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Why Online Consultations Should Be The Future of Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Online consultation is a big part of the electronic healthcare (E-Health) industry. At present, experts are investing a lot of resources into this industry for its overall improvement. Digital health technology is currently going […]. The article Why Online Consultations Should Be The Future of Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Walmart signals plans to offer telehealth in 16 more states

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The medical group for Walmart Health has filed paperwork to do business in more than a dozen more states – and a spokesperson told Insider that the moves are not related to physical clinics. Instead, the preparation regards the retail giant's pending acquisition of telehealth vendor MeMD earlier this year. "We've expressed our interest in offering telehealth via an acquisition that is pending regulatory clearance, and these filings are related to that effort, not physical Walm

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SaaS Technology Helps A Continuing Care Community Reduce Risk, Save Costs and Manage COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Christina Cook, marketing manager, PowerDMS. Healthcare providers account for some of the most crucial organizations in the country. And while most provide unparalleled care to patients and residents, there is often a disconnect between […]. The article SaaS Technology Helps A Continuing Care Community Reduce Risk, Save Costs and Manage COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.

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NextGen's Otto telehealth system bests Zoom at Hilltop Regional

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hilltop Regional Health Center in Tacoma, Washington, had two big issues going into the COVID-19 pandemic's virus spread and shutdowns. THE PROBLEM. The first issue was that it did not have a formal telemedicine solution in place. Second, it did not have sufficient resources to run telemedicine for the entire organization once it procured the necessary software.

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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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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0% in 2020. This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. What’s “behind these numbers” are factors that will increase medical spending (the “inflators” in PwC speak) and the “deflators” that lower costs.

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Is Cerner an Acquisition Target for Microsoft and Google?

Healthcare IT Today

Thanks for my friend Shereese Maynard for pointing out this article that suggests Cerner might be an acquisition target soon. The article makes the salacious statement that “Cerner is a wounded gazelle, and the lions are hungry.” For those keeping track at home, we’ve been through this before when Jim Cramer suggested that Apple Should […].

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Healthcare Ransomware – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 6/11 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcitoday on the topic “Healthcare Ransomware.” I’ve learned an important lesson in life. If everyone was just honest, things would be a […].

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MedicalDirector launches cybersecurity solution for healthcare systems

Mobi Health News

The solution has six components which include a plug-in intrusion detection device and 24/7 monitoring.

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Can Your Fax Do This?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Simran Bagga, AI Program Director and Chris Larkin, Chief Technology Officer at Concord Technologies. A digitized document workflow that includes data extraction capabilities elevates the level of care a provider administers. Here’s how it works. A fax isn’t just a fax. A facsimile, telefax, digital fax, cloud fax—however […].

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New app called Voiceitt helps folks with non-standard speech communicate

Mobi Health News

Voiceitt can be used conversationally or to control smart home devices like Amazon’s Alexa.

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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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Abry Partners Announces Sale of Sentry Data Systems For $400 Million to Craneware

Healthcare IT Today

Abry Partners, a leading Boston-based private equity firm, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Sentry Data Systems, Inc., the nation’s leader in pharmacy procurement, compliance and utilization management, to Craneware plc (AIM: CRW.L), a market leader in Value Cycle solutions for the U.S. healthcare market for $400 million.

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Israeli startup receives CE Mark for synthetic corneal implant

Mobi Health News

EndoArt successfully passed clinical trials, gaining China’s Innovative Device Status and FDA approval.

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Succession Planning Approaches for Healthcare Organizations

HealthStream

In addition to many other impacts, COVID-19 has emphasized the extreme importance of succession planning within healthcare organizations. The blog post examines how the pandemic is an opportunity to refocus the process of finding new healthcare leaders.

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Senior care coordination startup DUOS emerges from stealth, the Arthritis Foundation rolls out chronic pain app and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: CarePort launches a new system to rate skilled nursing facilities, and Fertility Focus rolls out a wearable that helps track ovulation.

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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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Accessing the patient anytime, anywhere

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement.

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CareDx absorbs Transplant Hero to build out post-organ transplant services

Mobi Health News

This addition is expected to help CareDx expand into the medication adherence space.

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Finding a Nurses Service Organization Insurance Attorney to Defend You in a Complaint Against Your Nursing License

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Many nurses, nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) carry professional malpractice insurance through Nurses Service Organization (NSO) or one of the other similar insurance companies. This insurance is inexpensive and provides excellent coverage.

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Lifelong learning in a chaotic environment

Mobi Health News

What the healthcare workforce needs, not only to survive, but thrive amid a data and information tsunami.

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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.