Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Walmart announced this week that it would begin using Epic's electronic health record in its health centers, starting in Florida in early 2022. Eventually, all of Walmart's health and wellness lines of business will be supported by the Epic platform as it's rolled out. "The Epic system complements our omnichannel health care offerings – letting customers and healthcare professionals access care and health records to lead to more personalized care," said Dr.

334

334

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy. In particular, CMS specifies that these codes can be used to monitor medication adherence.

COVID-19 207

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Hospitals 207

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On Monday, Amazon Web Services announced the launch of a new initiative to help organizations worldwide build IT-powered social and healthcare programs to help patients in underserved communities. WHY IT MATTERS. AWS is pledging $40 million over three years for the effort, which will offer company credits and technical expertise to help organizations around the world build and maintain programs aimed at underserved communities: increasing access to healthcare providers, tackling social determina

Health Analytics 223

Health Analytics COVID-19 Telemedicine Health Outcomes 223

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator. hlandi. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:54.

145

145

Advertisement

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.

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

GPW Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Northern Virginia, faced many issues that are common in a community health center setting. Some of these issues include high no-show rates, low ratings and low patient engagement. THE PROBLEM. Low volume of confirmed appointments led to high no-show rates. A part of this issue was having to rely on phone calls and a voicemail system that patients did not listen to.

217

217

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The UAE capital’s Department of Health is working with the General Civil Aviation Authority, Abu Dhabi’s SkyGo, and the California-based Matternet to establish the network in 2022.

111

111

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

There are many stakeholders interested in digital therapeutics, but aligning under the common goal of patient needs is key.

124

124

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

What You Should Know: – Unity Health , the leading healthcare provider in an eight-county area, is pleased to announce they have chosen to implement MEDITECH Expanse across their entire organization. – In addition, Unity Health will implement MEDITECH Expanse Oncology to expand and optimize their cancer treatment offerings with evidence-based plans that support multidisciplinary ordering.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals 98

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The 2021 edition of the annual AHIMA conference was virtual for the second year in a row. This year’s event featured a wider array of session topics, a more diverse set of speakers and a different technology platform. It was, in my opinion, even better than last year’s event from an attendee perspective. David Pogue […].

Hospitals 138

Hospitals 138

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Jeremy Delinsky, Chief Operating Officer of Devoted Health. When America’s seniors went to their first doctor’s appointment, they couldn’t have imagined that their health history would be stored anywhere but in a manila folder. Now, nine out of every 10 physicians use electronic health records (EHRs) , and patient’s health data lives on cloud servers.

US Department of Health and Human Services 96

US Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Medicare Hospitals 96

Advertisement

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.

HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/1 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Community Connection.” COVID has been brutal for everyone. The world as we know it has changed and is continuing […].

102

102

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Unlike the previous version, the Halo View has an AMOLED screen. Amazon boasts the wearable is swim-proof and runs seven days per battery charge.

101

101

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

NAACOS: CMS must provide upfront funds, raise benchmarks to help ACOs close health equity gaps. rking. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 12:05.

100

100

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Healthcare provider profiles in the U.S. can now show what insurance is acceptable and language assistance options.

Doctors 109

Doctors 109

Advertisement

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.

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AmeriHealth Caritas launches new subsidiary focused on the social determinants of health. pminemyer. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:11.

100

100

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Virginia’s ivWatch has just received a three-year Medical Device Marketing Authorization (MDMA) by the Kingdom’s Food and Drug Authority.

FDA 98

FDA 98

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

N.Y. governor expands healthcare worker eligibility as hospitals suspend, fire unvaccinated staff. dmuoio. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 12:04.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals 98

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The new platform is exploring how innovation can help healthcare and improve patient outcomes.

117

117

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.

Fraud

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

HHS awards nearly $1B to 1,300 health centers to support renovation, health equity. dmuoio. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:11.

98

98

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It’s easy for a patient or doctor to talk about interoperability in healthcare. It’s much harder to actually do the hard work of making interoperability a reality. If you’ve ever served on a standards making committee or talked with a consensus making body, there’s more nuance and detail when it comes to health data interoperability […].

Doctors 75

Doctors 75

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Providers can use SimpleSense to remotely triage cardio, pulmonary and upper vascular patients.

FDA 107

FDA 107

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AMA: 73% of health insurance markets are highly concentrated. pminemyer. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 11:19.

Health Insurance 103

Health Insurance 103

Advertisement

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.

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The free mobile app covers subjects such as anxiety, bullying, temperament and shyness.

106

106

McBrayer Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Posted In COVID-19 , Health Care Fraud , Healthcare Regulation , Telehealth The shift to telemedicine in the United States predates the pandemic, but COVID-19 has accelerated its widespread use. In April of 2019, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) finalized rules to increase telehealth benefits for Medicare Advantage enrollees, effectively incentivizing health systems with high numbers of private Medicare plan recipients to invest in telehealth services.

Telemedicine 64

Telemedicine Compliance COVID-19 Fraud 64

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ANT-X system helps clinicians perform safe and accurate percutaneous needle placement.

80

80

JNC Compliance

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Examine the free educational resources developed by the OIG. In the last tip of our series, called The Comeback Story: 9 Compliance Resources to Level Up […]. The post Healthcare Compliance Tips: OIG Compliance 101 appeared first on JNC Healthcare Compliance Group.

Compliance 52

Compliance 52

Advertisement

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.

Ransomware

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Also: Elligo Health Research brings in $135 million, and digital dental care startup Membersy raises $66 million.

70

70

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

What You Should Know: – Panalgo , a leading healthcare analytics company, has been acquired by MMIT and Evaluate , which joined forces last month to become a $1.6 billion global pharma commercial intelligence provider. Panalgo provides software that streamlines healthcare data analytics by removing complex programming from the equation. Panalgo’s Instant Health Data (IHD) software empowers teams to generate and share trustworthy results faster, enabling more impactful decisions. R

52

52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Enterprise Taxonomy:

Hospitals 90

Hospitals 90

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

What You Should Know: – NovaSignal Corp., a Los Angeles-based medical technology and data company specializing in the assessment and management of brain health, announced today it has closed $37M in a Series C1 round of funding led by Alpha Edison and Reimagined Ventures. – By applying robotics and artificial intelligence to cerebral ultrasound, NovaSignal uniquely captures blood flow data in real time.

52

52

Advertisement

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.