Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

In a new survey of U.S. specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, from data and analytics company GlobalData, found that fewer than half of the cardiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology and respiratory specialists surveyed were using telehealth before the pandemic. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they would continue to use virtual care technology in the future.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors. This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 27, 2020

The Amazon Halo app uses five health metrics designed to give users a comprehensive look at their health and wellness, and gives actionable recommendations to make improvements.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2020

I always like to gather insights from practicing clinical informaticists, whose job puts them at the crossroads where health IT and care delivery meet. I particularly like doing so when they find a way to share these insights in a user-friendly way. For this reason, I was delighted to discover a recent blog entry by […].

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Advertiser: Celo

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

AUGUST 26, 2020

Bridge Counseling Associates is a nonprofit agency and certified community behavioral health clinic based in Las Vegas – in Clark County, Nevada, the southernmost county in the state, which is the seventh largest by land size. THE PROBLEM. In order to provide needed services in rural communities where professional behavioral health services are virtually unavailable, Bridge needed to provide services via telehealth.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 28, 2020

Following a study looking into how adults living with Type 2 diabetes use technology to self-monitor lifestyle and health behaviors, researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that technology-assisted self-monitoring was safe and effective in generating positive health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2020

The following is a guest article by Pavani Munjuluri, Co-Founder, CognitiveHealth Technologies. With dramatic change comes significant opportunity. Healthcare changes experienced in 2020 demonstrate the inexorable truth behind this mantra. Never before have healthcare provider organizations pivoted so rapidly to adopt new processes, workflows and technologies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

Earlier this year, the FCC awarded Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park, New York, $97,965 for telehealth services and connected devices, including remote monitoring devices, to care for the elderly and chronically ill in its 527-bed skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center specializing in the care of older adults.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Matthew Zajechowski, content strategist, Digital Third Coast. The use of Telehealth services has seen remarkable growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research found that 67% of Americans have used telehealth services during the COVID-19 […].

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 25, 2020

Fitbit announced today three new wearables – the Fitbit Sense, Fitbit Versa 3 and Fitbit Inspire 2 – to its product pipeline. The Fitbit Sense marks the company’s first “advanced health” smartwatch, including an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor, an electrocardiogram app, a heart rate tracker and an on-wrist skin temperature sensor with more than six days of battery life.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2020

The 21st Century CURES Act Final Rule is a major change for healthcare data interchange. The reason being is because patients are now entitled to use Application Programming Interfaces to download their health data into their application of choice. Further reinforcing the original intent of HIPAA, this empowers patients to download their data and use […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

In Maine, COVID-19 case counts have been relatively low compared with the rest of the country, though that number has been slowly climbing. But when the pandemic began to unfold this spring, Central Maine Healthcare Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Steven Martel said the system still worked to minimize risk to patients and team members while delivering the care people needed.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Finding new revenue opportunities and avoiding claims denials has taken on greater urgency as hospitals and other healthcare organizations face growing reimbursement shortfalls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is why Hayes, makers […]. The article Hayes Launches Revenue Optimizer To Help Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations Reverse Revenue Declines, Reduce Claim Denials appeared fi

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 26, 2020

NurtureVR was designed to be used at home as future moms enter their third trimesters to receive prenatal education, pain and stress management, and postpartum support.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2020

As some of you may know, voice assistant technology is becoming one of the hottest new applications to hit the healthcare IT world. To be sure, many institutions are still trialing the use of voice assistants in clinical settings, but this also points up that we’re still in the early phase of adoption. Now, however, […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the daily lives and workflows of healthcare providers across the globe. THE PROBLEM. Whole Life Health Care in Newington, New Hampshire, is a family practice providing conventional medicine and complementary therapies. It needed advice on best practices to adjust to life during COVID-19 and continue treating patients safely and effectively.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technology has impacted the way we do many things. Where it has become a partner in progress is in the healthcare industry. Many developments that were once the subject of science fiction have become reality […]. The article 4 Significant Healthcare Trends In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 27, 2020

While on average participants lowered their anxiety and depression, a fraction of the original participants filled in the 9-month follow up.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

“Digital transformation” was the mantra for all industries before we heard about the COVID-19 virus. Since the emergence of the pandemic, the coronavirus has accelerated the adoption of digital platforms, AI, and ecommerce. That is at least as true for the health care sector as it has been for other industry segments. So, will the fast-adoption of virtual care and other forms of digitization in health care last?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electro

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare sector is digitizing at an amazing pace. According to Adroit Market Research, global medical healthcare eCommerce is anticipated to be over $435 billion by 2025. Initial digital transformation drivers were the aging population […].

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 28, 2020

Toronto-based SeamlessMD announced today the closing of its $4 million Series A financing round, led by MEDTEQ+ with participation from Hikma Ventures, Anges Québec, AIoT Health and health IT entrepreneur Sanjay Malaviya. With this funding, SeamlessMD has reached $7.4 million in total capital raised. The company also announced that Robert Ritlop, the director of investments at MEDTEQ+, and Malaviya will be joining SeamlessMD’s board of directors.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2020

One of my favorite parts of healthcare IT right now is virtual assistants and AI powered chat bot. While there’s certainly a lot of activity in the space, it’s sometimes hard to figure out what’s really happening and what’s hype with all this new technology. To help us cut through the noise, we sat down […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2020

The Arc Madison Cortland in Oneida, New York, knows that there is a lack of providers that specialize in the intellectual/developmental disability field. Making the problem worse, not so many that understand dual diagnosis. THE PROBLEM. With COVID-19 minimizing the ability for individuals to receive face-to-face services with their providers, many patients are resorting to emergency department visits.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Liz Townes, consultant, Freed Associates. As the nation slowly re-opens amid the COVID-19 pandemic and patients return to doctors’ offices in-person, demand still remains high for telehealth visits. According to a report earlier this […]. The article Six Factors To Consider As You Advance Your Telehealth Offerings appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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