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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Approved Separate Reimbursements for Non-Traditional Patient Visits

eVisit

November 1, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) made a significant step in overcoming this obstacle. It announced its finalization of “ Revisions to Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Quality Payment Program and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019 ”.

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman’s 2018 consumer survey learned. health-insured adults in July 2018. 39% of consumers would consider receiving treatment for minor medical events in a retail clinic.

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Part One: A Look Back on Health IT in 2017

Mobile Health Matters

As we enter a new year, it is important to celebrate the industry’s successes in 2017, and reflect on the ways these changes, incidents, and regulations both pushed health IT forward and established a foundation for 2018. With these reflections in mind, what is our wish list for health IT in the New Year?

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

Mobile health — the application of sensors, mobile apps, social media, and location-tracking technology to obtain data pertinent to wellness and disease diagnosis, prevention, and management — makes it theoretically possible to monitor and intervene whenever and wherever acute and chronic medical conditions occur.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

This places them on a very short list of connected health developers who have patiently developed clinical-grade health techs designed for the consumer market that have undergone regulatory scrutiny. Consumer-purchased activity trackers have been criticized by researchers for a lack of accuracy and consistency.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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Why telemedicine and remote patient monitoring demand will skyrocket in 2019

Redox

According to Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of US Physicians , only 23% of patients have had video visits and just 14% of physicians have video visit capability. Mobile health (mHealth) : health care and public health information provided through mobile devices.