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10 OTC For Emergencies and First Aid

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over-the-counter refers to the medications available to you without the doctor’s prescription and can be bought without hesitation. These medications are beneficial in curing common illnesses and disorders that may occur regularly. You might want […].

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Pandemic preparedness is a national security issue, say experts at HIMSS21

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

LAS VEGAS – One year ago this week, a group of digital health experts formulated the Riyadh Declaration on Digital Health, which outlined priorities and recommendations for the global health community in response to COVID-19 and other future pandemics. But in order to see meaningful change, those priorities must be turned into concrete action, said panelists who gathered at a HIMSS21 "view from the top" panel on Tuesday.

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Digital Tools To Streamline Total Joint Replacement In The ASC Setting

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Veronica Diaz, medical director of orthopedics, Modernizing Medicine. The growing preference for outpatient orthopedic surgery is much more than another pandemic-inspired trend. Recent advances in medicine over the past few years have made […].

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How the healthcare industry can use machine learning ethically

Mobi Health News

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are a new frontier for healthcare, but providers and researchers need to work to ensure they use these new technologies ethically.

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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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HIMSS21 Day 2 Live Updates from John Lynn

Healthcare IT Today

This year we thought we’d try something new at HIMSS 2021. We’ll continue doing our regular coverage of topics we find interesting and useful for the Healthcare IT Today community. Plus, we’ll be doing a number of video interviews which will go out on our Healthcare IT Today Interviews podcast. However, we thought it would […].

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Is digital transformation in healthcare contributing to provider burnout?

Mobi Health News

A group of former and current providers convened today in a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session to discuss how digital transformation can be both contributing to and alleviating burnout.

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Doctors look to tech for the future but need assurance it will work

Mobi Health News

Jesse Ehrenfeld, chair of the board of trustees for the American Medical Association, discusses the evolution of digital health adoption over time at HIMSS21.

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Zoom Became a Household Name in the Pandemic. It’s Working to Do the Same in Healthcare – At #HIMSS21

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic digitally transformed most people living in the U.S., re-shaping consumers to work from home when possible, go to school there, and buy all manners of goods and services via ecommerce. In March 2021, Zoom conducted research into the question, “how virtual do we want our future to be?” posing that to thousands of citizens living in 10 countries including the U.S.

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Data's role in creating a more equitable health system

Mobi Health News

Knitasha Washington, resident and CEO of ATW Health Solutions and Kellie Goodson, director of Vizient talk at HIMSS21 about how data can help create actionable steps for providers.

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How the VA’s virtual care infrastructure enabled innovation during the pandemic

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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How the VA’s virtual care infrastructure enabled innovation during the pandemic

Mobi Health News

Dr. Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at the VA’s Office of Connected Care, shares how other health systems can prepare for future crises with virtual care.

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HIMSS21 Day 1: Patient Experience is Important but is it a Priority?

Healthcare IT Today

Not surprisingly, there was general agreement from presenters and panelists that patient experience is important at the Patient Experience & Consumerization Forum pre-conference event at HIMSS21. Prioritizing it, however, was a whole different story. Patent Experience Influences Outcomes On Day 1 of #HIMSS21 I had the opportunity to attend the Patient Experience & Consumerization Forum […].

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Latest digital tool uses sound, word patterns to reveal stress level

Mobi Health News

Cigna International and Ellipsis Health have joined hands to develop the free AI-powered tool.

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Caveat Emptor: Private Equity Firms Are Increasingly Vulnerable to Qui Tam Lawsuits

Health Law RX

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has settled six qui tam lawsuits brought in various jurisdictions by whistleblowers against a private equity firm and its portfolio healthcare companies. A group of diagnostic testing companies and the private equity firm, which held a minority investment interest in the parent, settled claims that they violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”).

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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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Samsung inks deal with nutrition app Lifesum on new Galaxy Watch4

Mobi Health News

The new collaboration will let users track food and water intake, and monitor their activity.

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Telstra Health announces deal to buy practice management software provider MedicalDirector

Mobi Health News

The Sydney-based healthcare SaaS provider supports about 23,000 medical practitioners in Australia.

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Pushing back on the digital filing cabinet toward EHR usability

Mobi Health News

Vanderbilt's Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal on why voice could help doctors reimagine their relationship with their computers.

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Digital X-ray company Nanox scoops up AI developer Zebra Medical Vision

Mobi Health News

Nanox announced plans to acquire two companies, AI developer Zebra Medical Vision and teleradiology provider USARAD.

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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.