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Digital retail pharmacy NowRx expanding into telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NowRx is expanding into telehealth, the digital retail pharmacy and prescription delivery company announced Wednesday. NowRx Telehealth will enable provider-patient, app-based interactions, in addition to same-hour or same-day prescription medication deliveries, according to the company. WHY IT MATTERS. The rollout's first phase will focus on the provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, an HIV prevention medication.

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Becoming A Travel Nurse 101: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you’re itching to travel, love meeting new people, and are passionate about healthcare, it might be time to consider becoming a travel nurse. Travel nurses fulfill all of the regular duties a traditional RN […]. The article Becoming A Travel Nurse 101: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

Health Populi

Expanding omni-channel, data-driven, cost-effective health care in the community, tailoring that care, and attending to mental health paint the picture of health through the lens of CVS Health. The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year. Those themes are, The Year of the Pharmacist.

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Proof-of-concept system turns smart speakers into contactless heart rhythm monitors

Mobi Health News

Smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Nest can be used to monitor heart rhythms without physical contact as effectively as an electrocardiogram, according to research from the University of Washington published in Communications Biology.

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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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What does the 'after COVID' business look like? IT leaders weigh in

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Amid the chaos of the past pandemic year, there have been many valuable lessons for CIOs and health IT leaders willing to learn them. Many were discovered while managing unusual sets of circumstances, or from the plain and simple need to shift strategies on a dime. This is the latest in Healthcare IT News' series of feature stories on lessons learned during the COVID-19 era.

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A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Your routine, health, and lifestyle can all contribute to your sleep quality each night. If you often feel tired throughout the day or crave sleep as soon as you have stepped out of bed, you […]. The article A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Abbott updates app-based neuromodulation platform with remote programming

Mobi Health News

Providers will be able to have in-app live video conversations with chronic pain and movement disorder patients, as well as prescribe new settings for their neuromodulation therapies from afar.

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Majority of people open to using telehealth for sleep concerns

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recently released report from Royal Philips found that although few people have sought help from a sleep specialist via telehealth, the majority of survey respondents said they'd be willing to try it. The survey examined the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of 13,000 adults in 13 countries around sleep. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they'd experienced new sleep challenges since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with women reporting more sleep struggles than men.

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5 Tech Tools For Elderly Health and Safety

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Physical and mental activity keeps elderly people alive. It boosts their memory and mental capacity, slowing down aging and enhancing their quality of life. Experts view gadgets as the best tool to engage these seniors […]. The article 5 Tech Tools For Elderly Health and Safety appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How Can a Digital Workforce Address Healthcare’s Challenges? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/12 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Linda Stotsky (@EMRAnswers) from @Bossoft on the topic “How Can a Digital Workforce Address Healthcare’s Challenges?” Things have changed drastically for the healthcare sector over the last […].

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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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Using analytics could be key to curbing medical bias

Mobi Health News

Today at Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS' Patient Experience Summit, Dr. David Newhouse, formerly of Permanente Medical Group, discussed putting statistics into practice. .

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Two major telehealth orgs team up to expand virtual care training

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association and the American Board of Telehealth announced Tuesday that they were partnering to expand access to training and education for virtual care. The partnership comes on the heels of the ABT's recently launched CORE Concepts in Telehealth Certificate, which consists of seven telemedicine-focused training models.

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How Do Laboratory Billing Companies Help You Overcome Revenue Hurdles?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Most of the laboratory practitioners lose millions of dollars just because of inefficient management of lab billing services. Usually, it happens because of the lack of a sufficient workforce, equipment required for billing, and more […]. The article How Do Laboratory Billing Companies Help You Overcome Revenue Hurdles?

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Transforming Healthcare with Proactive, Automated Communication

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Carlene Anteau, MS, RN, Vice President, Marketing, Twistle. Adhering to an episodic or long-term health treatment plan can be overwhelming for many patients. They often do not remember everything their doctor tells them during visits, health portals are cumbersome and difficult to access, and the healthcare literacy level […].

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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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Hinge Health purchases pain relief wearable maker Enso

Mobi Health News

The digital MSK company is looking to bundle the non-invasive, non-addictive pain reduction device alongside the rest of its employer-focused offerings.

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Aspire Health Partners upgrades network and adds RPM to handle telehealth needs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Aspire Health Partners in Orlando, Florida, last year was facing two problems: the need for remote monitoring of patients in its inpatient hospital units and the need to upgrade its network switch infrastructure to better handle the load on network resources related to the increase in telehealth services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE PROBLEM.

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Digital Technology Is Improving Healthcare Supply Chain Effectiveness

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over the past year, COVID-19 pushed the healthcare supply chain to breaking point. Throughout March, April, and May 2020, many offices could not get hold of the critical personal protective equipment they needed. And today, […]. The article Digital Technology Is Improving Healthcare Supply Chain Effectiveness appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Renown Health: Age is Not a Barrier to Using Epic’s MyChart

Healthcare IT Today

There is a long held IT myth that adults 75 years and older are not capable of or don’t want to use the latest technology. Renown Health shattered that myth when they rolled out Epic’s MyChart for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. It turns out with proper planning and support; older adults are more than capable of […].

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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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Intranasal COVID-19 vaccines developed for additional protection

Mobi Health News

Study finds nasal spray delivery offers 'many benefits' over traditional approaches to vaccine administration.

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Blessing Health calms anxious COVID-19 patients with RPM tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Blessing Health System, based in Quincy, Illinois, was facing a two-pronged challenge. THE PROBLEM. First, patients with COVID-19 who get hospitalized have an increased level of anxiety and stress related to this diagnosis. Second, once discharged, they are limited in their interactions with family and healthcare providers. Blessing Health was looking at ways it could provide these patients with a true human connection with their care team, in a safe environment, while monitoring the physiologic

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Effective Communication Skills Every Nurse Must Possess

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nursing may not be one of the oldest professions out there, but it is undoubtedly one of the most esteemed and well-regarded ones. However, it wasn’t always this way. It has evolved immensely since its […]. The article Effective Communication Skills Every Nurse Must Possess appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). On March 10th, V-BID held its annual Summit, celebrating the Center’s 20 years of innovation and scholarship. The Center is led by Dr. Mark Fendrick, and has an active and innovative advisory board. [Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics].

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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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Cognito Therapeutics touts positive Phase 2 results for device-delivered Alzheimer's treatment

Mobi Health News

The startup will now move onto a larger pivotal trial of the neuromodulation therapy, which received a Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA in January.

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Precision Medicine Informatics Deployment Rate Growing

Healthcare IT Today

New research suggests that healthcare organizations are getting increasingly serious about the deployment of precision medicine informatics. According to a study appearing in the Journal of Precision Medicine and co-sponsored by XIFIN, 76% of respondents had invested in precision medical informatics (PMI), 18% said that they hadn’t made such investments but were planning to do […].

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API-First Solutions Are Becoming The Foundations For Telehealth Efficiently and Scale

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Nick Macario, CEO, Verifiable. Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most well-known venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, having made notable exits including Airbnb, Facebook, Box and Slack, is often at the precipice of significant […]. The article API-First Solutions Are Becoming The Foundations For Telehealth Efficiently and Scale appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Abbott updates app-based neuromodulation platform with remote programming

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Patient Access Care.

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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.

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Dutch AI medtech company Kepler Vision launches vision platform for senior care

Mobi Health News

The Kepler Night Nurse Edge Box uses vision technology to allow staff to monitor patients and respond to physical distress.

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Epic Developing an EHR AI Assistant, but is At Least 2 Years Out

Healthcare IT Today

In a recent online seminar at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Judy Faulkner, Founder of Epic, was the guest of honor with moderator Dara Mize, MD, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics. This was part of a weekly Department of Biomedical Informatics seminar they hold according to a VUMC announcement. In the seminar, Judy shared some […].

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Nursing Homes Are Feeling a Huge Impact from COVID-19

HealthStream

Nursing facilities are feeling an outsized effect from COVID-19, between residents, patients, family caregivers, and staff. A sweeping program of testing and vaccination are the only viable solutions.

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I: What We Learned in 2020 & What We’re Expecting This Year

Redox

One: Double down on Innovation. Every year, thought leaders usher in a new year by predicting what trends will impact their respective industries in the coming months. In one of my recent Forbes columns, I took a different approach to predictions, focusing more on lessons learned from 2020 to then help guide these four forward-looking prescriptions: Prescription 1: Double down on innovation.

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Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)

In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.