What You Should Know:
- More than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni announced the launch of StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force featuring 70+ StartX Med Innovators with medical breakthroughs for the prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of coronavirus mobilize efforts to fast-track public health needs during the pandemic.
- The StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force will collaborate on outreach to government agencies, regulatory bodies and healthcare systems in the interest of public health for
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Blue Shield of CA Offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant
What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of California offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant (COVID-19 SERA) to help handle anticipated surge of COVID-19 patients.
- The COVID-19 SERA is developed by GYANT can be customized for each health system's emergency response plan, and it is updated in real-time with latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Blue Shield of California is offering a new digital tool
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COVID-19: MEDITECH Offers Expanse Ambulatory Expanse Customers It’s Scheduled Virtual Visits Functionality Free of Charge
What You Should Know:
MEDITECH offers Expanse Ambulatory and Patient Portal
users complimentary deployment of our Scheduled Virtual Visits functionality
for a six-month period.
This solution, deployed through MEDITECH’s rapid response
team, can assist customers in battling the spread of the COVID-19, reducing
unnecessary risk to others and identifying the patients in need of care.
In an effort to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, MEDITECH announced it will offer all
customers
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CommonSpirit Health Suspends Patient Billing for COVID-19 Testing & Treatment
What You Need to Know:
- CommonSpirit Health suspends all patient billing for testing and treatment for COVID-19 across 21 states.
- "The last thing our patients should worry about if they experience symptoms characteristic of this coronavirus is the cost of seeking care," said Lloyd H. Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health.
CommonSpirit Health,
a nonprofit, Catholic health system announced it will suspend sending
patient bills related to the testing and treatment of
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COVID-19: Why Limited HIPAA Waivers from HHS Don’t Do Enough To Address Telehealth
What You Need to Know:
- HHS issued some very limited HIPAA waivers to combat COVID-19999, but experts say it leaves out some very key guidance when it comes to telehealth.
- Alissa Smith, Partner at Dorsey & Whitney says the HHS is likely going to have to revisit this issue given the limited waivers issued this week.
The main thing I am hearing from my health care provider clients is that they are seeking HIPAA-related guidance
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New App Prevents Exposure to Coronavirus in Medical Waiting Rooms
What You Need to Know:
- A new app called DocClocker has unveiled a way for patients to prevent exposure to potential coronavirus carriers in medical waiting rooms.
- With the DocClocker app, which was created and funded entirely by practicing medical physicians, patients can receive real-time wait times; preventing the spread of the highly contagious virus by limiting the exposure of sick patients in waiting rooms.
DocClocker®, a pioneering app that enables patients for the
first
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IntelyCare Launches Free COVID-19 Training for Nurses
What You Need to Know:
- Nurse staffing technology provider IntelyCare is launching free COVID-19 training certification for nursing professionals.
- The free, web-based version of the training to all nurses in the U.S., and requiring its nursing employees to complete the COVID-19 Best Practices Course in the IntelyCare app before taking shifts.
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, IntelyCare, a leading
intelligent workforce management solution for post-acute
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Coronavirus: 3 Best Practices for Patient Communication & Prevention
For most providers across the country, the need to communicate easily, seamlessly and digitally with patients is growing exponentially. To be most effective and ensure the widest reach, as providers, there are a few best practices you should be following: Educate, identify and treat broadly.
Educate
With the novel coronavirus spreading quickly across the U.S., the need for accurate information is growing just as rapidly. Providers have to communicate to all patients in a given
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Coronavirus Drives Teladoc’s Daily Virtual Medical Visits Up 50%
What You Need to Know:
- In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Teladoc Health reports that its daily virtual medical visit volume has spiked 50% over the prior week.
- Teladoc Health has provided approximately 100,000 virtual medical visits to patients in the United States in the past week.
Virtual
care provider Teladoc Health
announced that the company is experiencing unprecedented daily visit volume in
the United States as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues
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COVID-19: XRHealth Launches Virtual Reality Telehealth Supports Groups
What You Need to Know:
- In response to the growing social distancing precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19, XRHealth is making VR telehealth support groups available for patients.
- XRHealth support groups are tailored for patients with the following conditions: Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, breast cancer, menopause, an injury that affected motor function, anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, substance abuse, post-stroke rehabilitation, brain injury and there will also be a
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