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Health, the Great Unifier (For Most)

Health Populi

As the COVID-19 expanded peoples’ consciousness about infectious disease and opportunities to keep a tricky virus at bay, consumers grew new muscles about public and individual wellness…now, “more invested in achieving it,” according to In Health We Trust , a survey report from Healthline Media. To gauge Americans changing perspectives on personal health, HealthLine conducted surveys among 1,533 U.S. consumers age 18 and over in February 2020 (just about the time the coro

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The Latest Threat To Healthcare Data: COVID-19 Apps

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Josh Horwitz, COO, Enzoic. With vaccinations underway, it’s becoming possible to envision the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel; however, the post-COVID world will have some notable differences. One such example is […]. The article The Latest Threat To Healthcare Data: COVID-19 Apps appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Reviews and Recognition as a Tool to Avoid Staff Burnout

HealthStream

Employees deserve recognition for the incredible lengths to which they are going during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of adaptability, flexibility, and providing successful patient care in an unprecedented time. Use it to support employee engagement.

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UAE diabetes clinic showcases results of tech-focused care

Mobi Health News

Dubai’s GluCare has released its first set of findings, taken over 90 days since launch. Report shows that diabetic patients achieved an average HbA1c reduction of 1.7% in just three months.

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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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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. The public health crisis accelerated “what’s next” for health care delivery, detailed in A New Era of Virtual Health, a report published by TripleTree.

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The Pros and Cons of Online Learning For Nurses  

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Furthering your education as a nurse can benefit you and your career in many ways. It can expand your skills, the quality of care that you administer, and your earning potential. Unfortunately, many nurses lead […]. The article The Pros and Cons of Online Learning For Nurses appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AliveCor aims to ban sales of Apple smartwatches, claiming patent infringement

Mobi Health News

AliveCor asserts that Apple knowingly copied its patented technology in an effort to squash it as a market competitor.

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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Wearable devices make up an $81.5 billion global market in 2021. According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). According to one insider, 3-5 million Apple watches alone have been purchased by adults age 65+.

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How one health system moved 85% of its services via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Preferred Behavioral Health Group, based in Lakewood, New Jersey, is a multi-site outpatient behavioral health organization providing adult mental health services, youth and family services, and substance use services. Its mission is to deliver quality and compassionate behavioral health services to individuals and families through a trauma-informed care philosophy and approach.

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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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Emerging Technologies In The World of Brain Injury

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. We’ve already seen the way brain injuries are diagnosed and treated improve significantly over the years. But what’s next on the horizon when it comes to brain injury technology? A brain injury can cause someone’s […]. The article Emerging Technologies In The World of Brain Injury appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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New baby monitoring company Miku launches breath-tracking tool for parents

Mobi Health News

The contactless monitor gives parents insights about a baby's breathing patterns and sleep.

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MEDITECH Integrates Genomics Into Their EHR

Healthcare IT Today

Genomics is one of the most exciting parts of healthcare. It’s also one of the most complex and challenging topics out there. As genomic sequencing prices have dropped and genomic research has accelerated, I know of no area of healthcare that’s more exciting than genomics. While genomics has shown so much progress and promise, I’ll […].

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Telehealth's awkward waiting room problem, and how one company aims to solve it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Even as telehealth has made many aspects of care more seamless, a few elements have routinely emerged as points of difficulty. Among them is the waiting room. A new survey from LifeLink Systems out this week found that the vast majority of patients said they'd prefer a virtual waiting room that allowed them to complete paperwork on their phones before they got to a doctors' office.

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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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With consumers’ health and privacy on the line, do mental wellness apps need more oversight?

FierceHealthIT

With consumers’ health and privacy on the line, do mental wellness apps need more oversight? hlandi. Wed, 04/21/2021 - 12:03.

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The VA, Samsung and LIVMOR team up on initiative to streamline cardiology care

Mobi Health News

The program focuses on the cardiology space and helps to send rhythm data back to the provider.

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Synthetic Data in Healthcare with MDClone

Healthcare IT Today

Many of the health IT innovations today are happening on the back of health data. I don’t think anyone would disagree that future health IT innovations are going to rely on high quality data. However, what happens when there are reasons you can’t or don’t want to share that data? What happens when multiple organizations […].

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Hospitals and health systems post-pandemic, and how to prepare for future outbreaks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's been more than a year since the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. According to a McKinsey report, an estimated 25% of outpatient services could move to telemedicine, which is among the necessary changes that could mean preparation and prevention for future health epidemics and pandemics, said Dr.

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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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The digital mental health market is booming. Here’s why some experts are concerned

FierceHealthIT

The digital mental health market is booming. Here’s why some experts are concerned. hlandi. Wed, 04/21/2021 - 11:42.

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Doctor social network Doximity adds new telehealth features

Mobi Health News

The Dialer is HIPAA-compliant and doesn’t require any additional setup on the patient side.

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Long-Term Telehealth Policies are Required to Continue Improving Healthcare Access, Affordability and Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider. Temporary relaxation of certain telehealth regulations put in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) was a necessary step to enabling care continuation between providers and their patients during shelter-in-place orders. […].

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Amazon-powered Data Fusion Center could shed light on who isn't using telehealth – and why

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved, a nonprofit organization geared toward advancing health equity and economic viability, recently launched a new platform aimed at building actionable insights from social determinants of health data. The Data Fusion Center uses de-identified data, along with publicly available information, to allow greater understanding of the ways different SDOH intersect.

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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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Kaiser Permanente settles employee racial discrimination suits for $18.9M

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente settles employee racial discrimination suits for $18.9M. dmuoio. Fri, 04/23/2021 - 14:45.

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Proximie lands $38M for tech that helps surgeons virtually join operations

Mobi Health News

The company was founded in 2016 by Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram to enable surgeon collaboration.

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The Value of Connection: Reconnecting in the “New Normal” – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 4/23 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Joy Rios (@askjoyrios) and Shereese Maynard (@ShereeseMayMba) from @HITLikeAGirlPod on the topic “The Value of Connection: Reconnecting in the ‘New Normal’ ” NOTE: Joy and Shereese are about […].

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Optum now offering virtual care nationwide, execs say

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

UnitedHealth subsidiary Optum has launched a new virtual care product. OptumHealth's CEO says the software, Optum Virtual Care, is now live in all 50 states. According to a transcript of an April 15 earnings call , executives from both UnitedHealth and Optum said the software aims to integrate physical care, telehealth, home care and behavioral care.

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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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Top health experts talk telehealth regulation, health inequality

FierceHealthIT

Top health experts talk telehealth regulation, health inequality. pminemyer. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 13:22.

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Australian startups team up to provide telehealth solution to aboriginal groups

Mobi Health News

The companies hope the service will help improve health outcomes for aboriginal communities in Australia.

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[UPDATE] What Employers Need to Know About the Employee Retention Credit

ACA Times

3 minute read: The latest IRS Notice 2021-23 provides additional rules on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) with respect to quarter one and quarter two of the 2021 tax year. . The new notice supplements IRS Notice 2021-20 and clarifies that under Section 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, the period in which the Employee Retention Credit can be obtained was widened to include the first and second quarters of 2021.

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