Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 16, 2021
Telehealth continues to be a priority for the healthcare industry. It has proven itself throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recent Zoom research found that in the U.S., 72% of survey respondents want to attend healthcare appointments both virtually and in-person post-pandemic, demonstrating the clear need for telehealth as an option for this hybrid approach to healthcare.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2021
The following is a guest article by Damian Chung, Business Information Security Officer at Netskope. Healthcare organizations still seem to think that blocking all access to unapproved cloud storage or cloud collaboration tools means that they’re preventing leakage of sensitive information. But as the old saying goes, “Data flows like water.” Eventually, it’s going to […].
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 16, 2021
The adoption of telementoring has accelerated during the pandemic, enabling safe and secure remote collaboration. Engin Demirel, EMEA head of product management, marketing and sales operations at Olympus, says it is now a vital tool in the hospital’s digital health armamentarium. HITN: Why do you think telementoring has become an increasingly important aspect of telehealth?
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
Memorial Health cancels surgeries, reverts to paper records as it responds to cyberattack. hlandi. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 17:20.
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HIT Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2021
What You Should Know: – Today, Ultromics , an Oxford, England-based health-tech startup announced it has raised $33M in Series B funding led by Blue Ventures , the investing arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield, and also includes investment from Optum Ventures , GV, and Oxford Sciences. – Born at the University of Oxford and built-in partnership with the U.K.’s NHS, Ultromics has developed the first fully automated solution for echocardiography and analysis of global longitudinal strain (G
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
Study: White Americans got disproportionate amount of healthcare dollars in 2016. rking. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 16:12.
Health Care Compliance Brief brings together the best content for health law & compliance professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2021
SoundPass uses artificial intelligence to create a biometric perimeter security bubble around workplaces, entertainment and consumer venues, and college campuses.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2021
Octavio Egea, Executive Strategy Director, frog. Millions of people around the world have lost their health as a result of the pandemic. Millions more have lost loved ones. Trillions of dollars have been spent fighting the virus and restoring life post-pandemic, while many families have lost income, savings, or both. COVID-19 has no doubt been catastrophic, but let it also be the wake-up call we need to improve experiences for both patients and healthcare providers alike.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
Hims & Hers Q2 revenue climbs 69% as company invests in more specialty care, international expansion. hlandi. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 12:33.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2021
What You Should Know: – Eko , a cardiopulmonary digital health company launches its next-generation Eko DUO, an FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool that functions as an electrocardiogram (ECG) and digital stethoscope to detect early signs of heart disease and facilitate timely care and personalized disease management. – DUO is a pocket-sized cardiac examination system for clinicians used to detect early signs of heart disease and facilitate timely care for patients in and out of the
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
Unite Us acquires Carrot Health to strengthen analytics of its social determinants of health platform. dmuoio. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 16:40.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2021
ResMed is launching the AirSense 11 in the U.S. first, with additional locations to follow.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
HCSC eyes largest Medicare Advantage expansion in its history for 2022. pminemyer. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 15:22.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2021
For the 13th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Lori Sturgill, CIO at St. Francis Healthcare System. One thing that’s amazing about Sturgill is that she went from being a Cardiac Intensive Care Technician to becoming CIO. That’s quite the career path and you’ll hear about how […].
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
Blues plans pass on including aducanumab on formulary. pminemyer. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 12:43.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2021
FHIRBlocks’ Decentralized Consent Technology to be Integrated into ConsenSys Health’s Foundational Elevated ComputeTM Platform ConsenSys Health, the leader in delivering next-generation infrastructure for healthcare and life sciences, today agreed to acquire FHIRBlocksSM, an innovative developer of advanced solutions to support self-sovereign patient-directed fine-grained sharing of their protected personal health information.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2021
HIMSS21: Facebook, YouTube say stamping out COVID misinformation is much more than 'plucking all the weeds'. dmuoio. Mon, 08/16/2021 - 14:44.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2021
Ultromics’ EchoGo Core and EchoGo Pro platforms use AI-enabled echocardiograms to help physicians access heart function.
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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
AUGUST 16, 2021
August 2021. A covered entity recently discovered that a former employee had “snooped” (inappropriately accessed) over 10,000 patient records almost 4 years after the snooping began. The employee accessed the records in the EHR over a period of about 14 months. That’s over 700 records per month. The snooping went undetected until the former employee was referenced in an unrelated subpoena received by the entity.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2021
These funds bring BrainQ’s total amount raised to over $50 million.
The Health Law Firm
AUGUST 16, 2021
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Every year the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), publishes a “Work Plan” disclosing the areas of health practice upon which it intends to concentrate its audit and anti-fraud activities for the upcoming year.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 16, 2021
In 2020 alone, urgent care clinics saw a 58% increase in visit volumes due to the demand for COVID-19-related episodic care, with testing and vaccinations accounting for more than 60% of total visits, according to the latest research from urgent care software company Experity, which surveyed half of U.S. clinics. Of the 28 million patients who visited these clinics in 2020, almost half were new visitors.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 16, 2021
There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs. With the price of medicines in politicians’ and health citizens’ cross-hairs, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries have responded in many ways to the Rx pricing critiques from consumers (via, for example, Consumer Reports /Consumers Union and AARP), hospitals (through the American Hospital Association), and insurance companies (fro
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