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HIMSS21 tech news: New conversational AI, IT-enabled home diagnostic testing

Healthcare It News

Orbita, a vendor of secure voice and chatbot virtual-assistant solutions for healthcare, has launched an upgrade to its conversational AI platform for healthcare, along with deployments with four healthcare organizations using Orbita to power automated patient engagement and support. Orbita's new Solution Center is an integrated system for quickly deploying secure, scalable, omnichannel voice and chatbot virtual assistants for healthcare's digital front door.

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How Modernizing Traditional Payroll Can Help Heal the Healthcare Staffing Crisis

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Brian Radin, president, Comdata Prepaid. Employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 15% over the next few years, adding nearly 2.4 million jobs. Yet, there is no end in sight to the nation-wide […]. The article How Modernizing Traditional Payroll Can Help Heal the Healthcare Staffing Crisis appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

As connected devices proliferate within health care enterprises and across the health care ecosystem, cybersecurity risks abound. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health care sector was profoundly affected by cyber-attacks on connected devices, we learn in the report, Rise of the Machines 2021: State of Connected Devices – IT, IoT, IoMT and OT from Ordr.

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Legislators at HIMSS21 point to telehealth as key pandemic-era tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Florida and Rhode Island aren't all that similar when it comes to population size or state politics. But what they do have in common, said two legislators who co-presented at a HIMSS21 session on Thursday, is a telehealth strategy that proved to be wildly popular among residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a multi-decade legislator, Rhode Island Rep.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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What’s a Cable Company Doing at HIMSS21?

Healthcare IT Today

Cox Business, the B2B technology division of cable provider Cox Communications, is aiming to make more inroads in healthcare. They are doubling down on front-of-the-house technologies that impact clinical care vs back-end infrastructure. They are smartly growing their healthcare capabilities which were on full display at #HIMSS21 Non-traditional Vendors Every year at the HIMSS conference, […].

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The future of aging technology and care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The rising number of seniors and the rising cost of care are making technologies that can provide services like remote care delivery critically important, requiring a focus on innovation to keep costs down. Brian Hozler, CEO of Lacuna Health, Sherwin Sheik, CEO of CareLinx, and Sumit Nagpal, CEO of Cherish Health — in a panel moderated by Justin Gernot, vice president of Healthbox — agree that “healthcare is coming home,” which means using digital tools to identify rising

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Integrating clinical, claims data key in one Delaware organization's response to COVID-19

Healthcare It News

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4 Areas of Focus to More Intentionally Support Women Become Healthcare IT Leaders

Healthcare IT Today

While I’ll admit that as a man this is a hard topic for me to write about. I also acknowledge that it’s an important topic for me and others in the health IT community to talk about. In fact, the reality that this topic is uncomfortable or at least challenging to talk about illustrates why […].

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Why femtech needs to move past reproductive healthcare

Mobi Health News

Women face a lack of digital health options for menopause and senior care.

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HIMSS21 Day 2 on HIMSS TV

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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COVID-19 shined light on new opportunities for public health on social media

Mobi Health News

At an UpNext panel at HIMSS 21 Digital, health leaders at Facebook, YouTube and CBS News discussed the lessons learned from a year and a half of COVID-19.

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HIMSS21 Day 3 on HIMSS TV

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Fujifilm gets Japan's nod for AI chest x-ray software

Mobi Health News

The diagnostic software runs on Lunit's AI technology to spot major abnormal findings.

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Olive Enters the Clearinghouse Business and Eliminates Traditional Transaction Fees to Align Incentives with Customers

Healthcare IT Today

With more than 900 U.S. hospital customers, Olive adds a clearinghouse to the Internet of Healthcare for providers and payers to ease administrative costs with automation Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, today added a full service clearinghouse to its offerings through its acquisition of Healthcare IP, a leader in revenue cycle […].

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Despite diversity and inclusion efforts, health IT still has a long way to go in workplace equity

Mobi Health News

HIMSS’ Most Influential Women in Health IT Award recipients come together to talk about gender, race and equity in the workplace.

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CMS.gov - Untitled Article

CMS.gov

Note: This blog was originally posted on HealthAffairs.org on August 12, 2021. Excerpt: As incoming leaders at CMS under a new administration, we have taken stock of lessons learned from the first ten years of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s operation and begun to chart a path for the next ten years of value-based care.

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Malaysian digital health platform BookDoc joins Pfizer on mental health campaign

Mobi Health News

Resources on mental health illnesses and self-care were made available via the BookDoc platform.

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To democratize healthcare, we must democratize innovation

Healthcare It News

Too often, tools aimed at solving a health crisis don't appear to center the needs of those most affected by that crisis. "You can develop the most innovative, AI-based type of solution, rooted in some type of digital platform," said Dr. Azizi Seixas during a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital session on Wednesday. But if people can't use that software, he continued, "that particular innovation is for nought.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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.

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Live Now: Watch HIMSS TV at HIMSS21

Mobi Health News

See healthcare IT industry luminaries at our interview desk and watch our roving reporters deliver news and views from the show floor, keynotes and panels live right now until 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

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