Fri.Dec 06, 2019

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Fragmentation, regulations pose unique challenges for Europe's digital health market

Mobi Health News

This week at the EIT Health Summit in Paris entrepreneurs, industry players, regulators and investors came together to discuss the opportunities for health innovation in Europe, and its relationship to the US market.

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VA launches National Artificial Intelligence Institute to drive research and development

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wants to become a leader in artificial intelligence and launched a new national institute to spur research and development in the space.

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New Transformation Capital partner Mike Dixon talks insights from a decade in digital health investing

Mobi Health News

The last 10 years have seen a slew of new customer bases in digital health, from pharma to employers to consumers, Dixon says.

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Medicare charges spike for specialties most associated with surprise bills

FierceHealthIT

Average list prices for emergency medicine and anesthesiology, the most common sources of surprise billing, outpaced annual growth compared to all other specialties, a new analysis finds.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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DNA testing service for shoppers launches in London stores

Mobi Health News

The DnaNudge pop-ups aim to help Waitrose and John Lewis customers make healthier food choices.

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Meet the VA's new National Artificial Intelligence Institute

Morning eHealth

Dispatches from AMIA's policy forum — Dexcom sheds light on outage

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CMS Administrator Seema Verma scoffs at hospital execs' arguments against transparency

FierceHealthIT

NEW YORK CITY—Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma pushed back on hospitals' resistance to publishing payer-negotiated prices, as now mandated by a federal rule. Verma also warned that hospitals will face fines for not complying with the new rule.

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Chronic Illness Holiday Gift Guide: Top 5

Christina's Considerations

Tis' the season of holidays and the giving of gifts. But, what do you get for someone with functional limitations caused by injury, chronic illness or aging processes? This year I've been keeping an eye out for a few items.

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Executive Spotlight—Nationwide Children's Tim Robinson on 'profound impact' of gene therapy

FierceHealthIT

Tim Robinson took on the job of CEO of Nationwide Children's Hospital on the retirement of retiring CEO Steve Allen, M.D. I caught up with Robinson recently to talk to him about his ambitions for the health system.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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Alphabet’s Buyout of Fitbit Sets It Up To Rule The Consumer Health Data Business

Healthcare IT Today

In early November, news broke that Google parent Alphabet had agreed to acquire wearables maker Fitbit for about $2.1 billion in cash. The agreement positions it to become the top vendor in the maturing market for patient-generated health data. More specifically, it offers the Big Tech giant access to massive datasets drawn from more than […].

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What Was in the Recent CMS Proposed Rule Regarding Phase 3?

HealthStream

CMS has proposed reforming some Phase 3 requirements that fall into three areas: designation and training of the infection preventionist, the compliance and ethics program, and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI). What are the impacts of this change?

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Decisio Health Raises $13 million from GE Healthcare Along with Other GE Investments

Healthcare IT Today

GE Healthcare today announced its investments in and collaborations with Formlabs, CMR Surgical Ltd. and Decisio Health, companies specializing in 3D printing, surgical robotics and virtual care monitoring respectively. When paired with GE Healthcare’s diagnostic expertise and global scale, these three novel healthcare technologies will help expand clinical capabilities and enable more effective diagnosis, treatment […].

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Weekender 12/6/19

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Premier is reported to be working.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Fun Friday Twitter Roundup

Healthcare IT Today

It’s been a while since we’ve done a Twitter round up around here. I’m going to have to do them more often. Plus, it’s Friday and so we always like to share a little humor and fun. This time I decided to combine the two. I hope you enjoy. Medicine is all fun and games […].

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Portal Enhancements of 2019

Health Portal Solutions

As HPS reflects back on 2019, we’d like to share 7 enhancements we’ve made to help our clients operate better and communicate more effectively. Here they are: 1. Mobile Employer Portal: Like the member and provider portals, this enhancement allows employers to use our web portal functionality on any mobile device, and the portal will automatically resize to fit the screen of the device.

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