Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 11, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Julie A. Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, director of health information management excellence, AHIMA. Reading news articles about vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19 has been heartbreaking. My organization, the American Health Information Management […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 13, 2020
Three-quarters of patients who obtained healthcare virtually during the pandemic said they want it to be a standard part of care in the future. The result lends weight to the ongoing conversation around telehealth. A Kyruus survey of 1,000 patients found that more than 75% said they were very or completely satisfied with the virtual care they'd received, and 96% said it was somewhat, very or extremely easy to arrange a visit.
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Health Populi
JULY 16, 2020
The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. FAIR Health based these numbers on private insurance claims associated with COVID-19 diagnoses, evaluating patient demographics (age, gender, geography), hospital charges and estimated allowed amounts, and patient comorbidities
Mobi Health News
JULY 15, 2020
Dr. Matthew Fradkin, a pediatrician at Swedish Primary Care and Providence St. Joseph, discusses his work implementing an ambient scribe in his workflow at HIMSS20 Digital.
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Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 14, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mike Pietig, vice president of healthcare experience, Avtex. Communication is core to delivering exceptional patient experiences every day. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, and as patients and their providers slowly move forward, […]. The article Communication Is Key To Patient Experience During and After CVOID appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 14, 2020
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the immediate challenge for Baltimore-based Kennedy Krieger Institute was shifting an almost-100% on-site outpatient workforce to an almost entirely remote one. (Its hospital has remained open, serving inpatients throughout the pandemic.). THE PROBLEM. Kennedy Krieger has had a small behavioral-telehealth program for military families for four years.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 14, 2020
A new study of 27,000 virtual physiotherapy patients has concluded that digital physiotherapy must become a significant part of the treatment mix post COVID-19.
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 17, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. At Electronic Health Reporter, we take innovations from healthcare companies very seriously. For nearly a decade, we’ve featured their work, products, news and thought leaders in an effort to bring our readers the best, most […]. The article Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: Mieron VR appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 14, 2020
As health systems have adjusted their workflows to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, they have discovered increasing value in telehealth solutions that will continue to offer benefits long after the crisis has passed. Among the most significant will be the way in which telehealth technologies enable providers to address chronic diseases - the largest cause of death worldwide - more effectively.
Health Populi
JULY 13, 2020
Advertising Age announced their list of the top 20 brands in 2020 this week. Ad Age’s lens on these was heavily tinted by consumers’ lives coping with the coronavirus pandemic: “The coronavirus has brought new attention to typically boring, decades-old consumer staples, while hastening the rise of digital newcomers that were only just beginning to gain traction pre-pandemic,” Ad Age explains in the introduction to the list of the selected brands.
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Mobi Health News
JULY 13, 2020
Dr Deborah Maufi, project manager at the Health[e] Foundation, and Dominnique Karetsos, co-founder of Healthy Pleasure Collective, give MobiHealthNews their takes on how tech can empower women ahead of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event (7-11 September 2020).
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 14, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Being a nurse is not an easy life, but it can be very rewarding and is a popular career path for many. It takes hard work and dedication to even qualify as a nurse and […]. The article Is a Career In Nursing Right for You? appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 16, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of patients have turned to telehealth. But those who needed abortions still had to travel to clinics for care – even when it comes to medication abortions, which consist of taking a few pills. This is due in part to U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which require mifepristone, one of the medications used in abortion, to be dispensed at a clinic, hospital or medical office.
Health Populi
JULY 13, 2020
“The COVID-19 pandemic…has highlighted like never before the pitfalls of paying for healthcare based on the number of patients seen and services rendered,” a Modern Healthcare article asserted in mid-June 2020. In other words, the U.S. health care financing regime of volume-based payment didn’t fare well as millions of patients postponed or cancelled procedures and visits for fear of contracting the virus in the halls, offices and clinics of hospitals and doctor’s offices. “Just imag
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Mobi Health News
JULY 16, 2020
The information is stored and sent to hospital systems and the Vitls app, so healthcare providers can monitor the vital signs of their patients in real-time, no matter where they are.
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 15, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The COVID-19 pandemic has successfully spread its wrath among nations. It has become so widespread that it could cause a global recession. It has made people realize the importance of the healthcare industry. While those […]. The article Healthcare Careers In Demand Because of COVID-19 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 17, 2020
Microsoft is previewing its new Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, an API feature that enables healthcare organizations to scale secure connectivity for an array of devices streaming protected health information. WHY IT MATTERS. As health systems ramp up telehealth and, especially, remote patient monitoring programs, they're looking for technologies to help them manage multiple connected devices as they extend care delivery into patients' homes.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 15, 2020
It was Valentine’s day and I was at a party. The last few weeks things were good: my dad hadn’t been in and out of the hospital or the ER. He was even doing well with his physical therapy and able to walk laps around the main floor of the house. Around 9pm, my cell […].
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Mobi Health News
JULY 14, 2020
Movano's smartwatch-like wearable uses radio frequency technology to measure blood glucose without breaking the skin.
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 16, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe Benardello, co-founder, chief strategy and marketing officer, IKS Health. Ambulatory care organizations throughout the United States are facing a new reality in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Practice managers must face declining […].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 16, 2020
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday aims to ensure telehealth is able to continue to build on its potential in the years ahead, by making permanent some policies enacted during the pandemic and protecting Medicare beneficiaries' ability to engage in virtual care. WHY IT MATTERS. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act is co-sponsored by Rep.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 16, 2020
Whenever you change EHR software, one of the biggest pieces of the project is to figure out how to handle the data that resides in the system (or more often systems) that you’re replacing. Needless to say, there’s a lot that goes into this part of the project. In fact, it really is almost a […].
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Mobi Health News
JULY 12, 2020
The first of its kind in the GCC region, ViroMasks is created with Swiss HeiQ Viroblock technology that has proven to be effective against SARS-CoV-2.
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 17, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. There is no decisive role for consumers to choose an oxygen concentrator. The data of molecular sieve procurement and production used by each manufacturer are not disclosed. It can only be what people advertise. If […]. The article Understanding Molecular Sieve Oxygen Generators (Oxygen Machines) On the Market appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 17, 2020
COVID-19 has made clear the importance of reducing contact between potentially infectious patients and providers – while ensuring those patients get the highest quality of care. One solution, proposed panelists at a recent HIMSS20 Digital session, lies with a robust remote patient monitoring system inside hospital rooms. "COVID-19 has introduced quite an interesting challenge to healthcare professionals around the country," said Emma Fauss, Medical Informatics Group CEO, during t
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 16, 2020
The following is a guest article by Dan O’Connor, SVP, Growth at Ciox Real World Data. With the resurgent spread of COVID-19 through American communities nationwide comes an explosion of COVID-19 data as a byproduct; real-world data (RWD) necessary and useful to accelerate containment, tracing, and treatment solutions. But to access the intelligence within the […].
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Mobi Health News
JULY 14, 2020
Hale Health today launched Hale 2.0, a redesigned version of its remote-care platform in response to the increased demand of telemedicine in the pandemic. The company rebuilt the platform in an effort to simplify the user experience for both providers and patients and increase flexibility for providers through new features and better pricing options.
Electronic Health Reporter
JULY 14, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Matthew A. Michela, president and CEO, Life Image. In a public health report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the state of the U.S. public health technology was likened to “puttering along the […]. The article Health Data Interoperability Is No Longer An Existential Threat appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 17, 2020
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Healthcare IT Today
JULY 15, 2020
Syndromic surveillance is a public health campaign that can track symptoms of disease in the community and use the resulting insights to predict hospital utilization during a surge, inform reopening, enable quick policy changes, or reallocate resources. COVID-19 is a clear candidate for this kind of aggressive monitoring. Here are some examples why: Weeks after […].
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