Mon.Nov 29, 2021

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Digital health apps in Germany - An update on the DiGA journey

Healthcare It News

Digital therapeutics, or Digital Health Applications (DiGA), are apps for the detection, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of medical conditions. The DiGA initiative is part of the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that sets the legal framework for doctors to prescribe DiGAs to the 73 million citizens insured with a statutory health insurer that reimburses their use, and has been recognised as a pioneering approach globally.

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Telemedicine Should Be A Permanent Way of Administering Healthcare, Experts Say

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Telemedicine – the practice of providing consultations and medical assistance to patients through video calls – should be a lasting way of administering health care, according to the American Medical Association, particularly for patients with […].

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City of Hope advances cancer care with hybrid telehealth and in-person visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

City of Hope, based near Los Angeles, is a research and treatment organization for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. In 2018, it made strategic moves to more easily meet the needs of its patients and communities by investing in telehealth. Part of that strategic direction was working with technology companies to ensure that City of Hope leveraged telehealth in a high-quality, patient-centric way while easing the burden of travel times for patients undergoing treatment.

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The Role of Locum Tenens In Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Scott Beck, CEO, CHG Healthcare. Thousands of physicians leave their homes every day and travel across the country to fill both short- and long-term needs. Called locum tenens, this group of traveling, temporary physicians […]. The article The Role of Locum Tenens In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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HHS to put $35M toward telehealth for family planning

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would make $35 million in American Rescue Plan funding available for Title X family planning providers to strengthen their telehealth infrastructure and capacity. Title X family planning clinics help to insure access to a broad range of reproductive health services for low-income or uninsured individuals.

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Follow the (Medical) Record: Greg Ford and Payer Audit Requests

MRO Compliance

Follow the (Medical) Record: Greg Ford and Payer Audit Requests. In this episode, Greg Ford joins host Don Hardwick to discuss the riding tide of payer audit requests and how health systems are addressing these requests. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Rising Tide of Payer Audit Requests with Greg Ford.

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Federal judge halts CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 rural states

Fierce Healthcare

Federal judge halts CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 10 rural states. dmuoio. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 15:30.

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HIMSSCast: Looking ahead to the future of telehealth – with Dr. Daniel Kraft

Mobi Health News

How will technology and culture will shape the landscape of care delivery going forward?

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Business Group: 6 health and wellness trends to watch in 2022

Fierce Healthcare

Business Group: 6 health and wellness trends to watch in 2022. pminemyer. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 12:17.

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The Do’s And Dont’s Of Medical Device Design and Manufacturing

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over the years, the medical device industry has seen a lot of innovative changes. And, with more technological advancements being made, many companies in the industry have been pushing for more intuitive, user-friendly, and attractive […]. The article The Do’s And Dont’s Of Medical Device Design and Manufacturing appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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UC Davis Health taps AWS to accelerate digital health innovation, with an eye toward health equity

Fierce Healthcare

UC Davis Health taps AWS to accelerate digital health innovation, with an eye toward health equity. hlandi. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 12:25.

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Physical Therapy For Pain Management: 5 Options To Explore

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Vigorous exercises, sports activities, and prolonged improper posture can sometimes result in bodily pain and injury. This can be a problem as it can further impede activities and hobbies one likes to do most. So, […]. The article Physical Therapy For Pain Management: 5 Options To Explore appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Hims & Hers partners with Uber Eats to deliver its health and wellness products

Fierce Healthcare

Hims & Hers partners with Uber Eats to deliver its health and wellness products. rtorrence. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 12:35.

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A Complete Guide On Creating A Health Plan

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In the daily rush of life, we are often more concerned with getting through the day and achieving our goals that we end up neglecting the most important aspect, our health. As cliche as it […]. The article A Complete Guide On Creating A Health Plan appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Biden dismisses need for more lockdowns as new COVID-19 variant sparks travel restrictions

Fierce Healthcare

Biden dismisses need for more lockdowns as new COVID-19 variant sparks travel restrictions. rking. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 13:22.

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Healthcare financial navigation platform TailorMed acquires Vivor

Mobi Health News

The companies position the acquisition as a way to reduce costs for patients and improve the financial health of provider organizations.

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Best Buy shelled out $400M for Current Health as it ramps up health strategy

Fierce Healthcare

Best Buy shelled out $400M for Current Health as it ramps up health strategy. hlandi. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 12:59.

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How IVAs is Helping Care Providers and Patients Deal with Delta Variant

HIT Consultant

Callan Schebella, EVP, Product, Five9. Communicating clearly and effectively with patients is a hallmark of good patient care. However, as the Delta Variant defines the next phase of COVID , many healthcare organizations are experiencing a massive surge in patient communication volume. Not only do they need to communicate important updates about the virus, testing, appointments, and vaccinations; but they are also still dealing with a swell of inbound questions from patients needing answers to o

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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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UnitedHealth Group expects at least $317B in revenue for 2022

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group expects at least $317B in revenue for 2022. pminemyer. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 16:55.

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Owlet pulls Smart Socks following FDA warning letter

Mobi Health News

The stock took a tumble in October following the letter.

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Airstrip CEO Announces New Company, Adjuvare, Focused on Virtual Acute Care Monitoring and Services

Healthcare IT Today

As COVID-19 accelerated the maturity of the telehealth market, we saw a real explosion of live video telehealth companies as healthcare organizations had no choice but to adopt telehealth. As healthcare has gone back to in-person, we’ve seen a natural drawback of live video telehealth. However, we’ve also seen ongoing investment and expansion into the […].

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HIPAA

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

DISCLOSING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS. HHS has published an article on the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s effect on the disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status for healthcare. The following are excerpts from the article. For the full text see: [link]. Remember that HIPAA is not the only set of laws that regulate this information. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule prohibit businesses or individuals from asking whether their customers or clients have received a COVID-19 vaccine?

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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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ImagineSoftware Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners

Healthcare IT Today

Technology Partners, LLC, doing business as ImagineSoftwareTM (“Imagine”), a leading provider of medical billing automation software and revenue cycle management applications, today announced it received a strategic growth investment from Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”). The partnership with Marlin will focus on further accelerating Imagine’s growth trajectory and expanding the company’s talent and technology capabilities to continue […].

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What You Need to Do to Be HIPAA Compliant After Signing a BAA

Total HIPAA

Before agreeing to trust another business with your data, there are several precautions you need to take. Firstly, make sure you have audited a Business Associate or Subcontractor’s HIPAA compliance program before signing a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with them, and do so again each year before you resign the agreement. Many large tech providers have pre-written BAAs that say they only cover “in-scope services” or that it is your responsibility to appropriately configure their product to

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Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine: A Key to Protecting Pediatric Asthma Patients

HIT Consultant

What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds? With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term “comorbidities” has entered our daily vernacular, mostly in reference to adults’ chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, but with pediatric asthma,

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Longevica raises $2.5M for longevity and healthy aging research platform

Mobi Health News

The life science company plans to launch its open research tool in 2022.

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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.

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Rethinking Patient Access: 4 Key Action for Health Systems

HIT Consultant

Erin Jospe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Kyruus. As we learn to equilibrate with COVID-19 , we are collectively learning how to modulate our acceptance of risk in order to re-emerge and engage with the world around us. It has at times over the course of the pandemic been a necessary choice, oftentimes in the name of risk, to forgo routine healthcare.

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The Top Hospital Connectivity Trends for 2022

Fierce Healthcare

The Top Hospital Connectivity Trends for 2022. admin. Mon, 11/29/2021 - 09:51.

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Elsevier Acquires Digital Health Education Platform Osmosis – M&A

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Elsevier acquires Osmosis – a digital health education platform that has simplified the complex learning journey for millions of medical students and healthcare professionals around the world. – A growing demand for healthcare workers and medical education, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is driving the need for digital healthcare education solutions.

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HIPAA

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

DISCLOSING COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS. HHS has published an article on the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s effect on the disclosure of COVID-19 vaccination status for healthcare. The following are excerpts from the article. For the full text see: [link]. Remember that HIPAA is not the only set of laws that regulate this information. Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule prohibit businesses or individuals from asking whether their customers or clients have received a COVID-19 vaccine?

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.