Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
A brief out this month from the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found an increase in patient portal access and online medical record download rates over the past few years. In 2020, the agency said , about six in 10 individuals throughout the country were offered access to their patient portal, and nearly 40 percent accessed their record at least once.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In a very short period, the novel coronavirus has caused a very significant impact on the global health and socio-economic sector. This has caused serious damages and mortality among countries, especially those developing countries that […]. The article Nanotechnology vs.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Amazon is reportedly looking to launch its app-based home visits in 20 major U.S. cities through 2022. According to Insider 's Blake Dodge , Amazon Care will bring the "full package" of telehealth and in-person services to Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas and Boston in 2021, with 16 more to follow the next year. Amazon representatives told Healthcare IT News after publication that the company does not comment on rumors or speculation.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Local governments will continue to step in to build better networks because communities have very few other options.”.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Kristin Molina, business leader for patient engagement and healthcare analytics at Philips, talks about how predictive analytics and AI can help providers manage patient flow, especially as some hospitals struggle with large COVID-19 caseloads.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
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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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy. In particular, CMS specifies that these codes can be used to monitor medication adherence.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
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.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
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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Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
I’ve met a lot of companies in healthcare that are focused on data and analytics. However, I’ve never met a company that’s so focused on ensuring healthcare data is clean, useful, and trusted until I had a chance to meet Verinovum at the HIMSS 2021 annual conference. Like many companies in healthcare, there’s a good […].
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Traditionally, healthcare data has centred around clinicians and institutions who largely controlled patient interaction. Lately, however, there has been a shift to consumer-centred systems. This is enabling patients to interact with health professionals and get involved in their own care, leading to greater engagement, improved outcomes and increased satisfaction.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Managed Markets Insight & Technology (MMIT) and Evaluate (a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Hg portfolio company)—which joined forces last month to become a $1.6 billion global pharma commercial intelligence provider—announced the acquisition of […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. THE PROBLEM. Once the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the health system needed to be able to treat the surge of patients with urgent care needs virtually so they could keep them safely at home and away from the overwhelmed emergency care system.
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
RIP Medical Debt surpasses $5B in total forgiven bills, notches its largest corporate contribution to date. dmuoio. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 13:30.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Digital health and tech can help refugees access necessary medical care and other social determinants of health, like housing, employment and education.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
At the HIMSS 2021 Annual conference in Las Vegas, we connected with a wide variety of people and asked them to “Tell us something we don’t know or that people aren’t talking enough about.” Needless to say, we got a wide variety of answers from the many different perspectives that attend the HIMSS Conference. We […].
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
The NHS is trialling an artificial intelligence (AI) solution, which allows surgeons to rehearse brain aneurysms procedures. British startup Oxford Heartbeat designed the PreSize technology , which has been used at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and is due to be trialled in six other NHS trusts. The medical device software helps to plan neurovascular surgeries by predicting the behaviour of a particular stent in a patient’s anatomy.
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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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 […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
To the surprise of no one, the new AMA Physician Practice Benchmark Survey , finds a major uptick in use of telehealth since before the pandemic: 70.3% of physicians polled say they work in practices that used videoconferencing to provide patient visits in September 2020, according to the survey – that's compared to only 14.3% in September 2018.
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Ransomware attacks impact patient care, including increased mortality rates, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Fri, 09/24/2021 - 12:54.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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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Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Industries, researchers, and governments have only scratched the surface of what they can do with artificial intelligence. Recently I spoke with three companies using AI in creative and unexpected ways in health care. Here are their stories. Personalized Medication Administration by Dosis Over-the-counter cough medicines and aspirins make dosage sound simple: a teaspoon of liquid […].
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Artificial intelligence tools in healthcare, as with any other software, are not immune to bias – especially if they have been trained on data sets that do not accurately reflect the population they ostensibly serve. And tackling bias in AI and machine learning goes beyond recognizing its existence, said Chris Hemphill, VP of applied AI and growth at SymphonyRM.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joachim Roski, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton and Kevin Vigilante, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform our world, the healthcare sector stands to substantially […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs published a $1 billion contract opportunity this week aimed at procuring remote patient monitoring and telehealth services to meet the needs of veterans. The Veterans Healthcare Administration "consistently seeks advances in digital health technologies to improve the quality of health for veterans, increase the quality of health care available throughout VHA, improve the efficiency of health care providers and staff, [and] increase veterans’ overall
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Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator. hlandi. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:54.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Women+ funding still only accounts for 7% of the total U.S. digital health deals through August 2021, according to Rock Health.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
symplr®, the leader in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management and compliance (“GRC”) SaaS solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), announced today that it has agreed to acquire Halo Health, a provider of clinical communication and collaboration software that streamlines clinical processes and interactions, […].
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
The California Consumer Privacy Act, passed in 2018, aims to give consumers more control over their online personal information. A new study published in this month's issue of Health Policy and Technology found, however, that healthcare organizations may face obstacles when it comes to complying with the law. "It’s critical for organizations to proactively comply with CCPA regulations, rather than face expensive legal battles," said Raj Sharman, professor of management scienc
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