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How employee wellbeing is smart business

Healthcare It News

Accenture’s multi-industry “Care to do Better” study shows how it unlocks workers’ full potential, with significant positive business impact. The study references the Accenture “Net Better Off” framework, which quantifies human well-being in terms of six dimensions. On this podcast, Sig Shirodkar, Managing Director, Jennifer Hammond, Sr.

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Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M

Fierce Healthcare

Notable nabs $100M to automate administrative tasks in healthcare, boosts valuation to $600M. rtorrence. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:07.

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Fax Isn’t What It Used to Be

Healthcare IT Today

One of the most interesting conversations I had at the HLTH conference in Boston this month was with Bevey Miner from Consensus. She has quite the history in healthcare and so she has a ton of experiences and perspective to draw on. Plus, she’s leading the charge for the newly branded Consensus suite of solutions […].

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Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care

Fierce Healthcare

Former Livongo exec launches women's health startup that uses data for personalized care. hlandi. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:24.

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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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Is Dentistry Still the Technological Underdog?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dan Mirsky, Vice President of IT, and Benjamin Walling, Vice President of Intelligence at Sage Dental. Historically, experts have argued that dentistry lagged 10 years behind the medical industry in terms of adoption of cutting-edge technology such as electronic patient records, practice management solutions, patient portals, etc.

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AMIA 2021: Understanding how technology impacts patients and providers

Fierce Healthcare

AMIA 2021: Understanding how technology impacts patients and providers. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 12:10.

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Humana posts $1.5B profit based on Medicare Advantage growth but cuts 2021 outlook

Fierce Healthcare

Humana posts $1.5B profit based on Medicare Advantage growth but cuts 2021 outlook. rking. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 07:25.

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Decentralized Clinical Trials: Keys to Optimizing Diversity and Inclusion

HIT Consultant

The U.S. pharma industry and research intuitions have long struggled with increasing clinical trial diversity in an effective, sustainable, and scalable fashion. Clinical research, in general, acknowledges the universal struggle of recruiting enough participants from various demographic groups. For example, racial and ethnic minorities have been historically underrepresented in clinical trials—a problem that still persists today.

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The vast majority of data engineers are burnt out. Those working in healthcare are no exception

Fierce Healthcare

The vast majority of data engineers are burnt out. Those working in healthcare are no exception. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:23.

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Wellinks Secures $25M to Expand Virtual COPD Management Solution

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Wellinks , a digital health company for virtual COPD, announced it has closed a $25M funding round, led by new investor Morningside Venture Investments and joined by returning investors HighCape Capital , Connecticut Innovations , Benslie Ltd., and Stonehenge Capital. – COPD is the third leading cause of death by disease in the U.S. and the fifth most costly chronic condition, with an estimated $49.9 billion spent annually.

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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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Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress

Fierce Healthcare

Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress. dmuoio. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:07.

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U of Florida to Deploy DreaMed AI Solution for Type 2 Diabetes

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – DreaMed Diabetes AI , developer of the AI-powered Advisor Pro Clinical Decision Support System and expert-care platform for diabetes, announced today the expansion of its commercial relationship with the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at the University of Florida in Gainesville. – The clinic will begin using the Advisor Pro Decision-Support System for people with Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes, enhancing its offering to healthcare practitioners and patients. ̵

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Slavitt to lead office of the CEO at Cityblock Health as co-founder takes leave of absence

Fierce Healthcare

Slavitt to lead office of the CEO at Cityblock Health as co-founder takes leave of absence. hlandi. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:52.

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What's in store for healthcare tech?

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy:

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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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Part D, Medicare Advantage drug plans must install cost-sharing cap by 2025 in new drug price bill

Fierce Healthcare

Part D, Medicare Advantage drug plans must install cost-sharing cap by 2025 in new drug price bill. rking. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:25.

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Kry to roll-out digital mental health service across Europe

Mobi Health News

The internet cognitive behavioural therapy programme will launch in 2022.

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Hospital leaders agree COVID revealed 'significant' supply chain issues. Less than half say they've plugged the gaps

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital leaders agree COVID revealed 'significant' supply chain issues. Less than half say they've plugged the gaps. dmuoio. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:04.

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Physician fee schedule final rule opens up telehealth access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Turning Data Intelligence Into Action: How A Healthcare Organization Used Business Analytics To Improve Employee Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adeel Sarwar, chief technology officer, CareCloud. Whether you’re looking for creative ways to cut costs, boost revenue, or insulate an already stretched-too-thin workforce from burnout, one thing is for certain – healthcare leaders are […].

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CVS Health boosts guidance as it reports $1.6B in profit for Q3

Fierce Healthcare

CVS Health boosts guidance as it reports $1.6B in profit for Q3. pminemyer. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 07:20.

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Ibex to deliver its first cancer diagnostics solution in Switzerland

Mobi Health News

The firm will provide its AI-powered platform to Kantonsspital Baselland.

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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

A coalition of health care providers, health plans, technology innovators, NGOs, and medical societies has come together as the Public Health Tech Initiative (PHTI), endorsed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) with the goal of advancing the use of trustworthy digital health to proactively meet the challenge of future public health emergencies… like pandemics.

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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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BrainCheck raises $10M for digital cognitive assessment

Mobi Health News

The company said the Series B brings its total raise to $20 million.

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Aver Raises $58 Million Investment led by Cox Enterprises and Introduces New Name, Enlace Health

Healthcare IT Today

New capital signals the company’s evolution, the launch of its new Enlace Healthâ„¢ brand, and the expansion of its current solution, the infrastructure that powers truly sustainable healthcare. Aver, Inc. announced today a $58-plus million investment led by Cox Enterprises and with participation from other existing investors to accelerate the scale and deployment of its […].

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Digital Medicine Society teams up with AbbVie, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB, Janssen on digital endpoints initiative

Mobi Health News

The effort will be focused on using nocturnal scratch as an endpoint for atopic dermatitis.

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How Unsecured WordPress Infected a Clinic with Ransomware

HIPAA Vault

Just as the world has witnessed novel variants of the COVID-19 virus (and may continue), new variants of ransomware continue to appear since the first documented case in 1989. And while loss of life, thankfully, is not yet rivaling the pandemic, poorer health outcomes for scores of patients impacted by ransomware have resulted. For example, Continue reading.

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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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Clinical automation company Notable lands $100M

Mobi Health News

The company plans to put the new funds towards building out its platform.

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Is Sharing EHR Passwords a Problem?

AIHC

Written by: Joanne Byron , BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS This article addresses the importance of Electronic Health Record (EHR) security to help health care organizations, health plans, clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates avoid HIPAA violations under the Security Rule Standard § 164.312(a)(1).

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Intuity Medical launches POGO glucose monitoring system

Mobi Health News

The POGO system was first cleared by the FDA in 2016.

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How to Detect and Address Friction in the Healthcare Employee Journey Leveraging the Latest Technology

HIT Consultant

Kristi Roe, Head of Healthcare Experience at Medallia. Whether you call it the great resignation, pandemic burnout, or the great discontent , the medical profession is not immune to the rising wave of employee turnover that’s currently shaking up organizations across industries. In fact, the churn rate for staff nurses has grown by nearly 3% to just under 19%, costing hospitals between roughly $4 million to $6.5 million annually.

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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.