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What Is Diabetic Neuropathy? How To Live With Diabetic Neuropathy?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Diabetic neuropathy occurs because of diabetes, a disease that can seriously harm your health. Although it is not a fast-developing disease, it is a painful complication to live with. High levels of blood sugar for […]. The article What Is Diabetic Neuropathy?

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How to bring the digital health lessons learned from COVID-19 into the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep the country in the spring, many systems found themselves having to abruptly shift focus – sometimes, with very little notice. In typical times, said David Sylvan, president of University Hospitals Ventures, "Everyone knows that introducing new technologies to a provider system is kindly described as 'laborious.'" "It's a glacial process," said Sylvan, speaking Wednesday at the HIMSS Machine Learning & AI for Heal

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Fitbit study predicts onset of COVID-19 and hospitalization likelihood

Mobi Health News

The paper outlines predictors for the severity of illness, symptom prevalence, illness duration among male and female participants, and estimations of the need for hospitalization.

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M12 Invests in the Future of Virtual Health with Andor Health

Healthcare IT Today

Andor Health, the company that harnesses machine and human intelligence to change the way care teams connect and collaborate, announced a successful Series A fundraise led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund. M12’s investment in Andor Health comes as the company has shown quick growth and success with ThinkAndor® its artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered virtual health platform.

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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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New Technologies Improving Cervical Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technology is significantly changing the world around us. It is optimizing our lives and causing sociopolitical issues simultaneously. One of the most prevalent and pivotal ways technology can improve our lives is by using it […]. The article New Technologies Improving Cervical Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Ambient documentation with Epic helps reduce clinician burnout at Monument Health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Physician burnout has plagued healthcare provider organizations for years, and COVID-19 has only made the problem that much worse. Because of the surge of patients caused by the public health emergency, there is an even greater need to mitigate what the World Medical Association is calling a “pandemic of physician burnout,” with more than half (51%) of physicians reporting frequent or constant feelings of burnout.

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New App Takes Pain Away For Vaccinations

Healthcare IT Today

An independent pharmacy group in Halifax, Nova Scotia used a new platform to streamline the administration of flu vaccinations. The platform not only reduced the burden on pharmacists, but it also improved the overall experience for people in the community looking to get their flu shots. The pharmacy group is now well positioned to aid […].

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Delivering On Physicians’ Clinical Practice Needs In A Remote World

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jayne Marks, vice president of global publishing, Wolters Kluwer, Health Learning, Research and Practice While COVID-19 is at the forefront of physicians’ minds and taking up much of their learning, they must still find […]. The article Delivering On Physicians’ Clinical Practice Needs In A Remote World appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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View Point Health maintains behavioral healthcare services via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

View Point Health, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia, is a community behavioral health agency serving individuals with Medicaid and uninsured and under-insured individuals. As such, it has limited resources to purchase new equipment and devices for telemedicine and also experiences limited functionality and features in its existing technology. THE PROBLEM.

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SPAC update: Butterfly Network's blank check deal and UpHealth's three-way merger

Mobi Health News

Butterfly's cash reserve grows while it aims to expand its business. UpHealth, meanwhile, is bringing telehealth, telepsychiatry, digital pharmacy and integrated care management under one roof.

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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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New SDoH Solution from Change Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Regular readers of Healthcare IT Today are no doubt familiar with the term SDoH (Social Determinants of Health). It seems like every health IT conference I’ve been to in the last 5 years was talking about SDoH. Everyone offered similar statistics around the impact of SDoH on a person’s health and the cost associated with […].

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A Guide To Treat Head Injury

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Head injury is any harm to the brain, skull, scalp in the form of swelling, broken blood vessels, or nerve damage. These injuries range from minor injuries such as bumps to severe injuries like traumatic […]. The article A Guide To Treat Head Injury appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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CMS expands telehealth services but ATA wants more; DeepMind AI cracks protein folding challenge

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: CMS expands telehealth services but ATA wants more; DeepMind AI cracks protein folding challenge Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Singapore medtech company develops portable genetic test for COVID-19

Mobi Health News

The Quiz PCR Biochips are hot-swappable, meaning that the pairs of tests can run on demand without the waiting time associated with batch processing.

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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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Pandemic Pressures Could Increase Provider Digital Divide

Healthcare IT Today

Lately, I’ve begun to see a lot of discussion about ways in which adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic might have an upside. If nothing else, providers have been reminded just how agile they can be if the circumstances demand, some pundits have suggested. I have no doubt that for some providers, the changes pushed through […].

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Top 5 Technologies Used In Dentistry

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In decades past, when people had tooth decay or suffered from a toothache, dentists would simply pull teeth out. Anesthesia wasn’t as strong, so the process of pulling teeth was painful. Fortunately, the dental industry […]. The article Top 5 Technologies Used In Dentistry appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Waystar's Hawkins weighs in on future of telehealth reimbursement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Canada approves Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 for adults and children with diabetes

Mobi Health News

More than 11 million Canadians live with diabetes or prediabetes, making up 29% of the country’s population.

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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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A Look at ePrescribing Adoption in the UK vs the US

Healthcare IT Today

While primary care physicians in the UK have been using e-prescribing technology for quite some time, hospitals in the NHS are still relatively behind, despite having what appears to have relatively mature IT infrastructure otherwise. That is why the news that the NHS is still rolling out digital prescribing as of this month may come […].

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Driving Mammograms During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Chantal Reyna, breast surgical oncologist and Jaci Haack, vice president of client strategy, Welltok. A recent poll shows that 48% of Americans said they or a family member have delayed or skipped certain […]. The article Driving Mammograms During COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Using telemedicine to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Using telemedicine to fight COVID-19 pandemic Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: EMEA Right Now:

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Exclusive: Physical therapy tech provider Physitrack acquires competitor Physiotools, teases more purchases to come

Mobi Health News

The combined entity now stands as the largest virtual physical therapy technology provider in terms of revenue and customer base, per Physitrack's CEO and cofounder.

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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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2021 Will Bring Renewed Focus to Delivering Digital Healthcare to Rural America

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Justin Williams, CEO of Noteworth, a first-of-its-kind Digital Healthcare platform for modernizing Digital Medicine delivery operations. Digital medicine allows patients in rural and remote locations to receive much higher levels of medical attention As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread into rural parts of America, it is highlighting […].

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Netwrix Makes 7 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2021

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, released predictions about key trends that will impact organizations in 2021 and beyond. Most of them arise from the digital transformation and new workflows required by […]. The article Netwrix Makes 7 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2021 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How to Leverage Mobile Technology to Build a High Value Virtual Care Program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sponsor: Stratix Corporation Primary topic: Innovation Pulse Topic: Innovation Pulse Telehealth Resource Central: On Demand Webinars External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How to Leverage Mobile Technology to Build a High Value Virtual Care Program Region Tag: Global Edition

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CBT digital therapeutic for IBS patients receives FDA De Novo clearance

Mobi Health News

Mahana Therapeutics' Parallel is an eight-week digital treatment that logs patients' symptoms to deliver relevant guidance and teach them condition-management skills.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

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Step Aside COWs, WOWs and iPhones. Zebra Devices Now Support Epic Rover

Healthcare IT Today

Zebra Technologies recently announced that their TC52-HC handheld touch computer was approved for use with Rover, Epic’s mobile app and in so doing pushed Computers on Wheels (COWs), Workstations on Wheels (WOWs) and iPhones further from clinical floors of hospitals. Zebra’s healthcare devices have always been rugged, secure, and lightweight, but since the start of […].

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What Is It Like To Work In Healthcare Technology?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you like the idea of working in healthcare but do not want to go through several years of school after getting bachelor’s and master’s degrees, you may want to choose a tech-related job. The […]. The article What Is It Like To Work In Healthcare Technology?

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CMS Continues to Make Updates to COVID-19-Focus Survey Tool for Long-Term Care Facilities

HealthStream

When CMS overhauled its long-term care facility survey earlier this year, few thought the new document would remain unchanged. They were right, and new elements have been added in alongside an updated on- and offsite survey set of protocols.

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Clinical trial shows breast screening AI could assist radiologists in detecting cancer in mammograms

Mobi Health News

Startup Kheiron Medical Technologies says the solution can help fight the COVID-19 cancer screening backlog and address workforce crisis.

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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.