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Epic's vaccine credential tech now available to 25M patients

Healthcare It News

The electronic health record vendor Epic said its vaccine credential technology is now available to 25 million individuals through their MyChart account. "Once we got buy-in, we went up to 25 million over the course of four weeks," Nick Frenzer, implementation executive at Epic, told Healthcare IT News. "We're really excited about this project – we need all the tools we can get right now," said Frenzer.

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HHS watchdog: State oversight needed for behavioral telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a data brief this month aimed at providing insight into state evaluations and oversight of tele-behavioral services. The brief, which examined oversight efforts as of January and February 2020, stemmed from a survey of Medicaid directors from 37 states, as well as structured interviews with relevant stakeholders.

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HHS Announces Funding for Public Health IT Workforce Development Program

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology […].

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UnitedHealth calculator helps schools, workplaces design COVID-19 testing strategies

Mobi Health News

The calculator shows the estimated number of COVID-19 infections during the testing period, how much testing will cost per person and the number of potential false positives.

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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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How Retail-Style Digital Engagement Can Leverage Your EHR’s power

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Shorrosh, CEO and founder, AccuReg. Healthcare consumers (aka “your patients”) have easily purchased goods and services on the Web for years and now expect that level of ease with their healthcare experience. So, […]. The article How Retail-Style Digital Engagement Can Leverage Your EHR’s power appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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CVS Caremark takes aim at health inequities, starting with sickle cell, HIV

Fierce Healthcare

CVS Caremark takes aim at health inequities, starting with sickle cell, HIV. pminemyer. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:55.

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Pain doctor convicted in $100M fraud scheme involving unnecessary spinal injections

Fierce Healthcare

Pain doctor convicted in $100M fraud scheme involving unnecessary spinal injections. hlandi. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 12:54.

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How Machine Learning Is Helping Consumers Take Action on Their Health

HIT Consultant

Craig Wigginton, Chief Technology Officer at Icario. For years machine learning (ML) has been touted as a way for health plans to leverage the mounds of data they collect on their members, but practical use cases remain relatively uncommon. For some, the perception may be that ML is a futuristic and somewhat impersonal way to operate, but the exact opposite is true — ML is already being used and is here to stay, and when deployed correctly it actually creates a more personalized experience for m

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Advocate Aurora, Novant Health, Stanford Health Care back Xealth’s $24M round to expand digital health services

Fierce Healthcare

Advocate Aurora, Novant Health, Stanford Health Care back Xealth’s $24M round to expand digital health services. hlandi. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 10:58.

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DotCom, Goodside team up on pediatric mental health tool for schools

Mobi Health News

The partnership will allow DotCom’s teletherapy services to build on Goodside’s in-school telehealth offerings, which mostly focus on physical health.

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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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Hospital finances 'not out of the woods yet' as delta fuels high-acuity stays in August

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital finances 'not out of the woods yet' as delta fuels high-acuity stays in August. dmuoio. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:24.

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Key Perspectives on Virtual Care with HCTec and Qure4u

Healthcare IT Today

While virtual care doesn’t have quite the same funding that EMR had with meaningful use, there are a lot of similarities to where we’re at today with virtual care as compared to where we were with EMR back when the government poured down $36 billion of stimulus money on EMR. Thanks to COVID and new […].

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TRIPP Launches First Augmented Reality Experience On 5G-Powered Glasses

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – TRIPP , a Los Angeles, CA-based XR wellness and digital psychedelic platform, today announced its continued expansion beyond virtual reality into augmented reality (AR), launching on Nreal’s mixed reality glasses in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany and Spain. TRIPP was also selected as one of six companies to join T-Mobile’s Wellness Accelerator Program, working directly with technologists and business leaders at T-Mobile to build other 5G-powered experiences that p

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Amazon Web Services to invest $40M in health outcomes, equity tools

Mobi Health News

AWS plans to select organizations focused on boosting health access, addressing SDoH and using data to form a more equitable health system.

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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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HHS doles out $73M to 10 universities for health IT workforce initiatives

Fierce Healthcare

HHS doles out $73M to 10 universities for health IT workforce initiatives. hlandi. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:54.

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Zebra Medical Vision lands FDA clearance for tool to detect cardiovascular disease

Mobi Health News

This comes just a month after news broke Nanox was set to acquire Zebra Medical Vision.

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FTC's backlog is delaying regulatory review of Beaumont-Spectrum merger, systems say

Fierce Healthcare

FTC's backlog is delaying regulatory review of Beaumont-Spectrum merger, systems say. dmuoio. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 12:15.

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Astarte Medical Secures $7.6 Million in Series A-1 Financing to Advance its Technology for Improving Preterm Infant Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

Astarte Medical, a clinical intelligence company leveraging data and digital tools to improve health outcomes in the first 1000 days, today announced it has secured $7.6 million in Series A-1 financing. Investors in the round include Viking Global Investors LP, Lunsford Capital, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, OCA Ventures, Next Act Fund, Capita3, Leatherneck Ventures, and Social Venture […].

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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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KFF: Delta cases, hospitalizations lead to uptick in vaccinations

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KFF: Delta cases, hospitalizations lead to uptick in vaccinations. rking. Mon, 09/27/2021 - 16:21.

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Women First Digital, Doctors Without Borders video series helps educate patients on medication abortions

Mobi Health News

The video series aims to explain how to verify a pregnancy, how medication abortions work, how to look for signs of a complication and what to expect afterward.

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Assessing PEPFAR’s Impact: Analysis of Mortality in PEPFAR Countries

KFF

As the PEPFAR program approaches its two-decade mark and begins the process of developing the next five-year strategy, this new analysis finds the program was associated with large declines in mortality in PEPFAR recipient countries since its creation in 2003, suggesting that future investments will continue to yield significant health impacts.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 16: Joel Vengco on Health Equity and the Digital Divide

Healthcare IT Today

For the 16th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Joel Vengco, SVP and Chief Information and Digital Officer at Baystate Health. Located in Western Mass (Massachusetts for those following along at home), Baystate Health is in a great position to benefit from access to all of the […].

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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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Socially Determined, DataGen Partner to Bring SDoH Insights to Hospitals and Health Systems

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Socially Determined , the Social Risk Intelligence™ company for organizations committed to addressing the social determinants of health , today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with DataGen , the healthcare analytics company that 48 state hospital associations, and their members, trust to deliver insights on payment policy changes, value-based programs and market dynamics.

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As PEPFAR Nears its Two-Decade Mark, New Analysis Finds That Mortality Declined Substantially in PEPFAR Countries Over the Course of the Program

KFF

A new KFF analysis finds the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program was associated with large declines in mortality in PEPFAR recipient countries since its creation in 2003. The new analysis takes a closer look at PEPFAR’s health impact by assessing the all-cause mortality rate in 90 PEPFAR recipient countries compared to similar … More.

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Grand Rounds Health, Doctor on Demand Launch Coalition to Address Health Disparities in the Black Community

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand , the leader in integrated virtual care and navigation, today announced a solution designed to help remove barriers to care for the Black community. Developed using insights from an innovation coalition of Global and Fortune 500 companies, the product will be the first dedicated care concierge and healthcare navigation platform focused on improving the healthcare experience and advancing health equity for Black Americans.

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FTC Warns Health App Vendors: Comply with the Health Breach Notification Rule or Pay the Penalty!

Health Law RX

Vendors of health applications (“health apps”) and connected devices that collect or use individuals’ health information, along with their service providers, are now on notice that they must provide timely notice to consumers and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) when there is a security breach compromising health information. In response to the proliferation of health apps and connected devices that gather large volumes of individually identifiable health information, the FTC recently issued a

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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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Inaugural AWS Summit Healthcare Accelerator Finalists Announced

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS), today announced the ten finalists and participants for the first ever AWS Healthcare Accelerator. The ten companies were selected from 427 applications from 31 countries around the world by a panel from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and KidsX. The AWS Healthcare Accelerator is a four-week technical, business, and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to U.S.

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