Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2019

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. WHY IT MATTERS. The opportunities and challenges for healthcare stakeholders include standards, governance and workflows as telehealth, which "has passed the tipping point of market momentum," gains traction nationwide, according to the ATA’s report Telehealth Interoperability: Driving Cho

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 16, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Augusta HiTech announces the launch of One Med Chart, the first blockchain-powered patient-controlled electronic medical records (EMR) platform bringing real-time EMR sharing between patients and emergency medical services (EMS). One Med Chart is a user-driven universal medical record and health information repository designed to give individuals the ability to monitor, improve, and keep track of

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2019

Consider the voice of a patient before the advent of the Internet in the digital 1.0 world, and then the proliferation of social networks in v 2.0. One patient could talk with another over their proverbial neighborhood fence, a concerned parent at the PTA meeting with others dealing with a children’s health issue, or a recovering alcoholic testifying in person at an AA session.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 19, 2019

Digital health innovators look to the wrist, the ears and the wall for new ways to keep seniors safe.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2019

Sidney Regional Medical Center is a critical access hospital in Sidney, Nebraska, that serves a seven-county area in the western Nebraska panhandle. Like so many rural hospitals, Sidney struggled with connectivity issues. THE PROBLEM. The hospital provides a wide array of services, including those not traditionally found in a rural community. This includes access to acute care, critical care, 24-hour emergency room, physicians’ clinic, walk-in clinic, surgical services, home health and hos

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2019

What will telemedicine look like in 2030? imagined Kaveh Safavi, Accenture’s Senior Managing Director and Health of Global Healthcare Practice. Kaveh was brainstorming the future of telehealth a decade from “now,” with three innovators attending #ATA19: Deepthi Bathina of Humana, Matthew Holt of Catalyst Health (and Co-Founder of Health 2.0), and Kim Swafford of Providence St.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 18, 2019

In a small study published in JMIR, patients were more willing to share health data, such as activity and sleep trackers, than personal data, like call logs and location.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2019

Swinburne University of Technology, a public university located in Melbourne, Australia, has partnered with Coviu, a telehealth software platform, to further embed digital health technology in the classroom, clinic and research. What’s it about. The partnership will engage students studying health-related courses, and the wider community, in using the latest telehealth technology, equipping them to treat Australians remotely and redefine models of healthcare.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A foundational research roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging was published this week in the journal Radiology. The report was based on outcomes from a workshop to explore the future of AI in medical imaging, featuring experts in medical imaging, and hosted at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

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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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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2019

“ATA” is the new three-letter acronym for the American Telemedicine Association, meeting today through Tuesday at the Convention Center in New Orleans. Ann Mond Johnson assumed the helm of CEO of ATA in 2018, and she’s issued a call-to-action across the health/care ecosystem for a delivery system upgrade. Her interview here in HealthLeaders speaks to her vision, recognizing, “It’s just stunning that there’s such a lag between what is possible in telehealth and what is actually happening.”.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 18, 2019

Consumer spending in health and fitness apps also tripled during this time, according to numbers from App Annie.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2019

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 17, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By James D’Arezzo, CEO of Condusiv Technologies. While advancements in data collection, analytics and electronic health records can lead to better healthcare, it also creates challenges for the healthcare sector’s IT departments. That’s because serious obstacles exist in terms of systems management and capacity.

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HealthStream

APRIL 18, 2019

The career outlook for healthcare compliance careers is very promising. A few years ago, The Wall Street Journal labeled compliance officer the hottest job in America.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 17, 2019

WHO released 10 guidelines for how countries can use digital health tools to improve patient care.

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NY Health Law

APRIL 15, 2019

Home health care aides working twenty-four hour shifts can be paid for as little as thirteen hours under certain conditions, according to a March ruling from the New York Court of Appeals in Andryeyeva v. New York Health Care, Inc. The Court of Appeals remanded, however, for lower courts to consider whether employers were adhering to the sleep and meal time requirements of the minimum wage law.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. What causes two patients of the same age and with the same disease but from different regions to respond differently to a certain treatment? Even if these two patients appeared similar on paper, their lifestyles are very likely to differ — socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, family structure and education. […].

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APRIL 15, 2019

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Mon, 04/15/2019 - 19:22. Seema Verma. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Topic. Nursing facilities. Quality. Safety. CMS is charged with developing and enforcing quality and safety standards across the nation’s health care system, a responsibility we consider a sacred trust.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 18, 2019

The Israeli Innovation Authority and the Helsinki Business Hub will fund Israeli and Finnish startups who find ways to work together.

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HealthStream

APRIL 19, 2019

The cost of turnover at one major medical center represented a loss of more than 5 percent of the total annual operating budget, according to an article in Health Care Management Review.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. What if, in an emergency, you reach for your epinephrine shot and it’s not there? It would be if you were wearing it. Rice University students have designed a small, foldable epinephrine delivery device meant to be worn on a wrist, like a watch, or elsewhere on the body by a person at risk of […].

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

The Health Law Firm

APRIL 17, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In the past, I have written many blogs on allegations of irregular behavior being brought against medical students, foreign medical graduates and others applying to take examinations to qualify for a medical license in the United States. These have previously focused on charges made by the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Secretariat (an affiliate of the National Board of Medical Exa

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 13, 2019

A recent poll highlighted the perceived benefits and concerns of thousands of respondents.

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HealthStream

APRIL 17, 2019

We are seeing the beginning of the move to voice access in healthcare, which was easy to predict once voice-powered technologies became commonplace in the U.S. home environment.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bentley Raynott, healthcare technology analyst, Tatvasoft. With the advent of new technologies, the entire healthcare industry is gearing up to adopt new initiatives. Marked with different growth patterns and trends that could vary within its different sub-domains, the industry seems to have witnessed a couple of contradicted situations with inconsistent stagnation in others.

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