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HIPAA Compliance and The Cloud

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Developments in technology have had a profound impact on nearly every aspect of our lives. We can hardly get through an hour without tech having an effect on what we’re doing, let alone a full day.

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What Google’s BERT Algorithm Update Means for Healthcare Sites

Geonetric

Breaking Down Google’s BERT Algorithm The latest Google algorithm update is based on a tool created last year, the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers, or BERT for short. BERT uses artificial intelligence (AI) to understand search queries by focusing on the natural language and not just choosing the main keywords. The most significant change Google […].

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All Carts Are Not Created Equal

American Well

The accelerating adoption of telehealth as health systems and others realize the value it can have on transforming their organizations and improving provider and patient experiences is exciting. While software is sometimes seen as the flashier part of telehealth, telemedicine devices and carts are often the places where organizations start their journey.

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Amazon Web Services Offering Direct-To-EHR Transcription

Healthcare IT Today

Amazon Web Services has introduced a new line of business focused on tackling in on one of the most vexing day-to-day problems physicians face. The behemoth tech firm is rolling out a version of its new speech recognition technology designed to help developers integrate medical transcription functions into relevant applications like EHRs. The new offering, […].

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

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.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Telehealth

InTouch Health

Surprising Facts About Telehealth and How It’s Changing Medical Care. Telehealth continues to surprise even its most adamant supporters. As more facilities and health networks adopt this technology, we continue to discover more ways in can be used. Telehealth has come a long way since it was first introduced back in the 1950s and 60s. Today, telehealth is changing the way providers administer care to their patients.

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Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care

Health Populi

As Boomers age, they’re adopting mobile and smart technology platforms that enable people to communicate with loved ones, manage retirement investment portfolios, ask Alexa to play Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits, and manage prescription refills from the local grocery store pharmacy. Last week, the Giant Eagle grocery chain was the first pharmacy retailer to offer a new medication management skill via Alexa.

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Veterans Affairs, Walmart open latest telehealth pilot site

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and retail giant Walmart have opened the latest location as part of a joint effort help Vets in rural areas get better access to medical services, the first location for a new telehealth pilot program. WHY IT MATTERS. The store, located in Asheboro, North Carolina, is part of a public-private affiliation whereby Walmart donated equipment and space allowing Veterans to meet with a VA provider in a private room through video technology.

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Three Healthcare Trends To Watch In 2020

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Blaise Wabo, associate director, A-LIGN. As the technology industry continues to experience continuous, rapid change and advancements, other industries are faced with the challenge of incorporating these new technologies, creating rules and regulations in order to ensure the safety and privacy of consumers and businesses.

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NMDC partners with HTC DeepQ to build largest MR anatomy classroom in Taiwan

Mobi Health News

tudents and teachers can effortlessly switch between VR and the real world with just one click in laboratory lessons, learning from the virtual human body and real cadavers simultaneously.

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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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Food As Medicine: Grocery Stores Expand as Health Destinations While the Federal Government Cuts Food Stamps

Health Populi

There’s something like cognitive dissonance as I prepare my 2020 Health Populi TrendCast of what to expect in the health/care ecosystem in the new year. One of my key pillars for health-making is food-as-medicine, and that opportunity in this moment resonates in this holiday season with Dickens’ “Best of Times, Worst of Times” context-setting that kicks off Great Expectations.

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Five Technology Offerings from the Washington Innovations in Longevity Summit 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The second year of the Summit tackled issues in town and far away. In the portfolio of the 2019 events produced by Mary Furlong and Associates , the Washington Innovations in Longevity Summit is relatively new, in its second year. But it is unique in its objectives – topics spanned the regulatory environment and included insights and innovations outside of the US.

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Health IT Startup: CareClinic

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Elevator pitch CareClinic acts as a virtual advocate that enables patients and caregivers to analyze the entire treatment experience outside the clinical setting (including meds, meals, symptoms, side effects, activities and other experiences) and analyze the resulting patterns and correlations that can help improve outcomes using AI.

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Proteus furloughed majority of employees last month after collapse of $100M funding round

Mobi Health News

The employees were brought back after the company secured $5 million in emergency funding, but CNBC's report suggests that several are now looking elsewhere for work.

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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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Health systems must tackle workplace, patient safety in tandem, IHI says

FierceHealthIT

ORLANDO, FLORIDA—A nationwide effort to improve and coordinate patient safety measures will strive to make a connection between workplace and patient safety.

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Partners launches expansive 5-year digital health innovation plan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Partners HealthCare on Thursday announced a new five-year technology initiative designed to drive digital innovation, improve clinical care and enhance the patient experience. WHY IT MATTERS. Partners officials say the program – as part of its five-year systemwide strategy and rebranding designed to position it as "health care system of the future" – will focus on digital innovations for diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, analytics and population health.

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Trends Likely To Affect Healthcare Technology In the Year Ahead

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Response by Kristin Simonini, vice president of product, Applause. Healthcare has long been looked at as a laggard when it comes to adopting digital services. Part of that is due to the stringent regulations of the industry and the sensitivity surrounding personally identifiable information.

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Hospitals embracing IoT must be prepared to secure a decentralized environment

Mobi Health News

Speakers at the Healthcare Security Forum in Boston discuss the rise of connected medical devices and what that means for a security team.

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

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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Number of Americans with a primary care provider declined 2% over a decade, new study shows

FierceHealthIT

Despite the health benefits, fewer Americans have a primary care provider, according to a new study. The number of patients in the U.S. who have a primary care provider declined by 2% in a little over a decade, according to the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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More Power & Performance: Professional Workstations Give Healthcare Users the Technology They Need

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dan Stevens, a member of Lenovo’s Health Care strategy team. Those of us of a certain age remember what computers used to be like. We each had a big, pale white computer tower on our desks, whirring and grinding and spewing out warm air like an overpriced space […].

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Nordics, Dutch are leading lights in ehealth in Europe

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Nordics, Dutch are leading lights in ehealth in Europe Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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iFit raises $200M to stream fitness content on NordicTrack workout machines

Mobi Health News

iFit has added more than 77,000 paid subscribers in the last quarter, giving the company a userbase of roughly 330,000 members.

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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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CVS unveils new precision medicine initiative for oncology patients

FierceHealthIT

CVS is launching a new program aimed at boosting access to genetic testing for people with advanced cancers with the goal of expanding treatment options and getting patients treated more quickly.

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7 Lessons Learned from the Career of Gus Malezis, CEO of Imprivata

Healthcare IT Today

Gus Malezis, President and CEO of Imprivata, has been at the head of the company since 2016 where he’s focused on creating a sustainable company that’s driven to improve healthcare. While many may be familiar with Imprivata’s solutions (Note: They have 6 million users across 2000 healthcare customers) even more healthcare professionals use Imprivata every […].

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Ensuring health innovation helps, not hurts, disparities in care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Ensuring health innovation helps, not hurts, disparities in care Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Ibex launches AI-powered diagnostic system for detecting breast cancer in pathology

Mobi Health News

The algorithm used by the Ibex Second Read system was developed using advanced machine learning techniques and trained on data sets from Maccabi's pathology institute.

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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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While U.S. leads in IT tools for patients, primary care doctors still struggle to coordinate care

FierceHealthIT

While the U.S. leads in aspects of health information technology, its primary care physicians still struggle to coordinate patient care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to a new study. The study, published in Health Affairs, looks at how the United States’ primary care health system stacks up with 11 other high-income countries.

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Webinar: Virtual Visits, Enhancing the Care Continuum

Health Recovery Solutions

On Tuesday, December 10 th , 2019, Health Recovery Solutions co-hosted a webinar with Banner Health's Care Coordination Post-Acute Senior Manager, Mandy Johnson. On the webinar, Mandy and the HRS team discussed the growing role of virtual visits in healthcare.

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How clinical research is benefiting from digital trials

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How clinical research is benefiting from digital trials Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition