Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Romina Ortiz, COO and vice president of patient advocacy, Rare Genomics Institute. Getting a diagnosis for a rare disease is a long and often painful journey that can take an average of five years1 and hundreds of doctor visits. Sometimes, the answer never comes; conventional diagnostics does not always provide a diagnosis for diseases […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2019

Lexington, Kentucky-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare is deploying new tele-ICU capabilities across all of its dozen hospitals in Kentucky and West Virginia. WHY IT MATTERS. Working in partnership with vendor Advanced ICU Care, which provides telemedicine technology and services, the health system kicked off the implementation this week at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center in Kentucky, with 11 more locations set go go live by July.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 10, 2019

The digital health industry has much work to do when it comes to developing technologies for underserved populations, including people of color, the LGBTQ community and women.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2019

This is what rationing health care looks like in America: one in two people in families dealing with a chronic health condition have difficulty affording paying medial bills before meeting a deductible, unexpected medical bills, co-payments for prescription drugs, co-payments for physician visits, and/or their monthly health insurance premium. And that financial toxicity is felt among people who were insured through the workplace in late 2018, based on the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)/LA Times

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 10, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Maria Redka, technology writer, MLSDev. Blockchain offers countless opportunities for growth and development of many industries. Sectors like finance, banking, government and public services, education and commerce have already taken the first steps at embracing this revolutionary technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2019

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Health Populi

MAY 7, 2019

There’s no denying the growth of telehealth, virtual visits, remote health monitoring and mHealth apps in the healthcare landscape. But these growing technologies don’t replace the role of real estate in health, wellness and medical care. Health care is a growing force in retail real estate, according to the ICSC, the acronym for the International Council of Shopping Centers , which has been spending time analyzing, in their words, “what landlords should know in eyeing tenants

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 6, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, chief Nurse, Health Learning, Research and Practice, Wolters Kluwer. Have you thanked a nurse today? Or any day, for that matter? If not, you now have an entire week to make up for lost time.

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HealthStream

MAY 10, 2019

The opportunity to improve compensation and benefits by going to a job elsewhere is a powerful motivator, creating a serious challenge for healthcare employee retention.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2019

With more than 230,000 people across the US engaged in the program, the NIH and its partners detailed upcoming data analysis tools for researchers and the general public.

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MAY 6, 2019

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 10, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Your health is the most personal part of your life. Going into a doctor’s office or hospital makes a person feel vulnerable, even if they’re only there for a routine checkup. There’s an unspoken trust between patient and doctor that whatever is discussed or recorded will remain private.

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HealthStream

MAY 7, 2019

Research here also shows that most people aren’t good interviewers and a traditional interview isn’t particularly predictive for healthcare hiring success.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 9, 2019

Data from 19 studies suggest emotional benefits for those living in homes, but stress that the simulated pets won't be accepted by every senior.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2019

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 6, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Christina Boyd, vice president of client solutions, DocuTAP. Switching to a new EMR is never easy and can be a real challenge for urgent care providers. However, when the current system doesn’t align with your practice’s goals, you’ve got to take the plunge.

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HealthStream

MAY 10, 2019

As we celebrate Nurses Week 2019, take a look at the facility’s training and continuing education platforms to see what’s working, what’s not and what’s missing to help nurses and all caregivers do their best work.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 7, 2019

The cloud-based eMurmur ID platform aims to help primary care practitioners and other unspecialized clinicians provide consistent heart screening.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2019

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ryan VanDePutte, associate director, Bits In Glass. Patient-centric healthcare is a major buzzword today, and it aligns with an overarching trend that is taking place in our society: mass customization. Over the last two decades, we’ve seen tremendous technological advancements that have drastically changed the way that most all goods and services are delivered. […].

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The Health Law Firm

MAY 9, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Physicians, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals need to be aware of the genetic testing scams that are being used. These scams are used to rip off government funded programs by millions of dollars. This two part blog series aims to warn doctors and other health professionals of the dangers they may face from inadvertently becoming involved in one of these schemes to defraud insurers

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Mobi Health News

MAY 8, 2019

While both approaches reduced participants' lower back pain, the company's exercise therapy app was significantly more effective in a direct comparison.

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MAY 9, 2019

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Banco, CEO, etherFAX. Healthcare organizations know just how important it is to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect sensitive and unstructured data such as patient records, scripts, discharge summaries, medical forms, authorizations, prescriptions, and insurance claims.

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The Health Law Firm

MAY 9, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Medical and clinical researchers spend many years and countless hours of research on clinical trials and investigations in hopes of contributing to their respective fields. Unfortunately, many also find themselves defending their reputation after being accused of clinical research fraud or research misconduct.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 9, 2019

The startup was also recently awarded funding from EIT Health and Vinnova, the Swedish innovation agency.

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HealthStream

MAY 8, 2019

Understanding the what, where, and why of coding audits provides a deeper understanding of what they are designed to do and the many benefits they offer to healthcare providers and systems.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 10, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Brightree has announced plans for its home health and hospice customers to access more than 50,000 provider locations and health systems nationwide via the CommonWell Health Alliance, a nonprofit national trade association of health IT companies, and through CommonWell to Carequality, a national, consensus-built common interoperability framework.

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The Health Law Firm

MAY 7, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D. , M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Whether you are a nurse, physician, pharmacist or dentist, I beseech you: please do not talk to a Department of Health (DOH) investigator until you have talked to a health lawyer who is experienced with DOH investigations and board licensing complaints. Do not answer or respond to even the most basic questions about where you work now, what your address is or if you know patient x, until consulting wi

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Mobi Health News

MAY 9, 2019

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus merged the two companies, promising to support existing clients.

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