Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
About 45% of providers increased their software investments over the past year, while only 10% decelerated spending, according to a new report from KLAS and Bain.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Latrobe Regional Hospital upgrades medical training with VR. Latrobe Regional Hospital, a specialist referral and trauma centre in Gippsland, has tied up with Vantari VR to incorporate a virtual reality platform in its medical training. "This partnership means we will be able to rapidly increase skill level, knowledge and familiarity with clinical procedures, and improve standards of care for patients," said Kylie Larkin, medical education officer at LRH.
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Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Calm's bread and butter is meditation and sleep improvement, but its new business relies on condition-specific programs meant to bridge the gap between mental and physical healthcare.
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 20, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Anna Barnacka, PhD, CEO and founder, MindMics. Thanks to the explosion of affordable and miniaturized wearable technology, consumers now have a sizeable increase in awareness of individual health data. In the United States alone, […]. The article The Future of Consumer Wearable Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The most frequently reported incidents involved a patient or family member making inappropriate comments regarding race or ethnicity, and patients who claim others are racist or engaging in racist behavior, according to the report.
HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Check Point’s 2022 Mid-Year Report has revealed the healthcare industry has seen the biggest percentage rise in cyberattacks out of all industry sectors, increasing by 69% in 1H 2022, compared to 2021. Healthcare now ranks fifth highest in the number of weekly attacks, behind education, government/military, ISP/MSP, and communications. Check Point explains in the report that 2022 has demonstrated that cyberattacks have become firmly entrenched as a state-level weapon, with the first half of the
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Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The traditional healthcare industry could face pressure from changing trends, including the emergence of Amazon, Walmart, CVS and Walgreens as larger players.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
As costs of caring for chronic disease rise and hospital staffing remains challenging, remotely monitored home care is emerging as a cost-saving frontier.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that increased EHR use among primary care physicians was associated with improved patient A1c levels, hypertension control and breast cancer screening rates.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, yet for decades we have had the antibiotics to treat it. Sightsavers is an international charity dedicated to preventing avoidable blindness and is working in Africa and Asia to eliminate this disease. Their programs are having a significant positive impact. A key to their success is effective use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to track and manage both the disease and treatment coverage.
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HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 20, 2022
What You Should Know: – CitiusTech, a leading provider of technology and consulting services to healthcare and life sciences companies, today announced a strategic growth investment from Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”). – Bain Capital joins Baring Private Equity Asia (“BPEA”), which acquired a majority stake in CitiusTech in 2019, as a significant shareholder to accelerate the Company’s growth.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The neurostimulation device, which is currently for investigational use only, aims to treat cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer's patients.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2022
As I think about my years in health IT, tech people have always been interested in automation. It’s one of the beauties of many technologies. You can automate processes in ways that weren’t previously possible. However, the same wasn’t always true for healthcare workers. Some people in healthcare saw automation as a threat to their jobs.
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 20, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It is estimated that one in five of us will experience mental health challenges during any given year. One such challenge is depression, which is a widespread and diagnosable condition that has a negative impact […]. The article How to Look After Ourselves When We’re Depressed appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Digital Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
In a piece for Digital Health, Kevin Hamer, who has spent 30 years in NHS IT innovation, explores what a personal health record should look like.
Healthicity
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The final episode of our three-part Compliance Conversations series on clinical research and billing is here!
Health Populi
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Americans’ trust in technology as “plummeted” in the past decade, according to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer’s focused look on trust and technology. How might this play into U.S. health citizens’ trust in digital health technology? To answer that, let’s start with the macro-view on trust in tech. Richard Edelman convened a virtual meeting launch for the Trust Barometer’s tech perspectives yesterday, looking broadly at the global study findings.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has collaborated with Healthcare Communications and Mindwave Ventures to launch a mental health online platform.
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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.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Also, Royal Philips has expanded the roll-out of its AR surgical navigation solution to Japan.
HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 20, 2022
A second health system has announced that patient data has been impermissibly passed to Meta (Facebook) as a result of the inclusion of Meta Pixel tracking code on its website. First came Novant Health , with its admission that the protected health information of 1.36 million patients had been sent to Meta. Now, Advocate Aurora Health has confirmed that it too included the tracking code, which resulted in the impermissible disclosure of the protected health information of up to 3,000,000 patient
Center for Health Insurance Reform
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The No Surprises Act (NSA) aims to protect consumers facing surprise medical bills after receiving care from out-of-network providers under circumstances beyond their control. In a new report for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR experts look at how states are working with the federal government to implement this landmark law. Continue reading → The post New CHIR Report Examines Federal-State Partnership in No Surprises Act Implementation appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The addition of Womp immediately brings to market a proven digital storefront – adopted by top retailers in eCommerce – that delivers a modern, “shoppable” access experience for healthcare consumers. DexCare , Inc., the leading data-driven intelligence company focused on creating exceptional healthcare access experiences for everyone, has acquired preeminent eCommerce and online merchandising technology company, Womp, Inc.
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HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 20, 2022
What You Should Know: – Headway , a tech-enabled company that has built the easiest way for people to get quality in-network mental health care, announced it is available in California. – Headway patients can attend a virtual or in-person appointment in as little as 48 hours, and on average patients attend their first appointment less than 6 days after online booking; this is compared to the national average of two to three weeks, if not months.
HealthIT Answers
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Business news being reported from FinnThrive, V?lenz, Cotiviti, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, UNMC, XACT Robotics, InsightRX, CCS, WellDoc, ZeOmega, symplr, Panda Health, HSBlox, Apexon, Reveleer, Essence Healthcare, Lumeris, Qualio, ixlayer and more. The post Health IT Business News – October 20, 2022 appeared first on Health IT Answers.
NCG Medical Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Have you ever faced a HIPAA audit before? Does the thought of going through an audit fill you with dread? No matter how much experience you’ve had with audits of any kind, the process can be intense and stressful.
HealthIT Answers
OCTOBER 20, 2022
By Art Gross - The HIPAA Security Rule mandates that covered entities must conduct a security risk assessment or SRA. This includes health care plans for individuals, government plans (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare), and employer-sponsored plans. The post Security Risk Assessment appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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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.
Digital Health News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Health Education England is supporting the next generation of digital health workers with funding for The Baker Dearing Educational Trust.
HealthIT Answers
OCTOBER 20, 2022
By Alex Baker & Elisabeth Myers - On August 1, 2022, CMS announced final changes to its payment program for acute care hospitals in 2023. The FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule also included policies for the 2023 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program, which rewards. The post CMS Rule Builds on ONC Initiatives to Simplify Health Information Exchange appeared first on Health IT Answers.
HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Healthy IT, a provider of specialized IT support and services to organizations in the healthcare industry in the Long Island and New York Tri-State area, has recently been confirmed as compliant with the Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Omnibus Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the HITECH Act. Since 1996, when HIPAA was signed into law, Healthy IT has been providing healthcare and dental professionals with specialized IT support and services
Hall Render
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center will receive more than $700 million from the Bezos family over the next decade. The donation will be used to fund several clinical trials, new research capabilities and recruitment. Pacific Group has broken ground on the $5 billion dollar Helios Health and Wellness campus in Las Vegas. This is the latest example of a massive increase in health care construction spending, reaching an all-time high at the end of the summer of 2022.
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