Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health. Telemedicine is making a very positive contribution to healthcare during the pandemic, and is being used in a variety of ways.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 19, 2020

This news comes amid the shortage of testing kits in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

The hashtag #StayHome was ushered onto Twitter by 15 U.S. national healthcare leaders in a USA Today editorial yesterday. The op-ed co-authors included Dr. Eric Topol, Dr. Leana Wen, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Dr. Jordan Shlain, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Andy Slavitt, and other key healthcare opinion leaders. Some states and regions have already mandated that people stay home; at midnight last night, counties in the Bay Area in California instituted this , and there are tightening rules in my area of greater Phi

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Morning eHealth

MARCH 16, 2020

More details on Google’s coronavirus site — A call for health data donations

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Health Recovery Solutions

MARCH 20, 2020

Over the last week, there have been many updates and changes from CMS and HHS that directly affect telehealth delivery and reimbursement, including waivers on the following restrictions:

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 20, 2020

TraceTogether works by exchanging short-distance Bluetooth signals between phones to detect other participating TraceTogether users in close proximity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2020

As healthcare organizations ramp up efforts to treat COVID-19 patients, their health IT vendors are looking to provide them with tools to manage cases, analyze data and assess patients remotely. The nation’s largest vendors of electronic health records systems have augmented their existing systems over the last three months to give users of its systems more tools to cope with the crisis.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted instant behavior and tech changes. And not just about hand washing and social distancing. For the past two days, it’s apparent that the seemingly forever slow growth of telehealth adoption has entered a new, “When can I have that? Yesterday?” phase. This applies to caring for and treating the 2.5 million in senior living communities, including nursing homes.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 19, 2020

A shortage of personal protective equipment is the biggest issue right now for hospitals and healthcare workers around the county, according to the chief healthcare officer at the organization that represents medical schools and teaching hospitals.

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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.

Mobi Health News

MARCH 20, 2020

Digital health investors discuss the opportunity, responsibility and liability of investing in health tech during market volatility and a possible recession.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that during the coronavirus pandemic it will use discretion when enforcing HIPAA-compliance for telehealth communications tools. WHY IT MATTERS. Even though some of those technologies may not fully comply with HIPAA requirements, OCR says it "will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth duri

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the news that enforcement of HIPAA penalties around telehealth, patient communication, and remote communication technologies will be suspended during the Covid-19 National Emergency and will go into effect immediately. Here’s the official wording from the announcement: OCR will […].

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 16, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, cybersecurity experts are raising the alarm about an increase in phishing and malware attacks as hackers exploit the outbreak's disruption. Here are four strategies to help mitigate cyber risks, according to experts.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 18, 2020

Online mental health support is increasingly important as communities face lockdown and social distancing measures.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kristin Weir, vice president of product, MedeAnalytics. When it comes down to the most basic purpose of why organizations use analytics, it’s simple: they want to uncover insights that help them take the next […]. The article 3 Steps Any Healthcare Organization Can Take To Improve Enterprise Analytics appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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care innovations

MARCH 17, 2020

The last few weeks have clearly been out of the norm for all of us. COVID-19 has made us enter a place of uncertainty, which is never comfortable for anyone. Among the few things we know with certainty right now is the fact that this new virus is easily spread, and that we must ALL do our parts to minimize the growth in cases. The news is ever changing and unpredictable, as will be our responses.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 19, 2020

At-home health testing startup Everlywell will begin selling at-home COVID-19 testing kits to consumers. Though other private companies have been involved with creating tests for COVID-19, this is the first company to offer its test directly to consumers.

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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!

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 20, 2020

The companies are pairing their testing kits with telehealth consultations, and anticipate that their offerings will be available in the U.S. within the coming weeks.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Use of telemedicine in the U.S. has been low to date. However, asexpected, it is expected that demand for these services will increase dramatically over the next few months because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, […]. The article Use of Telemedicine To Surge In U.S.

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TheraNest

MARCH 18, 2020

In an effort to increase access to remote medical services during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has recently announced that they will exercise enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements of HIPAA Rules against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 20, 2020

Tech giants Amazon and Microsoft are rolling out separate initiatives to support COVID-19 diagnostics and research. As COVID-19 continues to spread, with 209,000 confirmed cases and close to 9,000 deaths globally, technology giants are stepping up to accelerate research and potential treatments.

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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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Mobi Health News

MARCH 17, 2020

New hires, branding efforts and academic research partnerships are all on the table for the smart ring maker's future.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 14, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. HIMSS and Forrester today announced the results from a study that investigates adoption of consumer and employee experience capabilities within healthcare. Respondents were asked about their current strategies for improving both patient and provider experiences, […].

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care innovations

MARCH 19, 2020

If the outbreak of COVID-19 has been stressful for you during this past week, you’re not alone. Human beings like stability, and life has been changing dramatically for many of us over the past week. We are all trying to adjust to the new normal, and the anxiety can feel overwhelming, particularly for people who are at higher risk. Lately, you may find yourself feeling more irritable, or having trouble sleeping.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 18, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release recommendations today that call for doctors and hospitals to limit “non-essential, elective” medical and surgical procedures, including dental procedures.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 18, 2020

The recently announced COVID-19 Open Research Dataset consists of more than 29,000 machine-readable coronavirus articles ripe for analysis.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 17, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Anyone who watches the news should be aware of the constant threat of identity theft. Every day, hackers create new scams and tactics to steal private information that they can sell […]. The article The Future of Cybersecurity In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Morning eHealth

MARCH 18, 2020

Tech company call — HITAC on deck

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