KevinMD
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has been at the heart of medical practice, with administrative tasks and record-keeping at the border. Today, that critical balance is at risk. Nearly all hospitals and 80 percent of medical practices use electronic health records (EHRs), presumably to help improve access to health information and increase productivity.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
We are only just past the dawn of the second machine age, where digitization is enabling artificial intelligence. “Our new tools are destroying both trust and truth, creating a hunger for community and authenticity. We crave actual physical connection to neighbours, colleagues, and fellow townspeople, even if digitally facilitated.” . Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote this in a column I read this morning in the Financial Times titled, “Our struggle with technology to protect trust an
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Without a medical background, listening to a doctor describe a complex procedure can feel a little bit like listening to a lecture in gibberish. That communication gap is particularly wide between pediatric patients and their doctors, but a new virtual reality technology could help facilitate conversation between doctors and patients.
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Today, Shanti Gidwani is Cisco’s national director for healthcare in Canada — but in a former life she was a Registered Nurse. As we approach the biggest Health IT event.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Apple will launch a group of internal health centers alongside a push to improve the health and wellness of its employees. The major consumer tech company quietly published a webpage for the program, called AC Wellness Network, which includes a description of the company’s goals as well as information about a number of open positions.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Wearable giant Fitbit and fitness apparel company Adidas have just released their latest running-specific training wearable, the Fitbit Ionic: Adidas edition. The product was born out of a partnership between the two companies, which was announced last year, and is a combination of Fitbit Ionic and Adidas’ Train app.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
U.S. healthcare systems perform well in smaller, localized disasters but respond poorly to larger-scale disasters and catastrophes, according to a new report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Researchers say hospitals are the least prepared for “catastrophic health events,” such as pandemics or bioterror attacks.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
St. Petersburg, Florida-based TAO Connect is making its digital self-help and therapy tool direct to consumers for the first time, after previously offering it via schools, community health centers, and employee assistance plans.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Silicon Valley continues to shake up the healthcare market: Apple plans to launch a medical practice and open two primary care clinics this spring. Apple is creating a practice called AC Wellness and will open two clinics in Santa Clara County to provide primary care to employees and their family members in part to test consumer-facing health services and products.
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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.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The Personal Connected Health Alliance’s Digital Health Pavilion at HIMSS18 will once again feature “The Connected Health Experience,” a series of presentations and demonstrations of the latest connected health innovations. But this year the range of subjects will be even wider.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The long list of educational sessions at HIMSS18 is enough to induce a panic attack. That's why we've pulled out eight sessions we think are worth attending this year, including talks from CMS officials, a U.S. attorney and organizations like the Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser Permanente.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
This year at HIMSS18, InterSystems will be launching a new fast healthcare interoperability resource (FHIR) sandbox, which acts as a virtual testing environment. The technology is designed to enable developers to connect to multi-source health records when they are testing and developing their apps.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
General counsel for CVS and Aetna vowed at a congressional hearing Tuesday that the companies' merger plans would not lead to increased costs or to restrictions on service offerings—but experts aren't so sure. "Genuine risks to competition won't be fixed by pledges of good behavior," said George Slover, senior policy counsel for Consumers Union.
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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
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
White House opioid summit Thursday — Cassidy introduces PDMP bill
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
In a victory for doctors, Anthem has decided to rescind a controversial policy that would reduce payment for certain same-day services. Physicians were successful in their efforts to push back against the health insurer’s plan that would have reduced payment for evaluation and management services when provided on the same day a provider performs a procedure or conducts a wellness exam.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
. Episode 17 features Dr. Curtis Lowery, MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Chairperson, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director for the Center for Distance Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Listen as Dr. Lowery discusses how growing up on a farm in Alabama helped him understand the health care needs of the rural population and how that knowledge inspired his launch into telemedicine.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
VA head David Shulkin says he has learned lessons from a VA inspector general’s report that found he misused taxpayer’s money to pay for his wife’s airfare for a European trip that mixed government business with pleasure. Now he wants to move forward and get back to his work to improve the agency.
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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!
CiscoHealth
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Today, I’m Cisco’s national director for healthcare in Canada — but in a former life I was a Registered Nurse. As we approach the biggest Health IT event of the year, I have a few thoughts on the upcoming conference from a clinician’s perspective. Watch this short video to find out: The conversations I’m hoping to have at HIMSS18. My predictions on the evolution of virtual care.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Many attendees are eager to see the opening HIMSS18 keynote from Eric Schmidt, a former executive chairman and current technical advisor for Alphabet Inc. Other keynotes next week feature VA Secretary David Shulkin, M.D., Zipline founder Keller Rinaudo and all-time NBA great Magic Johnson.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of telehealth policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Payers are rapidly becoming educated in telehealth and are keen on closing telehealth gap. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. .
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The Supreme Court’s refusal to issue an expedited ruling on DACA spells continued uncertainty for undocumented immigrants. The lack of clarity around the issue has raised serious concerns about unintended consequences throughout the healthcare industry.
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.
KB Dental Consulting
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Introduction. Delivering dental health care facilities and extend their usage is one of the most important things of the human development. All services for the targeted group have to be simply created with the purpose of preventing the spreading of diseases in people. All this can be accomplished by the use of mobile dental clinics. According to many studies, mobile dental clinics have a key role in overcoming affordability and accessibility barrier.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Representatives for CVS and Aetna will go before Congress today to assure lawmakers that the $69 billion deal is in the public's interest. The merger, they will argue, will lead to lower costs and better integrated care—though experts warn that may not be the case.
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
The following is an excerpt from Susan Baumgartner’s upcoming book, Diabetes Warriors, a guided journal for people with Type 1 diabetes. This excerpt has been slightly modified for clarity. We cost our families thousands upon thousands of dollars. At its most basic levels of misery, it’s the monetary cost of diabetes that ticks me off the most. Dollars flying out the windows. sponsor.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
John Molina, the former chief financial officer at Molina Healthcare, has resigned from the insurance company's board of directors; his exit leaves the company without any members of its founding family on staff. Molina said in his letter of resignation that it's "bittersweet" to think that none of his family members remain at the company.
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