Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 27, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rachele Elasky, product manager, and Sarah Chien, analytics solutions manager, Carrot Health. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in recent months predicted both lower premiums and richer benefits for Medicare Advantage (MA) […].
Health Populi
JANUARY 27, 2021
President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. I cover this first wave of Biden health policy in my latest post for the Medecision Liberation blog titled, “ Top Priorities for President Biden: COVID-19, Then Everything Else.̶
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 26, 2021
As the United States approaches its one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to disrupt normal healthcare operations, a question continues to endure: What's next for telehealth? The answer remains unclear on a federal level, with U.S. lawmakers recently reintroducing legislation that would take at least a few steps toward safeguarding virtual care.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 26, 2021
The startup's app prices care using cash rates, while letting its members choose their preferred care by comparing the costs of their local providers.
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Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 28, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jean-Pierre Stephan, managing director, Accenture Health. COVID-19 has disrupted industries, and nowhere is it more apparent than in healthcare. Given the urgency of addressing the pandemic – from ensuring new protocols are in place amidst […].
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 25, 2021
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, David Schweikert, R-Ariz., John Curtis, R-Utah; and Doris Matsui, D-Calif.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 26, 2021
The platform provides patients and their physicians insights into blood pressure patterns that better inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 27, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Automation has become increasingly popular in business over the past few years. By automating business processes, you can reduce errors, save time, and save your business a lot of money. It can seem like a […]. The article How To Automate Your Medical Claims Audit Process appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Health Populi
JANUARY 25, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to play a role in health care for predictive analytics, personalization, and public health. On 26th January, I’ll moderate a tweetchat at 1 pm Eastern time, brainstorming the current and future state of and opportunities for AI in health care. I’ll be co-chatting with Microsoft’s AI leader, Tom Lawry (@TCLawry on Twitter).
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 27, 2021
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting in early 2020, Behavioral Health Services North in Plattsburgh, New York, did not frequently use telehealth because of regulatory constraints and what staff considered somewhat cumbersome practices. During the pandemic, New York State became very aggressive in offering modified telehealth regulations, thus allowing healthcare organizations such as BHSN to move to a virtual care environment for the health and safety of staff and the patients they serve.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2021
Flare Capital's Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19's impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 27, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Every business today knows the usefulness of having an active online presence to reach out to people. Marketing your practice or hospital means learning some complex terms and jargons in order to increase your search […]. The article 6 Benefits of Hiring An SEO Expert In Healthcare Marketing appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JANUARY 28, 2021
What is broadband and why should seniors want it? The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic – which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected , made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+) lack wireline broadband access at home.
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 28, 2021
NantHealth, a provider/payer collaboration IT vendor, and Sesame, a direct-to-patient telemedicine company, are collaborating on a program designed to give providers tools to offer patients direct access to virtual care while, the companies say, increasing practice revenue by reducing administrative costs. With just under half of the adult U.S. population uninsured or underinsured, Sesame and NantHealth are working to educate providers on direct-to-patient and virtual care, with the aim of enabl
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 26, 2021
Also: Healthify adds to its SDOH platform with Papa’s companionship services. Allscripts and U.S. Orthopedic Alliance team up to create an orthopedic services technology platform.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 27, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. There are many things you must consider first. First and foremost, what is your major? Some people go with a Bachelor’s in healthcare, while others prefer to take classes towards a Master’s in healthcare. If […]. The article 5 Proven Tips For Choosing A Degree In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
eVisit
JANUARY 28, 2021
The 6 th National Telehealth Summit hosted by BRI Network was a two-day virtual conference held earlier this week and chock full of the latest and greatest successes, learnings, best practices and vision to advance telehealth. Presentations were delivered at a fast pace from 24 healthcare leaders from nearly 20 of the nation’s leading organizations including Finger Lakes Community Health, Advocate Aurora Health, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, Thomas Jefferson University
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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!
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 29, 2021
Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: House bill seeks to safeguard telehealth; DarioHealth buys Upright Technologies Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 26, 2021
The Samsung Health Monitor app will be updated to enable these features on the Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 beginning on February 4 for certain markets.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 25, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Piyush Jain, founder and CEO, Simpalm. Telehealth is the delivery of health education, health information services, and healthcare services using remote technologies like telecommunication and digital communication. It has long been around in the […].
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 26, 2021
Industry Voices—Forget credit card numbers. Medical records are the hottest items on the dark web. treed. Tue, 01/26/2021 - 15:21.
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that four people and one company have recently pleaded guilty in a telemedicine pharmacy healthcare-fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years. The group was charged with a conspiracy to defraud pharmacy benefit managers out of $174,202,105 by submitting $931,356,936 for fraudulent prescriptions purchased from a telemarketing company.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 25, 2021
The company is currently piloting 11 women for their algorithm technology to predict embryo implantation probability.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 25, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. “We believe consumer health technologies — apps, wearables, self-diagnosis tools — have the potential to strengthen the patient-physician connection and improve health outcomes,” said Dr. Glen Stream, Chairman of Family Medicine […].
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 26, 2021
Healthcare has made big gains in interoperability, KLAS Research and CHIME report. hlandi. Tue, 01/26/2021 - 17:51.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 25, 2021
Last year, Health Partners of Western Ohio had been tasked with providing school-based healthcare in 71 sites across the Toledo, Ohio, area. THE PROBLEM. Many of these locations would not have Health Partners' employees present to administer examinations, and some of the personnel on-site had minimal or no medical training. So telemedicine immediately came to mind.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2021
The round was led by Todd Cozzens and had participation from existing investors Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 27, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It’s no secret that healthcare businesses face some unique challenges, especially in this unstable economy. And with so many regulations and rules on the books, it can be challenging to make changes that result in […]. The article 5 Easy Methods To Grow Your Healthcare Business appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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