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Three Essential Questions That Every Investor Must Ask

Digital Health

uctThose of us who evaluate business plans for a living, or at least for part of a living, are accustomed to reviewing dozens, maybe even hundreds of plans before finding one that gives us a rush of excitement. It appears suddenly, like that needle in a haystack you had grown sure you would never find. […].

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Health Care Costs Concern Americans Approaching Retirement – Especially Women and Sicker People

Health Populi

Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. The paper, Health Insurance Affordability Concerns and health Care Avoidance Among US Adults Approaching Retirement , explored the perspectives of 1,028 US adults between 50 and 64 years of age between November 2018 and March 2019.

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American Well, Stanford physicians to share lessons learned from Apple Heart Study at HIMSS

Mobi Health News

American Well General Manager for Strategic Solutions Dr. Jeff Kosowsky and Stanford Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Mintu Turakhia will talk lessons learned from the Apple Heart Study next month at HIMSS20.

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How a new wave of technology startups is tackling social determinants of health challenges

FierceHealthIT

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Social determinants of health efforts are becoming more data-driven, and a new wave of technology startups is now tackling the challenge.

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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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Tech-enabled Medicare-focused primary care provider Iora Health scores additional $126M

Mobi Health News

The round was led by Indian firm Premji Invest with participation from Cox Enterprise, Temasek F-Prime Capital, Devonshire Investors,406 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Polaris Partners and Khosla Ventures.

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Opioid treatment platform Boulder rakes in $10.5M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The company plans to triple its production, design and engineering teams with the new funds.

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#HIMSS20 Mix Tape

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the 6th edition of the HIMSS Mix Tape. The year’s mix has selections from new contributors (many of whom you’ll recognize) and returning friends. Everyone who sent in a song put a lot of thought into answering this important question: What song best represents healthcare right now? This mixtape started as a way […].

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Taking The Sting Out of Patient Care Documentation

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shane Peng, MD, chief clinical services and innovations Officer, IKS Health. “Not enough time with my provider” or “my doctor isn’t listening to me” are among the top five complaints of today’s patients—and those […]. The article Taking The Sting Out of Patient Care Documentation appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Industry Voices—Banner Health exec calls for scaling efforts to end physician burnout

FierceHealthIT

The call to action applies to all of us: A decade from now, physician burnout should be rare.

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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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Hidden Dangers in Healthcare – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 30

Healthcare IT Today

For the 30th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re doing another edition of Buy or Sell. For those not familiar with this format, we’ll offer up some health IT assertion and then Colin and John will discuss whether they’re buying or selling that assertion and why. In this edition of Buy or Sell we’ll […] In another edition of "Buy or Sell", Colin and John talk about a number of hidden dangers in healthcare and whether they're "buying" or "selling" that it's re

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Danger to Self, Others or Gravely Disabled

Christina's Considerations

Tensions often exist between individual rights and liberties and those of a family, neighborhood or community. No where does this delicate balance seem to get tested more than in the areas of mental health and cognitive impairment. The latter of.

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CVS invested $67M in housing last year. Here's a look at where that money went 

FierceHealthIT

Hear from CVS and Aetna execs on why the healthcare giant is committed to big-ticket investments in housing.

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Checking in on Uber Health

Morning eHealth

The case against a data-sharing rule delay — FDA authorizes AI-enhanced echocardiography system

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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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Molina Healthcare earned $737M in profit in 2019

FierceHealthIT

Molina Healthcare beat Wall Street expectations by earning $168 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2019.

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#097: Robert Cohen, CTO at Stryker Joint Replacement, discusses robots, wearable sensors, and patient outcomes

Digital Health Today

Our guest: In this episode, we speak with Robert Cohen, VP of Global R&D, Chief Technology Officer at Stryker Joint Replacement. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, and is leading the development of new ways to transform and enhance the technology available in musculoskeletal care. Robert shared some insights on the work Stryker is doing to improve surgical practice as well as capture more and better data about patient outcomes.

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Millennials Prefer Modern Workplaces That Are Socially Conscious and Technologically Advanced

HealthStream

For the healthcare workforce, millennials should be top of mind. Already the largest generational group in the workforce, they'll soon be the majority of all employees, exceeding 50% next year. For retention success, technology and organizations with social responsibility efforts are two key areas requiring focus.

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Tech-enabled primary care provider Iora Health lands $126M in series F funding round

FierceHealthIT

Iora Health scored $126 million in a series F funding round from global investors.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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!

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From MA bonuses to 340B fees: 4 items you could have missed in Trump's budget

FierceHealthIT

Here's what you may have missed in the White House's latest budget proposal, including key changes to 340B and Medicare Advantage.