Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 27, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The market for senior care is growing rapidly. This comes as more members of the baby boomer generation enter retirement, partly due to the current health crisis. This will encourage retirement and assisted living communities […]. The article 5 Tools That Are Revolutionizing Senior Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2021

Leading healthcare industry stakeholders on Monday implored top leaders in the House and Senate to help ensure, among other imperatives, that "Medicare beneficiaries [don't] abruptly lose access to nearly all recently expanded coverage of telehealth." WHY IT MATTERS. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, 430 organizations – including the American Telemed

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2021

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/30 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by the HIMSS Changemakers and Michael Gaspar (@MichaelGaspar) from @HIMSS on the topic “HIMSS21 Preview.” The week of August 9th, the global digital health community will be […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 26, 2021

The companies will combine their complementary pathology tools to leverage services for tech-enabled diagnostics, drug discovery and patient care.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 26, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The main areas of use of biotechnology today are medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other industries, where BioTech innovations can reduce the cost of production, speed up the development of vaccines, or model the changes of […]. The article How Information Technology Helps In Med Tech Research appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

For years, Dr. Mariea Snell, a telehealth clinician at the Maven Clinic and assistant director of the Online Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Maryville University, worked in an inner-city public health clinic. She and her colleagues were incredibly busy every day. THE PROBLEM. Even though they were quite busy, she noticed that most of the patients who did not show for their appointment were women.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 26, 2021

In an upcoming HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session, a group of clinician panelists will discuss the ways digital transformation is both contributing to and alleviating burnout.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 30, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. People are constantly under the glare of artificial light these days, with lighting systems brightening the night and their eyes constantly on a screen. It’s impossible to avoid artificial light exposure, and unfortunately, sometimes it […]. The article Health Benefits of LED Lighting In Commercial and Residential Environments appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill this past week that expands access to virtual care throughout the state. The bill, HB 3308, requires insurance reimbursement parity for virtual mental health and substance use disorder services, as well as authorizing all other telehealth to be covered through 2027. "The legislation I'll sign today will solidify Illinois as a leader in telehealth access and expansion in the nation," said Pritzker in a statement.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2021

Before COVID-19, I think that many of us took for granted the supply chain and the ability to procure just about anything we wanted pretty easily. Then, the pandemic hit and we realized that there’s a lot more risk in the supply chain than we realize. As we start to focus more on procurement and […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 29, 2021

In an upcoming HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian will discuss where healthcare tech will go from here.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 27, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vikram Savkar, vice president and general manager of the medical segment, Wolters Kluwer’s Health Learning, Research and Practice business The pandemic has shone a critical light on every aspect of the medical ecosystem, revealing […]. The article How COVID-19 Changed Medical Research appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

Providence St. Joseph Health Consortium, based in Renton, Washington, had a problem: maintaining access for its patients and needing to find creative ways to expand hospital and clinician capacity through virtual means versus traditional brick-and-mortar solutions. THE PROBLEM. Capacity is a long-standing problem for healthcare leaders as demands for services are much more dynamic than the static nature of physical infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

For the 67th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about what’s Rising and Falling in Health IT. I’m not sure there’s ever been a time in health IT where more things have been happening.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 27, 2021

Luxsonic's virtual reality suite, the SieVRt, landed clearance from Health Canada in order to be used in diagnostic radiology.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 27, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Terrence D. Sims, president of strategic growth and marketing, Raintree Systems. Among the many lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic was that most patients are more than willing – dare we say eager? – […]. The article How Welcoming Is Your Digital Front Door?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

The virtual care giant Teladoc released its earnings report this week, showing a net loss of $133.8 million for the second quarter of 2021. Total net loss for the first half of 2021 was $333.5 million, compared to $55.3 million for the same time period last year. At the same time, the vendor said its $503 million second-quarter revenue earnings had more than doubled compared with 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2021

Showed up for my #Covid19 test today at @cvspharmacy. When I got to the window they told me they couldn’t test me because their system was down. Why didn’t they notify me before I showed up? Why can’t they associate my test with my information-which they can see-& fill-in later? — Jan Oldenburg (@janoldenburg) July […].

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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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Mobi Health News

JULY 27, 2021

The online tool provides a COVID-19 patient's risk score, expected time to death and survival probability curve based on 15 health variables.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 26, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. As an owner of a healthcare facility, you may know that the healthcare system in the US has been going through a rough patch for several years now. However, note that with all the existing […]. The article Emergency Medical Billing Areas To Maximize Revenue During The COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 30, 2021

Telstra Health's virtual health solutions have been deployed in hotel quarantine sites in Tasmania to remotely monitor the conditions of international travellers under mandatory quarantine. During their 14-day stay, guests are asked to conduct daily checks of their temperature, pulse and oxygen saturation, as well as blood pressure, weight, and glucose levels if required.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2021

Former Iora Health executives create holistic Medicare concierge service to assist seniors in selecting and receiving the most out of healthcare coverage Boston MA, JULY 28, 2021 — Connie Health, a tech-enabled consumer Medicare navigation platform helping Americans make more informed health and financial choices, announces a $13 million Series A round and begins operations […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 28, 2021

Its new onboarding platform builds on the Castor eConsent tool and leads participants through the recruitment, screening, consent and enrollment processes.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 29, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. COVID-19 brought its fair share of trials and tests with it. Not only has it taken lives, infected millions, and left thousands unemployed, but it has also changed the course of society as we know […]. The article Six Time Management Tips For Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

The following is a guest article by Meg Michael from Vyne Medical. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the phrase, “This call is being recorded for quality assurance,” I’d be living large. The fact is, businesses around the globe record thousands of calls every day to ensure employees deliver the best […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 30, 2021

Health fund members of four Australian insurance firms can now make claims at any HICAPS terminal in the country by tapping their iPhone or Apple smartwatch.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 29, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephanie Wilding, CEO, CommunityHealth. COVID-19 sent telemedicine on the fast track for widespread adoption, helping doctors manage and care for their patients — especially those at high risk — during the nationwide shelter-in-place ordinance. […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

Optimum Healthcare IT, which provides Best in KLAS healthcare IT staffing and consulting services to more than 150 of the nation’s largest hospitals, today announced it has been acquired by Achieve Partners. The sale represents the first investment of Achieve’s Putting America Back to Work Fund, which leverages apprenticeships to create faster pathways to good jobs. […].

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