Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

Among the challenges of chronic disease management is the lack of interoperability between different medical records and inability to communicate effectively between patients and their physicians and social workers. In a recent HIMSS21 Digital session, Frank Cutitta, CEO of HealthTech Decisions Lab led a panel comprising of Karen Murphy, chief innovation officer at Geisinger, and Tony Farah, chief medical and clinical transformation officer at Highmark Health, who noted innovations in cardiac an

Health Outcomes 312

Health Outcomes 312

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Approximately 15% of people in North America have some type of communication and hearing disorder. The issue affects people of all ages, but especially in the elderly population, both hearing and communication problems tend to […]. The article 5 Degrees For A Career In Speech and Hearing Disorders appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

Doctors 254

Doctors 254

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

Telehealth continues to be a priority for the healthcare industry. It has proven itself throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Recent Zoom research found that in the U.S., 72% of survey respondents want to attend healthcare appointments both virtually and in-person post-pandemic, demonstrating the clear need for telehealth as an option for this hybrid approach to healthcare.

Telemedicine 218

Telemedicine Doctors COVID-19 Hospitals 218

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2021

Looks like Google and Apple have both run into the proverbial healthcare wall that so many have faced. In fact, in Google’s case, we can say that they’ve ran into this wall…again. Yes, in some ways this feels like Groundhog Day for those of us who have followed this industry for as long as we […].

144

144

Advertisement

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.

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

Health authorities in Rome have repurposed a COVID-19 telemonitoring tool to monitor people at risk from heat-related illness. In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app. These telemonitoring systems allow healthcare to contact elderly and vulnerable people to provide heatwave advice such as adapting their medication or drinking more w

COVID-19 307

COVID-19 Public Health Telemedicine World Health 307

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Response from Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, chief nurse of Health Learning, Research & Practice, Wolters Kluwer. How can we curb nursing burnout? The healthcare system simply wasn’t ready for COVID-19, […].

COVID-19 196

COVID-19 Nurses 196

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Product Manager position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Zus Health and is a remote position. Here’s a description of the position: We are looking for a hands-on, technical, […].

143

143

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

A special balance test originally used by NASA in its space programmes has been adopted by an Abu Dhabi hospital to help determine the cause of prolonged or recurrent dizziness. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi – which is part of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the United States – has just launched a specialised multidisciplinary “Balance Clinic” which includes the EquiTest, known as the world’s first commercially available Computerised Dynamic Posturography (CDP) devi

Governance 251

Governance Hospitals 251

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Karen Conway, vice president of healthcare value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX). The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the true costs, human and otherwise, of health disparities, as low income and minority populations suffered disproportionately from the […].

COVID-19 196

COVID-19 196

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The American Board of Telehealth announced this week that it is launching a Teleprimary Care Certificate program, geared toward helping primary care providers develop future virtual health strategies. The online program will cover a range of topics and best practices, including workflow, regulatory considerations and health equity. "Teleprimary care is at the forefront of the telemedicine space, but it continues to evolve and expand with the development of new technologies, innovative care

Telemedicine 202

Telemedicine COVID-19 Doctors 202

Advertisement

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.

HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs. The inability to share and access clinical data is a rural health disparity. […].

Public Health 142

Public Health 142

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2021

ECH Dandelion, a care hotel operated by South Australia-based home care provider Enabling Confidence at Home, has been equipped with a technology platform for aged care communication and delivery from health IT provider Rauland Australia. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. Rauland's Concentric Care platform, which was launched last year, has been introduced in the newly opened ECH Dandelion in Walkerville, Adelaide.

Hospitals 232

Hospitals 232

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 20, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. DocSpace, a digital health commerce platform that helps clinicians start, manage, and grow tech-enabled private practices, announced $1.2 million in seed funding led by Slauson & Co. The round includes other notable investors Precursor Ventures, Acrew Capital’s Scout […].

195

195

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

The adoption of telementoring has accelerated during the pandemic, enabling safe and secure remote collaboration. Engin Demirel, EMEA head of product management, marketing and sales operations at Olympus, says it is now a vital tool in the hospital’s digital health armamentarium. HITN: Why do you think telementoring has become an increasingly important aspect of telehealth?

COVID-19 193

COVID-19 Hospitals Health Outcomes HIPAA 193

Advertisement

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.

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

The following is a guest article by Damian Chung, Business Information Security Officer at Netskope. Healthcare organizations still seem to think that blocking all access to unapproved cloud storage or cloud collaboration tools means that they’re preventing leakage of sensitive information. But as the old saying goes, “Data flows like water.” Eventually, it’s going to […].

Hospitals 142

Hospitals 142

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 19, 2021

It also supplies enrolled employees with a free TRX Suspension Trainer, discounts on other TRX products and a complimentary one-on-one virtual training introduction session.

135

135

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. One of the greatest health concerns of modern society is nursing shortages in different states across the world. The prevalence and impacts of the recent Covid-19 pandemic have taught the world that professional nurses and […]. The article Hospitals Turn To Tech To Help With 2021 Nursing Shortage appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

Nurses 185

Nurses Hospitals COVID-19 Telemedicine 185

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

Wearables and other remote patient monitoring tools have expanded patient care beyond the walls of brick-and-mortar clinics. Even as these devices have widened access, however, the "internet of healthy things" has also meant more potential privacy issues, explained experts in a HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital session available on demand this week.

HIPAA 178

HIPAA COVID-19 Doctors 178

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.

Fraud

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/27 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcitoday on the topic “Health IT Conferences.” As we recover from the HIMSS conference that happened in person in Las Vegas and virtually last […].

136

136

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 17, 2021

The acquisition will result in the integration of ConsenSys Health’s Elevated Compute platform with technology components that underpin the FHIRBlocks Consent4Health application.

128

128

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Hospitals have always been a place of innovation. From the first medical breakthroughs to new technologies, hospitals are constantly changing and adapting to meet today’s needs. As a result, doctors need better tools, more efficient […]. The article The Technological Innovations In Hospitals: Ways Technology Is Changing Healthcare Efficiency appeared first on electronichealthreporter.c

Hospitals 172

Hospitals Doctors 172

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Verizon virtual care product BlueJeans Telehealth announced this past week that it had enabled integration with the Apple Health app with the aim of allowing patients to share data with clinicians during telemedicine visits. The integration will allow patients to share data such as heart rate, sleep and falls with their provider, said BlueJeans Chief Innovator and Strategist Krish Ramakrishnan in a blog post.

Telemedicine 176

Telemedicine 176

Advertisement

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.

Ransomware

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 20, 2021

Google says health projects will continue even as it unwinds dedicated health division. hlandi. Fri, 08/20/2021 - 19:08.

145

145

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 20, 2021

The survey results were based on responses from nearly 400 chief financial officers and revenue cycle leaders at health systems and hospitals across the United States.

Hospitals 124

Hospitals 124

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dr. Madhevi Vemireddy, co-founder and COO, CareTribe. Millions of Americans live with chronic health conditions every day, sometimes even debilitating or disabling health conditions. When our physical health fails, it inadvertently impacts every facet […].

Health Outcomes 156

Health Outcomes 156

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2021

The dynamic world of voice technology is impacting healthcare through a number of use cases, as technologies like natural language processing allow computers to understand what humans can say – and allowing computers to speak back. In a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between David Metcalf, director of UCF's institute for simulation and training, and Teri Fisher, physician and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Fisher pointed out voice allows providers to mu

147

147

Advertiser: Evisort

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.

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

In just the last month, we have two new CEOs of two of the largest EHR vendors in the industry. The news came out today that Cerner was appointing David Feinberg, MD as President and CEO of Cerner. Dr. Feinberg will also be a member of the Board of Directors with William Zollars as independent […].

115

115

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Physician pay remained stagnant while productivity slumped in 2020, new survey finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 19:00.

135

135

Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mike Pietig, vice president of healthcare experience, Avtex Solutions. Many healthcare organizations today offer a multichannel engagement approach, presenting online and mobile access to services and even care. Adopting digital channels is a great […].

142

142

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2021

A recently published study found a marked increase in the number of Australians and New Zealanders turning to digital services for mental health support during the pandemic. The study looked at the uptake of two online cognitive behavioural therapy services – This Way UP in Australia and Just a Thought in New Zealand. Both companies undertook the research.

COVID-19 143

COVID-19 Governance 143

Advertisement

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.