ACOs saved Medicare $755M from 2013 to 2017, new analysis finds
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Accountable care organizations lowered Medicare spending by $755 million from 2013 to 2017, a new analysis found.
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E-ppointments: The Economist, August 2013
Lloyd Price
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
10 Years ago I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by The Economist discussing Zesty my new Digital Health startup, HealthTech and the coming digital transformation in healthcare. Source: , [link] Will patients will shop around online for a doctor like tourists do for a hotel on TripAdvisor?
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How physicians are mishandling technology
KevinMD
JULY 10, 2022
In 2013, I graduated medical. Medicine needs specialized doctors who only focus on technology. This will combat burnout and take control of a system that has no other incentive to adapt to clinical needs. Read more…. How physicians are mishandling technology originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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MedPAC: Part D spending grew 26% from 2013 to 2018 thanks to higher launch prices
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 15, 2021
MedPAC: Part D spending grew 26% from 2013 to 2018 thanks to higher launch prices. Tue, 06/15/2021 - 14:24.
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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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How popular culture has historically portrayed tech in health care and what we can learn from it in the ChatGPT era
KevinMD
MAY 4, 2023
Take, for example, the 2013 sci-fi movie Elysium, set in 2154 (spoilers ahead). Well before the advent of chat GPT, popular culture has explored how technology might affect health care, often with a dystopian bent.
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The Educator at Educause 2013
American Well
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Cisco invited us and the Educator to join them at Educause 2013. The post The Educator at Educause 2013 appeared first on American Well. See how the Avizia Educator and Cisco Telepresence are improving student engagement and taking distance learning to new heights. Read more here. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018.
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VA pharmacies now carry the Dexcom G6 CGM at no cost for qualifying patients
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
between 2013 and 2014, and it affects nearly 25% of VA patients. The overall prevalence of diabetes among U.S. veterans was 20.5%
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HealthTech Conference 2013
Medicine and Technology
JUNE 24, 2013
Don't miss HealthTech Conference 2013 this October 30 in Mountain View, CA. HealthTech Conference 2013 will take place in Computer History Museum, the world's leading institution exploring the history of computing and its continuing impact on society.
Keynote Speakers at ATA 2013
Medicine and Technology
APRIL 21, 2013
Don't miss ATA 2013 for the latest updates on telemedicine. Lynn Britton will speak at the ATA 2013 Opening Plenary on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Jeffery Henley will speak at the ATA 2013 Monday Morning Plenary on Monday, May 6, 2013. This year, the keynote speakers are: Lynn Britton, President & CEO, Mercy.
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Network automation is being realized in different ways for different needs
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
It’s easy to forget that Cisco ACI , the world’s leading software-defined networking (SDN) solution, was introduced all the way back in 2013. Abstracting underlying hardware from overarching con… Read more on Cisco Blogs
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Telemedicine Venture Fair at ATA 2013
Medicine and Technology
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
Don't miss the Telemedicine Venture Fair at ATA 2013. Telemedicine Venture Fair at ATA 2013 Sunday, May 5; 8:30am - 12:00pm Austin Convention Center The Telemedicine Venture Fair provides a collaborative environment for the investment community and emerging telehealth to unite. The deadline for submitting a proposal is March 15.
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32 Nanopatch to deliver vaccines: TEDGlobal 2013
Medicine and Technology
JUNE 12, 2013
This year at TEDGlobal 2013, there was a fascinating presentation by Mark Kendall about a medical invention called the Nanopatch. This is a tiny square patch that can deliver a vaccine. This non-needle delivery method also addresses a number of problems that keep vaccines from being effective. Read about it here.
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Register now for ATA 2013 - American Telemedicine Association
Medicine and Technology
MARCH 7, 2013
Register now for ATA 2013 - American Telemedicine Association May 5 - 7, 2013 Austin, TX Used code "LinkedInATA" for $50 off your full meeting (non-member) registration. This year at ATA, get there a day early and don't miss the ATA 2013 Telemedicine Venture Fair: Connecting capital, telehealth startups. Learn more at [link].
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Don't miss the 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit
Medicine and Technology
AUGUST 13, 2013
Register for the 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit : Accelerating the Blue Button Movement The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) invites you to join us in Washington D.C. The 2013 Consumer Health IT Summit will bring together Federal leaders including: Todd Park, U.S. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue S.W.
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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013
American Well
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend New York eHealth Collaborative’s Digital Health Conference 2013 in New York City. The post The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013 appeared first on American Well. The hustle and bustle of New York still amazes me- how can there be this many people in one space?
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Moving from 'sick care' to prevention over cure with technology
Mobi Health News
APRIL 15, 2019
With the ambitious mission to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth, Babylon Health, an AI-powered smartphone app, was founded in January 2013 and launched to the public in April 2014.
CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 11, 2022
increase in revenue from 2013 to 2020. Figure 1 Estimated revenues from care related services 2013-2020. Consider their newly published document explaining the industries to those who may still not see what’s happening.” Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4% Consider the details shown in this table: The U.S.
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2013 Year in Review
eHealth
DECEMBER 31, 2013
It’s been another year of achievement and learning. It would have been difficult a year ago to predict how my professional life would change. My first trip mixed pleasure and work.
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51 Shanghai-headquartered QTC Care raises $7M in series A funding
Mobi Health News
APRIL 29, 2019
Established in the US in 2013, Shanghai-headquartered QTC Care, a healthcare platform that uses AI to streamline treatment recovery and disease prevention, announced that it has raised $7M in series A funding. The investment was led by a Chinese internet giant, Tencent, followed by several other top investors in China.
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Moving from ‘sick care’ to prevention over cure with technology
Mobi Health News
APRIL 15, 2019
With the ambitious mission to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth, Babylon Health, an AI-powered smartphone app, was founded in January 2013 and launched to the public in April 2014.
#HelloHumankindness and Happy New Year….
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
When Dignity Health, the Catholic health care system, launched the “Hello humankindness” PR campaign in June 2013 , well, they had me at “Hello.” That was 2013. ” Dean pointed to two drivers shaping U.S. ” Dean pointed to two drivers shaping U.S. A couple of years into this project, I.
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Private equity firms are acquiring more physician practices. Which specialties are in highest demand?
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
As Congress considers efforts to rein them in, private equity firms increased their acquisition of physician practices from 2013 to 2016, according to a new study that also looked at which specialties were targeted.
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A decade later -- Next Generation Response Systems have arrived
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MAY 17, 2023
T he status in 2013 was bleak in terms of functionality. Next generation response systems were described…in 2013. And yet in the 2013 report, Next Generation Response Systems , the future was visible. Prices were high, functionality was low. Data from devices was captured, but not used.
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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2019
a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. Between 2013 and 2016, about 530,000 bankruptcies were filed among U.S. between 2013 and 2016. bankruptcy filers between 2013 and 2016. Medical costs in America are still the top contributor to personal bankruptcy in the U.S.,
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Mayo Clinic-born remote patient monitoring startup Ambient Clinical Analytics gets $1.5M
Mobi Health News
JUNE 19, 2018
Ambient Clinical Analytics, a remote patient monitoring company that spun off from Mayo Clinic in 2013, has raised $1.5 million in a round led by Noaber Ventures, the impact investment arm of Noaber Foundation and the company’s first European investor.
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Medicine and Technology
APRIL 27, 2013
Today, I am in NYC attending the 2013 American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) conference. The afternoon keynote was delivered by Regina Herzlinger, author of "Who Killed Health Care?: America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem - and the Consumer-Driven Cure."
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The Number of Unintended Deaths From Car Accidents, Falls and Overdoses in America Grew 40% Between 1999 and 2017
Health Populi
JULY 18, 2019
Drug overdose death rates began to exceed motor vehicle traffic mortality in 2013. CDC noted for 2013 that, “residents of large fringe metro areas fare substantially better than residents of other urbanization levels.” average annual increase in the early years compared with 6.8% annual growth in the later years.
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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024
Health Populi
JANUARY 2, 2024
Ten years ago here in Health Populi , I wrote about New Year’s Resolutions for Health and the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. I talked about the “battle of the (wrist)bands” witnessed at CES 2013, and spotted the early hints of the consumer’s connected home for health.
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The Doctor Won’t See You Now: The Unintended and Perhaps Inevitable Consequences of Medicare-for-All
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 20, 2020
In the fall of 2013, when cancellation letters—notices of cancelled plans—went out to approximately four […]. . “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it,” President Barack Obama famously said—many times—of his landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But the promise was impossible to keep.
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111 Updated CMS drug dashboard shows prescription price hikes sustained by Medicaid, Medicare
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 14, 2019
Among its findings, Medicare spending on prescription drugs grew by more than 10% between 2013 and 2017, while Medicaid spending grew by nearly 15%. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its updated dashboards with new prescription drug pricing and spending data on Thursday.
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Oak Street Health to open primary care clinics in 2 more states: Texas and Tennessee
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
When it opened its first center in Chicago in 2013, Oak Street Health wanted to show that its model of providing value-based primary care to seniors could work. It’s doing just that, as the network of primary care centers announced today that it will open clinics in two more states this year—in Texas and Tennessee.
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Pear Therapeutics voluntarily files for Chapter 11
Digital Health Global
APRIL 11, 2023
This is certainly not the outcome I envisioned when I founded Pear in 2013.” . “We announced that Pear voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 and will seek to sell assets through a sales process. We also announced a reduction in force, including me.
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2013 ACPE Leape Ahead Award
Medicine and Technology
APRIL 19, 2013
Familiar with the ACPE Leape Ahead Award? Dr. Lucian Leape MD is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been very active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error. In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA.
CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 7, 2023
When it was announced on March 4, 2013, CommonWell was still just a concept, but by December of 2013, a pilot program was in place to test its interoperability services at four provider sites across Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina. I was excited then and now I am the proud Executive Director of CommonWell.
The New Deaths of Despair in America – Among U.S. Children
Health Populi
MARCH 28, 2023
The mortality rates for people ages 1 to 19 continued to fall from 1999 until about 2013, when deaths due to injury took a turn up and to the right — especially among young males. “Firearms play a central role in this crisis,” one of the concluding paragraphs asserts.
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OIG: Medicare spent $5.7B on improper payments to inpatient rehab facilities
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Of the nearly $7 billion Medicare paid to inpatient rehab hospitals in 2013, $5.7 billion was deemed improper. The watchdog agency recommended that CMS revamp its payment structure for rehab hospitals.
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85 Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, followed by doctors and pharmacists
Health Populi
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Note that last year, pharmacists dipped to an historic low in this poll, compared with a high bar set in 2013. Doctors and pharmacists were virtually tied with two-thirds of U.S. consumers saying they rank very high or high on the honesty scale.
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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
JUNE 10, 2019
million in federal incentives that Coffey Health System received in 2012 and 2013 The amount paid is a portion of the $2.2
IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare
Health Populi
AUGUST 12, 2021
I noted the Yin-and-Yang-and the Blur of this health data ecosystem in 2013 when I attended CES, HIMSS and South-by-Southwest in a matter of weeks, kicking tires on digital health developments at all three events. Back to the Ordr report, noting the rise of also the Internet of Stranger Things, abounding.
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Residency Match Week 2013
Medicine and Technology
MARCH 12, 2013
Good luck to all the 4th year medical students who are matching for residency positions!
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Clocktree
AUGUST 29, 2017
Many schools in Texas have implemented telemedicine into their school system, and since 2013 4,000 virtual visits have been conducted from these schools. Being back in the classroom will improve the quality of life for the child as they are able to get into a consistent routine and continue their social interactions.
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Blues administrative spending surged 5.9% in 2017, the highest in years
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 24, 2018
Spending by 14 Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers on administrative activities increased by almost 6% last year, the highest since 2013. The findings follow another study that found some Blues saved billions under the GOP tax law.
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Improving rural access to radiology services
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
In a summary of a Sunday presentation on the radiology workforce shortage, Danny Hughes, economist and professor at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions, said that between 2013 and 2023, more than 130 rural hospitals closed.
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