Tue.Jul 02, 2019

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Technology is corrupting the culture of medicine

KevinMD

To help then-candidate Bill Clinton remain focused on the No. 1 voter issue ahead of the 1992 presidential elections, political strategist James Carville coined an unforgettable mantra, which he posted inside Clinton campaign headquarters. It read, “The economy, stupid.” The quote became famous both for its edginess and wisdom, reminding us to separate the big […].

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Singapore’s NRF launches national healthtec consortium

Mobi Health News

The National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore, a department under the Prime Minister’s Office, announced that it will set up a national Health Technologies Consortium (HealthTEC) to facilitate companies to translate research outcomes into products and services that can improve the health and wellness of individuals. The NRF sets the national direction for research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) in Singapore.

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VA, Verizon to offer new telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Verizon are teaming up to offer Veterans who are customers of the telecommunications giant unlimited access to department's VA Video Connect telehealth app. WHY IT MATTERS. The platform connects veterans with their health care team using encryption to ensure a secure and private session, and users can then participate in video appointments or engage with health professionals using the built-in chat feature.

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Cedars-Sinai taps 11 startups for its latest accelerator class

Mobi Health News

The class includes startups involved in workflow management systems, remote patient monitoring systems, clinical trial data tools and augmented reality education.

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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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SDoH Solutions, Referrals Must Be Integrated Within The Patient Record: Here’s Why

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Wenger, CEO, Bridge Connector. At this point, most of us in health care have read similar statistics about why we need to do more to address social determinants of health (SDoH) — the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and how those factors impact individuals’ health — to […].

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Digital health investments in 2019 poised to surpass 2018: Rock Health

FierceHealthIT

Investors continue to have a strong appetite for digital health with investment in the sector totaling $4.2 billion across 180 deals through the first half of 2019. If this pace holds steady, the sector is on track to top 2018's annual funding total of $8.2 billion, according to Rock Health.

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Virtual primary care startup opens first of many in-office clinics for workers

Mobi Health News

Eden Health's latest expansion to its hybrid approach comes from a recent deal with Convene.

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FCC's Carr: $100M health pilot to benefit low-income patients, veterans

FierceHealthIT

The FCC will vote at a July 10 meeting on a $100 million Connected Care pilot program to develop new telehealth and virtual care programs for underserved populations, including rural residents and veterans.

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Youth facing homelessness embrace digital interventions despite few clinical improvements

Mobi Health News

In a small JMIR study, 52% of participants were very or extremely satisfied with the program.

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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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Too many EHR-generated messages contributing to physician burnout: study

FierceHealthIT

Physicians' EHR inboxes are clogged up with system-generated messages, such as reminders to order routine chronic disease management lab tests, and it's contributing to burnout and physicians' desire to reduce their clinical work hours, according to a new study.

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Ping An Good Doctor expands into finance through cooperation with China Everbright Bank

Mobi Health News

China’s one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform, Ping An Good Doctor announced a strategic cooperation with China Everbright Bank on July 2. Both parties will tap on their respective business advantages to create financial application scenarios for healthcare services, and work together to build up a new ecosystem of “Healthcare + Finance”.

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Appeals court denies states’ request in Texas v. Azar to delay hearing set for July 9

FierceHealthIT

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from 18 states seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act to move a major hearing scheduled for next week.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners adds $27M to Calm's hefty Series B round

Mobi Health News

The meditation and sleep app developer had already announced an $88 million raise earlier this year.

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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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UnitedHealth Group teams up with Atlanta HBCUs to further data science education 

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group is partnering with Atlanta-area historically black colleges and universities to fund education for data scientists. UHG will contribute $8.5 million to launch the project.

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A Supportive Health IT Social Community – Searching for Women in Healthcare AI

Healthcare IT Today

As many of you know, we’ve been heads down finalizing all the details for the EXPO.health conference we organize. It’s an amazing event that brings together the health IT community in a unique effort to spread Health IT innovations that really impact healthcare for good. One of the goals we had for the conference was […].

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Five states seek to join hearing to determine fate of CVS-Aetna merger

FierceHealthIT

A collection of five state attorneys general are making a last-ditch effort to convince a federal judge to speak at a key hearing to affirm a $70 billion merger between CVS and Aetna.

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NIH Creates Mental Health Rare Genetic Disease Network

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Fifteen sites to explore the impact of genetics on neuropsychiatric disorders

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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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Generics more expensive than branded drugs on Part D, study says

FierceHealthIT

Some seniors must pay up to $1,000 more for certain generic drugs compared to the brand-name version in Medicare Part D, according to a new study.

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QGenda Announces Acquisition of OpenTempo

Healthcare IT Today

QGenda, the leader of cloud-based, automated provider scheduling solutions, today announced its acquisition of OpenTempo, a leading innovator of clinical capacity management tools. By combining QGenda’s innovation in automated on call and provider scheduling, time tracking, and compensation management with OpenTempo’s expertise in clinical resource optimization and analytics, QGenda will deliver the only solution capable […].

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Study: Technology cuts PCP’s prior authorization process from 5 minutes to 30 seconds

FierceHealthIT

In a recent case study of new preauthorization technology, a primary care office was able to cut the provider-to-payer process down to seconds instead of minutes.

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Opioids Caused 66% of Drug Deaths Worldwide in 2017

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. Two-thirds of drug deaths around the world were caused by opioids in 2017, and that proportion was even higher in the U.S., where overdose deaths reached a

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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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ACP issues guide to help primary care doctors care for transgender patients

FierceHealthIT

To help primary care and family medicine physicians provide care to transgender patients, the American College of Physicians Monday published a new guide. With an estimated 1.4 million people in the U.S. identifying as transgender, their medical care shouldn’t be limited to physicians in specialized settings, according to the guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Physician Burnout Linked to Electronic Health Records

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Given the rapidly changing health care environment, it is critical to quantify the economic impact physicians have on society. BHM watches health trends and understands the importance of improving and changing with the industry. Click HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization address opportunities. Increasing amounts of in-basket messages generated by the EHR is correlated to higher levels of burnout symptoms among physicians, according to a study published i

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MedStar Health settles with EEOC on disability bias charge

FierceHealthIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reached a resolution with MedStar Health for charges filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Fueling Business Growth With Enterprise Architecture: A CIO's Perspective

LeanIX

In conversation with Metis Strategy, a partner of LeanIX, Atlassian’s Chief Information Officer Archana Rao shared insights into her company’s much-publicized growth—a success she attributed heavily to Enterprise Architecture.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Patients Say Access To Visit Notes Is Important In Maintaining Their Health

Healthcare IT Today

Back in 2010, a group of primary care doctors from three different healthcare organizations across the U.S. came together to try something different. The three institutions – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Geisinger and University of Washington Medicine – conducted a one-year pilot of a new concept, dubbed OpenNotes, in which providers would share their clinical […].

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Gaps in Health Equity in America Are Growing

Health Populi

There’s been a “clear lack of progress on health equity during the past 25 years in the United States,” asserts a data-rich analysis of trends conducted by two professors/researchers from UCLA’s School of Public Health. The study was published this week in JAMA Network Open. The research mashed up several measures of health equity covering the 25 years from 1993 through 2017.

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CMS: ACA risk adjustment ran ‘smoothly’ in 2018 

FierceHealthIT

Despite a brief payment freeze last summer, the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program “operated smoothly” last year, according to new data from the Trump administration.

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