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CMS reports 34.5M telehealth services delivered March through June

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Data released this past week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that more than 34.5 million services were delivered via telehealth in Medicare and in the Children's Health Insurance Program from March through June. Although the agency notes there is always a "claims lag" between the time a service occurs and when the claim is reflected in the database, the preliminary data suggests a whopping 2,532% increase in services delivered compared to March through June

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Why Are HIPAA Risk Assessments Important?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chase Higbee, lead IT strategist, Atlantic.Net. A risk assessment is a mandatory annual task completed by a covered entity and a business associate. It is a HIPAA law created to ensure that all of […]. The article Why Are HIPAA Risk Assessments Important?

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Which EHR Phase Are We In? – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 47

Healthcare IT Today

For the 47th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the various phases of EHR (or EMR if you prefer). In a recent article by Colin Hung, he identified 4 phases of EMR. As we look at the current EMR and EHR market, we see healthcare organizations across nearly all 4 phases. However, […] In this episode, we discuss 4 EHR/EMR phases: * EMR Adoption. * EMR Consolidation. * EMR Optimization. * EMR Extension.

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What Is Myocarditis and How Is It Linked to COVID-19?

HealthStream

There is a growing concern that one serious complication of COVID-19 in some of those affected is myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle that can affect functioning and potentially lead to more severe long-term health problems like stroke and heart attack.

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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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At one practice, more clients keep telehealth appointments than in-person ones

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Christian Counseling Associates in Plano, Texas, typically has faced challenges attracting and retaining clients. THE PROBLEM. When COVID-19 hit, the practice needed to find a way to continue offering counseling services and retain its clients despite the pandemic. Telehealth has helped achieve that goal. “Telehealth provides a convenient and completely safe interaction for both the counselor and the client,” said Derrick Sledge, a licensed professional counselor at Christian Counsel

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The New Interoperability Rules Are Nearly Here. Are You Ready?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Sandy Phillips, CIO, HIE Networks. The patient was prepped and ready on the operating table when the surgeon realized he only had a report of a CT scan and would need the actual images […]. The article The New Interoperability Rules Are Nearly Here.

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CareCloud’s Approach to Telehealth – EHR Telehealth Series

Healthcare IT Today

As part of our ongoing series of telehealth interviews with EHR vendors, we’re excited to share our interview with Juan Molina, Division President at CareCloud, an operating division of MTBC. In this series, we talk with EHR vendors to better understand how they’re approaching telehealth. Are they developing telehealth in house or are they relying […].

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Teladoc Health data shows virtual mental healthcare boom

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Teladoc Health released findings Wednesday showing an enormous demand for virtual mental health care since the start of the pandemic. The telehealth giant reported that, while there has been growth in mental health services across the board, there have been a notable increase in virtual visits among men, patients over 65 and people who use Medicaid.

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Technology In Healthcare: Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. You could argue that, of all the different ways that technology has brought improvement to the lives of humans across the globe, none is more significant as the benefits to healthcare and medicine. From creating […]. The article Technology In Healthcare: Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Diabetes clinic for remote continuous data monitoring launches in Dubai

Mobi Health News

Following a soft launch in September, the GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center says it monitors the data of its patients in real-time, plus employs digital therapeutics.

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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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Fun, Gamification and Self-Awareness – MPEC20 Day 1

Healthcare IT Today

For the first time, the annual MGMA event, was held virtually. It was clear from the start that the organizers were inspired by the change in format. The agenda was packed with different styles of sessions as well as numerous ways to connect with sponsors and fellow attendees. This combination made for an exciting first […].

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Healthcare C-suite bullish on AI, telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A Center for Connected Medicine report released this week in consultation with KLAS Research found that a majority of healthcare leaders say they're most excited by artificial intelligence as an emerging technology. Healthcare organizations say that clinical decision support is their most common use case for AI, while they're likely to move toward using it for revenue cycle management in the future.

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How Physical Therapy Helps After Surgery

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Everyone’s lives eventually get touched by a need for physical therapy. Whether your mom is going through it after a hip replacement surgery, or you have to go through it after a car crash, it’s […]. The article How Physical Therapy Helps After Surgery appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Deloitte rolls out new home monitoring tool

Mobi Health News

The tool is able to capture data from remote monitoring wearables and to link patients with virtual care providers.

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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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74% of Healthcare Organizations Are Confident Data and AI Tools Will Be the Key to COVID-19 Treatment

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by David DeAngelis, Healthcare General Manager at Dell Technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the pace of digital transformation in several industries. From retail and manufacturing to technology and financial services, every market sector is working to adapt to ongoing disruptive circumstances. Healthcare providers continue to face unique challenges […].

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ChristianaCare develops new Alexa Skill for home health patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

ChristianaCare this week announced the launch of its Home Care Coach, a HIPAA-eligible Alexa Skill aimed at meeting the needs of home health patients. The Home Health Coach, which the Delaware-based health system says was designed in collaboration with frontline caregivers, is a proactive care plan that patients can use through their Alexa smart speaker.

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What Are The Benefits of Using A Panic-Button Device For Seniors?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Should you find yourself in an emergency situation where your airway constricts, or you lose consciousness, dialing 911 and communicating with an operator won’t lie within the realm of possibility. If you currently live alone […]. The article What Are The Benefits of Using A Panic-Button Device For Seniors?

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CDC's 'virtual human' relays prostate cancer info through candid conversations

Mobi Health News

The interactive tool tackles prostate cancer symptoms, screening and treatment. Providers can use it during a clinical encounter to facilitate conversation.

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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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Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

Health Populi

As patients returned to in-person, brick-and-mortar health care settings after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, they re-enter the health care system with heightened consumer expectations, according to the Beryl Institute – Ipsos Px Pulse report, Consumer Perspectives on Patient Experience in the U.S. Ipsos conducted the survey research among 1,028 U.S. adults between 23 September and 5 October 2020 — giving consumers many months of living in the context of the coronavirus.

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From Zoom to full EHR-integrated telemedicine on $245,000

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 arrived in Maine on March 12, 2020. For the safety of patients, Portland Community Health Center postponed all in-person appointments that were not considered essential by federal and state guidelines. Simultaneously, many patients canceled appointments and did not schedule new appointments for fear of becoming exposed to the virus. THE PROBLEM.

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How To Choose The Best Medicare Plan

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Medicare supplements in Florida are available from a wide list of providers. But how do you choose the best Medicare plan? Medicare Decisions Anyone who is interested in signing up for Medicare has many decisions […]. The article How To Choose The Best Medicare Plan appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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NUS spin-off company develops one-minute breath test to detect COVID-19

Mobi Health News

Breathonix’s breath analysis technology works by detecting Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) present in a person’s exhaled breath.

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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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Taylor Swift EHR Logos Part 2 – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

In case you missed part 1 of Taylor Swift EHR Logos, be sure to check it out. For those following along at home, this is the genius of Brendan Keeler (@healthbjk) from Redox. I didn’t realize he was such a Swiftie, but it’s great. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Feels […].

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Allscripts files trademark lawsuit against telemed platform CarePortMD

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Allscripts filed a trademark lawsuit in federal district court on Thursday against CarePortMD, a Delaware-based telehealth company. In the suit, the EHR giant argues that it has used the CarePort trademark since 2013 and that in 2018 the telemedicine company changed its name from ER at Home to CarePortMD. This, says Allscripts, could cause confusion among potential consumers.

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Five Ways To Prepare For Your First Telemedicine Visit

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Peter Alperin, vice president of product, Doximity. It’s 2020 and doctors are doing house calls again. No, we didn’t step back in time; instead, we’ve moved forward. Rather than a doctor knocking on […]. The article Five Ways To Prepare For Your First Telemedicine Visit appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Level Ex unveils in-browser, multiuser surgical training simulation

Mobi Health News

The Virtual Technique Guides software "supports thousands of medical procedures" across 27 surgical specialties and subspecialties, and allows participants to collaborate on training regardless of their physical location.

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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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Counterintuitive Insights Shared at MPEC20

Healthcare IT Today

If I had to pick one word to describe this year’s annual MGMA event (Medical Practice Excellence Conference #MPEC20) it would be: counterintuitive. Throughout the three-day online event many findings, ideas and observations were shared that ran against the grain. Better Performers Spend More It all started a few days before MPEC20 with the release […].

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Healthway Medical Group integrates primary and specialist clinics on teleconsult app

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthway Medical Corporation Limited (HMC), a private healthcare provider based in Singapore, has announced that its pediatric unit, Singapore Baby and Child Clinic has been onboarded onto its proprietary teleconsultation app. HMC said it will integrate further specialist clinics into the app in the months ahead. Island Orthopaedics and the Nobel Group of clinics will also be onboarded in the coming months.

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Governance: The Glue That Holds Connected Communities of Care Together

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Keith C. Kosel, PhD, MHSA, MBA, vice president of enterprise relationships, PCCI. Aligning groups that have very different backgrounds and agendas, for the good of the community, is no easy matter. Whether at the […]. The article Governance: The Glue That Holds Connected Communities of Care Together appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Imaging analysis AI startups announce 510(k)s for prostate cancer, incidental pulmonary embolism algorithms

Mobi Health News

Quantib and Ezra's automated tools support diagnosis and measurement of the prostate and prostate lesions, while Aidoc's algorithm acts as an always-on catch net for unsuspected blockage of pulmonary arteries.

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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.