Health Recovery Solutions
APRIL 10, 2020
The CARES Act (March 2020) has considerably expanded telehealth services and reimbursement eligibility for providers, including the relaxation of licensure and certification requirements and the waiver of Medicare rural site requirements. Along with these provisions, the CARE Act allocated $200 million to the Federal Communications Commission to support the FCC telehealth and RPM response efforts to COVID-19.
HealthStream
APRIL 7, 2020
A growing trend visible across healthcare is the effort to customize workforce development to specific needs and to learners. Concurrent challenges include growing financial pressures and the U.S. demographics. Here are a few ways that these trends will manifest themselves.
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Health Populi
APRIL 8, 2020
On Monday, 6th April 2020, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has determined that the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are essential workers in our age of the coronavirus pandemic. The PM has posted an Easter egg coloring project on her Facebook page to support children (and people like me who like to color) in the #StayHome era. In the U.S., the day before on Sunday 7th April, Dr.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 9, 2020
We all know that telehealth has been growing thanks to COVID-19. Let’s be honest, a lot of healthcare doesn’t have any choice. They have to move towards telehealth or not see patients that need to be seen. We highlighted the telehealth growth in smaller medical practices. Now, let’s take a look at some health system […].
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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.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2020
The in-development system foregoes GPS tracking and other identifying data collection methods in its effort to automate labor-intensive COVID-19 contact tracing.
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Health Populi
APRIL 7, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic’s curve of infected Americans ratchets up in the U.S., people are seeking comfort from listening to Dolly Parton’s bedtime stories , crushing on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s science-wrapped-with-empathy , and streaming the Tiger King on Netflix. These and other self-care tactics are taking hold in the U.S. as most people are “social distancing” or sheltering in place, based on numbers from the early April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation health trac
Clocktree
APRIL 5, 2020
CBS News spotlights how one therapy clinic in NYC is adapting and still reaching clients during social distancing. [link]. Thank you therapists all over the country for what you do and for the caring way you provide services during this time!
Mobi Health News
APRIL 10, 2020
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 8, 2020
Dr. Jaan Sidorov, CEO of the Population Health Alliance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a network of 152 independent community-based providers, says he and his colleagues are quickly learning how the COVID-19 crisis will change their practice patterns. Even though Sidorov is a longtime expert in pop health, he's already seeing up-close how the coronavirus pandemic is changing his own daily duties of care delivery.
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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.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 9, 2020
The older adult coronavirus statistics skew toward oldest. There are more than 69 million people aged 60+ in the US. The oldest adults that appear to be at greatest risk dying from Covid-19 are not those of a specific age, but those in the oldest age ranges, particularly with 'underlying conditions.' From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6 per 100,000 of population) during the month of March indicated 13.5% those hospitalized were aged 65+.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 7, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Julie Pursley Dooling, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, director of HIM practice excellence; AHIMA. Release of patient information during COVID-19 What insiders have long known has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic: health data is […]. The article AHIMA Recommendations During COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 7, 2020
Vasileios Nittas from the University of Zurich explains the importance of technology in the middle of a pandemic, and the pros and cons of relying on these solutions.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 10, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The CMS changes reduce certification requirements for clinicians, with the aim of expanding workforce flexibilities and enabling practitioners to be hired quickly and "perform work to the fullest extent of their licenses.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
Tech giants Google and Apple are working together to create contact tracing technology to help in the fight against COVID-19. Through the joint effort, Google and Apple will be able to notify people via smartphone if they've come into contact with someone with the coronavirus.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 8, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jordan MacAvoy, vice president of marketing, Reciprocity Labs. There are several regulatory compliance requirements that healthcare organizations must follow. Even so, it’s the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that gets the most […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 7, 2020
Spearheaded by the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), the new wristbands are part of the government’s effort in quickly tracing new cases of COVID-19, as well as keeping track of active cases.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 8, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has been pushing the limits of the healthcare systems in many European countries, among them, Spain, where COVID-19 is causing thousands of deaths and is requiring an unprecedented amount of medical resources. A group of CIOs from major hospitals in Spain took part in a HIMSS Europe webinar last week to share their views on how they are handling the crisis from the technological point of view.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 8, 2020
HCA Healthcare is partnering with Google Cloud to open up a COVID-19 data portal that pools hospital metrics on ICU beds, testing results and patient visits. The National Response Portal aims to be a "one-stop shop" for all health data related to COVID-19.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 9, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Derek Jones, vice president of enterprise strategy, Deputy. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted one aspect of our healthcare system: the global healthcare industry was not prepared to face a crisis. The lack of […]. The article Healthcare Facility Manager’s Guide To Keep Things Run Smoothly In The Time of Crisis appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 7, 2020
The advantages to health and human service delivery in a bot workforce include speed, reliability, consistency and cost-effectiveness. Sound too far-fetched for your management team? We would disagree.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 9, 2020
This past week, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled a new $200 million program to help fund telehealth programs for qualifying providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the plan aims to expand telehealth and remote monitoring nationwide as the U.S. combats the coronavirus public health crisis.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2020
Health and Human Services partnered with UnitedHealth Group to deliver $30 billion to providers starting on Friday, hoping for a quick dispersal of the funds providers say are desperately needed to help them combat COVID-19.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 8, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Gregg, M.D., chief medical officer, StayWell. Technology can be harmful to our health, especially our emotional health. Those are the latest findings from Cigna’s recent study highlighting the epidemic of social isolation. The […]. The article The Human Side of Digital Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 8, 2020
According to the new Rock Health funding report in Q1 digital health companies raised $3.1 billion in new investments. However, with the coronavirus hurting the economy, the rest of the year may not follow suit.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 8, 2020
AIA Thailand, which is part of AIA, the largest public listed pan-Asian life insurance group, announced that it has launched a ‘Virtual COVID-19 Clinic’, in collaboration with True Digital Group, a subsidiary of True Corporation, a leading communications conglomerate in Thailand and Samitivej, a private hospital brand in Thailand with a network of eight hospitals and owned by Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS).
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 8, 2020
Five healthcare experts, including former government officials Scott Gottlieb and Farzad Mostashari, have proposed a plan to build a national COVID-19 surveillance system. This system to effectively track and trace COVID is a necessary first step for gradually reopening the economy, the healthcare leaders said in a recent paper issued by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 7, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Respons from Art Papier, MD, CEO, VisualDx As the public is ordered to stay home to flatten the curve, healthcare systems are tasked to ‘raise the line’ by increasing staffing, adding beds, and moving to […]. The article How Technology Can Help Provider Organizations Treating COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 9, 2020
At a HIMSS Digital presentation, former ONC Chief Privacy Officer Joy Pritts and Connected Health Initiative Senior Counsel Brian Scarpelli discussed some common misconceptions about the law.
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