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How hospitals should engage in the 'information war'

Healthcare It News

A report out this week from Boston Digital examines the role that original digital libraries of health topics can play in hospitals' web-traffic performance. Among the top 20 U.S. hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report , 68% of all search traffic comes purely from health information content, said the report. "Hospital sites with comprehensive health content libraries are earning exponentially more traffic than those without them," wrote Philip Chevalier, director of s

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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. After the pandemic quickly mainstreamed telehealth and prescheduling technologies, patient wait times were significantly reduced. So what does this mean for patients and providers moving forward? Dr. David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the heal

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Varied Uses for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Show AI’s Riches

Healthcare IT Today

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 […].

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Virtual reality for pain management has potential, but hurdles remain

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that virtual reality can be a useful, scalable and appealing alternative to existing pain management approaches. At the same time, however, UC San Francisco researchers noted that challenges remain when it comes to adoption of the technology, especially for addressing the needs of diverse populations.

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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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Poll: Majority of U.S. voters approve of giving Medicare drug price negotiation authority

Fierce Healthcare

Poll: Majority of U.S. voters approve of giving Medicare drug price negotiation authority. rking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:53.

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Alexa launches service to help caregivers remotely monitor and assist seniors

Mobi Health News

The Alexa Together subscription builds on the tech giant’s Care Hub features that were announced in November.

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Caretaker Medical lands FDA clearance for remote blood pressure monitoring system

Mobi Health News

The system can stream the data into an EHR, mobile app, cloud portal or integrated monitoring system.

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Labor shortages in healthcare expected to rise as demand grows, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Labor shortages in healthcare expected to rise as demand grows, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 16:45.

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Apple study finds Watch can detect more types of irregular heartbeats

Mobi Health News

The most common arrhythmias detected were premature atrial contractions, premature ventricular contractions, atrial tachycardia and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia.

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Verily's Onduo inks partnership with Fitbit to integrate fitness trackers with virtual clinic

Fierce Healthcare

Verily's Onduo inks partnership with Fitbit to integrate fitness trackers with virtual clinic. hlandi. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 20:14.

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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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Women's healthcare startup Tia secures $100M for company growth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Health systems-backed Truveta lands investment from Microsoft, cloud partnership

Fierce Healthcare

Health systems-backed Truveta lands investment from Microsoft, cloud partnership. hlandi. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 11:33.

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Withings launches new cardiac-monitoring smartwatch with 'luxury' look

Mobi Health News

The new watch is launching in France, Germany and the UK.

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AHA: CMS' workforce vaccination requirements must be 'feasible, transparent and fair' for all providers

Fierce Healthcare

AHA: CMS' workforce vaccination requirements must be 'feasible, transparent and fair' for all providers. dmuoio. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 16:52.

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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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Digital indoor wayfinding app rolled out to NHS hospitals

Mobi Health News

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is trialling the solution which is popular in Portugal.

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Walmart deploys Epic medical records tech across its health centers, virtual care services

Fierce Healthcare

Walmart deploys Epic medical records tech across its health centers, virtual care services. hlandi. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 12:53.

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Genentech’s Look Into the Mirror of Health Inequities

Health Populi

In 2020, Genentech launched its first study into health inequities. The company spelled out their rationale to undertake this research very clearly: “ Through our work pursuing groundbreaking science and developing medicines for people with life-threatening diseases, we consistently witness an underrepresentation of non-white patients in clinical research.

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Wayspring banks $75M funding round with investment from Centene, Highmark

Fierce Healthcare

Wayspring banks $75M funding round with investment from Centene, Highmark. pminemyer. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 10:34.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Lifebit scores $60M for genomics data startup and other digital health fundings

Mobi Health News

Also: TailorMed extends its funding round to $25 million, and Heydoc closes an $8.3 million Series A.

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Urban Insitute: Outreach to uninsured about ACA exchanges, subsidies lacking

Fierce Healthcare

Urban Insitute: Outreach to uninsured about ACA exchanges, subsidies lacking. pminemyer. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 13:45.

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Philips, Teladoc Health team up to offer virtual care solutions in Australia and New Zealand

Mobi Health News

Their integrated offering allows hospitals to conduct remote patient monitoring with limited clinical resources.

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Surge in healthcare M&A activity continued in August, with life sciences, pharma companies leading the pack

Fierce Healthcare

Surge in healthcare M&A activity continued in August, with life sciences, pharma companies leading the pack. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 19:28.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Doctor Anywhere sets up joint telemedicine venture with Equicom in the Philippines

Mobi Health News

The telehealth startup is also looking to offer its platform to insurers and healthcare organisations around the country.

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Mass General Brigham vetoes controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm after internal review

Fierce Healthcare

Mass General Brigham vetoes controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm after internal review. dmuoio. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 11:55.

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Voice Communications: Combatting Common IT Mistakes

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jeff Rhode, Director at Liveport. From largescale hospitality operations to community clinics, today’s healthcare-based businesses share a universal need for effective and seamless communication. The ability for staff to instantly update and share information such as patient records not only affects service quality but also the flow and […].

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Nurses say hospitals rarely in compliance with OSHA's new COVID-19 protections

Fierce Healthcare

Nurses say hospitals rarely in compliance with OSHA's new COVID-19 protections. dmuoio. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 14:35.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Part 1: Federal vs. State Hazardous Waste Classifications

Sharps Compliance

Last updated on October 13, 2021. In the United States, enforcing laws and regulations involves a balancing act between the federal government and individual state governments. When it comes to hazardous waste management, states can impose standards stricter than the federal governments. As a result, certain materials not regulated as solid or hazardous waste under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) may be regulated materials/wastes under a specific state’s program.

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MMIT/Evaluate Acquire Panalgo to Bring Speed and Trust to Pharma Analytics and Decision-Making

Healthcare IT Today

The move will result in a disruptive, market-leading analytics platform that provides on-demand insights across dozens of normalized real-world evidence and market access data sets that support decision-making from pipeline to prescription Managed Markets Insight & Technology (MMIT) and Evaluate (a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Hg portfolio company)—which joined forces last month to […].

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What's next for digital health?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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CMS Announces Acceptance of Records with Future Entitlement Date

Medval Compliance Blog

by Frank Fairchok, Vice President of Medicare Reporting Services. On September 27, 2021, CMS announced they would begin accepting record submissions where the entitlement date is up to three months in the future. This announcement was made as a broadcast e-mail with an associated entry in the “What’s New” page on the CMS website. The update reads as follows: “ September 27, 2021 – Section 111 Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Records Will Accept Future Effective Date.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.