Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. Make no mistake, I am a believer! However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel. The fate of telehealth adoption is tied to the fate of broadband adoption.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It’s staggering to consider the degree to which technology has progressed, even within the past several decades. Hearing aids, for instance, went from clunky, unwieldy boxes clamped to the side of one’s head to sleek, […]. The article What Innovations Are Currently Shaping Audiology?

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Audit Surge: Managing the Deluge of Payer Integrity Audits. ?As many may already be aware, commercial and third-party payers have all resumed payment integrity audits in 2021. While these audits are useful to assure compliance and proper reimbursement, they don’t always go smoothly. In fact, nearly one in four providers have a bad experience with payment integrity audits and recovery, stating these audits are incredibly labor-intensive.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A systematic review published this past week in npj Digital Medicine examined the use of mobile and wearable digital health interventions to monitor patients after surgery. For the paper, University of Edinburgh researchers dug into 44 studies in which patients had been postoperatively monitored with a digital health intervention after discharge from the hospital.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Digital tools have to do more than just feed people data. They must also keep them engaged and motivate them to make healthier decisions. This is where behavioral science comes in.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Pankaj Gupta, CEO, iPlum During the early stages of the pandemic, many health providers and patients saw the flaws with healthcare customer service. Patients engaged in rounds of “phone tag” with their doctors, or […]. The article Promoting Better Customer Service During a Pandemic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This past May, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT asked healthcare stakeholders: What should healthcare look like in 2030 , and what should interoperability have enabled by then? According to a blog post published this week by Deputy National Coordinator Steven Posnack, the agency received more than 700 submissions in response over the course of the next few months.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Amazon Care will be providing health services to Hilton as its second publicly announced customer. As reported by Reuters , all of Hilton's staff in the United States who are enrolled in a corporate health plan will have access to Amazon's app-based medical options starting next year. The move, said Amazon Care Director Kristen Helton at Reuters' Total Health conference, is "a great step forward for the business to show we can provide care nationwide to their team members.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A systematic review of studies found digital interventions like wearables and apps weren’t effective in increasing physical activity for people in low socioeconomic status groups.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Cancer affects millions of people worldwide. Cancer research is ongoing, and many advances have been made throughout history to help identify the causes of cancer and how to treat it. No matter your relationship with […]. The article Why Does Cancer Grow and Spread?

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Acurio Health's soon-to-open private paediatric and maternity facility The George Centre in southwest Sydney will be equipped with nurse call solutions by health IT provider Rauland Australia. Rauland's Responder Nurse Call and Master Clocks, along with associated clinical workflow, design, delivery, and installation services, will be delivered to the A$100 million ($72.5 million) private paediatric facility which is set to open in the middle of 2023.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A report by the Commonwealth Fund released this week found pervasive racial and ethnic inequities across all state health systems. When it comes to policy changes that could help bridge the gap, report authors pointed to ensuring health coverage, investing in social services, reducing administrative burdens and improving service delivery – including via telemedicine and licensure modernization.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this 14-part video and podcast series, HIMSS Media editors and guests go deep on what the next phase of virtual care, beyond telehealth video visits, will look like.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mel Gunawardena, managing partner, SYNERGEN Health. The healthcare revenue cycle is an unnecessarily complex tangle of patients, providers, employers, and insurance companies. Patients and other parties are often frustrated with medical claim submission and […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jordan Bazinsky, EVP of Operations at Cotiviti. Artificial intelligence has taken an increasingly prominent role in the healthcare system over the last several years. Until now, however, AI’s role has been primarily focused on two domains: diagnostics and administrative functions. An example of the former is radiology, where […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Feature Series Though the pandemic certainly is not over, the dust has started to settle a bit, giving C-suite executives a clearer look forward. At this critical moment, Healthcare IT News sat down with eight C-suite executives at seven healthcare provider organizations to glean insights on where they see investments going in the next five years in six categories: AI and machine learning; interoperability; telehealth, connected health and remote patient monitoring; cybersecurity; electronic hea

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Medicare startup EasyHealth gets $135M in series A to fill information gaps. rtorrence. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:10.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Digital infrastructure company Lifen has raised $58M (€51M) in funding, which will go towards working with 1,500 hospitals and 200 eHealth solutions by 2025.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It’s not only Friday, but the Friday before a big holiday week. That means we needed to bring you something pretty special and something to really make you laugh. I think we have some items that will do just that. Life is hard and a good laugh is one of the best medicines. With that […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, faced many challenges with telemedicine and the ability to scale quickly as the COVID-19 pandemic grew in force last year and the organization had to close its outpatient offices for elective services. Some of these challenges included technology for providers available at scale, a platform to deliver care in a user-friendly fashion, licensure for these tools, state licensure, and expanding quality care to patients amidst the capacity and staffing

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Here are the policies and reforms that could reshape healthcare in the $2T bill just passed by the House. rking. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:09.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Twentyeight will now offer Spanish language support on its website, in customer services and in telehealth visits and messages with doctors in Texas and Florida.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The following is a guest article by Mike Simmons, CEO and Founder at andros. Sharing information across platforms has become so ubiquitous that many of us hardly notice it happening—interconnected technologies touch almost every area of our lives. Industries ranging from tourism to e-commerce have adopted data-sharing practices; greater access to information has proven, unsurprisingly, […].

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – AppliedVR , an L.A.-based advancing the next generation of immersive therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted de novo approval for its flagship immersive therapeutic, EaseVRx, to treat chronic low back pain, which previously received breakthrough device designation in 2020.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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