Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

A Health Affairs study found that telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic was lower in communities with higher rates of poverty – suggesting that the industry must address the digital divide in order to ensure widespread access to virtual care. The study , which was conducted by researchers from Harvard and the RAND Corporation, examined the variation in total outpatient visits and telemedicine use among 16.7 million commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees from January

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The population worldwide is aging. According to the UN, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over the age of 65, up from one in 11 in 2019. Given that “aging” […]. The article Age-Tech Market 2021: Perspectives and Expectations appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

By the autumn of 2020, U.S. physicians grew concerned that patients who were avoiding visits to doctor’s offices were missing care for chronic conditions, discussed in in Delayed and Forgone Health Care for N onelderly Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Urban Institute. More than three-fourths of people who delayed or forewent care had at least one chronic health condition.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The device reportedly will include a cellular connection and could tie in with third-party health and wellness services, such as those offered by Peloton.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Helio Health in Syracuse, New York, treats patients with substance use disorder and behavioral health issues. Many times, these patients have exacerbating conditions on the medical side. On top of those, there is a COVID-19 threat for both staff and patients. THE PROBLEM. Both sides were very vulnerable, and there is an epidemic of substance use disorder – and a pandemic on top of that.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Moe Rinkunas, SVP of corporate innovation and business design, Coplex. Innovation is transforming how care is delivered and improving the experience for patients and providers. The use of telemedicine has soared. Roughly 80% of […]. The article Lost In Translation: How To Clear the Logjam Between Discovery and Validation appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The company currently sells connected wearables and smart monitors to consumers, but said that it will be seeking FDA authorization for new products with broader indications and telehealth capabilities down the line.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The CEO of telecommunications giant BT, Philip Jansen, recently expressed an interest in expanding the company more into healthcare. The news comes with the company facing an imminent, controversial restructure that will see 90% of its buildings close, a move that could potentially result in thousands of redundancies. BT, which is the world’s oldest telecoms company, already has strong links to the healthcare sector, with an entire division of BT Business dedicated to public sector health.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Scott Hampel, president, MedeAnalytics. When I wrote about megatrends last year, the predictions were, naturally, forward-looking. Telehealth, for example, was important because of increased healthcare consumerism and the convergence of technologies to make its […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. APIs can enable “Data liberación,” a concept proposed by Todd Park when he worked in the Obama administration.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Kingdom’s BeAware app will be able to confirm an individual’s immunity status via a green shield and digital certificate that can be verified by officials at any given time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. WHY IT MATTERS. In a recent white paper, Optimizing Health IT for Safe Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care , the two groups outline some recommendations to help support and improve such IT integrations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Target enrichment is an essential process for multiple types of DNA or genetic sequencing techniques, and depending on which technique is in question, the actual process will vary quite a bit in both degree and […]. The article Target Enrichment: What Is It and How Does It Work?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Healthcare applications are increasing in complexity. Health data continues to grow exponentially. To avoid being drowned in this technology deluge, healthcare providers and health IT vendors are turning to 3rd party infrastructure providers for their systems + data needs. IDC predicted that healthcare data would grow 11,000% from an estimated 153 exabytes of data (153,000,000 […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Volpara is purchasing all outstanding equity of CRA for $18 million and will pay an additional $4 million if certain strategic targets are met within 18 months.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Optimizing online and video consultations Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jamison Utter, director of product evangelism, Medigate. Last year (2020) was a year of chaos, and one that demonstrated why robust cybersecurity is an essential priority for all healthcare organizations. From COVID-19 disruptions to […]. The article Clinical Zero Trust: The Time Is Right In Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The following is a guest article by John Janas, MD, Medical Director at Twistle. The COVID-19 pandemic has successfully accelerated the availability of digital health tools, while simultaneously exposing opportunity for improvement in their ability to activate patients in their care. Our nation has struggled to engage patients through patient portal apps over the past […].

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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

MindMed plans to use HealthMode's machine learning capabilities into its new digital medicine division.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Using digital tools to prescribe wraparound services to address SDoH Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. While news about vaccines is mostly dominated by COVID-19 right now, work is continuing to find a vaccine that can protect against different types of cancer. The latest development comes from Anixa Biosciences (ANIX:NASDAQ) and […]. The article Can This Promising Vaccine Really Stop Breast Cancer?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/19 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Neelam Sharma, RHIT (@Nee2Sha) on the topic “Implementation of Technology for Care Coordination.” The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has defined care coordination as the […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

SNP chip data often reported by consumer genomics companies should not be considered for clinical decisions without additional validation, warn researchers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Telehealth is bringing patients and providers closer Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Sponsor: RingCentral Right Now:

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bob Burnett, director of B2B solutions deployment and planning, Brother International Corporation. The start of the global pandemic put incredible stress on the numerous healthcare heroes as well as their facilities, and the industry […]. The article Helping Our Healthcare Heroes with Smarter IT appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One of the calls that a CISO hates getting is the one from a customer who just received documentation from a vendor they have contracted to allow all of their emails coming from a certain domain through to an allow list so they don’t end up in the spam folder. The reason why we dislike […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The proposal aims to ensure that Europe's data is collated and shared in a secure and transparent way.

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HealthStream

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Patients with multiple chronic health conditions struggle to manage their own care, requiring outside professionals to oversee their healthcare. Here we look at the differences between care management and case management—two processes that apply to care oversight and better outcomes.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jason Rose, CEO, AdhereHealth. More than a year after scientists identified the first cases of COVID-19, infection rates continue to rise in regions across the United States. The virus has been particularly devastating for […]. The article Medication Adherence Is Key To Addressing the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Demonstrating once again that for health systems, it’s the data, stupid, fourteen US health systems have come together to sell anonymized versions of the vast stores of patient information they collect and maintain. The group, which is led by the Providence system, also includes AdventHealth, Advocate Aurora Health, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Bon Secours […].

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