Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Volunteers in Medicine’s Clinic of the Cascades in Bend, Oregon, is one of 92 VIM free clinics nationwide. The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. THE PROBLEM. There are around 200 volunteers at the clinic who care for an uninsured population of primarily Latinx patients. The ripples of COVID-19 hit especially hard in this community, where many lost jobs in the hospitality and tourism industries.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It is said that a picture tells a thousand words. T his picture tells an even quicker story that can save lives: “Masks work.” The backstory: Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a mask mandate on July 2, 2020. The rationale: That was two days before Independence Day, the holiday weekend when she and state public health officials anticipated health citizens would abandon their personal efforts to physically distance and cover faces to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In addition to a study of asthma patients with Anthem, the tech giant is working with the Universities of Toronto and Washington on two other studies using its new Apple Watch Series 6.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Juan Pablo Segura, president and co-founder, Babyscripts. In a crisis, finding the “right” solution is much less important than finding the “right now” solution. During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical practices scrambled to quickly transition […].

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The future potential of telehealth hinges on how it's reimbursed. Virtual care may be popular among patients, but if providers can't get paid for their services, it's unlikely they'll be able to continue to provide them. The government has signaled its support for reimbursing some telehealth services, at least in the short term. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced earlier this month , for example, that it would add 11 virtual services to its reimbursement lis

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In addition to the award, Fitbit will begin a study with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to detect signs of illness in its employees.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The CE mark we know and recognize today was originally an EC mark, but in 1993, this was replaced with the CE mark we use now, which is found in directive 93/68/EEC. This CE mark […]. The article Three Different Medical Device CE Markings and What They Mean appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

During a presentation this past Friday as part of HIMSS Global Health Equity Week, a public health expert from the UN offered his thoughts on some of the challenges and opportunities for worldwide digital health improvement. In the discussion, Health Equity: A Global Perspective , Ahmed El Saeed, thematic lead in health at the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs Programme (UNTIL), spoke with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In a move reflecting ongoing expansion beyond its existing platform, Epic has integrated technology from ride-sharing company Lyft. The new Lyft for Epic integration will allow health system staffers to schedule a Lyft ride home for patients directly from the patient’s record. Two hospitals—Ochsner Health and Tampa General– have agreed to test out the tool. […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Dr. Liz Kwo reviews the opportunity for digital health apps for musculoskeletal health conditions and looks at challenges facing their wider adoption among providers.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Karen Smith, head of sales and marketing, MePACS. People are living longer and fuller lives thanks to advancements in public health, nutrition, sanitation and medicine in the last 100 years. And now, thanks to […]. The article How Technology Is Changing The Way We Age appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits. "Timely availability of clinical information during health care transitions, in a setting with robust telemedicine access, can shift the method of care delivery wi

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Happy Friday to everyone! You know what that means…it’s time for another edition of Fun Friday where we share some cartoons, something to make you smile, laugh, or hopefully lighten your mood as you head into the weekend. We’ve got some good ones this week, so we’ll dive right into it. #SaturdayThoughts #CIOs pic.twitter.com/VST3Vp7C1N — […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

New study finds that as the pandemic accelerates regulatory acceptance, the market value is expected to grow by 865% over the next five years.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Virginia Jones, chief operating officer, Village Family Dental. Scaling operations amidst growth can be difficult; staff begin to feel strapped for time which can lead to burn out and companies can get stuck with […]. The article How A Midsize Dental Practice Scaled Its Finance Team Amid Significant Company Growth appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Malaysia-founded private healthcare provider Columbia Asia Hospital group, which operates 13 medical facilities in Malaysia, has launched a telehealth service in which patients can get the care that they need from their doctor via video call, receive medical advice and/or clinical management as well as drug prescriptions, at their own location and convenience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2020

There’s no topic in healthcare that’s more discussed right now than the shift to virtual care. Trying to understand what a healthcare organization needs to do to thrive in this quickly shifting environment is challenging. To help you get a better understanding of what the future of virtual care in healthcare will look like and […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 27, 2020

EIS fund manager Parkwalk led the funding round alongside existing investors Jonathon Milner, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Greg Jones, chief technology officer, MobileSmith Health. The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the healthcare landscape, and with that, the amount of disruptive technologies flooding the industry at the same time has drastically increased. […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Toward the end of March, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard in California, Universal Community Health Center in Los Angeles needed to implement a quick-and-easy platform to get telehealth off the ground. THE PROBLEM. The health center needed a simple solution that would enable its patients to communicate with the devices and the resources it had without the complexity of having to install an application or having to create any user names, said Dr.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2020

One of the outstanding sessions at MGMA’s MPEC conference was called “A Look Ahead:?A Panel Discussion on the Future of Practices in the Next 12-24 Months” and included a great panel of Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright, Aimee Greeter, Ann Greiner, and was moderated by Colin Hung. As one attendee shared in the chat “One of the […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Medidata said the deal will help better integrate clinical-grade metrics into its remote trial platform and broadly support the use of wearable sensors for clinical research.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A healthcare marketing campaign is multifaceted. It should be aimed at attracting more customers and improving the relationship between hospital stakeholders. It should also be targeted at introducing new and improved ways of the hospital […]. The article Tips For Your Healthcare Marketing Campaign appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The massive expansion of telehealth services in response to the pandemic is likely to change the way bad actors target data. A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton notes that telehealth security is a patient-safety issue, considering the potentially catastrophic risks that come with service disruptions and device failures. "Mass adoption of this technology will lead to new cybercrime focus, with an emphasis on stealing patient data to enable fraud, target health data in ransomware attacks, t

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The following is a guest article by Terry Rowinski, President & CEO of Health Payment Systems, Inc. We’re now several months into navigating our next normal. We’ve collectively journeyed from shelter-in-place, to cautious reopening, to varying levels of comfort with (and adherence to) public health practices designed to keep us safe while we figure out […].

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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