Wed.Aug 29, 2018

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What if Artificial Intelligence can’t cure Cancer after all?

Lloyd Price

What if artificial intelligence can’t cure cancer after all? That’s the message of a big Wall Street Journal post-mortem on Watson, the IBM project that was supposed to turn IBM’s computing prowess into a scalable program that could deliver state-of-the-art personalized cancer treatment protocols to millions of patients around the world. Watson in general, and its oncology application in particular, has been receiving a lot of skeptical coverage of late; STAT published a major investigation last

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Satellite TV company Dish teams up with Independa remote entertainment for senior care, entertainment

Mobi Health News

This morning satellite TV company DISH announced that it has teamed up with engagement company Independa. The deal, which is aimed at helping seniors manage medical care and providing entertainment, means that Dish’s voice remote will now be compatible with Independa AnyTV Companion. Seniors using AnyTV Companion are able to use the device to schedule appointments as well as receive medication and schedule reminders.

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Insurers say a small change to FCC regulations will have a big impact on their ability to text and call patients

FierceHealthIT

More than two years after petitioning the FCC to clarify its rules around communicating with patients, a group of insurers and the American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management are reigniting the fight they say helps improve patient care and lower costs.

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Philips Healthcare inks deal with US military for remote monitoring technology

Mobi Health News

The wearable sensors allow clinicians to monitor multiple wounded military personnel at the same time through a smartphone or tablet.

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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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Is Watson the answer to all of our problems?

KevinMD

Last year, a cardiologist at my institution presented the story of a patient he had cared for and correctly diagnosed with a not uncommon condition after several other physicians had failed to do so. The patient was a 72-year-old man with near syncope after exercise for several months, with no other symptoms or clues to the diagnosis. The cardiologist asked him to discuss each episode in detail, and the man.

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Patient Engagement: The Catalyst to Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Poornima Venkatesan, senior consultant, Virtusa. In today’s value-based care environment, patient engagement is a vital key to success in clinical outcomes. This is especially true for chronic diseases such as arthritis, where continuous care is necessary because of the disease’s physical, emotional and economic impact on patients.

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UK advertising watchdog bans contraception app's Facebook ad following investigation

Mobi Health News

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has found a Facebook ad describing Natural Cycles as a "highly accurate contraceptive app" and a "clinically tested alternative to birth control methods" to be misleading after receiving three complaints about the paid-for post.

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Lack of real-world EHR testing causes patient safety problems, experts say

FierceHealthIT

EHRs are not always evaluated for safety. And when they are, the tests do not reflect real-world clinical conditions, according to a report from Pew Charitable Trusts, MedStar Health and the American Medical Association.

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Medication adherence incentive platform Sempre Health raises $8M

Mobi Health News

Sempre Health, a San Francisco-based company that uses monetary incentives and pricing to encourage healthy behaviors, announced today that it has obtained $8 million in Series A financing. Rethink Impact was the lead investor, and was joined by Social Capital and other unnamed backers.

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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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Toby Cosgrove warns innovators about healthcare industry: 'They'll hate it'

FierceHealthIT

Former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove warns healthcare innovators that they'll face resistance from their colleagues. But here's why the Google Cloud adviser says they should push on with their ideas anyway.

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Satellite TV company Dish teams up with Independa for senior care, entertainment

Mobi Health News

This morning satellite TV company DISH announced that it has teamed up with engagement company Independa. The deal, which is aimed at helping seniors manage medical care and providing entertainment, means that Dish’s voice remote will now be compatible with Independa AnyTV Companion. Seniors using AnyTV Companion are able to use the device to schedule appointments as well as receive medication and schedule reminders.

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Pre-existing conditions vary widely between metropolitan areas, report says

FierceHealthIT

A new map from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the wide variability of pre-existing conditions and the potential impact that healthcare protections could have on metropolitan regions around the U.S.

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Microsoft CMO: EHRs evolving in many ways

Mobi Health News

Interoperability standards, public cloud infrastructure, and personal health records could all change the game, Kos says.

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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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Study: Hospital ratings should give patients data based on what's most important to them

FierceHealthIT

Though current hospital rankings offer a valuable look at how well different providers are performing, a more customizable experience can make those data more usable for patients and researchers, according to a new study.

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Insurers Plan ACA Expansion for 2019

ACA Times

2 minute read: There has been a lot of talk about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With the midterm elections coming soon, Americans have stated that healthcare is top priority. For many health insurance companies, the ACA also has been top of mind as they struggled with the changes in the law that made it more challenging for them to make money while offering reasonably priced insurance plans on government health exchanges.

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Industry Voices—We need to do a better job of supporting people at the frontlines of care

FierceHealthIT

More than half of U.S. physicians and 26% of nurses are experiencing burnout, and it’s affecting the entire healthcare ecosystem.

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Blame the EMR ??

David Chou

I have seen this type of stories on a regular basis and it is starting to feel like groundhogs day. The theme of the story is an organization makes a decision to have an EMR implementation. Post go live, the organization has a drop in revenue and the reason for the revenue decline is the EMR system change. When this situation happens, people look for a scapegoat and the majority of the time the blame is on the CIO who is leading the effort.

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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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CMS loosens restrictions on Part D drug formularies to allow indication-based coverage

FierceHealthIT

In a memo to Part D plan sponsors on Wednesday, CMS issued new flexibilities for "indication-based" drug formularies that will allow plans to add or exclude drugs for specific conditions.

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New Illinois Law Highlights Efforts to Expand Rural Telehealth Access

care innovations

Access to telehealth services is expanding throughout the United States, and especially in rural communities , where lawmakers increasingly see technologies like virtual visits and remote patient management (RPM) as a means to extend care to those who live in areas too remote to effectively access high-quality care in person. To this end, the FCC recently announced its Connected Care Initiative, which seeks to develop broadband access throughout these remote areas to better connect residents to

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Watchdog group takes aim at HHS' new PBM rebate rule, asks ethics officers to evaluate Azar's conflicts of interest

FierceHealthIT

Alex Azar's stance toward pharmacy benefit manager rebates has once again landed him in hot water, this time with watchdog group Campaign for Accountability.

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Pre-Existing Conditions: A Bipartisan, National Health Priority

Health Populi

Pre-existing conditions impact Americans north, south, east and west, the Kaiser Family Foundation maps. But those maladies aren’t evenly distributed across the U.S.: the highest incidences of people with pre-existing conditions are generally dotted in the eastern half of the U.S., in diverse metropolitan areas. A striking aspect of this map is that one metro that has a higher rate of people with pre-existing conditions can co-exist in a state with another town whose population is much healthier

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Health IT Roundup—Lawmaker calls VA EHR leadership 'rudderless'; Partners HealthCare teams up with Teladoc

FierceHealthIT

A leading lawmaker charged with overseeing the VA's EHR modernization effort is sounding the alarm over recent turnover. Meanwhile, a new study shows EHRs aren't forcing doctors to give up their career.

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Cigna remains confident in Express Scripts deal with approval from 14 states

FierceHealthIT

In a new filing, Cigna says it has received approval from 14 of 29 states with the authority to weigh in on the deal. The insurer plans to update investors on federal and state approvals over the next several weeks.

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LA BioMed closes $50M bond sale to finance biotech research lab

FierceHealthIT

LA BioMed, a nonprofit scientific research organization on the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus, attracted more than twice the offering size of its first bond issue. Here's what they plan to do with it.

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