New On Demand Episodes 5/7/2019
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Health IT Appointments and Hires
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments include the New York State Nurses Association, Apprio, Alliance for Better Health, OptimizeRx Corp., Clinical Innovations, Gateway Health, & Healthcare Access San Antonio.
HELP Hearing: Electronic Health Information Part II
On Tuesday, May 7, the Senate health committee will hold its second hearing on implementation of the electronic health information provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act. Witnesses will be Dr. Don Rucker and Dr. Kate Goodrich.
Voice: The Next Frontier for Accessing Healthcare Services
Amazon announced that the Alexa Skills Kit now enables select Covered Entities and their Business Associates, subject to HIPAA, to build Alexa skills that transmit and receive PHI as part of an invite-only program.
WHO Releases First Guideline on Digital Health Interventions
WHO released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services.
What’s Going On with Blockchain in Healthcare?
Keeping up with technologies that are changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare?
Overlays: Eradicating One of Healthcare’s Greatest Patient Safety Issues – Part Two of Two
By Beth Haenke Just & Karen Proffitt – In the first installment of this two-part series, we discussed the costs and causes of overlays. In part two, we deliver actionable information on preventing overlays, including overlay corrections plans and best practices.
Overlays: Eradicating One of Healthcare’s Greatest Patient Safety Issues – Part One of Two
By Beth Haenke Just & Karen Proffitt – An overlay is one of healthcare’s most dangerous misidentification problems, in part because its infiltration into the medical record system can be so subtle that it often goes unnoticed until it’s unleashed in the form of an adverse event, HIPAA violation, or billing error.
Virtual Care: Transforming the Way We See Our Providers
The transforming technology of Virtual Care from product news, to industry updates, to thought leader articles. News from Northwell Health, Banner|Aetna, VirtualMED, HealthTap, American Well, Virtual Care for Kids, Synzi Care, GlobalMed, & AHIP Institute.