Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Gastonia, North Carolina-based, 435-bed CaroMont Regional Medical Center is the anchor facility of a five-county, two-state, not-for-profit health system and value-based care provider, CaroMont Health. The medical center features a Level III trauma center. THE PROBLEM. The hospital has approximately 250,000 patient encounters every year, and because of its location in the growing Charlotte region, continues to experience increases in patient volume.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Justin Hunt, MD, MS, head of psychiatry, Ginger. From banking to healthcare to grocery delivery—businesses and organizations across multiple industries are pivoting to leverage text messaging as a way to reach consumers. And in behavioral healthcare, text-based coaching is paving the way for increased access to support.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The new HIPAA-compliant tool will be able to capture physician dictation or doctor-patient conversations.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families. The topline of this study is that average annual growth in employer premiums rose faster between 2016 and 2017, by about 5% for both single and family plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A lot has been made about big tech companies entering healthcare. In fact, it’s something we’ve covered on this site quite a bit (See: Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon). That doesn’t even include other big tech companies like Salesforce and BestBuy or even large retailers like Walmart, Walgreens, and CVS. It seems like almost every […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Khurram Mahmood, chief technology officer, Vineti. Personalized cell and gene therapies are expanding the frontiers of medicine. In the past two years, the FDA approved two autologous cell and gene therapies, Kymriah and Yescarta. These made history as the first commercialized therapies developed for individual patients using genetic material from the patients themselves.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Also: Cognoa announces new CFO; Pfizer vets find new roles at Aetion; Senate HELP Committee votes FDA commissioner nominee forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Healthcare uses of virtual reality technology worldwide should mushroom over the next several years, generating more than $30 billion within seven years, a research firm predicts. (I don’t know about you, but that number was much higher than I would have expected!) According to Fortune Business Insights, the healthcare VR market stood at $1.56 billion […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Taeil Goh, chief technology officer, OPSWAT. The healthcare industry has been at risk of cyberattack since long before the proliferation of patient networks, web applications, cloud services, and other connected devices increased the attack surface exponentially.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 4, 2019

With new rules emanating from the White House this month focusing on health care price transparency, health care costs are in the spotlight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A hospital transparency mandate will go into effect in January 2021 as a final rule, and a second rule with a focus on health plans and friendly explanations-of-benefits will receive comments in the Federal Register until January 14, 2020.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A Rock Health report found that the percentage of female partners at digital health VC firms only rose from 12.2% to 12.6%, while deals closed by women-led startups rose 13.4% to 14%.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Tom Romeo, general manager of healthcare IT, Quanum Solutions, Quest Diagnostics. As of 2017, nearly nine in 10 office-based physicians had implemented an electronic health record (EHR). Despite widespread adoption, a 2018 Quest Diagnostics survey was among the first to cast doubt on overall usefulness of “basic” EHRs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How to design devices for long-term engagement Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Roughly half of the 133 grants announced by the department, totaling $42.5 million, will help bankroll the deployment of telemedicine programs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In yet another sign that the agency is taking a tougher enforcement stance, Sentara Hospitals has agreed to pay $2.2 million to the HHS Office for Civil Rights to settle claims that it violated the HIPAA Breach Notification and Privacy rules. Sentara Hospitals, a 12-hospital acute care chain, is part of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare. […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Friend, CEO, Wasabi. Hospitals and healthcare systems are benefitting from unprecedented innovation in information technology, helping improve everything from facility operations to patient care. But with these advancements come massive amounts of data—clinical research, digital imaging, and other patient data—that are taxing IT’s ability to cost-effectively manage and store in way that i

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2019

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Still, a new state-by-state survey from Foley & Lardner suggests there is still plenty of ground to cover in terms of telehealth payment parity, as well as the language used in the laws themselves.

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HealthStream

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Healthcare can improve its approach to the opioid crisis by adopting a population health model.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Drug abuse isn’t something you see on a “special” episode of your favorite sitcom. It’s an epidemic and continues to spread throughout the world. Whether you’re a suburban resident or city girl, you’re going to see the effects of drug abuse.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2019

One of the most insightful meetings I had at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas was with Robbie Hughes, CEO and Founder of Lumeon. For those not familiar with Lumeon, they work with healthcare providers to design and automate care pathways in an effort to deliver measurable outcomes at lower cost. They’re deployed in 12 […].

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To streamline accreditation, Atlanta-based Motivo pairs aspiring mental health providers with online clinical supervisors.

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HealthStream

DECEMBER 3, 2019

National Handwashing Awareness Week provides the opportunity to bone up on hand health and put into practice a quick and easy way to cut back on germ and virus transmission.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. 2020 predictions from Luma Health chief medical officer and co-founder, Dr. Tashfeen Ekram. As a country we’re expected to spend about $1.3 trillion for hospital care this year. With an average profit margin of 8%, hospitals have higher margins than the pharmacy or insurance industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In early November, news broke that Google parent Alphabet had agreed to acquire wearables maker Fitbit for about $2.1 billion in cash. The agreement positions it to become the top vendor in the maturing market for patient-generated health data. More specifically, it offers the Big Tech giant access to massive datasets drawn from more than […].

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The last 10 years have seen a slew of new customer bases in digital health, from pharma to employers to consumers, Dixon says.

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HealthStream

DECEMBER 6, 2019

CMS has proposed reforming some Phase 3 requirements that fall into three areas: designation and training of the infection preventionist, the compliance and ethics program, and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI). What are the impacts of this change?

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Carrot Health, a provider of healthcare solutions powered by social determinants of health (SDoH), announced it has been named a finalist in the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge – Health North America. Carrot Health was one of 13 companies to compete in the Boston regional round of the competition, which supports innovative technologies and drives creative […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The following is a guest article by Troy Foster, Senior Manager of Communications Infrastructure. Like many healthcare IT professionals, I am regularly bombarded with emails and phone calls from prospective vendors touting their wares. Having spent years on both sides of the healthcare vendor and healthcare customer side of the fence, I’m sympathetic to the […].

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