May, 2017

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Using HIPAA Compliant Text Messaging to Ease Patient Preparation

CareWire

Giving a patient a lengthy list of all of the things that they can and cannot do weeks before an upcoming surgery or operation is overwhelming. Begin to Ease Patient Preparation with text messaging. In the time leading up to a surgery, patients are likely becoming increasingly anxious and preoccupied by stress about the procedure, concerns about how they will complete day to day tasks afterward, and a myriad of other issues that they will have to work through prior to their procedure or surgery.

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Going Big: How An Innovation Stack Helped Launch A Successful Telemedicine Program

Health System CIO

By applying a structured, scalable approach, NewYork-Presbyterian was able to build NYP OnDemand from a concept into one of the most comprehensive telehealth programs in the country, says Daniel Barchi.

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How To Successfully Adopt Telemedicine Into Your Practice [White Paper]

eVisit

Technology is playing a larger role in how healthcare providers interact with their patients. This new consumer-driven healthcare model caters to the type of freedom and flexibility that mobile computing and Web connectivity have provided to patients in their everyday lives.

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Miss USA Contestant Bares her Dexcom CGM

Insulin Nation

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps are getting to be semi-regular accessories at beauty pageants. A contestant in the 2017 Miss USA pageant wore her Dexcom CGM onstage this May. In doing so, she joined two Miss America contestants who wore Type 1 diabetes gear in competition in recent years. sponsor. Krista Ferguson (“Miss Michigan”) decided to wear her CGM on her arm during parts of the competition because she wanted to raise awareness about diabetes.

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The Evolution of Communication in Healthcare Settings

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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Parsing eCW’s $155M payment to the government

Docnotes

UPDATE: Here are the public records for the case. More details there about the original complaint. Excerpt: @eClinicalWorks to pay $155M fine: [link]. But what’s it mean? Certification. The purpose of any certification program is to create a method for the purchasers of a product to have confidence that the product safely and reliably does what it is supposed to do.

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What makes an effective care manager – two key traits.

CareWire

Care managers play a vital role in patient engagement, treatment plan adherence, and more – what tools can help them to perform these vital tasks more efficiently? Care managers organize patient care , handle insurance matters, investigate treatment plans for patients, and so much more during the course of their day. Great care managers perform these tasks with a sense of empathy and a desire to improve patient care – ensuring that their patients are informed about their treatment plans and next

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Doctor ‘VR’: Empowering patients and healthcare professionals

New Age Healthcare

A 23yr old young and vibrant engineer living in a southern state of India was under constant stress when he underwent a surgery to get a cancerous growth scooped out of his left hip. The prognosis of the surgical procedure was good and doctors predicted a full recovery within 6 months. But little did he know that the next step towards complete recovery is regular physiotherapy sessions that he has to undergo, which in itself is a painful ordeal.

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How Physicians Can Avoid Burnout & Become Entrepreneurs Using Telemedicine

eVisit

The verdict is in: studies show that physicians are burned out big time.

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Child with Type 1 Barred from Field Trip

Insulin Nation

In Scotland, a 13-year-old with Type 1 diabetes was barred from a long-planned school field trip, and her mother is saying the school purposely waited until the last minute to tell her about the decision. sponsor. According to a report in the Press and Journal, Aaliyah Thomson had been planning to leave for a May 14th field trip with her Elgin High classmates.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Tom Leary, VP, Government Relations, HIMSS, Chapter 1

Health System CIO

There’s a whole lot that goes into crafting the right response to regulatory requirements, and for HIMSS' Tom Leary, it’s one of the most enjoyable parts of the job.

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Extending Care Series: Healthcare Without Boundaries

CiscoHealth

Welcome to the second installment of the Extending Care blog series, a discussion of what’s possible in telehealth. When care isn’t constrained by physical boundaries, a world of opportunities opens up. Healthcare providers are now turning to video communications to help close gaps in patient care and management. Both patients and providers can save time […].

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Text Messaging Keeps Patients and Family Caregivers Informed

CareWire

Empower Patients and Family Caregivers. Patients with chronic or complicated conditions often have an entire support network that healthcare providers and care managers never actually interact with, even though this team is often vital to patient success. These family or personal caregivers help patients manage their daily activities, their medications, monitor treatment plans, coordinate appointments and more.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: Telehealth Addresses Escalating Needs

American Well

Mental Health Awareness Month has a nearly 70-year history of informing the public about one of the biggest medical issues affecting the country. And while the mental health field has made great strides to destigmatize its services, the numbers prove that a trip to the therapist’s office is still out of reach for many patients in need of care. The Journal of the American Medical Association found that one-third of adults that screen positive for depression have never received treatment.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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eVisit Continues To Experience Rapid Growth As It Secures $2 Million In Funding

eVisit

Telehealth company provides a SaaS platform and mobile app for doctors to treat their patients online.

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Woman Pleads Guilty for her Daughter’s Fatal Insulin Overdose

Insulin Nation

Less than a month after an Ohio woman was arrested and accused of giving her daughter an insulin overdose, another Ohio woman pleaded guilty for giving her daughter with Type 1 and other special needs a fatal amount of insulin. sponsor. According to a News-Herald report, Sandra Speck of Eastlake, Ohio pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2016 death of her daughter, Mindy.

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Doctor ‘VR’: Empowering patients and healthcare professionals

New Age Healthcare

A 23yr old young and vibrant engineer living in a southern state of India was under constant stress when he underwent a surgery to get a cancerous growth scooped out of his left hip. The prognosis of the surgical procedure was good and doctors predicted a full recovery within 6 months. But little did he know that the next step towards complete recovery is regular physiotherapy sessions that he has to undergo, which in itself is a painful ordeal.

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Extending Care Series: An Integrated Solution

CiscoHealth

Welcome to the third and final blog of the Extending Care series. In past posts, we’ve shared key determinants in telehealth adoption , as well as the world of opportunity with EHR-integrated video. Now, we’re excited to release our new remote care solution – Cisco Extended Care. Cisco Extended Care is more than just telehealth. This solution leverages simple API frameworks and Dynamic Link capabilities to integrate with your existing EHR system.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Privacy toolkit - W3C Privacy Assessment

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This is a short article simply to point toward W3C "Specification Privacy Assessment". I watch many standards bodies, and interact with a few. W3C is most mature "Standards" organization with regards to considering privacy impact that their standards have. Others are working toward having some process for considering privacy while writing a standard specification.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: Telehealth Addresses Escalating Needs

American Well

Mental Health Awareness Month has a nearly 70-year history of informing the public about one of the biggest medical issues affecting the country. And while the mental health field has made great strides to destigmatize its services, the numbers prove that a trip to the therapist’s office is still out of reach for many patients in need of care. The Journal of the American Medical Association found that one-third of adults that screen positive for depression have never received treatment.

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Definitive Guide To Purchasing a Telemedicine Platform [White Paper]

eVisit

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The AHCA Threatens People with Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

Opinion. Whether you have a child with Type 1 diabetes or you have it yourself, you quickly realize that this is a very expensive condition. If you are fortunate enough to have good health insurance, the costs may be doable; if your insurance is minimal or you don’t have any health insurance, then your costs can be catastrophically high. sponsor. In my opinion, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the greatest things to have happened for those with chronic medical conditions.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Warren Buffett Says The One Thing About Trumpcare That We Needed To Hear

ACA Times

Earlier this month, Warren Buffett appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and had several things to say in his interview; especially about Trump’s American Health Care Act. While many speculated that Trump’s proposed bill to repeal and replace Obama’s Affordable Care Act would only help the wealthly, Buffett confirmed the suspicions. “If there’s one clear-cut message that comes out of that bill it is we’re going to cut the hell out of income taxes for the rich on investment income,

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Extending Care Series: Healthcare Without Boundaries

CiscoHealth

Welcome to the second installment of the Extending Care blog series, a discussion of what’s possible in telehealth. When care isn’t constrained by physical boundaries, a world of opportunities opens up. Healthcare providers are now turning to video communications to help close gaps in patient care and management. Both patients and providers can save time and money by avoiding transportation costs and appointment wait times.

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Consent to deny Sharing for Treatment and Emergency Break-Glass

Healthcare Exchange Standards

We have discussed in years past that Australia had a Privacy Consent where break-glass was not allowed. We understand that has changed to allow break-glass. Thus we didn't know of a case where a Consent forbid break-glass. I have been made aware of Utah HIE that has a checkbox on their Consent to forbid break-glass. This is a consent only for HIE, not for within a hospital environment; but it is relevant to our FHIR consent (and CDA consent) work.

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Telemedicine: A cure for physician burnout?

American Well

Original article posted on KevinMD.com. At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”. I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a doctor’s daughter.

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How 3 Urgent Cares Tackled Key Metrics For Accelerated Growth

Considering the growth of your clinic? It’s difficult to advance any business today without using technology — but what will truly enhance your daily operations? How successful are other urgent care centers with these solutions? This article offers a glimpse into real-world technology experiences from urgent care centers like yours. Discover how various solutions can boost your growth potential and see firsthand how effective they are.

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The 7 Qualities of a Great Healthcare BPO Partner

Hinduja Global Solutions

The 7 Qualities of a Great Healthcare BPO Partner. By Anand Natampalli, HGS SVP, Sales and Business Development, Healthcare Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) used to be a strategy organizations in many industries implemented primarily as a way to cut costs. Today, lift and shift is no longer the primary driver of BPO in healthcare. Instead, it’s the overwhelming need to keep up with a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

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Help Needed for Woman with Rare Type 1 Complication

Insulin Nation

The family of a woman with Type 1 with a rare condition called Charcot foot has started a GoFundMe fundraiser to help raise money for a custom wheelchair ramp. Via email, we interviewed Ali Dugger about her condition and the campaign on her behalf. 1) Okay, so I know nothing about Charcot foot. What causes it in the small subsection of people with Type 1 diabetes?

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New Study Finds Staggering Number Of Uninsured Medicaid Recipients Should AHCA Be Passed

ACA Times

As the newly revamped AHCA has been given House approval and moves onto the Senate floor, a new study shows how the revamped bill’s effect on Medicaid Expansion could prove dangerous. Per a study conducted by the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, there is much more at stake than may have been assumed. The new bill aims to “fix” Medicaid Expansion through means such as cutting healthcare funding to those already receiving substantial government subsidies.

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