Sat.May 15, 2021 - Fri.May 21, 2021

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How We Launch New Telehealth Programs in One Month

Health Recovery Solutions

Have you ever wondered how HRS is able to work with organizations to launch new programs in one month? This blog will share insight into how the HRS Implementation Team works to create an Implementation Plan for each client that results in efficient and quick new program launches.

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Nurses Hacking for Health and Compassionomics

Health Populi

The hearts and minds of nurses are fertile and inspirational sources and engines for health care innovation. This past weekend, and for the second time, I had the privilege and opportunity to be a panelist for the perennial hackathon meet-up of Nurse Hack 4 Health , sponsored by Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Sonnier, and DevUp. This round, the hackathon attracted hundreds of nurses from at least 20 countries and 30 U.S. states.

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The NHS needs to push harder on digital transformation

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Digital transformation was at the top of the NHS agenda for this decade – one that has been accelerated by the plethora of digitally enabled ways of working during the pandemic. While the last year has undoubtedly heralded the spring shoots of transformation, there is so much to be done to build upon this and accelerate further. Do stakeholders, for example – both patients and healthcare providers (HCP) – understand the value of digital to drive change at a fundamental level?

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Evaluating technology tools for clinical use

KevinMD

It will not come as a surprise to my fellow clinicians that the pandemic has spurred a boom in digital health and health technology innovation, evidenced by the increasing sales pitches we receive for these new solutions. Our practice has experienced both successful and unsuccessful technology partnerships, and we have developed a framework for evaluating the solutions.

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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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Telehealth staffing business Wheel lands $50M to build out tech and clinician networks

Mobi Health News

Wheel provides two main services: telehealth staffing opportunities for clinicians and a scalable virtual care platform for companies.

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KLAS: Teladoc, Epic report widest breadth of telehealth capabilities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a new report examining the rapidly evolving telehealth landscape, KLAS found that vendors self-reported a wide array of capabilities – and it noted that different companies can meet different customers' needs. KLAS also found varying levels of self-reported customer adoption of vendors' tools across four common telehealth scenarios.

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How Piedmont Healthcare turned to a mobile app to streamline COVID-19 vaccine distribution

FierceHealthIT

How Piedmont Healthcare turned to a mobile app to streamline COVID-19 vaccine distribution. hlandi. Thu, 05/20/2021 - 18:13.

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Rugby organisations trial VR eye-tracking tech for detecting concussions

Mobi Health News

In-match trials will determine accuracy of the technology in identifying abnormalities in the oculomotor functions of rugby players.

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

You’re stressed, I’m stressed; most of us have felt stress in the COVID-19 era which began in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2020. Nearly eighteen months later, a 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer update finds that consumers’ trust in the health care industry is under stress, too — in the U.S. and around the world. The first chart from the Edelman health care update demonstrates that in most countries polled, health citizens’ trust in health care was buoyed in the firs

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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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How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus, there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. Executives have been facing challenges they've never had to contend with before. But they've also been dreaming up creative solutions. In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very dif

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HIMSS21 to require conference attendees, exhibitors to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19

FierceHealthIT

HIMSS21 to require conference attendees, exhibitors to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. hlandi. Sun, 05/16/2021 - 19:20.

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Google gives a sneak peek into its new AI dermatology assistant

Mobi Health News

Users are able to get a list of potential conditions and send their information to their providers.

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HIMSS21 and HLTH to Require Proof of COVID Vaccination at Upcoming In-Person Events

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into summer, I know that many in the health IT community are watching to see the various health and safety protocols that are put in place for health IT events and conferences that are scheduled for the end of Summer and Fall. Today, we got big announcements from both HIMSS and HLTH […].

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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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Amazon in talks to launch at-home medical testing service, says Insider

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Amazon is reportedly weighing the launch of a service offering at-home medical tests, signaling yet another foray into healthcare from the technology giant. According to reporting from Insider , Amazon is considering launching an at-home COVID-19-testing kit in June, and potentially ones for respiratory and sexually transmitted infections. "Amazon's long-term goal is to expand into other areas, such as clinical genomics, and launch a third-party marketplace that sells medical tests from

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Telehealth staffing and tech services startup Wheel banks $50M to power virtual care

FierceHealthIT

Telehealth staffing and tech services startup Wheel banks $50M to power virtual care. hlandi. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:41.

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Apple releases new tools to meet the needs of folks with mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities

Mobi Health News

Despite the prevalence of disabilities and the ongoing work of GAAD, significant digital accessibility gaps exist today.

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Security Threats Loom as People Return to the Office Warns Blackberry

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent survey conducted by Blackberry, 9 out of 10 respondents reported that they were concerned about staff returning from work-at-home with systems that are unpatched and out of date. To deal with this challenge, Blackberry suggests an approach similar to how COVID cases are handled. I honestly had not thought about the potential […].

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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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Doctors provide free telehealth services for COVID-19 patients in India

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Volunteer doctors from the US-based American Association of Physicians of Indian-Origin and Hindu faith-based group Sewa International have been offering teleconsultations and medical advice to COVID-19 patients in India via the eGlobalDoctors platform. WHAT THEY DO. Over 100 volunteer physicians from both AAPI and Sewa International have joined its platform, according to eGlobalDoctors Chairman Dr Sreeni Gangasani.

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Google debuts AI-powered app to help consumers identify common skin conditions

FierceHealthIT

Google debuts AI-powered app to help consumers identify common skin conditions. hlandi. Wed, 05/19/2021 - 07:00.

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Japanese firms Sysmex and ThinkCyte team up to develop AI-powered tech for IVD

Mobi Health News

The companies will develop a solution based on a new technique of flow cytometry that enables fast and accurate cell analysis using AI.

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Payors and Providers, Not Clinicians, Might Drive MedTech Going Forward

Healthcare IT Today

As payors and providers build their enterprises around digital tools, the very nature of the medtech business is changing substantially. According to new research from Frost & Sullivan, medtech vendors are rethinking what they do as hospitals move from high-acuity and high-dependency care to decentralized models. These vendors, in turn, are beginning to rely on […].

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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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AMA publishes framework to highlight value of virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Medical Association, in partnership with the law firm Manatt Health, published a framework this week aimed at examining the benefits generated by virtual care. According to the organizations, the Return on Health initiative is aimed at understanding the value of digitally enabled care beyond dollars and cents alone. "Understanding the value of virtual care is vital to inform decision making that facilitates the shift to digitally enabled care models that blend the best features

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Eli Lilly wants court to halt HRSA from issuing penalties over 340B contract pharmacy moves

FierceHealthIT

Eli Lilly wants court to halt HRSA from issuing penalties over 340B contract pharmacy moves. rking. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:29.

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White House partnership with dating apps hopes to boost vaccination rates in young people

Mobi Health News

Users on the partner apps will get access to premium content if they show proof of vaccination.

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#HITtheTrails with the HIT Like a Girl Podcast

Healthcare IT Today

This weekend was a unique one for me as I headed to California for a camping trip. First, it was one of the first trips I’d taken since COVID-19. Second, it was a chance to get out and see the start of the HIT Like A Girl Podcast’s epic journey across the country and back […].

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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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Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health resumes international remote healthcare services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health (DoH) has reactivated its international remote healthcare offering, it has emerged. In an announcement released by the United Arab Emirates’ official news agency, WAM , DoH’s International Patient Care (IPC) Division – which focuses on coordinating consultations and treatment plans between a patient, their local doctor, and consultant based outside of the UAE – has resumed.

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1 in 4 Medicare patients used telehealth during peak of pandemic with majority using only telephones: KFF

FierceHealthIT

1 in 4 Medicare patients used telehealth during peak of pandemic with majority using only telephones: KFF. hlandi. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 14:48.

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Mental health chatbot does best when acknowledging it's not human

Mobi Health News

The researchers also noted that Woebot’s bond scores were higher than other Internet-based CBT programs.