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3 Tips For Creating A Website For Your Medical Practice

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Running a medical practice comes with a wide range of responsibilities. From patient record management to abiding by regulatory medical guidelines, you have a long list of priorities to tend to. One of these priorities […]. The article 3 Tips For Creating A Website For Your Medical Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Taking stock of the sudden evolution of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth continues to grow as a crucial part of patient care, especially when supporting patients who live in remote areas and senior citizens. Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts a sevenfold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38%. The bottom line is that people want to have access to healthcare anytime, anywhere, across multiple devices and in the language of their choice.

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Cleaning Up the Dirty Data In Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

I’ve met a lot of companies in healthcare that are focused on data and analytics. However, I’ve never met a company that’s so focused on ensuring healthcare data is clean, useful, and trusted until I had a chance to meet Verinovum at the HIMSS 2021 annual conference. Like many companies in healthcare, there’s a good […].

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Local governments will continue to step in to build better networks because communities have very few other options.”.

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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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Hims & Hers rolls out new dietary supplement aimed at curbing UTIs

Mobi Health News

Urinary tract infections are the most common form of outpatient infections in the U.S., with more than half of adult women experiencing at least one in their lifetime.

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Building The Right Foundation For AI In Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joachim Roski, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton and Kevin Vigilante, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform our world, the healthcare sector stands to substantially […].

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#HelloHumankindness and Happy New Year….

Health Populi

When Dignity Health, the Catholic health care system, launched the “Hello humankindness” PR campaign in June 2013 , well, they had me at “Hello.” When the project went live, Dignity Health’s President/CEO Lloyd Dean provided the rationale for the program, saying: “What’s missing in the public discourse about health care is the fact that while medicine has the power to cure, it’s humanity that holds the power to heal.” Dean pointed to two driv

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Apple adds biking features to Watch and steps up Fitness+ classes

Mobi Health News

The company also added a slew of new fitness programs to Apple Fitness+, including Pilates, guided meditation and winter skiing prep.

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VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Veterans Affairs published a $1 billion contract opportunity this week aimed at procuring remote patient monitoring and telehealth services to meet the needs of veterans. The Veterans Healthcare Administration "consistently seeks advances in digital health technologies to improve the quality of health for veterans, increase the quality of health care available throughout VHA, improve the efficiency of health care providers and staff, [and] increase veterans’ overall

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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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Clocktree Guide for Clients

Clocktree

The following is helpful information for clients who are using Clocktree for the first time. Computer or Mobile Device Requirements. You can use Clocktree on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone as long as the device has a camera and microphone. Supported browsers. Windows: Chrome (recommended), Edge, Firefox Mac: Chrome (recommended), Safari, Firefox iPhone and iPad: Safari.

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Healthcare’s Digital Transformation: How The Virtual-First Ecosystem Is Changing How We Approach Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mary Langowski, CEO, Solera Health Investments in digital therapies and solutions are making it easier for consumers to obtain the help they need, whether it be for sleep issues, stress, anxiety or other conditions. […]. The article Healthcare’s Digital Transformation: How The Virtual-First Ecosystem Is Changing How We Approach Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Elvie launches new smart breast pump in the US covered by insurance

Mobi Health News

Elvie has partnered with a number of durable medical equipment providers to ensure customers get their breast pumps covered by insurance.

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Alaska telehealth bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A bill advanced out of the Alaska Senate this past week would expand access to telehealth throughout the state, but would also prohibit businesses, state agencies and local governments from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination to access public areas. The state House of Representatives voted on Sunday to send the bill back to the House Rules Committee. Its revised bill must eventually be approved by the Senate.

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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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Industry Voices—Not all automation is created equally for clinical documentation improvement

FierceHealthIT

Industry Voices—Not all automation is created equally for clinical documentation improvement. hlandi. Wed, 09/15/2021 - 15:26.

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Tell Us Something We Don’t Know – #HIMSS21 Edition

Healthcare IT Today

At the HIMSS 2021 Annual conference in Las Vegas, we connected with a wide variety of people and asked them to “Tell us something we don’t know or that people aren’t talking enough about.” Needless to say, we got a wide variety of answers from the many different perspectives that attend the HIMSS Conference. We […].

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Digital pharmacy Mednow launches telehealth service

Mobi Health News

As part of the new multimodal service, patients can talk to a doctor virtually and get their prescription in the mail.

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Groups Recover Together sees great success treating opioid use disorder via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Groups Recover Together is a national healthcare company for individuals with opioid use disorder. It's based in Burlington, Massachusetts. THE PROBLEM. Addiction is a disease of isolation. The success of Groups Recover Together's care model relies heavily on building a supportive community for its members. Before COVID-19, this was in the form of weekly, in-person group therapy.

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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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Fitbit, Apple user data exposed in breach impacting 61M fitness tracker records

FierceHealthIT

Fitbit, Apple user data exposed in breach impacting 61M fitness tracker records. hlandi. Mon, 09/13/2021 - 16:45.

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symplr to Acquire Halo Health

Healthcare IT Today

symplr®, the leader in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management and compliance (“GRC”) SaaS solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), announced today that it has agreed to acquire Halo Health, a provider of clinical communication and collaboration software that streamlines clinical processes and interactions, […].

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Fitbit, Apple fitness tracker data exposed on unprotected database

Mobi Health News

The exposed records included user data on name, birthdate, weight, height, gender and location.

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How a new wireless infrastructure changed the way one provider does business

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dickenson County Behavioral Health Services is a small, rural community service healthcare organization that provides a variety of mental health, substance abuse and development services to the residents of Dickenson County, Virginia. Since the facilities are located in the remote mountains of southwest Virginia, there is not much broadband service.

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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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Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments

FierceHealthIT

Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments. rking. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:44.

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eVisit and MMM Bring Virtual Care to Medicare Advantage Segment

eVisit

At eVisit, we're in the business of enabling health systems to be more efficient and effective. To do this, we evaluate the obstacles our customers are facing and tailor Virtual Care solutions to fit their needs.

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Telecare may boost homebound seniors' medication adherence according to JAMA study

Mobi Health News

Researchers said telecare programs could allow homebound older adults to maintain a closer connection with healthcare providers.

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GoPuff piloting a prescription-delivery service expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

GoPuff, a snack-delivery service operating in more than 1,000 cities, has reportedly begun to pilot a prescription-delivery option in Philadelphia. According to Insider's Nancy Luna, the company – which generally delivers convenience-store grocery items and alcohol – is testing out expanding into the pharmacy space. GoPuff did not respond to requests for comment from Healthcare IT News.

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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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FTC warns health apps must notify users about data breaches or face fines

FierceHealthIT

FTC warns health apps must notify users about data breaches or face fines. hlandi. Fri, 09/17/2021 - 13:28.

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Digital Identity in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most interesting and challenging topics in healthcare lately has been around identity. Certainly this was brought to the forefront thanks to COVID vaccinations, but it’s also become important with things like information blocking and healthcare APIs making data more available. It’s great to make patient data available, but if we don’t improve […].

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Study: Smartphone app boosts patients' adherence to breast cancer treatment plans

Mobi Health News

Patients who used the smartphone app were more likely to adhere to multidisciplinary treatment plans compared with those who didn’t.

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