David Chou
APRIL 17, 2022
As the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a close, many states are making telehealth visits more accessible by implementing payment parity. Payment parity requires that healthcare providers be reimbursed the same amount for telehealth visits as in-person visits. This is great news for patients who now have easier access to telehealth services. The four states below have updated their payment parities.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 18, 2022
Seconds matter in healthcare. A patient who experiences a stroke, for example, has a lower chance of functional independence and an increased likelihood of mortality when treatment is delayed. The same is true for heart attacks, sepsis and many other medical conditions: time is of the essence. “Faster response equals better outcomes for the quality and cost of care,” said Will O’Connor, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), TigerConnect.
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Mend
APRIL 20, 2022
Practices like yours have always focused on providing quality medical care. But in today’s telehealth market, it’s crucial to also focus on how to improve patient satisfaction. Virtual medical and mental health professionals are prioritizing patient satisfaction with Telemedicine more than ever before. A high satisfaction rating can drive more patients to your practice.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 21, 2022
The proposed acquisition and research partnership will add?? to the biopharmaceutical giant's growing digital capabilities and bolster its efforts "to pave a new era for digital health".
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Health Populi
APRIL 21, 2022
As health care industry stakeholders and policymakers have begun to recognize and address the underlying drivers of peoples’ health, there’s another acronym that is taking hold in health care beyond SDoH: that is ESG, standing for. E nvironment. S ocial, and. G overnance pillars of responsibility and activity. To mark this Earth Day 2022, I’ve written a brief primer on ESG for the health care community published today in the Medecision Liberate Health blog.
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Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 18, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Yoni Nevo, CEO, Sweetch. Obesity comes in many forms and for many reasons. Among the various options for treatment, different approaches work for different people. But no matter the approach, treatability and successful treatment […]. The article For Obesity Management To Work, It Must Be Proactive and Empathetic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A new study in The Lancet found that a deep-learning algorithm was able to detect vision-threatening retinopathy with 94.7% accuracy.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 20, 2022
We are used to citing population surveys to cite trends. Tech adoption among older adults is clearly growing. The growth has been tracked most recently in survey samples that compared the most recent with prior time periods: AARP surveyed 2063 and Pew Research surveyed 1502 adults. And Linkage Connect surveys the oldest, with a sizable sample of 2398 older adults.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 21, 2022
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Thursday that an orthopedic surgeon had been arrested and charged with healthcare fraud. According to a press release , the surgeon, 56-year-old Dr. Elemer Raffai, is accused of allegedly submitting false claims to Medicare in exchange for kickbacks from telemedicine companies.
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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 Today
APRIL 21, 2022
“The health of our nation is dependent on the health of our mothers.” – Deborah Kilday Despite persistent efforts to reduce maternal pathology and mortality rates nationwide, the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 births continued to rise through 2019 (a year before the global pandemic would impact these data.) Socio-economically marginalized groups continue to […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A clinical trial has shown that it can predict AD progression with 88% and 84% accuracy in American and Japanese patients, respectively.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 21, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Many cyber gangs list ‘medical organizations’ as non-targets. But, that hasn’t stopped them from executing attacks on hospitals, health delivery organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and other entities in the sector. Since 2020, the health sector has […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 18, 2022
Early last year, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, was taking note of the lessons staff had learned and the data gathered through the first year of the pandemic to reassess the organization's overall virtual care strategy and current digital health tools. THE PROBLEM. Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care deli
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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 Today
APRIL 19, 2022
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 Janae Sharp (@CoherenceMed) and @UHIMSS on the topic “Healthcare IT Conferences: What do you need?” Large and small health IT conferences were cancelled in 2020, and continue […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 22, 2022
However, researchers found that participants' tendencies toward anxiety or pain catastrophizing affected which intervention worked better.
TheraNest
APRIL 17, 2022
Group therapy is a unique experience and opportunity for individuals to grow and connect with others who share similar life experiences, challenges, fears, barriers, and more can often feel isolating. While individual therapy is a fantastic resource for children facing mental and behavioral health challenges, there is something to be said about how children learn from one another.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 19, 2022
Rural Pennsylvania is bigger than the states of New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined. Some 75%, or 33,394 square miles, of Pennsylvania are considered rural. The geography is diverse, from rugged mountainous terrain to large stretches of farmland. High-profile health system Geisinger and its affiliated entities serve 45 predominantly rural counties throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania, 31 of which are a part of Appalachia, a unique region of the Appalachian M
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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 Today
APRIL 19, 2022
There is little doubt that a good patient experience leads to better outcomes. A “good experience”, however, is a moving target that is shaped by consumer experiences in other industries like retail, banking, and hospitality. Patients are beginning to expect more personalized care. NTT DATA Services believes it can be delivered if healthcare is willing […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 20, 2022
With the partnership, doulas will be able to refer their Medicaid patients to Brave for mental health services like therapy, psychiatry and medication management.
Christina's Considerations
APRIL 20, 2022
Rare conditions, syndromes and diseases can include a really long and winding road; especially during the diagnosis period. Rare doesn't mean there isn't a diagnosis, it just means more thought and referrals for second opinions or referrals to specialists are.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 18, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Physician Partners of America, along with its founder and former chief medical officer, have agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations. According to a DOJ press release , the medical group allegedly billed federal healthcare programs for unnecessary medical testing and services, including telemedicine; paid unlawful remuneration to its physician employees; and made a false statement in connection with a loan obtai
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 Today
APRIL 20, 2022
The inability to easily exchange medical data is holding back healthcare improvements and innovation. Thankfully there has been concerted effort recently from governments, vendors, standards bodies, and healthcare organizations to address this. Key to this effort is a standardized way to measure our interoperability progress (or lack thereof). The Healthcare Leadership Council and other leading […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2022
A development study published in JMIR describes the App Rating Inventory, which aims to help clinicians find high-quality tools to use with patients.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 21, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Travis Schneider, founder and co-CEO, PatientPop. Running an independent healthcare practice isn’t easy, and few practices have the resources or bandwidth to chase down late payments. While most patients want to pay their bills […]. The article 3 Questions To Ask If Your Practice Has Trouble Collecting Timely Patient Payments appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 21, 2022
WELL Health and OSIS announced this week that they had partnered to provide community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers more seamless access to patient communications technology. WELL Health, a communications vendor, says it will offer community health centers in the OSIS network discounted access to its technology platform via the OSIS Partner Program.
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Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 20, 2022
The following is a guest article by David Maman, CEO and founder of Binah.ai. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) can offer a myriad of benefits for patients and providers alike. It can even pose as a solution to many of healthcare’s more complex problems, including the looming gap in health equity across the U.S. While RPM […].
Mobi Health News
APRIL 20, 2022
Also: Employer-focused mental health startup Spring Health makes two new hires, and Carrot Fertility adds to its medical team.
Society for Participatory Medicine
APRIL 20, 2022
Editor’s note: When oncology and hospice nurse Theresa Brown was diagnosed with breast cancer, she couldn’t believe how disorganized and unempathic her care was. Ultimately she called it D.I.Y. care, as in Do-It-Yourself: figure out the treatment process, find the right physicians, insist on timeliness. The Radiation Oncology department, however, was different.
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