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NLP and AI technologies streamline tedious health care processes to enable faster care

KevinMD

Two years after the global pandemic totally rewrote the health care playbook, hospitals, health systems, facilities, and providers are still striving to find some semblance of normalcy. Challenges present before the pandemic weren’t solved during the all-hands-on-deck mentality during wave after wave of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Obstacles such as outmoded workflows remain to be.

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The key relationship between health equity and telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Health inequity is the result of the behavior of people. It is not the result of anything natural. It involves structural inequalities in the delivery of care – inequalities that are avoidable. Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company.

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Healthy.io receives FDA clearance for smartphone-based home kidney test

Mobi Health News

This marks the urinalysis and wound-care company's third 510(k) clearance.

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

People whose sense of well-being shifted positively in the past two years are finding greater personal purpose and financial health, we see in Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index – 2021 State Rankings Report. Sharecare has been annually tracking well-being across the 50 U.S. states since 2008. When the study launched, Well-Being Index evaluated five domains: physical, social, community, purpose, and financial.

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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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How physicians are mishandling technology

KevinMD

Physicians are getting their asses kicked by technology, but this is reversible if they integrate technology as they do laboratory science. Medicine needs specialized doctors who only focus on technology. This will combat burnout and take control of a system that has no other incentive to adapt to clinical needs. In 2013, I graduated medical. Read more….

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Report: Digital health funding falls after booming 2021

Mobi Health News

The Rock Health report found U.S. digital health startups raised $10.3 billion in the first half of 2022, putting the year on track to fall short of 2021. But there are some bright spots for the sector.

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In A Declining Consumer Tech Spending Forecast, Consumer Health Tech Will Grow in 2022: Reading the CTA Tea Leaves

Health Populi

Supply chain challenges, inflation, and plummeting consumer economic sentiment are setting the stage for a decline in consumer electronics revenues for 2022. However, there will be some bright spots of growth for consumer tech spending, for 5G smartphones, smart home applications, gaming, and health technologies, noted in the Consumer Technology Association’s CTA U.S.

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Is the 3G Sunsetting the equivalent of Y2K for Older Adults?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The 3G sunset has had plenty of warning, but will that matter to older adults? Many people do not remember much about January 1, 2000, the day all systems that stored 2-digit years would become useless calculators. But there was much preparation and so life went on, mostly normal. Will that be the case with the 3G-to-5G network transition? The big three carriers (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) are motoring ahead with this switchover to enable them to free up, as they say, faster and more reliab

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How AI and NLP can boost care via remote patient monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Shannon Hastings is the chief technology officer at Project Ronin, where he helps to lead the organization in delivering systems to help cancer patients and clinicians, including remote patient monitoring for cancer patients. Ronin uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and electronic health records in its work to manage cancer patients.

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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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Study: Wearables can empower patients, but barriers prevent greater adoption

Mobi Health News

Researchers found three themes in their review of studies on wearables: the role of providers and potential benefits to care, driving behavior change and barriers to use.

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How AI Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sachin Patel, CEO at Apixio. The use of AI in healthcare is gaining fast traction, with the total market expected to grow over 46% CAGR, reaching $96 billion by 2028. While AI has the potential to improve health equity, intrinsic and extrinsic biases that exist from the lack of diverse data exacerbate the problem.

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How can I start a telemedicine program, and what does it cost?

AMD Telemedicine

This article was originally published in July 2015 but was updated in June 2022. I want to ‘do telemedicine’: What is involved, and how much does it cost? The use of telemedicine is at an all-time high, with 85% of doctors using telehealth to connect with patients. With so much change, organizations can easily get lost in implementing the technology just to stay on top of the latest and greatest.

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Clinician Corner: Meet Dr. Chris Heh, MD, DO

Iris Telehealth

Iris clinicians are at the heart of what makes our organization such a special place to work. That’s why we’re turning the spotlight on the amazing work they’re doing every day. This month, we’re sitting down to talk with Dr. Chris Heh. Q. How did you find Iris and decide you wanted to be an Iris provider? A: Six years ago, I was making a job transition and was looking for something that would provide me with flexibility.

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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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Q&A: Telehealth's role in combating the opioid epidemic

Mobi Health News

Bicycle Health CEO Ankit Gupta and Medical Director Dr. Brian Clear discuss the treatment landscape for patients with opioid use disorder.

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Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Senior Population – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Dr. Melissa Urrea from @naviHealthPAC on the topic “ Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Senior Population. ”. In this week’s #HITsm chat, naviHealth Executive Medical Director Dr.

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The Health Benefits of Having a Dog

Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life

If you are a dog owner, you probably don’t need convincing that your dog offers various health benefits to you. But, on the other hand, if you are trying to convince yourself or someone that having a dog provides more benefits than just fluffy hugs and fur everywhere, then this is the article for you. […]. The post The Health Benefits of Having a Dog appeared first on Healthystic.

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10 Healthcare Payment Trends in 2022

Mend

It can be difficult to keep up with the latest healthcare payment trends in a rapidly changing landscape. Here are 10 predictions for what we’ll see in 2022. From new technology like artificial intelligence to an increase in value-based care, these healthcare payment trends will have a major impact on the industry. Trend #1: The Rise of Digital Health.

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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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Peloton to stop manufacturing its own connected bikes, treadmills

Mobi Health News

Peloton said it's expanding its partnership with Taiwanese company Rexon Industrial Corp., which will become the primary manufacturer of its bike and treadmill products.

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GIS + Healthcare is All About Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

Almost all of the healthcare implementations of Geographic Information System (GIS) being discussed at the 2022 Esri User Conference would not be possible if GIS data was not shared so readily by government organizations. When combined, these disparate datasets lead to important health insights that would have been difficult or impossible to obtain using non-GIS methods.

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4 Ways Telehealth Is Set to Revolutionize Rural Healthcare

AMD Telemedicine

Pandemic restrictions may have largely lifted, but one of COVID’s most important healthcare disruptions — telemedicine — has only become more relevant. That’s great news for the nearly 20% of Americans living in rural communities. Though telehealth technology has positive applications everywhere, it’s especially advantageous for those who are outside of highly populated urban centers.

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Five Signs of an Unhealthy Heart You Should Not Ignore

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Cardiovascular illnesses are the primary cause of death worldwide, accounting for one out of every three deaths. [1] Here are the five signs of an unhealthy heart you should not ignore. 1. Shortness of breath. The sensation of not being able to breathe correctly is known as shortness of breath. The patient’s lungs may feel heavy or driven to breathe quickly and shallowly.

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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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Health2Sync, AstraZeneca to roll out digital support tool for early CKD detection in Taiwan

Mobi Health News

Health2Sync has upgraded its patient management platform to identify patients' CKD risk levels.

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VR Changing Surgical Training is About Repetitions

Healthcare IT Today

When you first hear about VR (Virtual Reality) being used for medical training, it kind of sounds like a game or a joke and not a serious addition to a doctor’s training. However, the reality is that the technology and the research around surgical training using VR is very serious and much more than a game. What did surprise me was how VR surgical training was not so much a replacement to surgical training, but a great addition that takes the existing training to a new level.

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Moving Telehealth out of the Post-Covid Doldrums

Health System CIO

Telehealth can play a much bigger role in improving care and satisfaction. But until it becomes more attractive to physicians, that potential may never be reached, according to Joseph Kvedar, MD, Senior Advisor of Virtual Care at Mass General Brigham. Source: Moving Telehealth out of the Post-Covid Doldrums on healthsystemcio.com - healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs.

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Healthcare Enterprise Risk Management: Safeguarding Sensitive Organizational Data

eVisit

In recent years, cybersecurity has emerged as one of the most pressing focus areas for c-suite executives seeking to strengthen their healthcare enterprise risk management.

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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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Northwell and Google Cloud partner to automate workflows, identify health risk factors

Mobi Health News

New York-based Northwell said the collaboration will accelerate its digital transformation.

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GIS Provides Common Ground for Data

Healthcare IT Today

The annual Esri User Conference offers a unique opportunity to see how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been deployed to solve complex problems. A central theme so far at this year’s conference is how GIS literally provides a “common ground” upon which disparate data can be brought together – anchored by location/geography. Several interesting healthcare related use-cases were highlighted including: mapping how medical aid was being distributed, mapping accident locations in a city, and

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Dyslipidemia: Causes, Treatment, Prevention, and More

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Dyslipidemia is a condition in which the blood has abnormal lipids like triglycerides, cholesterol, and fat phospholipids. Let’s look at some important facts, such as the causes and treatment for dyslipidemia. Prevalence and Statistics about Dyslipidemia in the US. Between 2015 and 2018, about 12% of persons aged 20 and over had total cholesterol levels greater than 240 mg/dL, and about 17% had HDL cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL. [1].