Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
The personal data of 2,373,764 patients was left exposed online after Hova Health, a telemedicine company based in Mexico, misconfigured a MongoDB database.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
AUGUST 8, 2018
Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Consumers want healthcare that is: easy-to-access. cost-effective. convenient. quality-focused. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs.
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
Starting Aug. 8, the visits can address minor illnesses and injuries and skin conditions for children and adults in nine states and Washington, D.C. The virtual visits can treat patients over two years old for “minor illnesses and injuries, skin conditions and other wellness needs," according to CVS.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Ritesh Patil, co-founder, Mobisoft Infotech. In the past few years, information technology has developed and now it becomes an integral part of the medical sphere. Currently, the innovation of wireless medicine is increasing rapidly and influencing the present healthcare industry.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 9, 2018
Garmin wearable users now have the option to gain deeper insights into the their heart health, following an announcement that the consumer tech company' wearables will have the ability to integrate with heart health app Cardiogram.
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 9, 2018
Primary care doctors are neglecting to talk to patients about the things that are most likely to kill them, according to a recent survey. The survey of 3,000 Americans found that few doctors are talking to patients about issues such as drug overdose, suicide and traffic accidents—some of the leading causes of death in America.
Clocktree
AUGUST 8, 2018
Clocktree gives you two options for connecting with clients via secure video. . . You can schedule an appointmen t in Clocktree. Your client will receive an email or text notification, then reminders leading up to the appointment. At appointment time, both you and your client log into your Clocktree accounts. Neither of you have to do anything to initiate the call.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
Online AI-powered healthcare chatbot Buoy has announced a new, deep partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital. Buoy will create a white-labeled version of its product for Boston Children’s website, use data from that version to improve its product’s pediatric expertise, and even get help from doctors at the Boston health center to evaluate its algorithms.
Health Populi
AUGUST 6, 2018
All sectors who are stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem aren’t created equal, Accenture explains in their report, Healthcare’s future winners and losers. Observing the influx of new flavors of entrants like Amazon and Google, start-ups like Iora Health, Oscar and FetchMD, begs the question: how will legacy healthcare system players fare?
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Robert Cichielo, CTO and founder, etherFAX. Government regulations require that specific industries, such as healthcare and financial services, comply with data privacy regulations. These compliance requirements serve to protect private, confidential, and sensitive information from unwanted intruders that could attempt to intercept files in transit.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 6, 2018
Blockchain lets the healthcare industry exchange data in a standard format, automate complex processes and apply AI against large silos of medical data. It might even allow patients to sell their data for rewards. While the financial services and shipping industries have been quick to deploy blockchain, the healthcare industry could soon follow their lead as it looks to increase efficiency and security, reduce costs and expand services with the distributed ledger technology.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Bot M.D., maker of an AI chatbot app for doctors, has raised $700,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator and angels, including Silicon Valley notable Steve Blank, one of the inventors of the Lean Startup method. The company launched its app of the same name about four weeks ago.
Health Populi
AUGUST 7, 2018
More U.S. employers are growing activist roles as stakeholders in the healthcare system, according to the 2019 Large Employers Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). Consider the Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JPMorgan Chase link up between Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, and Jamie Dimon, as the symbol of such employer-health activism.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 10, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Dr. Louis Krenn. In rural America, patients often find themselves more than 30 minutes away from hospitals or care facilities, making it extremely difficult to receive consistent quality care. In fact, there are only 39 physicians per 100,000 people in most rural areas, and specialists are often few and far between.
Morning eHealth
AUGUST 7, 2018
Health IT groups antsy about info blocking rule — Meet the tech company behind ‘All of Us’
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
Through a partnership with Teladoc, CVS’ MinuteClinic announced today that it has launched a 24-7 telehealth offering available through an app for consumers’ smartphones. The service is intended for patients aged two years or older seeking care for a minor illness, minor injury, skin condition, or “other wellness needs.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
In a significant move meant to foster competition, allowing Medicare Advantage plans to negotiate Part B drug prices will generate cost savings that they then can pass on to consumers, the agency says.
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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!
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 9, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. SnapNurse is an on-demand technology platform that connects pre-credentialed nurses directly with healthcare facilities to fill empty shifts. Similar to other popular on-call applications, SnapNurse reduces staffing shortages for the healthcare industry at a moment’s notice. Founder’s Story SnapNurse was created to help solve the critical nursing shortage currently sweeping the globe.
Christina's Considerations
AUGUST 7, 2018
I found my way to a physician who specializes in neuromuscular disease, but have been focused on my treatment to give thought to exactly what the specialty does. I did, at least, recognize that neuromuscular relates to both the nervous.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 9, 2018
San Francisco-based Hinge Health, which makes a digital health platform for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, has raised $26 million in a Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners. Existing investor Atomico also contributed, increasing its stake in the company. This brings the company’s total funding to $36 million.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2018
At conferences, over dinner, via text, and more, the companies colluded to increase the price of drugs for common conditions as much as 8,000%, the insurer's complaint says.
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.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is US legislation that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. This law, enacted through regulations overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), sets rules for the protection of healthcare information (called protected health information, or PHI) and the ability to […].
Health Blawg
AUGUST 6, 2018
Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick claim to have come up with a new wearable that can detect blood cell counts as well as particles in the air.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 10, 2018
The first half of 2018 is in the books for insurers, and the field looks substantially different from last year. Most notably, Aetna's net income jumped over 100%, Humana took a large hit from last year’s earnings and Molina made a small but notable comeback after last year’s dismal showing.
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Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. A robotic arm works more or less like the human arm, the main difference is that this one responds according to specific programming. A robotic arm can be designed to either operate on its own as an independent device or as an integral part of a complex robot. Manipulation of robotic arms movements is made […].
Health Blawg
AUGUST 6, 2018
Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Telemedicine may help practitioners better reach their patients, but the convenience could come at a cost for the provider. In a qualitative study recently accepted in Nature’s Pediatric Research journal, pediatric doctors conducting telemedicine consultations report a number of medical and non-medical challenges that are not present during face-to-face encounters.
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