Fri.Nov 19, 2021

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Digital health tools can be useful post-surgery, but more high-quality research is needed

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A systematic review published this past week in npj Digital Medicine examined the use of mobile and wearable digital health interventions to monitor patients after surgery. For the paper, University of Edinburgh researchers dug into 44 studies in which patients had been postoperatively monitored with a digital health intervention after discharge from the hospital.

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Contributed: The biggest merger in digital health should be between behavioral and data sciences

Mobi Health News

Digital tools have to do more than just feed people data. They must also keep them engaged and motivate them to make healthier decisions. This is where behavioral science comes in.

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Report: Telemedicine, modernized licensing can help bridge health disparity gap

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A report by the Commonwealth Fund released this week found pervasive racial and ethnic inequities across all state health systems. When it comes to policy changes that could help bridge the gap, report authors pointed to ensuring health coverage, investing in social services, reducing administrative burdens and improving service delivery – including via telemedicine and licensure modernization.

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Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House

Fierce Healthcare

Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House. rking. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:09.

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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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French startup Lifen ramps up digital healthcare offering with $58M funding

Mobi Health News

Digital infrastructure company Lifen has raised $58M (€51M) in funding, which will go towards working with 1,500 hospitals and 200 eHealth solutions by 2025.

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Medicare startup EasyHealth gets $135M in series A to fill information gaps

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare startup EasyHealth gets $135M in series A to fill information gaps. rtorrence. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:10.

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MedArrive nabs $25M to ramp up at-home health services, expand into new states

Fierce Healthcare

MedArrive nabs $25M to ramp up at-home health services, expand into new states. hlandi. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 16:56.

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Data Science, HIPAA Gaston, and Surgery Like Edu – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

It’s not only Friday, but the Friday before a big holiday week. That means we needed to bring you something pretty special and something to really make you laugh. I think we have some items that will do just that. Life is hard and a good laugh is one of the best medicines. With that […].

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Avalere: Providers face 40% hit to Part B reimbursements under Dem drug price reforms

Fierce Healthcare

Avalere: Providers face 40% hit to Part B reimbursements under Dem drug price reforms. rking. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 15:04.

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UAE leads femtech in the Gulf – but major challenges remain

Mobi Health News

Most UAE femtech startups focus on women’s wellness and menstrual health. But other subsectors, such as female-focused mental health, are seriously lagging behind. What’s more, the MENA region accounts for less than 6% of the global femtech industry.

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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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Ballad Health assumes full ownership of 2 Virginia hospitals, commits $310M to community health investments

Fierce Healthcare

Ballad Health assumes full ownership of 2 Virginia hospitals, commits $310M to community health investments. dmuoio. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 15:55.

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2021 Security Review: Key Takeaways & Practical Cybersecurity Insights

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent virtual meetup Healthcare IT Today did with Proofpoint, we took a look back at the year that was 2021 when it comes to cybersecurity. The speakers shared some of their key takeaways and learnings from this last year and offered some practical insights for healthcare CISOs and CIOs that are looking at […].

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BMA: Plans offering extra Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits grow by 43%

Fierce Healthcare

BMA: Plans offering extra Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits grow by 43%. rking. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 16:29.

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HIMSSCast Industry Voices: Baking equity into healthcare business models

Mobi Health News

Digital health movers and shakers weigh in on how the industry can make progress on building next-generation healthcare for everyone.

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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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GoodRx Finds Optimistic Outlook for Telehealth Among Both Providers and Patients

Health Populi

Most health care providers who were using telehealth by August 2021 felt optimistic about virtual care in a study from GoodRx on The State of Telehealth. GoodRx collaborated with the ATA on the 624 U.S. provider survey, which was complemented by a poll conducted among 1,024 health consumers for the patient perspective in September 2021. Looking at the two columns at the right side of the first bar chart, clinicians who have been using telehealth were more likely to feel optimistic about doing so

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Mayo Clinic's steady volume recovery draws $324M net operating income, $4B revenue for Q3

Fierce Healthcare

Mayo Clinic's steady volume recovery draws $324M net operating income, $4B revenue for Q3. dmuoio. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 12:03.

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Komodo Health adds demographic information to its health database

Mobi Health News

The analytics company said the expanded dataset could help its customers address racial health disparities.

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Jamf aims to help clinicians use Apple devices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s Most Powerful Weapon

HIT Consultant

Ashley Mehta, CEO & President of Nolij Consulting. The Advent of the ‘Digital CRISPR.’. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace has transformed how healthcare professionals and organizations conduct daily operations. It has also brought significant improvements in patient care and outcomes while moving the needle forward in the prevention and treatment of diseases.

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H1 Raises $100M Series C to Expand Footprint, Make H1 the Central Healthcare Professional Data Network for Global Healthcare Community

Healthcare IT Today

Led by new investor Altimeter Capital, round will help H1 increase velocity of growth and network effect as more healthcare contributors engage with its global platform H1, which provides the largest global healthcare network that connects healthcare professionals, announced today that it has raised a $100M Series C round of funding led by Altimeter Capital, […].

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Provider Burnout Due to High Volume Patient Messaging

Med Com Blog

Primary care clinicians have among the highest rates of burnout across clinical specialties, with approximately half of primary care physicians in the United States reporting high burnout levels! A recent survey study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that 70% of clinicians reported experiencing stress related to the use of health information technology and that such stress was independently predictive of burnout.

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DEA’s aggressive stance on buprenorphine

Natalia Mazina

I came across a very good illustration of a lost pharmacy business due to the DEA’s heightened scrutiny of buprenorphine scripts. A community pharmacy in West Virginia was raided by the DEA, which decided that the pharmacy was excessively dispensing buprenorphine (Subutex and Suboxone). Ultimately, the DEA revoked the pharmacy’s registration based on this “excessive” dispensing.

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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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Managing Real-Time Healthcare through Advanced Analytics

Fierce Healthcare

Managing Real-Time Healthcare through Advanced Analytics. admin. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 11:44.

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A New Way to Access Scientific Papers?

Fierce Healthcare

A New Way to Access Scientific Papers? admin. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 16:38.

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