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Finding a Health Equity Partner for Language Services

Healthcare IT Today

Finding the right health equity partner for your language services is essential. Compliance: Are service delivery systems and interpreters HIPAA compliant? She began her career as a charge nurse and transplant coordinator at Emory University Hospital in 1988. Boostlingo is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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Bipartisan legislation would broaden telehealth benefits for employees

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It would expand access to employer-sponsored health benefits by classifying telehealth as an excepted benefit. "COVID-19 put a new emphasis on telehealth and showed how impactful and convenient it can be for working families to get care similar to an in-office nurses station," said DelBene in a statement.

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When Innovation Isn’t Enough: Pharma’s Next Frontier

HIT Consultant

Michael Sheeley, Co-founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1. Patients are more empowered than ever, but we can’t afford to lose personal touchpoints and human empathy in our move toward the digital health future. Previously he was the Co-founder and COO of RunKeeper, a mobile health and fitness company that was acquired by ASICS.

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Unlock Healthcare Data to Improve Patient Care and Operational Efficiency

HIT Consultant

The ease in which protected health information (PHI) is shared, accessed, and analyzed has a direct impact on clinical productivity, patient care coordination, and health outcomes. Today, clinicians still spend a considerable amount of time typing in, clicking through, and editing electronic health records (EHR).

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Syllable Corporation Announces Purchase of Actium Health

Healthcare IT Today

By using HIPAA-compliant AI and natural language processing (NLP) to understand patient needs, Syllable’s Patient Assistant integrates with a health system’s EHR and automates more than 70% of hospital calls, ensures 35%+ more callers reach their destination, and frees up staff to handle 30% more new appointment calls.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These platforms are HIPAA compliant and offer integration with devices and EMRs. Integration with EMR: While EMRs are part of the technology infrastructure in any health system, integrating wearable data from devices into the EMR can help physicians maintain data continuity with the initial in-person visit recorded in the EMR.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in Idaho

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The resources provided by these Idaho state agencies are essential for promoting public health, ensuring access to healthcare, supporting healthcare professionals, and enhancing overall health outcomes for the residents of Idaho.