Mon.Jan 24, 2022

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Emergency physicians' level of burnout jumped last year

Healthcare Dive

An overload of bureaucratic tasks, such as charting and paperwork, was doctors' No. 1 reason for burnout, affecting 60% of those polled by Medscape.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. For physicians and researchers this means predicting more accurately which treatment and prevention strategies for a particular disease will work in particular groups of people.

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Medicaid stakeholders warn of hurdles for redeterminations process

Healthcare Dive

Resuming the process of determining whether people are still eligible for Medicaid may sound easy, but stakeholders caution it's much more nuanced than flipping a switch, and poor planning risks massive enrollment losses.

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Telehealth advocates ramp up pressure on elected officials

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association announced Friday that it had launched ATA Action, a new affiliated trade organization aimed at supporting the enactment of state and federal telehealth coverage throughout the United States. ATA Action, which will be helmed by ATA Vice President of Public Policy Kyle Zebley, will also push for appropriate payment policies to safeguard access to virtual care.

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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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Patient Right of Access and the Path to Compliance

MRO Compliance

Patient Right of Access and the Path to Compliance. January 21, 2022. For The Record. HIM professionals play an increasingly critical role in privacy and security, release of information (ROI), protected health information (PHI), disclosure management, interoperability, patient access, and more. Those in the health care industry need to keep informed about issues surrounding patient access to records and the ongoing path to compliance.

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Healthcare book of knowledge

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Artificial Intelligence Topic: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Orbita transforms nurse and patient hospital experiences with ServiceNow

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Implementing Responsible AI to Drive Innovation in Clinical Research & Precision Medicine

HIT Consultant

Prakriteswar Santikary, Ph.D., VP of Engineering and Technology at ConcertAI. Researchers might be skeptical and, with people’s lives at stake, that’s understandable. Here’s how to take advantage of the advances while ensuring safeguards are in place. As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning drive innovation and disruption in clinical trials and precision medicine, questions around the responsible use of AI have moved to the forefront of debates among healthcare stakeholders – patien

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PT Team Member Spotlight: Meet Beth

Provider Trust

Meet Beth, our local Technical Support Specialist. Beth brings a passion for security to ProviderTrust and is always on the hunt to learn more. She frequently participates in security challenges, ongoing education labs, and listens to weekly podcasts. We are so lucky to have her on our team! Tell us about yourself and what you do for ProviderTrust. I am a 41 year-old who decided to reinvent myself when COVID first started.

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Al-Futtaim Partners with TytoCare to Expand Digital Health Services

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , a global all-in-one modular device and examination platform for AI-powered , on-demand, remote medical exams, announced today its partnership with Al-Futtaim Electronic-Techserve , a group company of Al-Futtaim. The partnership with TytoCare will enable Al-Futtaim to broaden its reach across the healthcare spectrum, covering all touchpoints, from specialists to local clinics. – Al-Futtaim Group is a large conglomerate based in Dubai, United Arab Emi

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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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From full-page newspaper ads to press events, hospitals say their pandemic pleas are reaching the public

Fierce Healthcare

From full-page newspaper ads to press events, hospitals say their pandemic pleas are reaching the public. dmuoio. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 15:20.

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Biotricity Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for Cardiac Monitoring Device

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Biotricity, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTCY), a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Biotres Cardiac Monitoring Device, a three-lead device for ECG and arrhythmia monitoring that is intended for lower-risk patients. – Most remote cardiac monitors are passive — they don’t record ECG and other cardiac data in real-time — and lack cross-compatibi

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Novant Health teams up with Aidoc to expedite imaging in its emergency departments

Fierce Healthcare

Novant Health teams up with Aidoc to expedite imaging in its emergency departments. rtorrence. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 10:53.

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RecoveryOne, Cigna Offers Virtual Physical Therapy for Medicare Advantage Customers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – RecoveryOne , a digital health innovator dedicated to improving health outcomes for recovery from musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries of all types and reducing costs, announced an expansion of its partnership with Cigna to offer its virtual physical therapy and broad MSK solution for Medicare Advantage (MA) customers as an in-network benefit. – This new benefit builds on the partnership between Cigna and RecoveryOne announced last year where RecoveryOne became avai

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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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How Technology Has Brought Advancement In The Healthcare Industry

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technological advancement has brought the healthcare industry to a new level of progress and revolution. With the development in technology, the healthcare industry comes across improved and complex devices. Advanced technology plays a very important […].

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LifeWorks Acquires Breaking Free, Digital Substance Use Disorder Treatment Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – LifeWorks , a provider of comprehensive mental health, digital and in-person total wellbeing solutions, today announced the acquisition of Breaking Free , a provider of evidence-based behavioral health SaaS solutions for substance use intervention. – The addition of Breaking Free’s solution in substance use intervention to the LifeWorks platform will result in further enhancing the mental health service clients can seamlessly access through the LifeWorks wellb

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WTW survey: Employers see workers' mental well-being as a top priority this year

Fierce Healthcare

WTW survey: Employers see workers' mental well-being as a top priority this year. pminemyer. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:14.

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Lyra Health Completes $235M Funding Round, led by Dragoneer, to Fuel International Expansion

Healthcare IT Today

Lyra Health, the leading provider of innovative Workforce Mental Health solutions for employers, today announced it has completed a $235M financing. Dragoneer led the round and was joined by new investor Salesforce Ventures along with existing investor Coatue. With the new funding, Lyra will accelerate its delivery of comprehensive, evidence-based, culturally responsive mental health care benefits for […].

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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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Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers

Fierce Healthcare

Senators want Medicare to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests just like commercial insurers. rking. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 16:20.

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So TEFCA is live. Now what?

Mobi Health News

Former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Don Rucker discusses what's next for interoperability and why he sees TEFCA as a "solid first step.

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ThirdEye brings mixed reality tech to first responders with Crozer Health partnership

Fierce Healthcare

ThirdEye brings mixed reality tech to first responders with Crozer Health partnership. rtorrence. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 18:27.

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Cerner, Theranos, Ransomware, COVID…Oh My! – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 80

Healthcare IT Today

For the 80th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Cerner, Theranos, Ransomware, COVID…Oh My! That’s right, this episode is a ripped from the headlines episode. Hear our thoughts on four of the biggest headlines we’ve seen recently and what they mean for healthcare IT. What’s probably the biggest is Oracle’s acquisition of […] For the 80th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Cerner, Theranos, Ransomware, COVID

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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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Providers hope Congress agrees to sequester relief in must-pass spending package

Fierce Healthcare

Providers hope Congress agrees to sequester relief in must-pass spending package. rking. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 14:24.

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Digital therapeutics industry is gaining steam, but usability questions still loom

Mobi Health News

Participants in HealthTech Build's recent panel discuss the barriers to adoption for digital therapeutics.

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Cigna expands RecoveryOne partnership to Medicare Advantage members

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna expands RecoveryOne partnership to Medicare Advantage members. pminemyer. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 12:56.

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2022 Predictions for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and In Home Care

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2022, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to share some predictions for the new year. I always find it interesting to learn what people think is coming down the road. Be sure to check out all our Health IT Predictions. One of the silver linings of COVID-19 was the experience […].

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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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Compliance Carl: Tackling HIPAA And New Year Inspiration, New Year Burnout

Healthicity

It’s January, so “New Year, New You,” is spread across the internet like wildfire.

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Blood pressure monitoring toilet Casana lands $30M

Mobi Health News

The company plans to use the new funds to help fuel its FDA submission.

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Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Division Recovers Over $55 Million in 2021

Healthcare Compliance Blog

On January 19, 2022, the Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Division announced that in calendar year 2021, more than $55 million was recovered from individuals and entities who defrauded the state. The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Division investigates and prosecutes providers who defraud the state Medicaid program, MassHealth. The Medicaid Fraud Division is also responsible for reviewing complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and financial exploitation of patients in long-term care faciliti

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Study: Gamified app reduces kids' anxiety symptom severity

Mobi Health News

The app also helped children meet therapeutic goals. However, it didn't make a significant difference in overall anxiety or functional impairments.

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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.