Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, California, is soon to become one of the first 5G enabled health facilities in the world, with portions becoming operational this week, according to statements VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said at State of the VA speech Feb. 5 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The 5G networking capabilities will provide means of delivering telesurgery services to Veterans, he noted, giving the VA the capacity to allow their physicians to consult during surger

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. But in a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine , commercially-insured adults were found to have visited primary care providers (PCPs) less often, and 1 in 2 had no PCP visits in one year.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PHD, CAE, CEO, American Health Information Management Association. Despite gains in medical technology and the use of electronic health records (EHRs), medical errors related to patient identification continue to pose significant, […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A majority of employers, meanwhile, said they are viewing workforce digital health offerings as a worthwhile investment, according to a new Mercer Marsh Benefits, Mercer and Oliver Wyman report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

At Columbia, South Carolina-based Prisma Health, "we’re on a journey pursuing aspects of digital health," said Dr. Mark Wess, the health system's vice president and chief health information executive. "The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those." For Prisma Health – which is now the biggest not-for-profit health organization in the state, following the 2017 merger of Palmetto Health and the Greenville Health System – virtual care rep

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In a play for public health street cred, Microsoft has announced the creation of a new program designed to help public health researchers and organizations to leverage AI. The software giant plans to spend $40 million over five years in locations around the world for this effort, which is part of Microsoft’s $165 million AI […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Caption Health's tool instructs non-expert medical staff on how best to produce high-quality diagnostic images in real time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

With value-based care on the rise, the adoption of digital tools is rapidly progressing, yielding better diagnoses and outcomes. THE PROBLEM. Today, most physicians know some form of digital transformation is essential to their future. Yet adopting technologies like telehealth continues to become more daunting, especially for small practices. HIMSS Media research found that digital adoption, including telehealth, is a top priority for healthcare professionals, but thus far, fewer than 10% have e

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

When a patient comes in for an appointment, test, procedure — how many people who need care are in the room? Whether you call them: family caregivers, care partners, or informal caregivers – if a friend or family member came with the patient, there’s probably at least 2. We now know that informal caregivers don’t […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vikas Chowdhry, MBA, chief analytics and information officer, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI). It is encouraging to see many healthcare systems and payors focusing on the impact of social determinants of health (SDoH) […]. The article The Future of SDoH: The Power of Personal Determinants of Health appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A study of more than 200 Kaiser Permanente patients found regular coaching paired with self-monitoring tools more effective than standard care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. WHY IT MATTERS. The guide offers clarification for billing for remote patient monitoring, synchronous (real-time) asynchronous (store-and-forward) telehealth services and billing for virtual healthcare services, as well as mobile health services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

“We need to demand our health citizenship. That means our nation must approach medical treatment and data privacy as civil rights that protect everyone.” This is the start of my column, Americans, let’s claim our health care rights , published by USA Today today. USA Today is publishing a 10-part series called “Hidden Common Ground” addressing key issues where Americans can come together.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Here’s a deal that could have a greater impact than it might appear upon first glance. Humana has cut a deal with a vendor allowing members to share data from a very wide range of devices and apps with its wellness division. Working with personal health data platform Validic, Humana will allow members to connect […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Data from an Aetna International survey also suggest that employers and convenient digital tools could play a role in connecting these potential patients to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Physicians' use and appreciation of information technology and digital health tools has seen a big uptick over the past five years, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association. The AMA, which first began benchmarking how various health technologies are being integrated into clinical practice in 2016, says its new research finds physicians – more than ever – see digital health as a key driver for quality outcomes, cost efficiency and patient access.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Geoff Gross, founder and CEO, Medical Guardian. The Hospital Re-admissions Reduction Program took effect in 2012 with the goal of sustainably lowering hospital re-admission rates. Since then, the program has levied nearly $2 billion in penalties (in […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We’re working on a full article about this, but most of you have probably seen that Judy Faulkner and her company, Epic, have asked their customers to send a letter to HHS asking for them to stop the health data blocking rule that’s about to be finalized. There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion […].

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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 5, 2020

A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor Shao Huilin at the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) located at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is working on the development of a rapid Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) detection kit, based on the enVision technology platform which they invented in 2018.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Egypt looking to deploy telehealth in Africa Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Asia Pacific Right Now:

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Samir Panchal, consultant, Freed Associates. As industry economics change, health care organizations are increasingly being pressured to provide financial transparency while improving the patient experience. Patient financial clearance (PFC) departments are increasingly under pressure […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Given its position atop the EHR industry, the things Epic does can have an outsized influence on the healthcare world. Will such be the case when Epic debuts its new voice assistant at HIMSS20? I’d argue that this time, perhaps, not so much. According to a piece appearing in Healthcare IT News, Epic is debuting […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Buoy Health is launching a new coronavirus feature to help educate patients on symptoms and provide action steps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Egypt looking to deploy telehealth in Africa Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK Right Now:

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HealthStream

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

This blog post starts to define Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and examines new ways healthcare organizations can use assessments and training from HealthStream to ensure staff understand and are adhering to policies that support compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Part of a growing body of evidence putting EHRs at the center of opioid use reduction efforts, a new study has concluded that small changes to EHR presets can lower the number of opioid pills physicians prescribe. This is particularly interesting when thinking back to the Practice Fusion opioid kickbacks we wrote about last week. […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Flare Capital Partners Principal Ian Chiang offers practical suggestions for innovators finding themselves in the midst of a transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Telemedicine faces challenges progressing from diagnosis to treatment Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK HOT @HIMSS:

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HealthStream

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Healthcare employers can further insulate themselves from revenue cycle staffing issues with competency and turnover by instituting pre-hire testing to understand a candidate’s skillset and uncover areas of possible deficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The following is a guest article by USF Health Online. The healthcare industry has spent the better part of the last decade building new and revamping old information systems. We’ve created new ways to collect, store and share data and have been hyper focused on what comes next for that data. But as the industry […].

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