Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 21, 2020

While there is a large and growing market for remote patient monitoring technologies, with particular benefits for the older population, simplification of connection technologies – Bluetooth for one – will be key to the broader adoption of RPM in 2020. The vast majority of hospitals and health systems – 88 percent – have invested in or plan to invest in remote patient monitoring technologies as part of their transition to a value-based care model, according to a 2019 Spyg

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Rapidly advancing technology has made its presence felt in many branches of the healthcare sector, causing dramatic and drastic changes. Healthcare professionals today rely on technology in many different ways – from maintaining documents and keeping records to optimizing patient out-times and remote treatments.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 24, 2020

There's no shortage of logistical crossovers between these industries, but so far museums, zoos and other amusements have had much more success when designing positive consumer experiences.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Economic development has historically built trust among nations’ citizens. But in developed, wealthier parts of the world, like the U.S., “a record number of countries are experiencing an all-time high ‘mass-class’ trust divide,” according to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. For 20 years, Edelman has released its annual Trust Barometer every year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, recognizing the importance of trust in the global economy and society.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2020

The U.S. Department of veterans affairs has been making major investments in innovating its technology and infrastructure in recent years. There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 21, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. It’s perhaps the greatest gift a person can have, but we usually take it for granted until it’s gone. Without it, nothing else in life is quite the same. And once it’s gone, it can be very hard to get it back.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Deborah Hsieh, Chief Policy & Strategy Officer at Ciox. When most of your patients hear “health data rights,” they likely think of HIPAA, or the long forms they rarely read in their doctors’ offices. What they may take for granted is the protections for health data that covered […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2020

As telehealth and remote patient monitoring gain favor across healthcare, there's a critical component that providers should keep top-of-mind: cybersecurity. At HIMSS20, Jennifer Cawthra, healthcare sector lead at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Sue Wang, principal cybersecurity engineer at The MITRE Corporation, will offer their perspective on cyber risks associated with telehealth remote patient monitoring – and strategies to safeguard against them.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 20, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ken Perez, vice president of healthcare policy, Omnicell, Inc. “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it,” President Barack Obama famously said—many times—of his landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But the promise was impossible to keep.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 24, 2020

Susannah Rose, director of patient experience research at the Cleveland Clinic will be talking about ways to use tech and improve care at HIMSS20.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2020

Some one in three physicians is burned out, according to the Medscape’s National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report. The subtitle, “The Generational Divide,” tells a bit part of the subtext of this annual report that’s always jarring and impactful for both its raw numbers and implications for both patient care and the larger health care system in America.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2020

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Using digital technology to impact health behavior change Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition HOT @HIMSS:

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 24, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Robin Cavanagh, chief technology officer, GetWellNetwork. We’ve come so far in the medical field, from a treatment perspective. Over the past twenty years, major breakthroughs have occurred in all aspects of the healthcare industry, from pharmaceuticals to minimally invasive surgery.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2020

A newly published notice from the FDA suggests a new capability for the Alphabet subsidiary's clinical research wearable.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2020

The following is a guest article by Rob Mesirow, Partner and Connected Solutions/IoT Leader at PwC. Though the Internet of Things (IoT) is proving its value in many industries, perhaps the most significant benefits to consumers can be found in healthcare. Here’s a prime example: Health organizations can deploy IoT to remotely monitor patients’ blood […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2020

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Though vision is one of the most important of all five senses combined, most people don’t think about their eye health until something goes wrong. Each year, millions of people are diagnosed with vision problems and eye diseases that alter their way of life.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The introduction of Babylon's technology will mean quicker access to treatment for patients, the partners said.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/17 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) on the topic of “What Do You Expect from #HIMSS20?” Hard to believe that the annual HIMSS Conference is just around the corner. There’s nothing […].

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HealthStream

JANUARY 24, 2020

Individualizing training to each learner’s needs is where performance-guided learning has such appeal. By assessing an employee’s performance and then connecting it with how he or she learns and develops, an entirely new approach to workforce education is possible.

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Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued guidance regarding vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. If your organization manages all IT related services in-house and utilizes Mi.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 20, 2020

By combining prior CDC data with heart rate and sleep measurements, Scripps developed a new disease tracking model that they say could deliver speedy and accurate estimates.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2020

This is the tale of a quiet effort by Facebook to take over (more of) our lives, in this case by sliding laterally into the healthcare business and collecting data on our medical habits. What I’m about to share draws on a story appearing in The Atlantic laying out how Facebook might be able to […].

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HealthStream

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here are the 10 most popular HealthStream blog posts in 2019, regardless of when they were published. Most appear to be connected back to nursing and its intersection with lifelong learning.

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 18, 2020

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Have you recently received a letter from the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Secretariat or the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) accusing you of irregular behavior? We have recently been made aware of letters being sent out in January to a number of those who took the Step 2 CS Exam in Houston.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 20, 2020

At HIMSS20, Providence St. Joseph's Lisa Mason will be discussing the tricks and pitfalls of using chatbots in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2020

For many healthcare organizations, software vendor tech support is a necessary evil. Sure, some readers of this site may have a great working relationship with their vendors’ tech support department, too many others are usually on the verge of collapse. This lack of support is freaking out front-line users. In fact, according to a newly-released […].

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HealthStream

JANUARY 21, 2020

Using an AI-based nurse training and assessment system like Jane could be a very effective addition to healthcare organization operations. Here are three scenarios where such a solution would be useful.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2020

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 24, 2020

Lessons learned from the launch of South Shore Health System's OB-GYN care patient app.

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