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Five Strategies Nursing Professionals Should Adopt To Avoid Bottlenecks Situations

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Catering to unceasing challenging situations and maintaining sanity control over senses are a few of the intrinsic characteristics of a daunting nursing occupation. Similarly, the nursing staff cannot utterly overlook the attendants of the patients […].

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One Medical employees announce plans to unionize

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Staff members at One Medical, a membership-based primary care company, announced this past week their intention to unionize. According to Workers United, a Service Employees International Union affiliate, the bargaining unit will comprise about 500 staff members, including customer service agents, phlebotomists, administrative workers and assistants, front desk workers and members of the virtual team.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Without access to connectivity during the pandemic, too many people could not work for their living, attend school and learn, connect with loved ones, or get health care. The COVID-19 era has shined a bright light on what some of us have been saying since the advent of the Internet’s emergence in health care: that digital literacies and connectivity are “super social determinants of health” because they underpin other social determinants of health, discussed in Digital inclusio

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Lessons Learned from a Fierce Patient Advocate, Erin Gilmer

Healthcare IT Today

Long time readers of Healthcare IT Today and members of the Health IT and patient advocate community on Twitter probably are familiar with Erin Gilmer. She’s one of the most fierce patient advocates I’ve ever known. Buoyed by her keen intellect and helped by her law degree, she brought light to so many issues that […].

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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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 Healthcare IT Services and Their Role In 2021 Regulatory Compliance

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Cures Act Final Rule’s technical requirements call for radical changes in electronic Patient Health Information Exchange (ePHI). Care providers must adhere to the CoP requirements for patient event notifications (ADT Notifications) and the real-time […].

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At Mount Sinai, RPM provides more equal access to cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With eight hospital campuses across the New York metropolitan area and a large regional ambulatory footprint, Mount Sinai is committed to improving health equity and access to care. Its expertise in population health, along with its service to socioeconomically, demographically and culturally varied populations, means Mount Sinai is uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of delivering high-quality care to underserved people.

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Lawsuit Brought Against CHIME for their $1 Million Patient ID Challenge

Healthcare IT Today

Back in 2016, CHIME announced a $1 million Patient ID challenge. CHIME teamed up with HeroX (which co-founded the XPRIZE) to run a year-long competition to develop a National Patient ID solution. They planned to announce the $1 million winner in Feb 2017 at the CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum. Here’s the challenge description from the HeroX […].

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Key Features For Pharmacy Delivery App

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The increasing number of online pharmacy retailers emphasize growing consumer inquiry for address delivery. More and more polls show that the cost of such delivery is the greatest concern for both consumers and suppliers. Such […]. The article Key Features For Pharmacy Delivery App appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Telehealth may help reduce medicine's carbon footprint

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A large-scale study recently published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health found that an increase in telehealth use in the Pacific Northwest corresponded to a dramatic decrease in transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. The study – a collaboration among researchers from Northwest Permanente, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School – examined six years of outpatient care at Kaiser Permanente Northwest, which serves more than 600,000 people in Orego

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Only 10% of EDs are for pediatric patients. Telehealth could help tackle this gap

Mobi Health News

Dr. Brian D’Anza, medical director of telehealth at University Hospitals, will be speaking at HIMSS21 about the health system’s new emergency room pediatric telehealth program.

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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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Digital Overload – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Leave it to Evan Kirstel to find the cartoon that seems to perfectly encapsulate what most of us are likely feeling. I was thinking the other day that I have access to 16 Zoom accounts. Is that too many? Yes. Do they all have a purpose? Yes. Is that going to change? Unlikely. Check out […].

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Why Hospitals Need Data Loggers

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Hospitals rely on data loggers for a variety of reasons; here’s a look at four of the critical ways in which they use data loggers: 1 – Protect Sensitive Assets The most common use of […]. The article Why Hospitals Need Data Loggers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Indonesia extends free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients nationwide

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Starting tomorrow, the Indonesian government will deliver free telemedicine services for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms across the country in a bid to ease hospital pressure as cases hit record highs. These services will be delivered in partnership with digital health platforms Alodokter and Halodoc, who will provide free teleconsultations and medication delivery, said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikinat at a press conference.

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Emirati Genome Program inviting more participation via new SEHA partnership

Mobi Health News

The programme, which is focused on providing preventive and personalised healthcare for citizens of the United Arab Emirates, wants more citizens to offer samples.

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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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Is Transparency the Most Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/9 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Sarah Krüg (@sarahkrug1) on the topic “Is Transparency the Most Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare?” Trust is one of the most important building blocks in healthcare, and […].

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Real-World Data: How Clear Is Your Picture?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Holmes, senior clinical data analyst, Syapse. When it comes to getting a clear picture from real-world data, breadth of view and careful analysis matter equally. Interpreting data is always a challenge; it’s a […]. The article Real-World Data: How Clear Is Your Picture?

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Patients are just as satisfied with virtual visits, Cleveland Clinic study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patients seem to like the convenience of telehealth, as well as the ability to remain safe from COVID-19 transmission – especially before the vaccine rollout in the United States. But a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research also shows that patient satisfaction with their virtual engagement with clinicians is also comparable to in-person care.

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Fitbit patent reveals it could be working on a health monitoring ring

Mobi Health News

The ring could measure biometric data including blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse, blood pressure, glucose levels and more.

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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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Developing a SANER Solution for Emergency Situations

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Scott Afzal, President of Audacious Inquiry. This past year, Americans in nearly every community had to face the prospect that there may not be an ICU bed or ventilator available for them in the nearby hospital if they got sick with COVID. It was a stunning illustration of […].

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4 Ways Technology Is Helping Healthcare Organizations Remove Financial Barriers To Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Srulik Dvorsky, CEO and co-founder, TailorMed. The ising out-of-pocket costs from health insurance is one of the most common barriers to health care for patients. According to a recent study, 46 million people cannot […]. The article 4 Ways Technology Is Helping Healthcare Organizations Remove Financial Barriers To Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Telemedicine found to be effective for diabetes management in KSA and UAE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine consultations could be “key” to addressing the growing costs of diabetes treatment and management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a new report has found. Released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the study showed that in 2020, the number of telemedicine clinics for patients with diabetes in both countries rose by 90%.

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Canadian researchers build end-of-life predictor tool to support palliative care

Mobi Health News

The RESPECT calculator predicts frail people’s survival to assist caregivers in deciding about end-of-life care and services.

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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 Industry Slower To Adopt Digital Tranformation Than Many Other Industries

Healthcare IT Today

New research suggests that healthcare is lagging behind most other industries when it comes to digital transformation efforts. The study, which was released by Precisely and Corinium Global Intelligence, surveyed 300 chief data officers with more than 2,500 employees on how their digital initiatives were going. According to researchers, software and technology companies were particularly […].

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The Many Factors That Make a Child’s Well-Being Build Our Adult Health – the Aspirational OECD Framework

Health Populi

The ultimate health and wellbeing of an adult depends on the factors that shape us when we are children. A new, deep report from the OECD, Measuring What Matters for Child Well-being and Policies , spells out the many domains of experience that, together, bolster our whole health as we grow from child to adult. The first chart presents the OECD’s framework for measuring child well-being, calling out the nature of being “aspirational.” This re-look at children’s health da

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A booming digital health market, and an elusive trifecta

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. For digital health startups to succeed in this space, they must get three factors right: cost, scale and quality. Paddy Padmanabhan The markets are buzzing with the latest Rock Health report on funding for digital health in the first half of 2021.

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McKinsey report predicts digital tools could be the answer to employee mental health crisis

Mobi Health News

During the COVID-19 pandemic rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse increased.

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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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Patient Access to Results or Wait for the Doctor? #InformationBlocking

Healthcare IT Today

I don’t think any thread has captured the discussion around information blocking and the associated regulations that require sharing results with patients as soon as their available as this thread from Justin Maykel. Here’s what he shared that sparked a strong response from patients and doctors. Called a patient today to tell them their colonoscopy […].

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May 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in May 2021: On May 3, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. 677(a), the Department of Banking and Insurance, Small Employer Health Program proposed an amendment regarding small employer health benefit plans. This includes language that should be changed to comply with several Public Laws.

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What is Hospital Automation?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This short discussion with a hospital automation expert Devesh Menawat, Director, Hospital Automation, breaks down what the buzz term “hospital automation” actually means in terms of hard deliverables, and delves into the specifics of how automating some aspects of healthcare can benefit clinicians, care teams, informaticists, Biomed/IT, and telehealth and aftercare specialists streamline workflows, minimize manual documentation, enhance the care experience for patients, and extend c

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Assured Allies scores $18.3M to help seniors navigate the aging process

Mobi Health News

The Boston and Tel Aviv-based company includes a predictive analytics tool which helps intervene in a person's aging trajectory.

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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.