KevinMD
DECEMBER 21, 2018
I had the opportunity to participate in a day-long meeting sponsored by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). The goal was to help HRS develop recommendations for physicians and industry on providing patients access to information generated by wearable and implantable cardiac electronic devices. The organizers invited me to provide the viewpoint of an educated patient.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Companies are using blockchain-backed currencies to motivate users to share data, workout and stay sober.
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Lloyd Price
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the kitchen, he pacifies his rumbling belly with a cup of coffee infused with a large knob of grass-fed butter. He’s in the middle of a fast, after all. After a two-hour meditation session, he’s off to spend thousands of dollars on his latest indulgence – stem cell injections.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Also: The pharma industry continues to use digital technologies for R&D and diabetes management.
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Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Is Facebook activity a social determinant?
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 21, 2018
CMS finalized substantial changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), an overhaul that will truncate the time that Accountable Care Organizations can remain in one-sided risk models. But ACOs in one-sided risk models took a smaller hit on shared savings than originally proposed.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 21, 2018
The regulatory changes also come alongside Pre-Cert Program updates and roughly a dozen noteworthy digital health approvals.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Two massive megamergers in CVS-Aetna and Cigna-Express Scripts dominated the conversation around M&A in healthcare, with the companies promising to transform the industry. But those deals also set the stage for smaller acquisitions across the payer industry.
Vidyo
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Clinicians who attend healthcare conferences do so for several reasons. They might attend for CME credit, which every clinician, physician or nurse, is required to complete to stay on top of new clinical procedures and best practices for patient care. They might attend for the opportunity to share with and learn from their peers who Read More. The post It Doesn’t Get Any More Telemedicine Than This appeared first on Vidyo Blog.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 21, 2018
A new study shows a statistically significant correlation between lower readmission rates and higher mortality rates for patients with heart failure and pneumonia, renewing questions about the efficacy of CMS’ Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
Lloyd Price
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Life can be incredibly tough for anybody. It can suck, it can feel lonely, and let’s admit it: that’s tough to say out loud. We all know that, and maybe, sometimes, we’ve just been made to feel a little afraid to say it. TalkLife is here for everyone and anyone who just needs someone to talk to. Who just needs someone to listen. Because, hey, we all do.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 21, 2018
It was a wild year for healthcare. Amazon made waves with a big (but vague) new venture, Allscripts was hit with a ransomware attack and mega-mergers grabbed the headlines. Here's what our readers were clicking on.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Bonita was born in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and moved often as an ‘Army brat’. She was diagnosed with T1D at age twelve and was a ‘wild imp’ in high school. . ‘I rebelled against my strict Southern Baptist parents. My friends and I would smoke weed and laugh. In college though, I got sick from smoking marijuana and stopped using it. Eventually, I took my civil engineering degree and worked 30 years in rural Alaska where I built water and sewer systems.’.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives are delaying the closure of their union until the new year, the two health systems announced Friday.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Editor’s Note: For payers and policy-makers it can be a challenge to design effective opioid epidemic measures to control the rapid increase of overdoses as program effectiveness data is being accumulated. Staying abreast as to how opioid prescription control policies are evaluated for effectiveness, payers can be more efficient in their policymaking.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
DECEMBER 21, 2018
As previously discussed, in the United States traditional fee-for-service system of Medicare, use of the telehealth benefit is limited to rural Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). As of January 2018, this restriction has changed for more than 50 “Accountable Care … Read more. The post Medicare Next Generation ACO Model Telehealth Expansion Waiver appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Editor’s Note: ACA increases profitability for insurers, despite significant initial financial losses in the individual market after the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect. Health insurer profitability in the individual market rose due to substantial premium increases, government premium tax credits that pay for those premium increases, and the large, government-funded, Medicaid expansion.
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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!
HIStalk Weekender
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Weekly News Recap. The VA considers terminating its patient scheduling contract with Epic and Leidos in favor of buying a similar system from Cerner. 3M will acquire MModal’s physician documentation technology business for $1 billion. Epic’s 75-year-old CEO Judy Faulkner tells The New York Times that she will probably never retire, but has instructed shareholders that when they choose a new CEO, they should replace her with an Epic software developer.
KB Dental Consulting
DECEMBER 21, 2018
There are so many benefits of a good medical imaging equipment refurbishment procedure. Both, the patients and healthcare providers can see the advantages of this process. This following step is good for many reasons. For example, a large and regional medical organization or hospital which is focused on cancer treatment or neurology could buy the latest MRI or computer tomography scanner every few years.
CMS.gov
DECEMBER 21, 2018
“Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Fri, 12/21/2018 - 13:09. Seema Verma. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Topic. Innovation models. Medicare Parts A & B. “Pathways to Success,” an Overhaul of Medicare’s ACO Program. Today the Trump Administration announced our overhaul of the program for Accountable Care Organizations, or “ACOs,” in Medicare.
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