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Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

Health Populi

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. By March 2020, telehealth channels were replacing visits to doctors and emergency departments as shown in the first chart from the CDC’s report on the early pandemic period.

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Implications of Serverless Technologies in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Only a handful of technologies have the power to drive the digital transformation of robust, traditional systems, allowing for fast pacing, like those that exist in healthcare. This trailblazing technology relies on the most advanced services to offer flexibility, automatization, and the much-needed personalization in the medical landscape. It can be successfully applied to a […].

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Medical cybersecurity: a virtual battleground that could cripple your practice

KevinMD

Imagine it’s early Monday morning, and you’re getting to your office. When you start up your computer to look at your schedule and bring up your first patient’s chart, you can’t get into your system. The next thing you see is a message from some hacker demanding bitcoin to release access to your data. You. Read more…. Medical cybersecurity: a virtual battleground that could cripple your practice originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Apple's health sharing, walking steadiness features go live and other digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: BetterUp hires a president to lead its mental health offering, and a study finds retirees that use the internet may be boosting cognitive function.

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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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MBA In Healthcare: A Quick Guide

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare management is not an easy field of expertise. It demands a lot of time and professionalism from those who tackle it. That is exactly why an MBA in healthcare administration and management is available […]. The article MBA In Healthcare: A Quick Guide appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Chronic Medical Conditions, Mental Health, and Equity On Employers’ Minds for 2022 – Employee Health in the Wake of COVID-19

Health Populi

One in two people in the U.S. receive health insurance through employers. As large employers tend to be on the vanguard of benefit plan design, it’s useful to understand how these companies are thinking ahead on behalf of their employees. With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey.

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Apple looks to digital biomarkers for features detecting depression, cognitive decline

Mobi Health News

The Wall Street Journal reports that the work on the feature could be born out of collaborations with UCLA and Biogen.

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Adopting Technology Allows For A More Inclusive Service Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Nicole Leisle, vice president product marketing, Centripoint. Organizations that serve adults with disabilities often operate on shoestring budgets, forcing spending to stay at a minimum and technological advances not prioritized. Many are still using […].

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What will the next year look like for telehealth? 'Well above pre-pandemic levels'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the rise of the coronavirus Delta variant, two out of five American adults would use telehealth to get medical care, according to a recent Jarrard poll. It's very clear to one and all that the pandemic has truly brought telemedicine into the mainstream. Use of virtual care spiked big-time last year, and remains in wide use today. And Americans, as the Jarrard poll shows, are still ready to go when it comes to telehealth.

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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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RIP Medical Debt surpasses $5B in total forgiven bills, notches its largest corporate contribution to date

FierceHealthIT

RIP Medical Debt surpasses $5B in total forgiven bills, notches its largest corporate contribution to date. dmuoio. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 13:30.

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Investment in new healthcare technology “top priority” for GCC region

Mobi Health News

According to a new report by the UAE’s Informa Markets and Omnia Health Insights, healthtech and value-based healthcare are more important than ever. But challenges remain.

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How AI and Blockchain Can Help Ease Interoperability Between Healthcare Systems

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tom Hickman, U.S. director of business development and sales, Chainyard. The healthcare industry is under intense pressure to improve its efficiency. However, interoperability between technology and various integrated systems presents many challenges that are […].

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DOJ charges dozens in $1.1B telehealth fraud crackdown

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Justice announced this past week that it was bringing criminal charges against 138 total defendants for their alleged participation in various healthcare fraud schemes, resulting in about $1.4 billion in alleged losses. More than $1.1 billion of that loss involved allegedly fraudulent claims related to telemedicine. "We have seen all too often criminals who engage in health care fraud – stealing from taxpayers while jeopardizing the health of Medicare and Medica

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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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Ransomware attacks impact patient care, including increased mortality rates, report finds

FierceHealthIT

Ransomware attacks impact patient care, including increased mortality rates, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:54.

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Farrer Park Hospital rolls out AI-enabled MRI screening tool for dementia

Mobi Health News

Information obtained through a tool used to quantify a patient's brain tissue volume is used to enhance dementia diagnosis.

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The Importance of Medical Carts In Your Healthcare Facility

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. You may not pay them much attention. It’s like they’re part of the furniture. Part of both every day and emergency healthcare for patients young and old. But on closer inspection, the medical carts in […]. The article The Importance of Medical Carts In Your Healthcare Facility appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Providence forms philanthropy initiative to tackle health equity, IT innovation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Providence health system this week announced the launch of its new Providence National Foundation, which aims to drive philanthropy for technology-driven innovation and clinical research toward whole person care, health equity and more. WHY IT MATTERS. Providence National Foundation will work with local organizations across the seven states covered by the health system: Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

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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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CMS official says Medicaid must cover Aduhelm as industry awaits national coverage decision

FierceHealthIT

CMS official says Medicaid must cover Aduhelm as industry awaits national coverage decision. pminemyer. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 10:54.

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Digital mental health startup Meru Health bags $38M

Mobi Health News

Meru said the funds will be used to grow nationwide, add employer and payer partnerships, and expand its coaching service.

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Culture’s Role in Healthcare – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/24 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Abner Mason (@abnermason) from @ConsejoSano_US on the topic “Culture’s Role in Healthcare.” Contrary to the image that “Leave It to Beaver” might have you believe, the U.S. […].

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Indian doctors group taps Eka Care for online healthcare platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seeking to digitally transform their practice, the Academy of Family Physicians India, a non-profit professional academic organisation, has inked a memorandum of understanding with Indian connected healthcare platform Eka Care. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The Eka Care mobile app provides doctors with a platform to connect with their patients; conduct teleconsultations; manage digital, physical, and ad-hoc appointments; schedule automated follow-ups; create digital prescriptions and reports; and use adv

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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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Aetna hit with class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory policies for mental health treatment

FierceHealthIT

Aetna hit with class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory policies for mental health treatment. hlandi. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 17:16.

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'The value of AI is directly proportional to the data quality that you can access'

Mobi Health News

MobiHealthNews looks at the ways companies have successfully turned data into actionable insights.

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How Telehealth is Helping Underserved Populations in Healthcare

Health Recovery Solutions

The healthcare ecosystem is experiencing many obstacles today. The COVID-19 pandemic, the nursing shortage, and the added challenge of health inequity pose large barriers to healthcare delivery.

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Taming the Wild Animal that is Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

Creating healthcare data is easy. Wrangling it so that it is sharable, useable, and valuable is challenging. In fact, it may be the one thing that prevents healthcare organizations from utilizing advanced technologies like AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics. The good news is that it can be done, you just have to choose the […].

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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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How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far

FierceHealthIT

How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far. dmuoio. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 15:38.

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Study: Social media awareness of genetic prostate cancer link lower than with breast cancer

Mobi Health News

Researchers zeroed in on the role of social media and spreading awareness around prostate cancer and the BRCA gene.

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What Our Latest Fundraise Means to the eVisit Team

eVisit

Once in a generation, healthcare experiences a revolution that fundamentally changes the way people receive care. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for the conveniences of telehealth skyrocketed overnight and providers were left to answer the call. Virtual Care quickly took off, filling the health system’s gaps during one of its most challenging times.