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How PMHNPs Can Benefit Your Healthcare Organization

Iris Telehealth

Over the past few years, the number of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) has been steadily increasing — passing the 12,000 mark in 2016. In many states , PMHNPs can evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe medication to patients — just like their psychiatric counterparts. That means organizations can incorporate PMHNPs into their overarching strategies to help address the nationwide shortage of behavioral health providers , meet their patient populations’ needs, and decrease

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Optimizing the Healthcare Workforce with Technology

Healthcare IT Today

There are a lot of challenges that healthcare workers are currently facing, burnout from overworking being one of the most pressing. But that doesn’t have to be the case. Through utilizing the technology that we currently have available, many areas of work healthcare professionals are doing can be automated and simplified. Carefully integrating various technological solutions into your organization can lift some of the burden your workers are experiencing.

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Permanent Telehealth Reimbursement Update: Bipartisan Legislation for Telehealth Extension

Telebehavioral Health Institute

New, bipartisan legislation has been proposed to solidify telehealth policy based on telehealth advances and supporting research. Given the overall satisfaction and success of telehealth, bipartisan interest in supporting telehealth growth and reimbursement led to the submission of a bill titled, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021 in support of another telehealth extension.

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Is the Tide Turning for Virtual Behavorial Health?

Health System CIO

The virtual care model isn't perfect, but it can "effectively address the needs of challenging patient populations, including those requiring virtual management of controlled substances," according to Joseph Kvedar, MD. Source: Is the Tide Turning for Virtual Behavorial Health? on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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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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Industry Insights from the 2022 Telehealth Academy

eVisit

Part 1 of a 2-part blog series.

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A Powerful Partnership: AI and Humans Take on Healthcare Challenges

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Christopher Larkin, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Concord Technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is pervasive in our daily decisions. We are assisted by AI-powered solutions that map optimal travel routes, deliver targeted online search results, manage vital banking functions, and even guide our driving. .

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Is your smartwatch smart about your health?

KevinMD

Your smartwatch talks a lot but may not say as much as you believe with regard to health. Constant data collection from wearables claims to improve medicine at large. Is the “quantified self” the next evolution or a gimmick for patients? Imagine your sleep and heart data beamed straight to your medical record. Your care. Read more…. Is your smartwatch smart about your health?

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Health is Everywhere, and Telehealth Is Health – And It’s Personal

Health Populi

If health is nurtured and made where we live, work, play pray, learn, and shop, the healthcare should be everywhere. That’s the promise, increasingly a reality, of telehealth. We are in the middle of Telehealth Awareness Week , an advocacy program launched by the ATA (American Telemedicine Association) whose mission I share — that #TelehealthIsHealth.

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Lyfegen raises $8M for value-based contracting platform and more digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Smart stethoscope company Eko received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, and Halo raised $2.6 million for its research and development collaboration tool.

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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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An academic's perspective on DTC telehealth services: Buyer beware

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth revolutionized the way people receive healthcare since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been many benefits to greatly expanded telehealth. But with the sudden and sizable explosion of any business comes the possibility of some players following the money and taking advantage of unknowing consumers. What should people look out for when choosing a telehealth provider?

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Digital literacy -- the required and moving target for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Digital literacy – what is it? The term “Digital literacy” has been defined by the American Library Association task force as " the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills." Their definition of its importance began in the context of children and libraries.

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The Direct Link Between Value-Based Health Care, Digital Transformation and Social Determinants – Insights from Innovaccer and Morning Consult

Health Populi

Only 4% of health care payments in the U.S. are pure fee-for-service (FFS) these days. “The end of pure FFS is near,” according to The State and Science of Value-Based Care , a report-out of survey research from Innovaccer and Morning Consult. Innovaccer, a health cloud/data analytics company, worked with Morning Consult to do deep-dive interviews with 75 senior health care executives; research was conducted in November and December 2021, so these perspectives represent those of heal

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Curebase, Meru Health partner to study digital depression treatment

Mobi Health News

The mental health company will utilize Curebase’s decentralized clinical trial platform to study its treatment program’s efficacy.

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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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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

After declining for six years, the burnout rate among doctors began to spike with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine. By the end of 2021, some 21 months later, the physician burnout rate rose to an unprecedented high. WHY IT MATTERS. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that the prevalence of burnout among U.S. physicians was 62.8% in 2021, compared with 38.2% in 2020, 43.9% in 2017, 5

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How Personalization Can Boost Adoption of Virtual Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shriya Palekar, AVP Health Plan Solutions, TytoCare. The COVID-19 outbreak led many to realize the transformative value the virtual world can bring to their industries. The healthcare industry – where virtual care and telehealth integration […].

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Major takeaway from Workday Rising

David Chou

Workday Rising 2022 has come to a close with some big announcements from the cloud ERP solution. Among other things, The top three themes for healthcare CIOs to consider are: Workday is doubling down on its partner ecosystem while expanding its Extend technology platform in exciting directions. . Workday skills ecosystem helps organizations import relevant skills data from third-party systems into Workday. .

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Study: Digital, face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy both effective for depression

Mobi Health News

A review of studies published in npj Digital Medicine found digital and face-to-face CBT show similar effectiveness for treating depression.

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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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ATA hosts series this week on the value of virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. WHY IT MATTERS. ATA is taking the week to encourage telehealth solution providers, hospital systems and medical practices, patient advocacy leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to examine hybrid care models that include in-person and virtual care.

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Optimum Healthcare IT Advances to an Elite Partner in the ServiceNow Partner Program

Optimum Healthcare IT

Optimum Healthcare IT announced today that it has achieved ServiceNow ELITE Partner status in less than 18 months. Continue reading Optimum Healthcare IT Advances to an Elite Partner in the ServiceNow Partner Program at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Combating Security Risks is Especially Tough with Medical IoT Devices – Here’s Why

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Constancio Fernandes, VP of Engineering at Asimily. The security teams at healthcare systems tasked with safeguarding massive fleets of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices are used to getting a heavy dose of cybersecurity patch advisories—the challenge is what to do next. There has been no shortage of these urgent alerts flagging complex IoMT device vulnerabilities over the past few years, from the aptly named Urgent/11 to SweynTooth, GRUB2, and countles

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Study: Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery require less anesthesia

Mobi Health News

A recent study found patients using virtual reality while undergoing hand surgery required less anesthesia during surgery.

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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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ATA: What's ahead for telehealth policy after the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telehealth Association is working with Congress and several federal agencies to shape the fate of policies and payments for telehealth services that experienced a rapid uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHY IT MATTERS. Now that President Joe Biden has declared the COVID-19 pandemic over, the ATA's Telehealth Awareness Week policy update webinar explored how federal and state telehealth policies may be affected as Congress decides whether or not to end the public health emerge

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Optimum Healthcare IT Advances to an Elite Partner in the ServiceNow Partner Program

Optimum Healthcare IT

Optimum Healthcare IT announced today that it has achieved ServiceNow ELITE Partner status in less than 18 months. Continue reading Optimum Healthcare IT Advances to an Elite Partner in the ServiceNow Partner Program at Optimum Healthcare IT.

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Featured Health IT Job: Epic Ambulatory Principal Trainer

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Ambulatory Principal Trainer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is in the California Bay area. Here’s a description of the position: Duration: 3-6 Months.

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Q&A: How Headspace Health's acquisitions alter its mental health product

Mobi Health News

Leslie Witt, Headspace Health's chief product and design officer, explains how the company's acquisitions are augmenting its mental health offerings and capabilities.

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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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Inside a new virtual-first, Epic-based, nationwide telehealth services company

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems now provide the majority of telehealth across the country. However, while health system physicians are going back to their office-based routine, patient demand in many cases has started to outstrip the health system supply. Some health systems have contracted with third-party telemedicine vendors that often require patients to go into a separate system that is not well-integrated with the health systems' other technologies.

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FQHC Look-alikes: A Solution to Hospital Outpatient Services' Losses?

David Chou

There has been a recent trend of hospitals outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest patients. This is done by establishing independent, nonprofit organizations to provide primary care. These clinics are known as federally qualified health center look-alikes and are becoming increasingly popular. One of the main reasons is that Medicare and Medicaid pay these clinics significantly more than they would if hospitals owned the sites.

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Steadfast Commitment to HIE Opens the Door for Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Robert Horst, Senior Vice President of Partner Engagement at Audacious Inquiry , a PointClickCare Company. Collaboration in healthcare delivers remarkable outcomes. Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity.

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