmuoio. Tue, 08/31/2021 - 17:13.

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From electric fish to smart device EHRs: the mind-blowing evolution of health care technology

KevinMD

Fun fact: The first recorded use of electric stimulation to ease pain was in … get ready … CE 46! That’s right, nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Roman writer Scribonius Largus described the use of torpedo fish, aquatic animals capable of electrical discharge, to heal. This system is still as common in health care settings. Read more…. From electric fish to smart device EHRs: the mind-blowing evolution of health care technology originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Q&A: How predictive analytics and AI can help providers triage

Mobi Health News

Kristin Molina, business leader for patient engagement and healthcare analytics at Philips, talks about how predictive analytics and AI can help providers manage patient flow, especially as some hospitals struggle with large COVID-19 caseloads.

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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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Nanotechnology vs. SARS-CoV-2: Can Nanomedicine Help Combat COVID-19?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In a very short period, the novel coronavirus has caused a very significant impact on the global health and socio-economic sector. This has caused serious damages and mortality among countries, especially those developing countries that […]. The article Nanotechnology vs.

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NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. THE PROBLEM. Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system.

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How digital health can help refugees access medical care

Mobi Health News

Digital health and tech can help refugees access necessary medical care and other social determinants of health, like housing, employment and education.

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Medication Mistakes Among Seniors And Tips On How To Prevent Them

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Taking medication is essential to treat some health conditions if they are taken the prescribed way. However, when you skip your dose or take an overdose, the results can be deadly. Medication nonadherence among the […]. The article Medication Mistakes Among Seniors And Tips On How To Prevent Them appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Share your blog posts with the Clocktree community

Clocktree

If you have a blog post that you’d like Clocktree to tweet or post on Facebook, let us know! We’d love to share your expertise with our community of health and wellness providers and clients. Send us a link to your blog post to info@clocktree.com.

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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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Biden administration invests nearly $11M toward pediatric telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday it was awarding $10.7 million from the American Rescue Plan to integrate telehealth services into pediatric care. The funding is aimed at expanding behavioral healthcare access for children. "The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on all of us, especially children," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement.

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Cloud-based VR education platform used to continue medical students' training in Japan

Mobi Health News

The platform can capture a 360-view of a live medical procedure, a record of which is later stored in a cloud server.

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DirectTrust Acquires Assets of SAFE Identity

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. DirectTrust has acquired the assets of SAFE Identity, including its Trust Framework. The acquisition substantially extends DirectTrust’s capabilities and services and is expected to enable new and expanded interoperability use cases. SAFE Identity (SAFE) is […].

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Use My Network on Clocktree for clinical supervision or referrals

Clocktree

Clocktree offers a FREE solution for clinical supervision and professional consultations. The My Network section of Clocktree allows providers who aren’t necessarily part of the same practice to meet via secure video and exchange documents, video or audio clips, session notes or messages. The time spent consulting with another professional via My Network does not count against the video hours your practice pays for.

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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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Stanford researchers: Telemedicine optimization requires training, interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Stanford-affiliated researchers Ran Sun, Douglas W. Blayney and Tina Hernandez-Boussard saw firsthand how the use of telehealth shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid growth in care, they said in an article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , has also inspired discussions on the best way to use telemedicine for disease management.

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Study: Participants using Sleepio's DTx decreased rates of anxiety, depression

Mobi Health News

Using a digital therapeutic improved sleep, anxiety and depression more than other mental healthcare alone, according to a study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy.

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Ensuring High Quality Virtual Care Requires Telehealth Training for Clinicians

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vikram Savkar, vice president and general manager of the medical segment at Wolters Kluwer’s Health Learning, Research and Practice business During the pandemic, nearly every healthcare provider in the country had to execute a rapid, […]. The article Ensuring High Quality Virtual Care Requires Telehealth Training for Clinicians appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Insights Report ~ Keeping Up in the Fast-Moving Telehealth Industry

eVisit

Things are moving fast in healthcare and telehealth, and the month of August was no exception. From Google decentralizing its health care arm , to BlueJeans Telehealth pairing up with Apple Health to deliver Virtual Care, there’s a lot going on. Our team of Virtual Care experts is closely tracking all the latest developments to keep you in the know.

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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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Online first visit consults high among private dental clinics in Japan, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

New research has looked into the number of dental institutions around Japan that conducted telemedicine for first and follow-up visits last year. The study , which was recently published in the Journal of Dental Sciences, ultimately found that there were "fewer" dental centres across the country's 47 prefectures that provided online consultations for first visits than for follow-up visits.

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Apple reportedly looking to expand smartwatch health features to blood pressure and fertility tracking

Mobi Health News

In the future, the company could be looking at sleep apnea and diabetes detection, according to Wall Street Journal.

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KonsultaMD and VSee Give Filipinos Access To Specialist Care for $10 a year

VSee

KonsultaMD, the largest telehealth consultation service in the Philippines with VSee telehealth technology is providing Filipinos with easy access to primary and specialist care no matter where they are located. COVID outbreaks are on the rise and hospitals are being overwhelmed with new cases. Now more than ever, patients need to be able to access.

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Apple plans to add blood pressure monitoring, thermometer to smartwatch: report

FierceHealthIT

Apple plans to add blood pressure monitoring, thermometer to smartwatch: report. hlandi. Wed, 09/01/2021 - 13:52.

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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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HIMSSCast: How telehealth will settle in through the pandemic and beyond

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before COVID-19, many practices were hardly using telehealth for anything. During COVID-19, many practices had to use telehealth for nearly everything. The next era in telehealth will be about picking and choosing the right use cases for telehealth. On today's HIMSSCast, Oak Street Health Regional Medical Director Dr. Laolu Fayanju joins Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich and host Jonah Comstock to discuss telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and choosing the right patients and u

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New platform PreciseMDX aims to simplify diagnostic testing

Mobi Health News

PreciseMDX said its new platform would allow for easier scheduling, care coordination and results reporting.

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You’ll Never Have All the Data You Want in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

As I look at healthcare, it seems like everyone is chasing the data. Every health IT company is a data company or at least they think they are. And in many ways, every health IT company is a data company. Everything from medical devices to wearables to EHR to labs to phones to scrubs are […].

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AppliedVR taps Curebase to run at-home clinical trials testing VR for pain treatment

FierceHealthIT

AppliedVR taps Curebase to run at-home clinical trials testing VR for pain treatment. hlandi. Sun, 08/29/2021 - 20:50.

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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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HIMSS publishes its first-ever report on Connected Health maturity in APAC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an organisation-first, HIMSS has published a report exploring the maturity of Connected Health in the APAC region. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The HIMSS Insights State of Connected Health in APAC: 2021 report features findings from a survey of 159 e-health professionals in the APAC region, top-level discussions on some of the challenges and opportunities to Connected Health, and a case study on how one of the region's leaders in digital health is fostering person-enabled health by leveraging dig

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Bayer Middle East brings Alleye home monitoring programme to Egypt

Mobi Health News

The German pharma giant is working with top eye hospitals in the country to support virtual care for patients with Diabetic Macular Edema or age-related macular degeneration.

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Leveraging Telemedicine Post-Op

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Nadeem Dhanani, MD, MPH and Medical Director of Urology, Modernizing Medicine. There has been a great deal of discussion over the last year and a half about the value of telemedicine and its potentially transformative benefits long term. Often, these high-level conversations allude to the use of […].