Digital Health
MARCH 5, 2018
For a skydiver who’s motto is “Just jump out and go”, the journey from chasing down Sandanista kidnappers to driving Disney strategy to genomics pioneer sounds sort of rational. Lisa Alderson, founder and CEO of Genome Medical, is one of those special someones who thrives on adrenaline and channels it to great effect. Lisa went […].
Mobi Health News
MARCH 5, 2018
Innovation is one of the most sought after things in healthcare, but it’s also one of the most poorly understood, according to experts presenting at the Digital and Personal Connected Health conference Monday at HIMSS18.
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Health Populi
MARCH 5, 2018
The median American uses 3 social networking platforms in 2018. Facebook is the primary platform for most Americans who use social media in 2018: two-thirds of U.S. adults use Facebook, and 3 in 4 of them check in on a daily basis. But in the past year, the percentage of people using Facebook and its corporate sister YouTube has flattened, based on the survey report, Social Media Use in 2018 from the Pew Research Center.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 5, 2018
Improvements in data management will soon mean healthcare providers can engage patients outside of standard care more than ever before, Judy Murphy, chief nursing officer at IBM, said Monday at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas.
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FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
On the heels of Uber’s recent foray into provider-requested ride hailing, Lyft has announced a deal with Allscripts for a similar service. The company expects the deal to allow 180,000 physicians to request nonemergency transportation for patients.
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Morning eHealth
MARCH 5, 2018
Update on MHS Genesis — Funding for quality measures
Mobi Health News
MARCH 5, 2018
On its fourth quarter earnings call, Teladoc reported increases in total visits, utilization, and revenues, but also in net loss. CEO Jason Gorevic was optimistic, pointing to positive developments in Washington and the success of the platform during this year's worse-than-normal flu service.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Groups like the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission have had harsh criticism for MIPS, but a number of challenges stand in the way of moving forward with an alternative. While there are legitimate concerns about MIPS, simply eliminating it is not necessarily the right answer, writes Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., an economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
MARCH 5, 2018
The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. LEGISLATION. Pending Legislation. State. Bill #. Status. Summary.
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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.
American Well
MARCH 5, 2018
Think convenient health care is only for the wealthy? Think again. Medicaid recipients often have significant barriers to care. Throughout my residency, I worked in a primary care clinic that was in one of the poorest areas of Boston. Fully two-thirds of our patients were on Medicaid, and many came from families that had unstable work, transportation, housing, and access to food.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Two competing hospitals in Virginia saw a need for thoracic surgery services in their area. Instead of competing with one another to take over, they found it more profitable to collaborate, but Bon Secours Virginia and VCU Health continue to treat one another as rivals in some areas.
American Well
MARCH 5, 2018
Think convenient health care is only for the wealthy? Think again. Medicaid recipients often have significant barriers to care. Throughout my residency, I worked in a primary care clinic that was in one of the poorest areas of Boston. Fully two-thirds of our patients were on Medicaid, and many came from families that had unstable work, transportation, housing, and access to food.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
The rollback of the individual mandate is likely to increase premiums in ACA exchanges and lead to fewer Californians with insurance, according to a new study. The results were released as some states weigh options to implement their own insurance mandates, efforts that have largely stalled.
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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.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 5, 2018
We’ve gotten a lot of mail from readers outside the U.S. about the increased costs of insulin in this country. This mail suggests much diversity in opinion about the causes for, solutions to, and severity of the problem. So, we thought we’d formally ask: what do internationals really think? (Please refrain from taking this survey if you reside in the U.S.).
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Lawmakers are looking for CMS to offer more information on how it is combating opioid abuse in the Medicare program, and they offered solutions that could bolster the agency's efforts to curb the crisis. A recent OIG report found that third of Part D beneficiaries filled an opioid prescription in 2016.
ACA Times
MARCH 5, 2018
The IRS, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are seeking public comments on proposed regulations that would change the definition of short-term, limited-duration insurance so that offering it for longer periods of time would still exempt it from the definition of individual health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Medicare, a critical healthcare insurer for an increasing number of Americans, ensures Medicare beneficiaries who face cancer diagnoses have access to high-quality medical care necessary to extend and maintain the quality of their lives. Unfortunately, for many individuals who require lifesaving therapies for blood cancers, Medicare does not provide the security or coverage they deserve.
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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!
mHealth Insight
MARCH 5, 2018
Unfortunately my travel plans for HIMSS have fallen victim to the ‘Beast From The East’ (a storm that has brought sub-zero Siberian temperatures from Siberia to us here in the UK and Ireland) and it’s been so hectic at 3GDoctor the past few days I’ve not had time to try and replan my cancelled flight schedules. Fortunately I’ve managed to convince/beg the brilliant Dr Chris Bickford MD to step into my conference-floor-pounding-shoes and provide some opinions and liv
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Ascension and Presence Health have completed their merger, one of many superdeals pending among Catholic providers.
Health Populi
MARCH 5, 2018
“It’s not about shiny new technologies but about designing relationships to truly impact the patient at the center of the disconnected ecosystem,” asserted Amy Cueva, Founder and CXO of the design consultancy Mad*Pow. That patient is a consumer, a caregiver; it’s you and me, Cueva explained. To reconnect the fragmented pieces of healthcare delivery, Cueva said, mantra-style, “collaboration is the new innovation.
Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
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.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
Top Senate Democrats are demanding answers from Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini after a former medical director for the insurer said he didn't read patients' medical records when making coverage decisions. Aetna's protocol may not comply with consumer protections laid out in the Affordable Care Act, the senators said.
Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2018
The White House is still reviewing the Veterans Affairs inspector general report that criticizes David Shulkin’s use of taxpayer funds to partially pay for a European trip, according to Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But she declined comment when asked whether Shulkin’s conduct was consistent with the standards that President Trump expects for the VA.
Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
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Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
Health Blawg
MARCH 5, 2018
I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force , which issued a report last year. Fred is a health care IT veteran, founder of CareSet Systems and the DocGraph Journal and an alum of multiple successful technical startups. He’s the co-author of O’Reilly’s first health IT book, Hacking Healthcare, and the 2015 recipient of the Healthcare Data Liberator of the Year award.
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