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From A to Zebra: Data-driven strategies for training AI to understand rare diseases

Mobi Health News

Ahead of Rare Disease Day 2020, Paul Wicks, scientific advisor for Ada Health, writes about the potential of digital learning health systems in helping patients receive the right care faster.

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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America

Health Populi

Outpatient revenue is crossing the curve of inpatient income. This is the new reality for U.S. hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. hospitals. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? The line chart illustrates Deloitte’s top and bottom line: “The shift toward outpatient is happening and will likely have a tremendous impact on ope

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Using Technology To Enhance The Patient Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With the fourth technological revolution in full swing, more and more digital innovations are changing the world we live in. From having virtual assistants on our devices to directly transforming computer designs to objects through […]. The article Using Technology To Enhance The Patient Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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8 Ways Practices Are Investing in Patient Experience Now

Healthcare IT Today

Providing a great patient experience is slowly shifting from a differentiator to a survival tactic. In a world where reimbursements are tied to patient experience and where online ratings can impact patient volume, practices can’t afford not to focus on experience. But are practices investing in patient experience? Healthcare IT Today recently sat down with […].

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

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.

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NHS pilots home testing for coronavirus

Mobi Health News

The NHS in England has announced that it is piloting home testing for coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK went up to 13 on Sunday (23 February). The new approach means that patients will no longer have to go to NHS sites to get tested, with nurses, paramedics and other staff visiting them in their own homes. Professor Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus, said this would help limit the spread of the infection.

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

Health Populi

Millions of Americans have to work 53 weeks to cover a year’s worth of household expenses. Most Americans haven’t saved much for their retirement. Furthermore, the bullish macroeconomic outlook for the U.S. in early 2020 hasn’t translated into individual American’s optimism for their own family budgets. (Sidebar and caveat: yesterday was the fourth day in a row of the U.S. financial markets losing as much as 10% of market cap, so t he global economic outlook is being revised downward by the like

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Why Cloud is Strategic and Challenging for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Heather Haugen, PhD and Darshan Nandi from Atos. Cloud isn’t as complex or risky as we like to believe for healthcare, but it does have far-reaching impacts across IT, business, and clinical operations. Many healthcare leaders remain hesitant about moving application or data to a Cloud platform but […].

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Digital physical therapy company Sword Health raises additional $9M

Mobi Health News

The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Lachy Groom, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber Ventures.

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. This chasm is illustrated in The future of the digital patient experience , the latest report from HIMSS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM). The big gap in supply to patients vs. demand by health consumers is highlighted by what the arrow in the chart below points to: managing payments and paying bills.

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Verizon and Emory Healthcare Partner For Nation’s First 5G Healthcare Lab

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G Ultra Wideband-enabled use cases that could transform the healthcare industry. As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory […]. The article Verizon and Emory Healthcare Partner For Nation’s First 5G Healthcare Lab appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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.

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Health IT Leaders Expect To Make Broad Use Of AI and Machine Learning Technology

Healthcare IT Today

New healthcare AI and Machine Learning research conducted by Healthcare IT Today suggests that many industry leaders are serious about adopting healthcare AI and machine learning tools and what’s more, that these technologies are being used as part of mission-critical efforts rather than one-off pilot tests. At the same time, it highlights the degree to […].

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Coronavirus prevention may be in your pocket

Mobi Health News

From travel checkpoints to at-home screening, smartphone-based digital health tools could play a role in limiting outbreaks, writes Binah.ai CEO David Maman.

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Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

Health Populi

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), collaborating with industry stakeholders, has ushered in a standard for artificial intelligence in health care. CTA is the membership organization for companies that innovate, manufacture and market consumer-facing tech like big-screen TVs, slick new autos, video games and voice assistants. So what’s an organization like CTA doing with AI and health care?

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HHS Issues Strategy To Improve Care For Patients By Reducing Clinician Burdens

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. As part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen the relationship between patients and their doctors, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to […]. The article HHS Issues Strategy To Improve Care For Patients By Reducing Clinician Burdens appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Big Tech: Apple’s Mastery Of Consumer Design Could Offer Unique Healthcare Advantages

Healthcare IT Today

I remember when I first fell in love with an Apple computer – the day I brought home a Macintosh Performa. I opened the box, plugged it into the wall and dove into it with a passion. By today’s standards, its 33 MHz processor, 4 MB of RAM and 250 MB hard drive seems laughable, […].

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Following strong 2019 growth, Teladoc Health eyes severe flu season, COVID-19 outbreak

Mobi Health News

During its latest earnings call, the remote care company highlighted its new offerings for enterprise customers and discussed how it's been preparing for an increase in infectious disease cases.

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What Are the Most Effective Leadership Styles in Healthcare?

HealthStream

Effective healthcare leaders come in all shapes and sizes, and they are far from cookie-cutter people, so knowing what some common traits are is helpful when exploring what type of person will work best at a facility.

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HITRUST Certification: What Is It and Why Is It Important For Data Protection?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Banco, CEO and co-founder, etherFAX. As a data protection standards and development certification organization, HITRUST helps organizations safeguard sensitive data and manage IT risk across all industries and throughout the third-party supply chain. […].

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

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.

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#HIMSS20 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 31

Healthcare IT Today

For the 31st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re doing a preview of the upcoming HIMSS 2020 Annual conference happening in Orlando. For those not familiar with the event, it brings together 40-50k people from the health IT community and around 1300 health IT vendors. You can find Healthcare IT Today at HIMSS20 at […] Wondering what to expect at the #HIMSS20 conference in Orlando?

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Apple, J&J open enrollment of Heartline Study to Medicare seniors with iPhones

Mobi Health News

The study will use the smartphones, Apple Watches and a custom health engagement program to influence stroke risk and atrial fibrillation detection.

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FDA Unlocks the Key to Innovation in Interoperable Medical Devices

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

Interoperability holds the key to interconnected medical devices. A recent De Novo classification of a software for diabetes management shows the way forward. We live in an interconnected world. At home, at work, and in public places, we are using devices and systems that are connected to the internet and to each other. Nearly every aspect of our lives is now dependent on these smart devices.

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Solving America’s Other Drug Problem

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Frannie Raede, MPH, PhD, program manager, commercial development, Pillo Health. In the U.S., 25% to 50% of all adults fail to take their prescribed medications on time, contributing to poor health outcomes, over-utilization of […]. The article Solving America’s Other Drug Problem appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

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.

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Insight Before Spend: How to Properly Align Your 2020 Health IT Initiatives

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Peyman Zand, Vice President, Advisory Services, CereCore. Nothing is more inefficient than activity without insight. This is especially true for healthcare provider organizations where dollars are tight and human resources remain in short supply. Healthcare IT resources are a particular area of leadership concern with increasing demands and […].

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How stakeholders in digital are grappling with the challenges of today’s healthcare

Mobi Health News

An interview with Patrik Sundström, head of digital health at the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions.

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Ransomware Attacks Directed at Businesses Grow

Total HIPAA

Ransomware attacks have surged in the last year.¹ Healthcare providers and other businesses have fallen victim. Previously, these cyberattacks mostly targeted individuals, who often paid only a few hundred dollars to retrieve their files. Now, many businesses have found themselves locked out of their networks and unable to access them unless a ransom is paid.

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Anesthesia: The Top 9 Things To Know About Revenue Cycle Management

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe Gribbin, Graphium Health. Anesthesia billing can be tremendously complicated. Small errors can result in delays and a failure to collect. To improve revenue cycles, we’ve compiled some key ideas that will make an […]. The article Anesthesia: The Top 9 Things To Know About Revenue Cycle Management appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

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.

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University of Alabama Birmingham Embeds Workflow Apps In Cerner EHR

Healthcare IT Today

In theory, there’s nothing exciting about an academic medical center deciding to embed apps within its EHR. In this case, however, it seems to me that there’s a little bit more going on than usual. Let’s see what you think. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is working with a vendor named TransformativeMed to integrate […].

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DrChrono teams up with Cognition IP on machine learning patents, insurer deal brings Pager to South America and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: Yale School of Medicine cuts deal to explore VR for cancer patients; UPMC Health Plan rolls out VirtualHealth's HELIOS platform.

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ISO 14971 Basic Concepts – Hazard, Hazardous Situation and Harm

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

These terms are foundational to risk analysis, yet they are poorly understood and often incorrectly applied. If your organization has implemented ISO 14971, the International Standard for Risk Management , there is a good chance you are already familiar with these terms. These are very basic terms used for analyzing safety risks associated with a medical device.

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Update on the Opioid Epidemic - Statistics and Progress

HealthStream

The opioid crisis continues to rage across the United States, but all the news is not grim thanks to robust efforts around tightened access, education and treatment.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.