Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 30, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ryan Hungate, DDS, MS, practicing orthodontist and founder and CEO, Simplifeye. From Uber to Airbnb, disruption is all around us. While older generations may look at Millennials askance for changing the business and societal […]. The article Millennials Don’t Make Phone Calls: Here’s How Businesses Adapt appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

Metro Health/University of Michigan Health is an osteopathic teaching hospital serving more than 250,000 patients per year throughout western Michigan. THE PROBLEM. Metro Health had been exploring telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) vendors for almost two years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. The team believed that telehealth and RPM would be the future of healthcare delivery, but were spending time outlining current challenges, program goals and the features its telehealth/

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2021

Some of America’s least-healthy communities are also those that index greater for vaccine hesitancy and other risks for well-being, found in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Healthiest Communities Rankings. U.S. News collaborated with the Aetna Foundation, CVS Health’s philanthropic arm, in this fourth annual list of the top geographies for well-being in the U.S.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity, and now more than 42 million people, including up to 13 million children, may be facing inadequate access to food.

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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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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 29, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Mental health awareness is reaching an all-time high. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, and substance addiction are finally starting to be taken seriously, and people are finally seeking necessary help. Almost 30% of Americans have […]. The article How Safe Are Mental Health Apps?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2021

Who could benefit from a geographical map that ranks counties by the risk of residents getting COVID-19? Certainly, such detail is valuable to public health agencies-but also to municipal governments, hospitals, clinics, and even private businesses. Japan illustrates the powerful benefits of identifying geographic clusters, which it did early enough in the spread of COVID-19 to […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 1, 2021

From drug discovery to forecasting kidney disease AI could be the next game-changer in healthcare.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 2, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I,” an interim final rule that will restrict excessive out […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2021

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to protect the integrity of federal healthcare programs, in addition to the health of beneficiaries. "In other words," said HHS-OIG's Andrew VanLandingham in a recent interview with Healthcare IT News , "our job isn't to run the programs, but to make sure they work well for all Americans.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2021

The following is a guest article by Dr. Jaideep Rayapudi, MD MBBS, Digital Health Technology thought leader and registered physician of Global Telehealth Exchange by Solve.Care. Barriers to healthcare exacerbate already dire consequences, as has been seen on the ground in India over the past few months. Technology can help. The disparities in the quality […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 28, 2021

Kheiron Medical Technologies will distribute its Mia, or “mammography intelligent assessment” in the GCC region via a new partnership with Atlas Medical.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2021

COVID-19 reshaped people around the world, one-half of whom are re-defining their personal purpose and life-goals. This sense of purpose extends to peoples’ willingness to buy or patronize companies who do not meet their needs for health, safety, sustainability and trust. For example, two in three of these people would switch travel brands if they felt health and safety weren’t up to par, discovered in Life Reimagined – Mapping the motivations that matter for today’s cons

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

Technology leaders at U.S. health systems have learned a lot this past year-plus. They've gotten better with adaptability and rapid implementation of new workflows. Some have learned that 24- to 72-hour downtime processes are inadequate to prepare for a 23-day outage. And they've discovered that teams that don't usually spend time together can co-create innovative fixes for urgent challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2021

Recently, a small blaze of negative publicity erupted when research was published suggesting that Epic’s deterioration index designed to predict the onset of sepsis performs far worse than the vendor claims. Researchers behind the study, which appears in JAMA Internal Medicine, examined a cohort of 27,697 patients undergoing 38,455 hospitalizations, concluding that sepsis occurred in […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 30, 2021

The two South Korean tech firms have signed an agreement for AI integration.

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Health Populi

JUNE 29, 2021

The FDA’s approval of the first therapy to treat Alzheimer’s Disease in over twenty years brought attention to a not-yet-convened debate of U.S. health care costs and spending, innovation, and return-on-the-investment (as well as “for whom” do the returns accrue). In my latest post for Medecision, I explore different angles on the Aduhelm and Alzheimer’s discussion, covering: The macro- and micro-economics of Alzheimer’s and the $56,000 list price for the drug

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2021

A new report from analytics firm Trilliant Health suggested that telehealth use is starting to taper in the United States "post-peak pandemic," with use spiking in April 2020 and petering off from there. The report, based on Trilliant Health's national all-payer claims database , found that about 38 million Americans, excluding traditional Medicare users, generated approximately 96 million video visits during COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2021

As ransomware inundates healthcare organizations, everyone is trying to figure out how they can prepare their healthcare organization for these ongoing attacks. As one CISO told me, we have to be right every time and the hacker only has to be right once. Needless to say, ransomware is a big issue that’s causing a lot […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 1, 2021

The new API is available for governments, providers and authorized third parties in the U.S.

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NY Health Law

JUNE 29, 2021

In continuing efforts to address problems exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 18, 2021, the Governor signed legislation (S.1168-A/A.108-B) into law to address an urgent public policy priority related to clinical staffing in hospitals licensed pursuant to Article 28 of the New York State Public Health Law. This legislation requires the establishment of clinical staffing committees to create plans to more effectively distribute staff throughout general hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

Avera Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been at the forefront of virtual care since the mid-1990s. But with the arrival of COVID-19, the organization was challenged with revisiting its telehealth strategy to reduce virus spread while still providing essential care services to its rural communities. Avera undertook a multifaceted approach to safer coronavirus diagnosis and treatment through telehealth, including a COVID-19 hotline, virtual visits and a hospital-at-home program.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2021

Since Microsoft has announced the new version of Windows, Windows 11, which has more onerous CPU requirements than its predecessors, there has been significant outcry. These changes shut out a significant number of machines already in use from receiving this update. There has been outcry over the requirements, mainly focusing on Trusted Platform Management.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 30, 2021

The new acquistiion is expected to help the company grow out its diagnostic capabilities.

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Wyatt Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

By: Courtney Samford, contributing author Blake Sims, Wyatt Summer Associate Employers commonly supply computer and work devices to employees and state that the electronics may only be used for business related purposes, and employers have always had the ability to discipline employees who violate computer use policies through improper use. In some Federal Court of Appeals … Continue reading A Supreme Development in Employer Computer Protection.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic acted as an accelerator of sorts for many experiments with virtual care implementations. But, panelists pointed out during the American Telemedicine Association conference on Tuesday, it's important to take the lessons learned during the pandemic and incorporate them into future innovation efforts. "Before the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth was seen by many as the future of healthcare," said Sen.

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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.