Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

ShowdMe , the premier compliance training partner for home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities, announces today a Series A investment led by Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital. ShowdMe was founded in 2014 by Avi Singer. More information can be found at ShowdMe’s website: showd.me.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

And just this past week, HomeThrive announced an $18 million Series A round touting its tech-enablement, and Honor, with its tech expertise’ , announced another $140 million Series D investment, bringing its grand total to $255 million since 2014. They may spend significant and risky transportation time to get to the homes of care recipients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

President, Emirates Nursing Association. Al Mahri is also group chief nursing officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or "SEHA," where she was the first senior nursing leader to identify the importance of the nursing informatics specialty. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Let's take a longer look into this virtual world as it relates to care of older adults and consider such offerings as: Virtual caregiver nurse. Last month a startup launched with $35 million of funding to create a virtual caregiver nurse , targeting the labor shortage in private duty care. Virtual dementia tour.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2023

This financing brings the total investment in Scene to over $25 million since its founding in 2014. Scene’s mobile app allows patients to connect with a care team of pharmacists, nurses, and health coaches through daily video check-ins anytime and anywhere.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

My last exam was in November 2014, and my BG was 85. I spent several days in the hospital recovering from DKA, then I had a home health nurse for about three weeks. Hello, You’ve asked for my story about T1D, so I decided to share it briefly with you all. I’ve been a military and civilian pilot for over 50 years.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2019

This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2019

Here’s the method behind the $285,000 calculation, for those who want to kick tires on Fidelity’s other assumptions: the estimate is based on the 65-year old couple with life expectancies consistent with the Society of Actuaries RP-2014 Healthy Annuitant rates using the Mortality Improvements Scale MP-2016.

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In fact, Glazner had refused to learn about his son’s condition and his needs ever since Bryden was first diagnosed in 2014. He was unmoved by the nurses’ warnings about serious complications. He was also unmoved by the various social workers who reached out between 2014 and 2017.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

I’m confident that Amazon Care will soon evolve from the 2000 year old office consult model as they clearly extensively use data to enhance the relationships they have with all their customers. At Doctors2.0

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. Frail patients, according to insiders, are increasingly being discharged from hospitals directly to home, bypassing rehab nursing homes.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 5, 2017

A survey of 370 physicians and 320 nurses found that 12.4 percent of physicians and three percent of nurses reported that syringes were being reused on more than one patient. More disturbing, five percent of physicians reported this practice happened “usually or all of the time” where they work.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 16, 2020

To address the causes of provider burnout, PSJH partnered with InTouch Health to create a nighttime 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM telehospitalist program in 2014. Nurses will not have to second-guess themselves when deciding whether they should wake up the on-call physician. This program now covers six healthcare facilities across three states.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 30, 2020

Nurses and doctors across the country are working around the clock to save as many coronavirus patients as possible. billion in 2014 and grew at a compound annual growth rate of 18.4% from 2014 to 2020. Telehealth also reduces the burden placed on in-person medical facilities. The global telemedicine industry was valued at $17.8

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By 2014, Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer and Dr. Christine Sinsky called out a fourth aim — improving the work-life balance of clinicians and staff, re-coining the IHI’s concept as The “Quadruple” Aim with the fourth pillar of clinician well-being.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC/AARP) report is dated 2014 – and focuses on a vision for what caregiving technology should be. Help Yelp Serve Families with Information about Nursing Homes. A small percent live in nursing homes. Read more here. TenTips for Launching a Product or Service – October 2018. Rant on.

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Insulin Nation

JUNE 9, 2014

News and World Report released its 2014-2015 rankings for the best children’s hospitals in the U.S., including the Top 10 hospitals for children with diabetes. Boston Children’s Hospital ranked #1, scoring a perfect 100 out of 100 with evaluators. To see the full ranking and scorecards, go to [link].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Most of that additional spend was on nursing facilities and additional hospitalization. of baby boomers (born 1946-1964) reported often feeling lonely, per the 2014 census data, in comparison to 7.2% What’s wrong? Mulling the numbers. Moving on to the twisted topic at hand. of the silent generation, born before 1946.

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American Well

JUNE 25, 2017

As of 2012, the average cost of a telehealth program was $1,600 per patient each year , versus $13,000 for home health services and $70,000 for nursing home care. The heart-related diseases addressed by the HEART Act are disproportionately concerning in less populated areas. COPD is more prevalent in rural U.S.

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American Well

JUNE 25, 2017

As of 2012, the average cost of a telehealth program was $1,600 per patient each year , versus $13,000 for home health services and $70,000 for nursing home care. The heart-related diseases addressed by the HEART Act are disproportionately concerning in less populated areas. COPD is more prevalent in rural U.S.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 15, 2014

In January 2014, I proved myself wrong. As a nursing student at Quinnipiac University, I was invited to join the CMEH Foundation, which provides medical assistance in Cambodia. As a person with Type 1 diabetes, I often assumed it would be too difficult to travel on a medical mission trip.

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Insulin Nation

JUNE 1, 2016

Chloe, diagnosed with Type 1 when she was two years old, was turned away in 2014 from a private preschool on the morning she was supposed to return for her second year there. Bridget has documented a dozen times in the past year when she has had to go to the school to care for Chloe because the nurse was not there.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"Up to the start of COVID-19, almost all telehealth services were offered in facilities; the place of service was a clinic, hospital and skilled nursing facility," said Chris Meyer, director of telehealth at Marshfield Clinic Health System.

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ACA Times

APRIL 26, 2016

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections for the ten-year period of 2014-2024 forecast that growth of 19%, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.3 In a recently released job report, jobs in health care are on the rise. This is due largely in part because of the Affordable Care Act. million new jobs.

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InTouch Health

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This information will then be shared with parents, guardians, school nurses, primary care providers, athletic staff, and educators to better facilitate and coordinate care. School-based telehealth programs can also reduce the burden placed on school nurses and guidance counselors. The Benefits of School-Based Telehealth.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Hobby Lobby” decision in June 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that closely held for-profit corporations can opt out of providing contraception for their employees if the company’s owners claim doing so would violate their religious beliefs. In its 5-4 “Burwell v.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Is care well- coordinated, particularly when there are multiple providers and in pre- and post-operative situations that involve teams of clinicians: primary care, specialists, nurse practitioners, Fellows, etc. In 2014 I had a total hip replacement. My recent experience at MGH represents care coordination at its best.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

pharmacies in 2014, 1 which has inevitably led pharmacists to focus more on volume and efficiency than on delivering personal care. In-store kiosks offer an affordable pharmacy urgent care service without the expense and staffing challenges of on-premise nurses, especially for smaller, lower traffic stores.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Hospital systems across the country are in the initial stages of rolling out voice-activated digital assistants like Alexa to boost patient engagement and simplify the work of doctors and nurses. Another Alexa project coming from Northwell will allow doctors and nurses to ask Alexa for details on a patient’s electronic health record.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 5, 2015

In the December 2014 PwC Health Research Institute (HRI) Report, two relevant health directions are described. In October 2014, we started a 6- month pilot and plan to recruit one hundred patients to participate” Twine Health is a spin- off from MIT Media Lab’s New Media Medicine Group.

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American Well

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

pharmacies in 2014, 1 which has inevitably led pharmacists to focus more on volume and efficiency than on delivering personal care. In-store kiosks offer an affordable pharmacy urgent care service without the expense and staffing challenges of on-premise nurses, especially for smaller, lower traffic stores.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 4, 2015

Things changed when she informed the school that Grant had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2014 and would need a bit of supervision throughout the day. Katrina assumed this wouldn’t be a problem, considering Grant’s diabetes management was monitored by a school nurse throughout the school year.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 1, 2016

According to a 2014 National Institutes of Health study, teens with diabetes were statistically more likely than other teens with chronic illnesses to miss 10 days or more of school a year (6.94 Not every school makes a full time nurse available, or permits a non-licensed employee or volunteer to assist with diabetes care.

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 23, 2015

Thankfully I had an excellent target for my scorn and teenage hatred during that hospital stay: my day nurse, Kimberly. Kimberly was my very own Nurse Ratched. I knew I hated her from the very first time I pressed the call nurse button and she stormed in and said, “What do you want? “But I settled for one square. It was gross.

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American Well

JANUARY 24, 2016

While 78% of respondents believed that telehealth improved access to care, only 15% are actually used telemedicine in 2014. Oftentimes, a nurse or aide at the prison helps patients to conduct virtual visits with primary care providers. In addition, 68% stated that they believe telemedicine helps to improve continuity of care.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 22, 2018

July 2014 – co-founder Florida State Rep. October 2014 – raises $4.25 Project Debater argued in favor of telemedicine, saying with humorous intent that it believes in the power of technology, while the human debaters said that telemedicine doesn’t offer the hands-on power of a doctor or nurse. Get Involved.

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American Well

AUGUST 28, 2016

Ben Lawrence, director of nursing at Hughenden Hospital, said the telehealth service is drastically improving patient care. This is a significant increase since 2014 when studies reported that only 22% of large employers offered telehealth.

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