Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
A trio of presenters at HIMSS 2018 shared data from practical machine learning and AI-focused studies that demonstrate how the technologies could reduce costs and improve patients’ outcomes.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
Eric Schmidt, the former executive chairman of Alphabet, urged healthcare providers at HIMSS18 to drop their data warehouses and get in the cloud as soon as possible. The keynote speaker, who now serves as a technical adviser to Alphabet, also talked about how AI can make an "unimaginable" impact on patient care.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
Healthcare 2.0 co-founder Indu Subaiya said she sees healthcare as a living, learning, interconnected system, and the future of healthcare innovation will come from collaboration.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
HHS Secretary Alex Azar outlined four priorities for the agency this week, and accelerating the path to value-based payment systems and reducing healthcare costs are at the top of his list. “Today’s healthcare system is simply not delivering outcomes commensurate with its cost,” he said in remarks to the Federation of American Hospitals.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
UnitedHealthcare has added a new wearable to its Motion employee wellness program. Starting in July, in addition to the Fitbit, Garmin, and Samsung devices, employees in the program will be able to use Apple Watches.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
Artificial intelligence is a hot topic right now—but whether or not it is going live up to what some are calling the new healthcare reform is still up for discussion. Mayo Clinic Chief Information officer Christopher Ross and Pricewaterhousecooper Managing Director James Golden, tackled questions about the future of AI at HIMSS18.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
As government agencies and healthcare providers scramble to address the opioid epidemic, a new study indicates the rate of children hospitalized for opioid ingestion continues to increase.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
Samsung Health users will now have access to a new consumer-grade version of WellDoc’s digital diabetes management platform, the two companies announced this morning.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
A St. Louis physician group practice has made bundled payments work—managing to cut costs and improve quality outcomes to receive a savings payment from Medicare. Signature Medical Group, Inc., an independent, multispecialty group, participates in CMS’ Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Initiative and also manages more than 50 other orthopedic physician group practices taking part in the bundled payment model.
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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
MARCH 6, 2018
The old model of patient entertainment at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was a TV in every room, and the old method of patient education was a DVD cart wheeled from room to room. But for the last two years, the hospital has replaced both with an iPad system that offers both entertainment and education to its young patients.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
A new study from Johns Hopkins University indicates that not enough Medicare patients undergo minimally invasive surgeries, despite better outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower costs. Researchers said that the findings indicate there is an opportunity for Medicare and other payers to spend healthcare dollars more wisely so that they reward high-value care over low-value care.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
Artificial intelligence has huge potential to transform care, but the healthcare system needs to walk before it can run, according to a panel of speakers from IBM Watson, the Mayo Clinic, and the American Medical Association at an after hours dinner at HIMSS18 Monday.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
MARCH 6, 2018
In 2018, updates and changes impacted telehealth policy across the nation. On March 15 at 1 PM CT , Mei Wa Kwong, JD, Executive Director, and Christine Calouro, Policy Associate, from the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) will present a free National Telehealth Resource Center webinar to provide an update on federal and state telehealth policy actions and to discuss issues that may arise throughout the year.
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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.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
Government agencies don’t always have deep pockets, which can mean there isn’t a whole lot of wiggle room for an innovation budget. But some policy leaders are finding ways to make that budget work. Elise Sweeney-Anthony, director of the office of policy at the ONC, on Monday, said it is important for her organization to turn to stakeholders when looking to innovate.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
CMS plans to leverage its relationship with insurers through Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and the exchanges to pressure payers to share claims data. CMS Administrator Seema Verma says insurers told her, "You need to force us to do this.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 6, 2018
HIMSS TV kicked off its live programming from the HIMSS18 show floor on Tuesday. Tune in below to pick up the live stream.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 6, 2018
Florida police recently charged a teenager with manslaughter after he failed to seek medical assistance for his girlfriend, when she entered into diabetic shock. Fabiolo Cosme-Feliciano died at 19 years of age in December, while she was visiting with her boyfriend, Yeshu Ramiriz. She had lived with Type 1 diabetes since the age of two. Her mother told another news outlet that the family had moved from Puerto Rico to Orlando so that she could receive better medical treatment. sponsor.
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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!
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
MARCH 6, 2018
Click here to view presentation. In 2017, the National Quality Forum (NQF) developed a framework that provides a guide to the development of measures that assess and evaluate telehealth in the areas of access to care, cost, effectiveness, and the overall patient/provider experience. Join Jason Goldwater, MA, MPA, PMP, Senior Director, The CedarBridge Group, LLC, as he leads a discussion on how the framework was created, the way the framework can be effectively utilized, and the next steps in d
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
Voters back a nationwide reinsurance program, according to a new poll, especially after they learn more about how it works and hear about successful efforts by states, such as Alaska, that have create their own reinsurance programs. Congress is warming up to the idea, too.
Morning eHealth
MARCH 6, 2018
AllScripts links up with Lyft — Medicare brain drain
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
Some doctors have left Atrium Health because of new compensation contracts that required them to take a pay cut. And their decision means some patients must find new physicians because of network insurance requirements.
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.
Society for Participatory Medicine
MARCH 6, 2018
This is a quick first blog post to get the word out. This graphic, created by our member @JenHoronjeff of @SavvyCoop, says it all. Spread the word, with the #HIMSS18 and #S4PM hashtags on social media! In short: HIMSS (the enormous yearly health IT conference) is happening this week in Las Vegas. Over fifty members of our society are present. The interoperability showcase is a 30,000 square foot exhibit that shows data moving through various “use case” demonstrations.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
Healthcare industry groups that responded to CMS' 2019 advance notice are optimistic about some of the proposed changes but have reservations about others. The Alliance of Community Health Plans, for example, said CMS should further modify its MA star ratings to focus on sustained performance rather than year-over-year improvement.
KB Dental Consulting
MARCH 6, 2018
Introduction. According to many scientists and medical professionals, improving the access to a better healthcare system requires a meaningful innovation. Another great thing which has to be remembered is the understanding of the complicated relationship between medical professionals, business professionals, and research scientists and their important needs to make a big difference and also help patients and society at large to get new and improved access to healthcare centers.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
The Trump administration on Monday approved Arkansas’ request for a Medicaid work requirement but deferred a decision on the state’s request to roll back its Medicaid expansion that has added 300,000 adults to the program.
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Medicine and Technology
MARCH 6, 2018
Here is one of the biggest announcements that came out of HIMSS 2018: the MyHealthEData Initiative launched by CMS. MyHealthEData aims to empower patients by ensuring that they control their healthcare data and can decide how their data is going to be used, all while keeping that information safe and secure. The overall government-wide initiative is led by the White House Office of American Innovation with participation from the U.S.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 6, 2018
UnitedHealthcare will offer drug rebates directly to some of its members, a move that comes as payers and pharmaceutical companies battle over who's to blame for rising drug prices. HHS Secretary Alex Azar praised the move, saying UHC's new policy "is a prime example" of what the Trump administration wants to achieve.
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