KevinMD
DECEMBER 4, 2018
I had a great case the other night. Around midnight on a Friday, the hospitalist physician called me to evaluate an incarcerated femoral hernia. I thought this elderly and medically ill patient would likely die no matter what I did. I spent a grim half-hour at bedside explaining the dilemma to the patient and her […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 6, 2018
From cryptocoin behavior incentives to personal health data sharing, there's no shortage of young companies looking to the distributed ledger technology.
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Lloyd Price
DECEMBER 3, 2018
In the Belgian startup scene, companies are trying to use technology to solve healthcare’s problems. But the system they're creating already exists. This week I’ve been treated to a tech tour of Belgium, checking out companies that are “disrupting” industries including dining, finance, cinema, and audiovisual design. Among these sightly sexier topics, I was introduced to a huge number of health-related tech companies, working in areas like bio-tech, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 5, 2018
In the U.S., the highest levels of unemployment are in places that often have the lowest access to broadband connectivity. And, “without a proper broadband connection, these communities can’t start or run a modern business, access telemedicine, take an online class, digitally transform their farm, or research a school project online,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said yesterday as the company announced their continued commitment to expanding broadband in rural America.
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Digital Health
DECEMBER 3, 2018
An accomplished linguist who planned to take a job after college with a Russian oligarch (but rethought the notion after the man was nearly assassinated), Ari Caroline’s journey has taken him from language to economics to business to his current role as Chief Analytics Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where he sees […].
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Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 5, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brooke Faulkner The phrase “medical tourism” has been coined to describe the millions of Americans who are traveling across the globe to have surgery or other medical procedures performed. According to Visa and Oxford Economics, this trend is growing at a rate of 25 percent per year.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Johns Hopkins Trauma Surgeon Joseph Sakran, M.D., was among firearm safety advocates from the medical community last week calling on Congress to expand universal background checks and federal funding for gun violence research.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Who can and will be talking to their technology? Quite a few people will, though it is hard to get a real number – which is ironic, since Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung, etc. all know how many they have shipped. And they also know how many devices are back-ordered. Maybe believe this one: could there be 50 million smart speakers in US (possibly with some homes having more than one)?
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 6, 2018
The new technology can detect anemia with 97 percent sensitivity by analyzing photos of a user's fingernail.
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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Hospitals often use outdated care practices despite a large body of knowledge about the importance of glycemic management in hospitalized patients, both in intensive care units (ICUs) and in noncritical care settings. Levels of glycemia directly impact patient outcomes, hospital length of stay (LOS) & costs. New therapeutics and technology are widely available, but inpatient glycemic care often lags substantially behind best practices and ADA recommendations.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Telemedicine has gotten plenty of chatter when it comes to specialty and mental health care, but more providers should drill down on using it for oral health care, according to a new study.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 4, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Ethan White, MDVision. From last few years, there have been significant modifications in the rules in addition to guidelines that medical coding and billing firms must achieve. The medical billing vendor that is fully compliant in all under HIPAA are authoritatively business associates of most ideal healthcare clients.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 4, 2018
At $499, the connected in-home tool automatically dispenses and reorders medications while delivering audio and video treatment support.
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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.
Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Data-sharing salves wildfire wounds — Telemedicine study
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 2, 2018
Aetna and Ascension have joined Synaptic, the blockchain-focused alliance launched earlier this year by UnitedHealth, Humana, Multiplan and Quest Diagnostics. A pilot analysis by Synaptic’s founding members shows the organization may be able to capitalize on one particular pain point: discrepancies between active and inactive physician records.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 4, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Pillo Health, a Boston-based company bringing medication adherence to the forefront of healthcare, announces the launch of Pillo, a voice-activated in-home companion with facial recognition that lets consumers better manage their health and stay connected to their caregivers. Pillo helps users better adhere to medication regimens, reminding them about dosages at set times, and offers […].
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 3, 2018
ResMed is expected to close the $225M deal to purchase the smart inhaler company by March 2019.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Associations call for patient access overhaul — The business
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Healthcare spending in the United States slowed in 2017 to a growth rate of 3.9%, nearly a full percentage point lower than 2016, according to new statistics released by the federal government on Thursday. One big reason: lower utilization of healthcare services.
Arizona Telemedicine Program
DECEMBER 4, 2018
There’s no question that telemedicine is incredibly innovative, and changing healthcare as we know it. Beyond that, of great importance is telemedicine’s wonderful potential for disaster planning and recovery efforts. Telemedicine has proved its potential to transform the healthcare industry in many ways. Doctors can prescribe medication and treatments without ever seeing their patients face to face.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Studies show growing adoption, regulatory barriers and a mixed bag of efficacy results
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.
Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Getting All of Us into All of Us — Holiday interoperability gathering at White House
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 3, 2018
A rising female executive at an Optum subsidiary has accused the company of gender discrimination, alleging she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a “chauvinistic and misogynistic” male executive who routinely berated her. In a complaint filed Monday, Tiziana Cacace, the former vice president of operations and strategic development at Optum-owned ProHealth, said she was fired after going on medical leave to manage panic attacks.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 3, 2018
A short month saw plenty of food – and provided food for thought. Many (54 million!) traveled during the US Thanksgiving holiday, according to AAA. It was month to think further about concepts introduced in October about caregiving technology – why is it so unclear what it is, who makes it, what is the form factor for presenting it and how should people be using it?
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 5, 2018
At HIMSS19, ACT | The App Association's Brian Scarpelli will lay out the details of what he calls a "sea change" in CMS' policy toward remote patient monitoring.
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Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 4, 2018
HHS wants info-blocking rule just as much as you do — More dirt on the Mar-a-Lago 3
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Nearly half of Medicare patients in long-term-care facilities have experienced some type of harm as the result of their care, endangering their health and increasing Medicare costs, according to a report from a government watchdog.
Society for Participatory Medicine
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Our Society for Participatory Medicine is growing in membership and in projects and teams. If you’re a member, have you considered leading a team? If you’re not, have you considered joining ? The message below was posted last weekend by co-founder and chairman Dr. Danny Sands, to the members-only Open Forum on our SPM Connect community. .
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