Fri.Sep 10, 2021

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Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination efforts boosted by scalable reg and booking tools

Healthcare It News

The Community Organized Relief Effort in Georgia, better known as CORE, had a major operational challenge to coordinate all the logistical issues of setting up mobile vaccinations for COVID-19 across an entire state and managing dozens of field teams at more than 100 different locations. THE PROBLEM. Prior to the pandemic there were no platforms designed for mass patient registration, complex scheduling and communication, let alone platforms that managed all the specific information required for

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Researchers say 'essential questions remain' about telehealth's diagnostic viability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Researchers from the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine released an issue brief this week aimed at exploring the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and future prospects of telehealth. By combining literature reviews and interviews with a wide variety of stakeholders, the team sought to identify the most pressing research questions on how to maximize telediagnosis opportunities – while avoiding possible problem areas.

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Executives have yet to fully commit to digital, consumer-centric care, Kaufman Hall finds

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Ginger's mental health app now available in Spanish with full rollout to all 25M users by early 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Ginger's mental health app now available in Spanish with full rollout to all 25M users by early 2022. hlandi. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 16:46.

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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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UAE’s KLAIM raises $1.6M as part of plans to expand into KSA and US

Mobi Health News

The Dubai-based insurtech platform, which was launched in December last year, manages healthcare claims on behalf of providers to relieve them of cash flow issues.

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AHA concerned federal vaccine mandate could exacerbate severe worker shortage

Fierce Healthcare

AHA concerned federal vaccine mandate could exacerbate severe worker shortage. rking. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 16:09.

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House lawmakers clash over impact of adding dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare

Fierce Healthcare

House lawmakers clash over impact of adding dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. rking. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 15:52.

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Chatbots in Healthcare: A More Humanized, Patient-Oriented Approach

HIT Consultant

Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care. The adoption of chatbots and virtual assistants, coupled with the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has revolutionized the healthcare industry. In many ways, chatbots have become ubiquitous, providing a more optimized user experience through digital means. The healthcare industry has already benefited immensely from this technology, namely through greater access to valuable services and information, more accuracy i

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HHS releases $25.5B in COVID-19 relief funding targeted at smaller providers

Fierce Healthcare

HHS releases $25.5B in COVID-19 relief funding targeted at smaller providers. rking. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 12:16.

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Better data, decentralized trials may help fix research's diversity problem

Mobi Health News

Panelists said better data collection and decentralized clinical trials may be one way to boost diversity efforts.

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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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Health systems' consumerism efforts stalled since early COVID even as competition from Amazon, CVS intensifies

Fierce Healthcare

Health systems' consumerism efforts stalled since early COVID even as competition from Amazon, CVS intensifies. dmuoio. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 16:03.

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SQA News | Summer 2021

SQA

Wins & Challenges. Summer Greetings! I’m happy to write this as I’m being thoroughly entertained by all the athletes competing for the Gold from countries around the world. So crazy seeing empty stands while dreams are realized but I must commend Tokyo for a largely uneventful Olympics and Paralympics given the current myriad of Covid distractions.

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COVID-19 relief fund distribution fell short for hospitals treating Hispanic, underinsured communities

Fierce Healthcare

COVID-19 relief fund distribution fell short for hospitals treating Hispanic, underinsured communities. dmuoio. Fri, 09/10/2021 - 12:42.

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New Primary Care, Retail and Tech Entrants Motivating Hospitals to Grow Consumer Chops

Health Populi

Rising costs, generational shifts, digital transformation, and fast-growing investments in new health care models and technologies are forcing change in the legacy health care, noted in the State of Consumerism in Healthcare 2021: Regaining Momentum , from Kaufman, Hall & Associates. As the title of Kaufman Hall’s sixth annual report suggests, health care consumers are evolving — even if the traditional healthcare system hasn’t uniformly responded in lock step with more dem

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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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Telehealth utilization dropped by 10% in June

Mobi Health News

Telehealth made up 4.5% of medical claim lines in June, falling from 5% in May.

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What a Difference a Year Makes – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! You made it through another week. For today’s Fun Friday we’re sharing a video that Dr. Glaucomflecken made about the irony of what was being said a year ago and what’s being said now. I know this is a heated discussion, but it’s an important one. Be sure to watch til the […].

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Digital health pass coming to Thailand's mobile vaccination app

Mobi Health News

The Mor Prom app will soon provide digital health passes for domestic air travel.

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If We Care About Patients, We Should Just Give Up on Cybersecurity

Healthcare IT Today

Everyone loves to talk about doing patient centered care. The best organizations are spending both time and financial resources to provide the best patient care possible. Seems like a noble goal. After all, healthcare wouldn’t exist without the patients. There’s no need for healthcare without the patients. Let me tell you something that would make […].

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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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TRISH launches centralized database to focus on space health

Mobi Health News

The goal is to reduce risks from spaceflight and improve healthcare on Earth.

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Vyne Medical Acquires Ahana Health and its Connected Care Solution to Support Collaboration in Patient Care Planning and Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

Solution to be integrated into Vyne Medical’s Refyne platform Vyne Medical, a leading provider of health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Ahana Health and its connected care technology. Designed to empower groups of clinicians to collaborate in delivering high-quality care to patients, the solution will be incorporated […].

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Study finds male medical students more impacted by gaming than female counterparts

Mobi Health News

Men who gamed had midterm scores that were significantly lower than their counterparts who didn't. This was not true for women.

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Healthcare IT Asset Discovery, Mapping, Analysis: Optimize the IT Footprint for Clinical Best Practice

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Phil Sobol, Vice President, Business Development at CereCore Today’s healthcare CIOs are pressed to deliver accurate, comprehensive results at a rapid pace with limited resources and financial constraints. Technology investments and decisions based on incomplete data can be costly in terms of time, money, and operational efficiency.

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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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Amazon Care expanding into 20 new markets; Cityblock Health raises $400M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Business Associates Beware: You May Need To Vaccinate Staff Under Recent Biden Executive Order

HIPAA & Health IT

President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 (the “EO”) that will lead to required COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most health care facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds. This covers approximately 50,000 health care providers across the country. The EO also triggers COVID-19 vaccination requirements for many of these health care providers’ HIPAA business associates, if the contracts are entered into, renewed, or extended on or after October 15, 2021.

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Roundup: Moodbeam launches direct entry app, Yext AI search tool available to EMEA healthcare professionals and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Cera announces 10 million visits to homes during pandemic.

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