Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As the aging population continues to grow – projected to be more than 20% of the U.S. by 2030 – remote patient monitoring is becoming an increasingly important healthcare option. A recent industry report shows more than 60 million people in the U.S. will have used remote patient monitoring in 2024. RPM is one of the ways the Internet of Things and connectivity technologies make health tech more accessible for patients and providers.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Caroline Hodge, CEO and co-founder, Dimer Health. The healthcare industry is at a pivotal juncture, with $320 million in Medicare readmission penalties impacting 2,273 hospitals this year alone. These penalties go beyond financial strain, […] The article How AI-Driven Care is Bridging the Gaps in Post-Discharge Healthcare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jason Griffin, MBA, CISM, Managing Director of Digital Health Strategy and Cyber Security Practice Leader at Nordic Consulting Over my 25-plus years working in healthcare information technology, I’ve witnessed firsthand the exponential growth of the threat landscape. In 2024, it’s clear that healthcare has become a prime target for coordinated attacks.

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KevinMD

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From defibrillators and ventilators to infusion pumps and dialysis equipment, Internet of Things (IoT) medical devices significantly enhance outpatient care. Patients can record and send measurements remotely, eliminating the need for follow-up visits. At the same time, these devices help understaffed outpatient facilities that might not have the capacity to send caregivers for home visits.

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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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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The acquisition includes all of NeuroReality's assets, including its flagship rehabilitation product, Koji's Quest.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A new report from the OECD asks the question, “How’s Life?” with the tagline letting us know the plotline focuses on “well-being and resilience in times of crisis.” The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tracked the well-being of member nations for the past six years, taking a broad view on the definition of holistic health — including physical, mental, financial, and social aspects of people living in OECD countries.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Though our movement into a digital and remote world was accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is a movement that has proven to be quite beneficial. We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. These tools helped to keep us safe during the pandemic and are now working to ease the burden healthcare can have on people.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The CRISPR therapy, HG202, was conceived using AI and machine learning and aims to treat individuals with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

MedStar Health announced Monday that its acute care at home is now available to Baltimore patients of its Franklin Square Medical Center, Good Samaritan, Harbor and Union Memorial hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS Through the collaboration, Dispatch Health offers pre-scheduled home visits daily, including weekends and holidays, following discharge from emergency departments and inpatient hospital units – typically within 72 hours – MedStar said.

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

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As my phone keeps pinging today with texts of friends and colleagues sharing #Election2024 angst, I am grateful to the folks at Calm for providing some moments of silence. Here’s their share to help us cope with political stress today. Calm provided similar support previously in 2020 when the meditation app collaborated with the media network CNN on election anxiety management — covered here in Health Populi.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Investment Aims to Accelerate the Expansion of Nym’s Multi-Specialty Solution to Support New Care Areas Nym , a leader in autonomous medical coding, today announced a $47 million growth investment led by PSG , a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies. The new funding includes participation from existing and new investors including Google Ventures, Addition, Samsung Next, and Dynamic Loop Capital.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The guidance aims to help countries move toward healthcare digitization through a person-centered point of service system.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The U.S. faces a critical shortage of primary care physicians, and the labor crunch is projected to get worse. | The company is working with New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services to pilot its primary care AI pilot.

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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

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DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A mental health app will launch across Oxfordshire to help young people aged 11 to 18 in the county who need mental health support.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Director of Provider Coding and Billing – Tanner Health Senior Healthcare Planner – Ballinger Digita

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The company also reported Q3 2024 earnings, noting total revenue of $76.4 million, adjusted EBITDA of $7.3 million and a net loss of $14.7 million.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite protest from major industry groups. | The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with a 2.9% cut to physician payments in 2025 despite protest from major industry groups.

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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.

DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The government has announced that Ming Tang and Tim Ferris will lead the data and technology working group for its 10 year health plan.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Omniscient Health to Offer Specialized Data Science Services to Enhance Earnings and Reduce Administrative Burdens for Healthcare Providers Omniscient Platforms and its affiliate, Omniscient Health (collectively, Omniscient), announced their launch today, resulting from the merger of CenturyGoal and Analyticar. Omniscient offers practical, modern, and cost-effective solutions to enhance financial performance across industries, with specialized offerings for the healthcare sector, by rapidly de

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The company will use the funds to expand in Asian and U.S. markets, advance its AI algorithms and grow its workforce.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

LAS VEGAS — Employers' healthcare costs continue to rise, leading them to seek new alternatives to drive down expenses while avoiding steps to shift additional costs to workers. | In response to rising costs, some in the industry have been beating the drum for individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, or ICHRA.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In the constantly evolving landscape of the corporate world, the focus on employee wellness has transitioned from a mere trend to a fundamental pillar of organizational success. As businesses strive to navigate the challenges of modern work environments, the implementation of comprehensive wellness programs has become indispensable. These initiatives are not only crucial for supporting the mental and physical health of employees but also play a vital role in enhancing productivity, engagement, a

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

One of the big challenges that healthcare faces is that AI and other technology solutions have promised the world to healthcare leaders and then often fallen short. Once this happens, it creates a really challenging uphill battle for the next technology. This has been particularly true with revenue cycle leaders who often express skepticism about AI’s role in healthcare due to past overpromises.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

HATCo will spend a total of $550 million in capital funding to invest in technologies and innovation.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Quest Diagnostics and Elevance Health are broadening their partnership into four more states with the goal of making it easier for patients to access in-network laboratory services. | Quest Diagnostics and Elevance Health are broadening their partnership into four more states, with the goal of making it easier for patients to access in-network laboratory services.

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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.

DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Based on the largest global survey of its kind, the Future Health Index report analyses the three gaps that stand in the way of better care (staffing, insights and sustainability), and outlines actions healthcare leaders are taking to overcome them.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that contribute to the health of an individual – where you are born, where you work, your income, your age, your race, your religion, etc. Essentially all of the components that make you, you, and societal realities are SDOH. And by nature, humans are social creatures. We constantly seek out companionship to the point that we become emotionally connected to inanimate objects that we can name and attribute feelings to like our

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The behavioral health company's Engage platform will be available to existing commercial fully insured, self-funded members on an opt-in basis and via Sentara's Marketplace membership.

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