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Is Open Notes as good in practice as it is in theory?

KevinMD

Earlier this year, a federal rule that requires clinical information such as doctors’ notes and lab and imaging results to be made immediately available to patients took effect. A little more than three months out from implementation, there are mixed reviews as to how well the so-called “Open Notes” rule is actually improving patient care.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

In the Age of COVID, over 90,000 new health apps were released, as the supply of digital therapeutics and wearables grew in 2020. Evidence supporting the use of digital health tools if growing, tracked in Digital Health Trends 2021: Innovation, Evidence, Regulation, and Adoption from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. IQVIA has been closely following the growth, investment in, and clinical evidence for digital health since 2013, when I reviewed their first paper on “mHealth” her

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Bill Gates and George Soros back acquisition of UK diagnostic technology group Mologic

Mobi Health News

Supported from Bill and Melinda Gates, the acquisition is part of the launch of Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise that seeks to expand access to affordable medical technology.

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The Link Between Administrative Burden and Physician Burnout

Continue Education Journal

Physician burnout is increasingly being studied as the epidemic reaches new and larger proportions. A 2016 article in The Lancet defined physician burnout as “a work related syndrome, involving emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment.” Affecting both training and practicing physicians, burnout has been attributed to limited resources, extended work hours, bureaucracy, lack of physician autonomy, increasing regulations on electronic medical records,

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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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Infection Control and Prevention: 10 Tips For Preventing Exposure and Contamination In Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Hospital-acquired infections are a challenge to clinicians as they increase the mortality and morbidity rate. Sources of infections in hospitals include pathogens from patients, inanimate environments, and medical personnel. In any healthcare delivery setting, infection […].

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Gamification boosts physical activity, healthy behaviors in new study

Mobi Health News

Although the results from this study were modest, the researchers note that even slight increases in physical activity can have health benefits.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. Further, CIOs and other health IT leaders reinvented systems and processes, and clinicians gained an improved understanding of the invaluable impact of integrated informatics on digital transformations and the quality and efficiency of care.

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Wolters Kluwer Launches Patient Education Platform:EmmiEducate

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Wolters Kluwer, Health announces the release of EmmiEducate to improve alignment between patients and their care teams. With educational content tailored to a variety of learning and reading styles, and interoperability across disparate systems and access points, EmmiEducate gives […].

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AI Powered Behavior Change in Healthcare is Not Just for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

Most of the stories we read about changing behavior in healthcare are about patients. Not this one. In this article, we are focusing on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) coupled with a better approach to training can lead to measurable improvement for clinicians. Why is it so hard to change behavior? Megan Call, Associate Director of […].

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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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Omniscient Neurotechnology gets US FDA clearance for brain mapping software

Mobi Health News

The platform analyses millions of data points from a patient's MRI and delivers insights to neurosurgeons before and during brain surgery.

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Walmart signals continued healthcare expansion in 37 states

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Walmart Health's primary care provider has filed to do business in 37 states, suggesting the company is building the foundation to continue its virtual care expansion. According to reporting by Insider , Walmart Health's medical group, MC Medical LLC, registered to do business in 17 more states in June and July. Although Walmart did not respond to requests for comment from Healthcare IT News about the latest round of filings by press time, a spokesperson told Insider in June that the fil

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How Technology Helps Provide Better Patient Outcomes

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The medical profession has come a long way from the days when doctors made house calls carrying little black bags with everything they needed for their trade. Changes have occured to the medical profession that […]. The article How Technology Helps Provide Better Patient Outcomes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare APIs: A Two-Way Street

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jeff McCool, Vice President, Digital Growth Sales & Strategy at Ciox Heatlh. Bi-directional APIs give healthcare providers maximum data visibility and control. Here’s how they’re shaping the future of release of information. In recent years, a fire has been lit under healthcare’s use of application programming interfaces (APIs). […].

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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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Multimodal primary care provider Carbon Health scores $350M to become largest in the U.S. and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: digital chatbot Woebot raises $90M in Series B, b.well lands $32M for company growth and CITYROW closes Series A to enhance its digital platform and open new studios.

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Mass General Brigham on the finer points of EHR-telehealth integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As more health systems begin to build out their virtual care portfolios, they're quickly finding that integrating with their EHR is an essential piece to providing an experience that delights patients and doesn't disrupt care providers. Many health systems are considering expanding their virtual care programs, and many are considering integrating their current platforms with their EHRs.

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Why Being A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Is Such A Satisfying Career

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you see an infant or child not feeling well, it can be heartbreaking, and the first instinct is usually you need to do something about it. Taking care of pediatric patients can be a […]. The article Why Being A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Is Such A Satisfying Career appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AI Startup Lunit Secures Investment from Guardant Health in a Strategic Funding Round

Healthcare IT Today

Lunit, a leading AI startup in AI-powered cancer solutions, today announced a strategic investment of $26 million from Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company. The deal, which includes the investment made by Guardant Health and also a groundbreaking collaboration between a liquid biopsy company and a medical AI startup, is intended […].

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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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Wearable tech market on the rise, according to Consumer Technology Association

Mobi Health News

The wearable market is expected to reach $487 billion in revenue this year, according to the report.

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Virtual care management growth may slow, but will keep climbing, analysts say

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new Chilmark Research report out this week found that so-called omni-channel platforms aim to become the centerpiece of provider workflow – especially when it comes to integrating virtual care. The report examined a cross-section of vendors leading the virtual care management charge, noting that solutions go beyond carrying out remote appointments.

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BLACK+DECKER Launches BLACK+DECKER Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. BLACK+DECKER launches BLACK+DECKER Health – a new product category within the BLACK+DECKER brand that will be dedicated to providing health and wellness solutions direct-to-consumers. As part of this announcement, the company has introduced goVia, a […].

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UnitedHealthcare to offer fully-insured members free year-long Peloton subscriptions

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare to offer fully-insured members free year-long Peloton subscriptions. pminemyer. Tue, 07/20/2021 - 12:13.

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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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AI-powered emotion analysis technology to help diagnose mental health conditions in seniors in Singapore

Mobi Health News

Through video calls, Opsis Emotion AI’s software will be used by counsellers to help diagnose mental health conditions such as anxiety, stress and depression.

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Virtual healthcare trajectory remains vital post-pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Like everyone, Michelle Snyder is eagerly awaiting the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and a return to normalcy. The Partner with McKesson Ventures, a San Francisco-based investment firm, however, is quick to point to one exception: “I hope … we will not go back to how things were and that we will continue to see virtual care be an integral part of the primary and specialty care experience,” Snyder said.

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A New Standard of “Wherever, Whenever” Care Is Here: How Can Healthcare Providers Adapt?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Heidi West, head of healthcare sales, Zoom. Since the beginning of the pandemic, telehealth has emerged as an invaluable part of care delivery. And by all indications, virtual care is here to stay even […]. The article A New Standard of “Wherever, Whenever” Care Is Here: How Can Healthcare Providers Adapt?

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Best and Worst Patient Experiences – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/23 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) on the topic “Best and Worst Patient Experiences.” Many healthcare organizations are starting to put extra effort into the patient experience. In the past, […].

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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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German research university pitches telemedicine as an emergency medical tool

Mobi Health News

Germany's Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen has researched telehealth in various settings and locations with different users.

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How COVID-19 forced some hospitals back to basics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the ways that health systems addressed population health needs. Hospitals had to pivot with only a few days' notice to respond to short-term patient needs, rather than focusing on long-term goals. For many, that meant taking a back-to-basics approach, in terms of meeting immediate demands. In a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session scheduled to air on Monday, Aug. 9, Tina Esposito, chief health information officer for Advocate Aurora Health

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What Is Application Security?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Application security involves a process that allows companies to find security vulnerabilities and protect their applications against them. IT teams look at vulnerabilities and use past events as a way to assess the risk of […]. The article What Is Application Security?

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