Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A study published this week from the patient experience vendor WELL Health found that the vast majority of frontline clinical support staff are reporting moderate to extreme burnout. Nearly two-thirds say they've considered switching jobs or quitting due to stress. "While much has been reported on doctor and nurse burnout, less attention has been paid to the frontline clinical support staff who have been working tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure high-quality patient

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The COVID-19 pandemic forced patients and healthcare providers alike to accept new ways to stay in touch, communicate, and to ask and give advice – which, in turn, catalyzed adoption of digital tools. Although patients […]. The article Tech That Empowers Providers To Level Up On Patient Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center, whose health system serves a large geographical area and offers complex quaternary care, telehealth has been an innovative solution to several care delivery problems. These can be categorized in three areas: patient/staff safety, communication and logistics. THE PROBLEM. Patient and staff safety, which are primary concerns, were especially critical after the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mandatory shut-downs nationally.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In the U.S., “Health care is complicated because complexity is profitable.” So explain Bob Kocher, MD, and Anuraag Chigurupati, in a viewpoint on Economic Incentives for Administrative Simplification, published this week in JAMA. Dr. Kocher, a physician who is a venture capitalist, and Chigurupati, head of member experience at Devoted Health, explain the misaligned incentives that impede progress in reducing administrative spending.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At a recent gathering in Boston, leaders from Walmart, CVS, Verily and Uber Health discussed how their organizations' skills help them "meet consumers where they are.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:56.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Arlene Maxim, senior clinical officer, Axxess. I’ve heard from several home healthcare agency administrators that they are preparing to don their scrubs for the first time in years to enter the front lines. This […]. The article Telehealth Technologies: A Short-Term Solution That’s Been A Long Time Coming appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association announced this week that it was launching a new initiative aimed at evaluating telehealth's potential as a tool to address and eliminate health disparities in the United States. The CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities, comprising more than 30 executives from a range of payer, provider and tech organizations, issued a framework alongside the announcement that will serve as the foundation of ongoing strate

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, will give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry. This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Amazon said the Alexa Smart Properties tools save time and allow healthcare providers and other caregivers to focus on higher level tasks.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

UCHealth stands firm on denying organ transplants to patients, donors who are unvaccinated for COVID-19. dmuoio. Wed, 10/06/2021 - 14:51.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that physicians saw a "small but sustained" increase in patient message volume during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing more than 10 million messages to 419 unique clinicians from 38 specialties across 141 practice sites, researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic found that ambulatory physicians spent more time in their i

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rebecca Love, chief clinical officer, IntelyCare. The news media has done an excellent job of covering the country’s ongoing nursing shortage since the pandemic began. But one problem I have with the coverage is […]. The article Nursing Shortage Began Well Before Pandemic; Problems Are Deeply Rooted appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Cigna announced this week that it is expanding access to telehealth services via the virtual care company MDLIVE. The announcement follows the acquisition of MDLIVE earlier this year by Cigna health services subsidiary Evernorth. "With MDLIVE now part of Evernorth, we've fast-tracked our ability to offer a broader suite of differentiated, future-state care solutions that make the patient experience easier and more convenient," said Eric Palmer, president of Evernorth, in a statemen

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Telehealth comes with a number of important challenges. COVID did teach us that none of those challenges can’t be overcome. However, it’s not hard to see that many healthcare organizations are slipping back into old habits. You’ll often hear me talk about the powerful force that is “how we’ve always done it.” However, in the […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

IntelliSite is designed to streamline workflows, enhance diagnostic confidence, facilitate collaboration, integrate AI and increase the efficiency of pathology labs.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Telehealth use is surging but patient satisfaction with the service has declined, new study finds. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:54.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. In 2019 Germany introduced its DiGA Fast Track process for rapid approval, testing, piloting and evaluation of health apps, which is open to all companies in the European Union (EU).

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The fitness company CrossFit announced earlier this month that it was launching a new primary care service aimed at providing an individualized approach to health. The company says it will also offer personalized, precision health and preventive medicine in addition to virtual primary care. "You deserve healthcare as effective as your CrossFit training," said CrossFit CEO Eric Roza said in a statement.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Today I’m sure that many of you have seen that Facebook was down. Ok, it wasn’t just down. It basically disappeared. Plus, it wasn’t just Facebook, but also Facebook owned Instagram and Whatsapp. That’s a really big deal and a massive outage. In fact, Whatsapp might be the biggest one since in many countries outside […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Dr. Nadia Chaudhri, a neuroscientist and professor, shared her experience with ovarian cancer on Twitter, showing how social media can be a powerful tool to connect and educate on chronic or serious illnesses.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Alexa is finding a voice in healthcare. Cedars-Sinai, Boston Children's sign on for new Amazon smart hospital service. hlandi. Sun, 10/24/2021 - 21:46.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of its Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, aimed at enhancing opportunities for collaboration among medical and computer scientists. Billed as the foremost department of its kind within a medical school, the department will train the next generation of healthcare scientists and work toward a goal of establishing an AI framework throughout the health system's hospitals and ambulatory clinics.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Five years ago, in his then-capacity as president and chief executive officer of Geisinger , Dr. David Feinberg keynoted Day 4 of the 2016 annual Cerner Health Conference. On Tuesday, after just days on the job as Cerner's newly-minted CEO , Feinberg kicked off CHC21, which continues through Wednesday. "In the five years since I last talked at CHC, there have been some amazing medical breakthroughs," said Feinberg in his virtual keynote address.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Bupa Arabia , the Saudi-owned and publicly traded health insurance company, has just announced its backing of the Dubai-based online appointment booking platform, Okadoc. The two MENA businesses have signed a “strategic partnership”, which includes an undisclosed equity investment by Bupa Arabia in Okadoc. Part of the Bupa Global network, Bupa Arabia backed the healthtech startup as part of its mission to “enhance customer experience and elevate the level of its digital healthc

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Matching patients to clinical trials they are eligible for has been a major challenge for everyone from pharmaceutical companies to hospitals. THE PROBLEM. Finding the right matches based on certain health records and demographic eligibility is difficult and time-consuming. It costs a lot of money, can slow clinical trials down and is one of the major reasons trials fail.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A survey published by the Larry A. Green Center and the Primary Care Collective found that telemedicine has been vital to maintaining patient access to services for almost two-thirds of primary care clinicians – and many providers worry what will happen if pre-pandemic regulations are restored. According to the survey, which drew on answers from 1,263 respondents from nearly every state, the pressures of providing care amidst COVID-19 have continued to weigh heavily on primary care clinici

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. The organization wanted an effective telehealth platform with new technologies to streamline the process for contacting physicians and improving documentation in its system of record.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 28, 2021

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