Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Steve Simmons, marketing and business analysis manager, eCare Vault. Care coordination by definition is a strategy that is focused on bringing together the multiple parties of a patient’s care team to knock down barriers of communication in order to enable the best outcomes for your patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Healthdirect Australia , a national public health information service in the country, recently announced that it will be working with home-grown telehealth startup Coviu, to power its government-funded healthdirect Video Call service. Video Call has been developed by Healthdirect Australia to make it easy for healthcare providers to offer their services via video consultation.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Representatives from Oura Ring, Arc Fusion, FitnessGenes, Everlywell and Headspace will take the stage at Health 2.0 to demo products and discuss the future of consumer-focused digital health.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Did you know that September is Attendance Awareness month ? Me, neither. But reading one of last Sunday’s national newspapers, I noticed a full-page ad that read, “Whirlpool is helping keep kids in schools with washers and dryers.” Reading further on, the copy called out two data points making the point about laundry and education: One in five students don’t have access to clean clothes, making them more likely to miss school; and.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With the sheer number of people who have fallen victim to the opioid epidemic, friends and family may be left with many unanswered questions and feelings of helpless about what to do when they notice suspect their loved one may have an addiction. The abuse of opioids is not a recent phenomenon as it has […].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Creating a high-value conversation about Healthcare with Kathleen Aller at the Healthcare Leadership Conference by InterSystems. Kathleen Aller is on a mission to enable conversations between leaders in healthcare and information technology at InterSystems’ annual Global Summit in Boston later this month. In order to focus on problems rather than products, Aller and her team […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Healthcare Without Walls: Serving people where they are Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jane Byrne, care project coordinator, Firstcare. As technology advances, robots might be able to fill in the gaps when it comes to caring for the elderly in the near future. According to films such as “Robot and Frank,” robots might be used as caregivers in the near future.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This week, the news broke that a data breach at the neurology department at Massachusetts General Hospital had exposed private health information on nearly 10,000 people. According to a story appearing in the Boston Globe, an authorized third party got to data stored in software used by MGH researchers. What’s most remarkable about incidents like […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

WP Global Partners led the round with participation from City Light Capital, Nimble Ventures, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, Khosla Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Kapor Capital.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

There are many definitions of the word, “labor.” Oxford Dictionary provides context for the definition as follows: To work, as in especially hard physical work. To make great effort (as in, “laboring from dawn to dusk”). To have difficulty in doing something despite working hard. For this third point, Oxford offers these synonyms: “strive, struggle, endeavor, try hard, do one’s best, do all one can, go all out, fight, push, be at pains, put oneself out.”

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By George Mathew, chief medical officer, North America, DXC Technology. Consumer technology has given rise to 21st century digital citizens who are reinventing their lifestyles ? one smart device at a time. They are also reinventing healthcare. The 21st century digital citizen monitors their daily calorie intake, sleep patterns and heart rate during exercise.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Joe Tuan is the founder of Topflight Apps. mHealth apps are meant to deliver life-saving functions. Whether it’s for e-prescription, appointment setting, patient management or even patient education, you want to make sure your users can find and fully utilize all the functions of your app. These are […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Innovaccer CEO Abinav Shashank highlights healthcare policy and payment changes that will have major impacts across the industry.

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HealthStream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

While healthcare organizations largely are committed to complying with COI Management rules, there is a breadth of how they go about it. HCCS—A HealthStream Company surveyed 281 U.S. healthcare compliance leaders about the current state of their COI compliance programs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Michael Morgan, CEO, Updox. Whether it’s using FaceTime to catch up with friends across the country or web conferencing in the workplace to save the time and cost associated with business travel, video has become pervasive in almost every aspect of our everyday life.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

While there are obviously many options available, a small handful of technologies seem to have the greatest impact on patient engagement and efficiency within medical practices, according to a new survey. The survey, which was backed by the Medical Group Management Association and vendor Cedar, found that patient portals, automated appointment reminder systems, check-in technologies, […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The remote care tools are also helping tackle problems of loneliness with virtual group programs.

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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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HealthStream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Education and awareness around childhood cancer are vital, because just as with cancer in adults outcomes are better, and long-term effects lessened with early diagnosis and treatment.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Without a doubt, data is the driving force for innovation within healthcare. It has allowed for processes to be streamlined, busy work to be automated, and medical professionals to have more time with their patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

A new study has concluded that as EHR use has become ubiquitous, the number of medical malpractice claims in which EHRs contributed to injuries is continuing to rise. While the absolute number of claims is still relatively small, the problems involved are quite common, suggesting we haven’t seen the worst of this yet. The study, […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The remote care tools are also helping tackle problems of loneliness with virtual group programs.

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HealthStream

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

A final healthcare cost is reached after co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance, and hosts of other factors are considered, all of which vary from patient to patient. No wonder surprises are common and alarming.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. LocumTenens.com announced the results of its study, Locum Tenens Engagements: Strategies, Usage and General Attitudes. The 2019 survey measures the perception and attitudes of hundreds of clinicians and healthcare executives and administrators across the United States about healthcare industry issues, priorities and staffing solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Before you begin a job search, you need to think through the question, “What’s your strategy as an executive job seeker?” There’s no right or wrong answer to the question, and sometimes it takes trial and error to truly figure out what the most effective strategy is for you. Even then, adjustments must be made […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Google has teamed up with GN Hearing and Cochlear to launch a new feature that uses Bluetooth Low Energy.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Over the past couple of weeks, Walmart is demonstrating its growing commitment to and leadership in healthcare and public health. The company’s announcement this week of pulling products that can be used in military-style weapons from its Outdoor Sports/Shooting department is a major move for public health that is something of a watershed that will impact well beyond the company’s inventory and stock price.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. The healthcare circles in the United States are reeled up by debates around the need for price transparency. The federal agencies are coming up with regulations. Healthcare associations are weighing in their concerns.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/6 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Doug Zurawski from @kitcheck on the topic “How AI is Shaping Healthcare Operations” Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare has been a trending topic over the past several years […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Venu watch includes sleep tracking, respiration tracking, abnormal heart rate alerts and menstrual cycle tracking.

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