Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Calls to action suggested by DHAGE include more inclusive and accessible health services by in-house and private sector companies, while barriers to digital services identified included a lack of digital skills and connectivity. WHY IT MATTERS. During the third DHAGE 2021 high-level meeting, held last month, decision makers in Europe identified collaborations and challenges for the future of digital healthcare policies - when accounting for the health inequailities that have been highlighted dur

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Aetna rolls out in-network coverage for multi-million-dollar gene therapies for rare diseases. rtorrence. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 13:56.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2021

What You Should Know: – Blue Shield of California announced that mindfulness and meditation app Headspace is now available to its members through the nonprofit health plan’s Wellvolution program. – Headspace offers hundreds of tools and more than 1,000 exercises to reduce stress and improve one’s mental wellbeing. The app joins the extensive resources offered on Blue Shield’s Wellvolution, a digitally based lifestyle medicine and health platform provided in collaboration with Solera

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Texas Medical Association files suit against surprise billing rule's 'unlawful' arbitration process. dmuoio. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 15:38.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2021

JohnMatthew Douglas, President And Founder at iPressForward, LLC. The following list provides examples of the social determinants of health, which influence health equity in positive and negative ways: Income and social protection, Education, Unemployment, and job insecurity, Working life conditions , Food insecurity, Housing, basic amenities and the environment, Early childhood development, social inclusion, and non-discrimination, Structural conflict, Access to affordable health services of de

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tech leaders say digital health can help build trust, address health equity among Medicare patients. hlandi. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 13:33.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Poor diversity, equity culture has health system employees eyeing the door, Press Ganey says. dmuoio. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 12:39.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

According to reporting by TechCrunch, employee morale is low as the company struggles to expand successfully beyond its men’s health products.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Mobile app could help address hypertension in pregnancy, study suggests. rtorrence. Fri, 10/29/2021 - 11:56.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As I finish my 3 conferences in 2 weeks (HLTH, MGMA, CHIME) and head into 2 more next week in Vegas, I guess it’s safe to say that Fall conference season is back. CHIME is an interesting event for us since many of the sessions are focus groups and it’s hit or miss on if […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Digital health investors and innovators should focus on solutions to simplify the complicated U.S. healthcare system for patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2021

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the IT Director position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Princeton Radiology Associates and is in New Jersey. Here’s a description of the position: Great opportunity to join our expanding […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg compared virtual reality workouts to Peloton.

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Medical Gas Compliance

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Is your healthcare facility ready to designate an individual or individuals as the main RFA (Responsible Facility Authority)? The Responsible Facility Authority is responsible for implementation of the piped medical gas and vacuum system requirements in NFPA 99. While the term Responsible Facility Authority has been in the code since 2012 and before, the individual’s responsibilities and qualifications were not clearly defined.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Detect uses an app to help users perform the test and interpret the results.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2021

What You Should Know: – Medsphere Systems Corporation , a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions, today announced that Wells Fargo has extended a $50 million credit facility that will enable Medsphere to continue its current growth trajectory. – Medsphere is continuing to develop a comprehensive health platform that incorporates existing technology platforms and service lines while also exploring additional software tools and services that meet the

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I’m not really sure the inspiration for these, but Mike Natter, MD posted an epic thread on Twitter with a number of Epic related cartoons. I assume this is his artistic tribute to Epic eating a doctor alive and the impact of Epic on doctors. It tells a really visual story that I think many […].

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C&M Health Law

OCTOBER 29, 2021

On October 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with Health Canada, and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), published Guiding Principles for the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in medical devices. The principles are designed to support good machine learning practices (GMLP) and to help promote safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices that use AI/ML.

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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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Med Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Pennsylvania Senate announced on October 26, 2021 that it has passed Senate Bill 705 , and a copy of the Senate Press Release can be found at [link]. A previous telemedicine bill was passed in Pennsylvania in July of 2018, when the Pennsylvania Senate approved Bill 780, which was discussed in my MedLaw Blog article of July 30, 2018. This legislation obviously requires passage by both the State House of Representatives and signature by the governor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on governing health futures 2030: growing up in a digital world has placed children and young people centre stage of the report, as this demographic is seen as the most likely to have the highest exposure to digital technologies. There is an urgent need to orient digital health priorities towards the establishment of strong health and wellbeing foundations from an early age.

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