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The Value of Interoperability in Telemedicine

AMD Telemedicine

This article was originally published in September 2020 but was updated in June 2022. When it comes to telehealth, interoperability has various layers. To better understand the critical role interoperability plays in telemedicine, we spoke with Tom Foley, the Vice President of Growth at AMD Global Telemedicine. He also touched on the current demand for integrated telehealth solutions and how AMD has specifically adapted to the healthcare landscape with its telemedicine offerings.

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Why Do People Delay or Avoid Treatment?

TheraNest

Reading Time: 4 Minutes. While the barriers between individuals and mental healthcare become less daunting with each passing day, they still exist. Mental and behavioral health services are easier now than ever to access, yet some patients still delay or avoid treatment. For those who have fought to increase access, this may seem confusing, but it is rather common.

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The Legacy of COVID-19 Is Shaping Consumers’ Purchases for Health-At-Home

Health Populi

While inflation and financial stress is depressing consumer demand for many purchases the “legacy of COVID-19” is having lost-lasting impacts on how people see their homes — especially as sites for health and wellness. GfK highlights the growing interest in wellbeing and device demand in The State of Consumer Technology and Durables 2002 insights from GfK.

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Period tracking app Flo says it will add 'anonymous mode' after Roe decision

Mobi Health News

In tweets posted Friday, the period tracking app said it would soon launch a mode that allows users to access the app without providing their name or email.

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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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How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It is estimated that 50% of the U.S. population has a chronic disease, and caring for them is consuming 86% of healthcare costs. Many organizations still rely on traditional chronic care models characterized by periodic in-person encounters that can be inconvenient, expensive and insufficiently frequent. The question is: How will hospitals provide more robust, timely and cost-efficient care moving forward?

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Use of Preventive Health Services Declined Among Commercially Insured People – With Big Differences in Telehealth for Non-White People, Castlight Finds

Health Populi

Declines in preventive care services like cancer screenings and blood glucose testing concern employers, whose continued to cover health insurance for employees during the pandemic. “As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers continue to battle escalating clinical issues, including delayed care for chronic conditions, postponed preventive screenings, and the exponential increase in demand for behavioral health services,” the Chief Medical Officer for Castlight Hea

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Q&A: Why leading with evidence is necessary for digital therapeutics

Mobi Health News

Swing Therapeutics CEO Mike Rosenbluth discusses the company's fibromyalgia management tool and what's necessary to make digital therapeutics mainstream.

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HIMSSCast: Henry Ford director of virtual care talks telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What are some of the most important topics in telehealth today? Standardizing and optimizing telehealth integration into care pathways. Conducting comprehensive exams during video visits. Digital and telehealth literacy. Telehealth sustainability and government advocacy. That's according to this podcast's very special guest, Courtney Stevens, director of virtual care at Henry Ford Health System, based in Detroit.

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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Baha Zeidan, CEO at Azalea Health. Deploying advanced technologies is often an afterthought, especially for rural hospitals struggling to retain talent and navigate the increasingly complex regulatory environment. However, new technologies empower providers to streamline their operations, reduce the time spent on administrative tasks, and conserve increasingly precious resources.

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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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The Higher Cost of Cookouts – Happy, Healthy Independence Day 2022

Health Populi

On this July 4th holiday, Americans aren’t feeling quite so financially independent on Independence Day 2022. The cost of a cookout for your family and friend group of 10 rose over $10 this year, 17% higher than in 2021, based on the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual assessment of BBQing Economics on the Fourth of July. This estimate is based on a market-basket menu that includes cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream.

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Study: Smartphone apps aid in tracking and reporting COVID-19

Mobi Health News

However, the review noted some concerns still need to be addressed, like data privacy and security.

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Evolving patient portals, remote workforce challenges and tech at the bedside

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient portal use and telehealth visits have changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world, especially healthcare, upside down. Kerry Barker, RN, manager, Epic services, at consulting firm CereCore, and a former ICU nurse and nursing instructor at Brigham Young University, left the bedside for the IT side. Her role now is multifaceted in that she assists with various parts of CereCore’s go-live implementations, stays up to date on policies and procedures, and works to

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Starting A Health Tech Startup? Here Are 6 Tools To Invest In

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Today, technology has become a part of day-to-day life. It has infiltrated virtually every industry, and this includes healthcare. The adoption of modern tools has considerably boosted the sector’s productivity, provided a competitive edge, and […].

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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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Changing Views of Retirement and Health Post-COVID: Transamerica’s Look At Workers’ Disrupted Futures

Health Populi

As more than 1 in 3 U.S. workers were unemployed during the pandemic and another 38% had reductions in hours and pay, Americans’ personal forecasts and expectations for retirement have been disrupted and dislocated. In its look at The Road Ahead: Addressing Pandemic-Related Setbacks and Strengthening the U.S. Retirement System from the Tramsamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS), we learn about the changing views of U.S. workers on their future work, income, savings, dreams and fears

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Diagnostics company Cue Health lays off 170 manufacturing workers

Mobi Health News

Cue said it made the decision due to larger economic challenges and the federal government's recent move to divert funding from COVID-19 tests.

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As patient care channels become more fragmented, communications & coordination can become integrated

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Revenue Cycle Management – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/1 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn ( @techguy ) from @hcittoday on the topic “Revenue Cycle Management ”. This week is the HFMA annual conference in Denver. If you’ve followed the #HFMAAnnual hashtag, then you’ve no doubt seen us sharing a bunch of content from the conference.

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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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Beyond Google – Is it a problem finding care and related resources online?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Is there a search problem to solve? Or are we just lazy searchers? The Atlantic tried to assess the Decline of Google as a search tool, citing a variety of fairly technical arguments as to why, sourcing commentary from bloggers and ‘experts’ who track and analyze search engines. The major complaint over time seems to have been the growing presence of ads and perception of selective ranking in favor of Google’s own products (like showing YouTube videos) and/or business alliances.

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Telehealth platform Connect2MyDoctor launches AR patient education module

Mobi Health News

It has zoom, rotate, and annotate features to help specialists explain procedures to patients virtually.

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7 Ways to Keep Workers Safe

Ortholive

When it comes to promoting worker safety, employers have a vested interest. U.S. employers spend more than $1 billion a week on workers’ compensation costs for non-fatal injuries. In an effort to reduce these numbers, employers also spend another $1,111 on safety training for each employee on the job site. Despite these high costs, these efforts are still not enough to decrease worker injuries.

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Health IT: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 91

Healthcare IT Today

For the 91st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re doing another edition of our popular Health IT: Buy or Sell. In this episode, we look at four grand statements about something in healthcare IT. Then, Colin and I share whether we’re buying this as something that will happen or whether we’re selling it because we don’t think it’s going to happen.

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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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How You and Your Organization Can Benefit from Holistic Healthcare

Iris Telehealth

Mental health is essential to a person’s overall health and well-being. While there’s no denying that physical health can help a person feel great, someone’s mind can affect their body just as drastically. For example, research shows that neglecting mental health can lead to serious physical health conditions, such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

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Health2Sync, Sanofi partner to digitise insulin management in Japan

Mobi Health News

They will deliver connected caps for insulin and titration alerts to Japanese healthcare providers and patients.

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Telehealth platform Connect2MyDoctor launches AR patient education module

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

Healthcare IT Today

This week was the HFMA Annual conference in Denver. It brings together a great community of healthcare financial professionals with a lot of healthcare CFOs and revenue cycle management pros. HFMA events are always interesting because it gives you a view into the heart of how we pay for healthcare and the incredible complexities associated with it.

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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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How Hospitals Can Progress In Price Transparency Compliance

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Boal, vice president of innovation, Amitech Solutions. Consumerization has finally entered the healthcare realm. Patients and insurance payers don’t just want a good care experience from hospital systems; they want clarity in the […]. The article How Hospitals Can Progress In Price Transparency Compliance appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Socially Determined scores $26M for SDOH data platform

Mobi Health News

The startup's data platform aims to help clients like providers and payers understand how social factors are impacting patient health.

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Six Aging and Health Blog Posts from the Prolific Month of June 2022

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Meta Pixel problem – who would have thought? Never a dull moment in tech world. Meta (how tiresome, we know it is Facebook) has been sending patient data from hospital systems back to Facebook (appointments, doctor, and a host of other patient-specific data) through the use of a tracking pixel. Results from a study identifying the problem are now published , and the first of possibly multiple lawsuits are being file for mishandling personal patient data.