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Nanotechnology vs. SARS-CoV-2: Can Nanomedicine Help Combat COVID-19?

Electronic Health Reporter

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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Florida man pleads guilty in scheme exploiting amended telehealth restrictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that a Florida laboratory owner had pleaded guilty for his role in a $73 million Medicare kickback scheme. According to the agency , the conspiracy involved paying a telemedicine company to arrange for doctors to authorize medically unnecessary genetic testing. Leonel Palatnik, the co-owner of Panda Conservation Group LLC, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to offer kickbacks and one count of paying a kickback.

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Medication Mistakes Among Seniors And Tips On How To Prevent Them

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Taking medication is essential to treat some health conditions if they are taken the prescribed way. However, when you skip your dose or take an overdose, the results can be deadly. Medication nonadherence among the […]. The article Medication Mistakes Among Seniors And Tips On How To Prevent Them appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Cloud-based VR education platform used to continue medical students' training in Japan

Mobi Health News

The platform can capture a 360-view of a live medical procedure, a record of which is later stored in a cloud server.

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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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DirectTrust Acquires Assets of SAFE Identity

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. DirectTrust has acquired the assets of SAFE Identity, including its Trust Framework. The acquisition substantially extends DirectTrust’s capabilities and services and is expected to enable new and expanded interoperability use cases. SAFE Identity (SAFE) is […].

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You’ll Never Have All the Data You Want in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

As I look at healthcare, it seems like everyone is chasing the data. Every health IT company is a data company or at least they think they are. And in many ways, every health IT company is a data company. Everything from medical devices to wearables to EHR to labs to phones to scrubs are […].

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Apple reportedly looking to expand smartwatch health features to blood pressure and fertility tracking

Mobi Health News

In the future, the company could be looking at sleep apnea and diabetes detection, according to Wall Street Journal.

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MedPAC considers one-time funding boosts for Medicare in 2023 due to COVID-19 confusion

Fierce Healthcare

MedPAC considers one-time funding boosts for Medicare in 2023 due to COVID-19 confusion. rking. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 17:11.

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Solv Raises $45M to Expand Same-Day Appts & Virtual Care Options Nationwide

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Solv (Solv Health), a San Francisco, CA-based national network of healthcare providers making same-day and next-day healthcare accessible to anyone, announced it has raised $45M in Series C funding led by Acrew Capital and Corner Ventures. The Series C round also included participation from prior investors Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital. – The funding will support Solv’s expansion of its national network of healthcare providers, consumer-driven

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Centene to consolidate its Medicare Advantage plan branding under Wellcare

Fierce Healthcare

Centene to consolidate its Medicare Advantage plan branding under Wellcare. pminemyer. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 13:09.

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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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Nurse Staffing Shortage: 5 Policy Solutions to Address National Crisis

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The American Nurses Association (ANA) , representing the interests of the nation’s 4.2 million nurses, urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to declare the current and unsustainable nurse staffing shortage facing our country a national crisis. – In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, ANA calls for the Administration to acknowledge and take concrete action to address the current crisis-level nurse staffing shortage that puts n

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Florida lab owner pleads guilty to $73M Medicare kickback scheme

Fierce Healthcare

Florida lab owner pleads guilty to $73M Medicare kickback scheme. elucas. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 11:38.

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Lyra Health Launches Care Integration Solutions for Alcohol Use Disorder and Other Serious Mental Illnesses

HIT Consultant

Lyra Health, the leading provider of comprehensive mental health care benefits for employers, today introduced Guided Self-Care, combining clinically-proven mental health coaching with online exercises and tools specifically designed for clients dealing with common issues such as stress, relationships, and life transitions. Lyra also expanded its telehealth capabilities to include live messaging sessions with mental health coaches.

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Health IT Trends Twitter Roundup

Healthcare IT Today

It’s been quite a while since we did a Twitter roundup on here so I though it was time to do another one. In this roundup, we have a number of trends happening in healthcare and health IT that we wanted to highlight. Plus, we have lots of questions about each. So, share your thoughts […].

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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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ANA urges HHS to declare national nurse staffing crisis, adopt new policies to bolster workforces

Fierce Healthcare

ANA urges HHS to declare national nurse staffing crisis, adopt new policies to bolster workforces. dmuoio. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 12:08.

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Pediatric drug prep app helps EMS curb medical error: JAMA study

Mobi Health News

Researchers found an app that helped pediatric drug preparation lowered the rate of medication errors and let paramedics deliver the drugs more quickly.

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Actuaries project future virus surges, end of regulatory flexibility key drivers in 2022 rates

Fierce Healthcare

Actuaries project future virus surges, end of regulatory flexibility key drivers in 2022 rates. rking. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 13:33.

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Lyra Health announces tools for complex health issues

Mobi Health News

The company said tools for alcohol use disorder, suicidality and other conditions will be available at the beginning of next year.

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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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Naborforce Closes $2M Series Seed Funding Round Led by Claritas Capital to Further Expand Companionship and On-Demand Support for Older Adults

Healthcare IT Today

Naborforce, a fast-growing company designed to connect aging adults to a network of trusted care providers for companionship and on-demand support, today announced the closing of $2 million Series Seed funding round. The financing, which was led by Claritas Capital, will be used to continue to grow Naborforce’s leadership team, acquire key talent as it expands its […].

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NextGen Healthcare's boardroom spat heats up as founder launches proxy campaign

Fierce Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare's boardroom spat heats up as founder launches proxy campaign. hlandi. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 12:54.

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Medtronic partners with Stasis to offer AI bedside patient monitoring system in india

Mobi Health News

The device uses predictive AI to alert staff about patient's deteriorating conditions.

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Solv scores $45M to expand same-day appointments and virtual care

Fierce Healthcare

Solv scores $45M to expand same-day appointments and virtual care. hlandi. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 17:18.

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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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Rapid diagnostic company Cue Health files for IPO

Mobi Health News

The company currently has more than $664 million in funding.

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Leveraging SDOH in Post-Pandemic Risk Modeling to Overcome Distorted Care Projections for 2021 and Beyond

HIT Consultant

Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO, Carrot Health. The uncertainty and risk created by pandemic-related disruptions in care have health plans in uncharted water when it comes to relying on claims data and utilization patterns to inform their risk models. But while these disruptions weakened the reliability of traditional risk models, they also created opportunities to deepen and enrich member data by leveraging consumer and other data related to social determinants of health (SDoH) that can deliver significa

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Chutes & Ladders—Sinai Chicago CEO, president to step down; MGH names next president

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—Sinai Chicago CEO, president to step down; MGH names next president. dmuoio. Thu, 09/02/2021 - 17:09.

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H1 Launches Solution to Build More Inclusive, Successful Clinical Trials

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – H1 , which provides the largest global healthcare platform connecting the healthcare ecosystem, announced today that it has launched H1 Trial Landscape , the first solution that not only helps pharma and life sciences companies determine the required clinical experience levels for their clinical trials, but also enables them to find the best patient segments to improve inclusivity, retention and recruitment for successful trials. – Studies have shown that more

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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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FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a ransomware awareness alert

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

The FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a ransomware awareness alert for the upcoming holiday weekend. The FBI and CISA have observed a trend of increased attacks around U.S. holidays. Businesses are more vulnerable when there are fewer workers in the office or workers are more distracted than usual before a long weekend.

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Brightline Expands Virtual Behavioral Health Support For Kids, Teens, and Families Nationwide

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Brightline , a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of virtual behavioral health care for children and families, announced nationwide expansion of its first-of-its kind behavioral health coaching programs and digital platform, called Brightline Connect, to support families across the country. – Brightline initially launched behavioral health coaching for children, teenagers, and parents and caregivers in spring 2021 to bring families tangible support — especially in t

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FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a ransomware awareness alert

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

The FBI and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a ransomware awareness alert for the upcoming holiday weekend. The FBI and CISA have observed a trend of increased attacks around U.S. holidays. Businesses are more vulnerable when there are fewer workers in the office or workers are more distracted than usual before a long weekend.