Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 8, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By George Mathew, chief medical officer, North America, DXC Technology Connected consumers, and their data, will play a critical role in transforming the next era of healthcare. In fact, global industry analyst IDC predicts that by the end of 2020, 25 percent of the data used in medical care will be collected and shared with […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2019

Magellan Health, a healthcare payer organization in Scottsdale, Arizona, needed to address adherence to oral medication therapy. THE PROBLEM. Non-adherence is one of the factors contributing to non-optimized medication use – the latter a term that describes all the reasons an individual doesn’t take medications including costs, lack of ability to pick up the prescription and many others.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 26, 2019

U.S. employers are tightening their focus on mental and behavioral health, addressing workers’ chronic conditions, emphasizing women’s health, and allocating more resources to digital and telehealth investments, we learn from Optum’s Ten Years of Health and Well-Being at Work: Learning from our past and reimagining the future. Four in five medium, large and jumbo companies expect their spending on health and wellness programs will increase over the next three years.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 8, 2019

A new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging found that a smartphone camera combined with a transdermal optical imaging system could accurately predict blood pressure.

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Advertiser: Celo

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2019

The use of telehealth services climbed dramatically over the four years between 2014 and 2018, according to new research based on healthcare claims data. To get a look at telehealth’s impact on healthcare overall, FAIR Health analyzed more than 29 billion healthcare claim records. Their analysis concluded that the number of claim lines related to […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 26, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jeff Solis, senior product marketing manager, eFax Corporate. The survival of highly regulated industries such as healthcare depend on secure information exchange. Healthcare organizations, or “covered entities,” as they’re known, exchange large volumes of sensitive data daily: billing and medical records, prescriptions and refill requests, lab requisitions, clinical field trial results, patien

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2019

Primary topic: Workforce Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Online clinic treating physician depression and burnout Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2019

August 8 is National CBD Day. Who knew? Well, now you do, and I’m going to explain how this three-letter-acronym is rolling into the retail health landscape, opportunities, risks, and other issues I like to cover when forecasting the future of a new-new thing in health/care. “CBD” stands for cannabidiol, which is a derivative of cannabis, marijuana and hemp plants.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 12, 2019

Dr. Yaa Kumah, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discussed the opportunities and hurdles for voice technology in provider organizations last week at Harvard Medical School.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2019

It seems like an eternity that we’ve been writing about government regulations like Meaningful Use, HITECH, MIPS, MACRA, and a bunch of other abbreviations that many would like to forget, but can’t because they’re still a part of many organizations’ daily lives. In all the time we’ve been writing about it, we’ve often echoed our […].

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2019

[…] David Harlow’s Next Chapter Attorney David Harlow and host of Harlow on Healthcare is joining Insulet Corporation effective August 19. He will be in the newly-created position of healthcare compliance counsel, with a broad range of responsibilities in the healthcare, data and compliance domains. Read about his next chapter. […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 23, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shawn Mike, content creator, Dynamologic Solutions. In the age of internet and online shopping, striving to make it into the future by relying on traditional or outdated practices will get you nowhere! Thanks to the younger generations, various private and public departments are favoring online presence more now and we think, healthcare department should […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2019

Primary topic: Workforce Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Online clinic treating physician depression and burnout Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2019

“In an extreme example of angst over expensive medical bills , an elderly Washington couple who lived near the U.S.-Canadian border died in a murder-suicide this week after leaving notes that detailed concerns about paying for medical care,” USA Today reported on August 10, 2019. Five years ago, financial toxicity as a side-effect was noted by two Sloan Kettering Medical Center in a landmark report on 60 Minutes in October 2014.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 4, 2019

Most of us are similar with ‘viruses’ and malware relating to our computers or smartphones, but Yoshihiro Minagawa, a researcher from the University of Tokyo has taken it on literally – he has invented a portable, low-cost, battery-powered device that pairs with a smartphone, which was tested with viruses but could also detect other biological markers.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2019

It’s nice to think that with an EHR in place, healthcare could finally be paperless. Besides the fact that the EHR is a paper printing machine, the amount of paper that’s brought through the door by patients is astounding. The obvious solution in every healthcare organization is to scan all of that paper into the […].

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 9, 2019

Good luck, David. I hope to hear more about this new chapter. Hoping you address some mental health and addiction stuff.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rick Sheff, MD, chief medical officer, The Greeley Company Physician burnout is an epidemic, and like most epidemics, there isn’t one simple solution. Hospitals, healthcare systems, and physician groups must invest in addressing burnout in order to sustain high-quality patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2019

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Using digital psychiatric tools to reach new patients Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2019

There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019. Better understanding this group of people will be critical to helping manage a fast-growing health care bill, and growing burden of chronic disease, for America.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 21, 2019

Fitbit announced yesterday that it will be collaborating with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative. The HPB is Singapore’s government agency that implements policy and programmes to improve the nation’s health, and a statutory board under the Ministry of Health (MOH).

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2019

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/9 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) on the topic “Health IT IPOs” For many startup companies, they have big dreams of one day doing an IPO with their company. In many […].

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CMS.gov

AUGUST 6, 2019

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents an urgent clinical and economic crisis for the American health care system. Each year, more than 2 million Americans are infected by bacteria that are resistant to existing antibiotic drugs, resulting in thousands of deaths annually.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 30, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ashmi Shah, senior vice president, finance, Talix. The healthcare industry has experienced significant changes over the last few months. According to a recent report by Deloitte, physicians are increasingly being asked to provide cost-effective and quality care in an effort to curb rising healthcare costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2019

Primary topic: HIMSS19 Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Identifying ROI on social determinants of health Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.