Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Limitations and uncertainty around telehealth reimbursement have always been an impediment to adoption. During the COVID-19 emergency, that burden was eased somewhat, but now the new normal is starting to take shape. What barriers still remain to telehealth reimbursement, and how might they be overcome? To answer that question, host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Susan Morse welcome McKinsey & Company partners Oleg Bestsennyy and Gunjan Khanna.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Zoom’s mobile browser client would allow patients to simply click a link sent from their providers to join a telehealth appointment, nixing the need to download an app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come. Remote care clinicians have also broadened the treatments they offer, to include COVID-19 and other acute and chronic conditions, according to officials at the Salt Lake City-based health system.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Public feedback reveals innovations and market opportunities for improved chronic disease care management in the older adult patient population.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Thai government has built a telemedicine platform to monitor COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home and at community isolation centres. Government agencies involved in its creation include the Digital Government Development Agency, the National Science and Technology Development Agency, the National Health Security Office, the Bangkok Health Bureau, and the state-owned National Telecommunications Company.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2021

I sat in awe listening to how an individual with multiple health conditions and schizophrenia had gone from being a frequent ER visitor who would then be admitted due to his mental health condition down to almost no (as in zero) ER visits. What was the amazing intervention, process, or treatment that made such a […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2021

Looking at the title, I’m sure you’re ready for a wild and crazy Fun Friday. This might be the most eclectic mix of funny healthcare memes, jokes, and humor we’ve featured on an edition of Fun Friday. Hopefully, a few of them will bring a smile to your face and start your weekend off right. […].

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It plans to offer additional digital services and expand to more rural areas in Pakistan.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2021

Leading National Radiology Practices Will Help Bring to Market Sirona’s Novel, Cloud-Based Radiology Operating System Sirona Medical, a software company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business of radiology, today announced partnerships with radiology practices across the country to develop and bring to market its novel radiology operating system (RadOS).

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AUGUST 6, 2021

The study will look at how intensive non-surgical periodontal therapy and home dental hygiene impact overall health.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

Simply put, is the equation, “Spend more, get less” a sustainable business model? Of course not. But that’s the simple math on U.S. health care spending and what comes from it, according to Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly , a perennial report from The Commonwealth Fund that compares health system performance across eleven developed countries.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2021

The startup has bagged $5 million in a latest funding round.

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HIPAA & Health IT

AUGUST 6, 2021

HIPAA has been around for a quarter century, but confusion continues as to its scope and applicability. The COVID pandemic, surge in Delta variant cases, and increasing number of employer and government vaccine mandates has triggered a new wave of interest in other people’s’ vaccination status. Many people are surprised to learn that HIPAA does not prevent you from asking or answering the question “Are you vaccinated?”.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

Also, Berry Oncology scored $99 million in a latest funding round.

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