DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JUNE 1, 2022

Many health care industries paved their way to improve health care in the digital age. The rise of telehealth and remote patient monitoring are becoming more inevitable as it promotes more engagement among patients and health care providers. Will pregnant patients benefit from RPM as well? Originally intended for chronic patients, telehealth has expanded its services to more specialties in medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2022

River Valley counseling Center's Holyoke Clinic in Holyoke, Massachusetts, always was trying to make ends meet with its technology. THE PROBLEM. Its efforts to revamp and improve its technology were merely trial and error. Staff were putting band-aids on their technologies, struggling to figure out what the root of the issues were when disruptions would occur.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2022

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 6/3 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Do Patients Want Their Health Info?” Many patients have worked really hard in order to access their health data. The government […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 3, 2022

Homeward CEO Dr. Dr. Jennifer Schneider discusses the startup's new partnership with Rite Aid, how their model works and why value-based care is paramount for rural communities.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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.

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 3, 2022

Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., the leader in end-to-end population health management solutions and services, today announced it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the operating assets related to Jvion, Inc., including Jvion’s market-leading AI-enabled prescriptive analytics and social determinants of health (SDoH) solutions. The strategic acquisition combines Lightbeam’s health analytics and outcomes […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 1, 2022

Also: Mental health chatbot Woebot Health brings on Moses Ike as the company's first chief financial officer, and digital neurotherapeutic maker MindMaze announces a slew of new leadership hires.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2022

A new Chevy Equinox SUV, a year in an MS program in kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran U., or health care for a family of four. At $30,260, you could pick one of these three options. Welcome to this year’s 2022 Milliman Medical Index , which annually calculates the health care costs for a median family of 4 in the U.S. I perennially select two alternative purchases for you to consider aligning with the MMI medical index.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

PERS Insider helpfully listed the most common PERS Google searches. The result was bleak and informative. Their website identifies the top item (16,000 searches, results with ads) as a ‘medical alert bracelet'. Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought in everywhere, these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine health issue in an emergency.

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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

Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2022

System availability not uptime is critical for patient care. Cyberattacks have a significant negative impact on availability. No single security solution will prevent attacks, so a layered approach is needed. One tool that is overlooked is packet monitoring which can be used to detect attacks early, find infrastructure vulnerabilities, and improve availability.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 2, 2022

Also: Autism-focused SpectrumAi and cancer clinical trial platform Massive Bio both scooped up $9 million.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2022

For millions of older people in America, health and well-being got worse in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical, mental and behavioral health took hits, depending on one’s living situation, social determinants of health risks, and even health plan, I write in the Medecision Liberate Health blog. In this essay on health disparities and equity for older adults, I weave together new data from, The United Health Foundation’s study on seniors’ health status in America’

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 31, 2022

The demand for telehealth continues to grow, and if you’re an organization utilizing a virtual behavioral health solution like telepsychiatry, you understand the value of this platform first-hand. By the numbers, 96% of behavioral health providers think telehealth has proven its worth as a therapeutic tool during the pandemic, and 59% of patients say they would use telehealth for mental healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2022

The following is a guest article by Andrew Lockhart, Co-founder and CEO of Fathom. The healthcare industry continues to evolve to serve patients, and with every advance, the system becomes more complex. This complexity is often evident in the medical codes for healthcare encounters. For example, ICD-10 has 69,000+ diagnostic codes, which is over four […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 2, 2022

Researchers found therapists with a higher percentage of clients from lower socioeconomic status groups, patients on Medicaid and families were less likely to keep using telehealth after the pandemic.

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2022

My father, Charles Sarasohn, was a member of the U.S. Army serving as a Jungleer in World War II. He fought in the Pacific Theatre, in New Guinea and the Philippines. Dad’s the one on the right, holding what was a cheeky pin-up drawing. The root of the noun “Jungleer” is “jungle.” Dad carried a long gun with a bayonet on the end, a sort of small sword he and his Best Generation Band of Brothers in the 41st Infantry Division of the U.S, Army used to slash their way t

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2022

Ever since I’ve started covering the varying wearables and health sensors that were hitting the market, I’ve learned how so many of them just aren’t medically relevant and so most doctors don’t care about that direct to consumer wearable data. The exception to this has been the various AliveCor products which provide medically relevant EKG […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 1, 2022

The AI platform can predict a person's risk of having a stroke or a heart attack in the next five years.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 30, 2022

According to CDC , people in the rural areas of the United States are more likely to die too soon from the five leading causes of death—heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke — in comparison to people in urbanized areas. . Let’s investigate the different barriers encountered in rural health care: First, people in rural areas are less likely to be tested with chronic conditions.

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Joseph C. Kvedar, MD – Reinventing Healthcare

MAY 31, 2022

Dealing with COVID-19 has been a true game of whack-a-mole for all healthcare stakeholders. Here in the U.S., so much of telehealth’s penetration into care delivery is dependent on the state of the public health emergency, during which flexibilities put in place by the Administration have enabled utilization through generous reimbursement.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 3, 2022

Happy Friday everyone! Is summer finally here? It feels like it for me since my kids are out of school and the temperatures in Las Vegas are starting to heat up. No complaints though since I love my children and it’s been a milder start to June than some years. We hope you’ve had a […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 3, 2022

CEO Eren Bali said the company was winding down some of its COVID-19-related services and plans to shift its focus from growth to profitability.

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David Chou

JUNE 3, 2022

Healthcare providers using certain BD Pyxis™ products may be at risk for security breaches, as some of these products were installed with default credentials that threat actors could exploit. If your organization uses any of the following BD Pyxis™ products, you may be impacted: BD Pyxis™ Anesthesia Station ES. BD Pyxis™ CIISafe. BD Pyxis™ Logistics.

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Digital Health Hub

JUNE 3, 2022

Due to the complex nature of cardiological conditions, telecardiology is becoming a much used modality for obtaining specialist second opinion or for providing care to people in remote locations. In the simplest form of telecardiology, a 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is used in the transmitting center, such as a primary care provider’s office or a rural clinic.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2022

Today, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) announced that all required antitrust approvals have been obtained for its proposed acquisition of Cerner, including European Commission clearance. Cerner is a leading provider of digital information systems used within hospitals and health systems to enable medical professionals to deliver better healthcare to individual patients and communities.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 31, 2022

Rite Aid pharmacists will be able to send patients to Homeward for wellness visits, screenings and risk assessments.

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SteadyMD

JUNE 2, 2022

In March of 2021, we proudly honored the efforts of SteadyMD’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Josh Emdur, for the proactive leadership and ingenuity he exhibited as a volunteer for the Colorado Innovation Response Team at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. While leading our own medical and technology teams through the complex changes and challenges sparked by the pandemic, Dr.

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