Clocktree

JANUARY 10, 2019

According to a recent survey by Reaction Data , 67% of healthcare providers surveyed weren’t aware of major changes to telehealth reimbursements laws in effect as of January 1. On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an update to payment policies and payment rates for services provided under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2019.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

There have been calls for another stay on the roll out of Australia’s troubled My Health Record digital patient data scheme after figures revealed an increase in the number of data breaches. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the system sustained 42 data breaches last financial year, just as the country’s government struggled to convince people not to opt-out of the system.

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Arizona Telemedicine Program

JANUARY 10, 2019

When Summit Healthcare in Show Low, AZ, lost its inpatient dialysis service and its two local nephrologists in 2016, it was no longer able to provide dialysis for patients who were hospitalized. Instead, Summit had to transport these patients to a hospital in Phoenix, Tucson or Flagstaff, where they could receive not only acute inpatient services but also inpatient dialysis.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Earlier this week, AWAK Technologies (AWAK), a Singapore-headquartered medical technology company focused on dialysis using regeneration technology for end-stage renal disease, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation to its AWAK Peritoneal Dialysis (AWAK PD) device, a wearable and ultra-portable PD system that incorporates AWAK’s patented sorbent technology.

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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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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 10, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Shane MacDougall, senior security engineer, Mosaic451 The other day I was asked what is the biggest information security threat facing any company in 2019. Is it ransomware? Some AI powered malware? Overpowering DDOS attacks? I didn’t hesitate – the answer is the same as it has been since I was first asked the question […].

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

First it was hospitals. Now it’s private equity companies that are buying up physician practices. Acquisition of physician practices by private equity firms has increased dramatically during the past few years, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Launched in 2010 with a $25 million Series A financing led by Third Rock Ventures, Foundation Medicine released its first commercial assay called FoundationOne in 2012. The company develops, manufactures, and sells genomic profiling assays based on next-generation sequencing technology for solid tumours, hematologic malignancies, and sarcomas. In December 2017, the company’s assay FoundationOne CDx received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

A computer algorithm developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health was able to successfully identify precancerous changes in the cervix more often than a human expert looking through a microscope.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Tivic Health Systems’ ClearUP Sinus Pain Relief uses low current electrical waves to stimulate nerves beneath the skin.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2019

Now that hospitals are required to post chargemaster data online for patients to access, CMS is exploring the most effective ways to make sure providers comply with the rules.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Users will be able to make refill requests, locate pharmacies, and even chat with a pharmacist without leaving Propeller's app.

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 10, 2019

How do you see CGM devices evolving? The foundation of our product development is that we want our products to: Perform well and accurately measure blood glucose. Be convenient to use and fit within the patient’s life — for example, we speak to phones now and will talk to an iWatch soon. Get smaller and become less costly. Our partnership with Google was initially about helping us think differently.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Also: Pritzker Group Venture Capital announces slew of promotions and Grand Rounds taps former USF chief medical officer Dr. Ami Parekh for same role.

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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.

Morning eHealth

JANUARY 10, 2019

FDA funding the latest shutdown fight — Latest from inside the agencies

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

A common theme among insurers speaking at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week: the boost from Medicare Advantage.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

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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!

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

Persistently high-cost Medicare patients tend to be younger, members of racial or ethnic minority groups, dual-eligible Medicaid patients or suffering from end-stage renal disease, a new study reports.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 10, 2019

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

Click here to download a copy of the report Asia HealthTech closed the year at a record breaking US$6.3B, confirming it as the 2nd largest digital health ecosystem in the world. Significantly exceeding 2017 in $ size, and doubling 2016, the Asia ecosystem is fast catching the US. This year also witnessed the largest recorded HealthTech IPO in Asia with Ping An Good Doctor’s US$1.1B IPO.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

While doctors have been urged to avoid prescribing opioids together with benzodiazepines whenever possible, a study from the University of Minnesota has found physicians are increasing simultaneous prescriptions of the two drugs, a combination that can be deadly.

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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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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 10, 2019

Learn about the changes in your body composition using the bioimpedance analysis method. Tap the smartband on your wrist twice. A low power electric signal will go through a closed-loop “Hand-Chest-Hand” of your body, and the device will get the information about the active and reactive resistance of the fat, bone and muscle tissues and the hydration level.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 10, 2019

Press Ganey has elevated CEO Patrick Ryan to executive chairman, plus more healthcare headlines.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2019

This is not a watch. Well, not just a watch. It can track heart rate. And it’s not even pink. Well, rose gold, perhaps. One of the benefits about being a woman attending CES is that there are no lines in the loos. The men’s rooms, however, are, shall we say, over-subscribed due to the big disparity between the number of male attendees versus females.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

Bright Lights, thick smoke, constant walking and avoidance maneuvers. After taking a year or two off, returning to CES is a chore and a revelation – it clearly is the major event for new technology announcements. gadgets, yes, too many smart wearables, including underwear, too many near misses of being run over by gangs of oblivious young guys staring at their phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

Bright Lights, thick smoke, constant walking and avoidance maneuvers. After taking a year or two off, returning to CES is a chore and a revelation – it clearly is the major event for new technology announcements. Gadgets, yes, too many smart wearables, including underwear, too many near misses of being run over by gangs of oblivious young guys staring at their phones.

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