Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), less formally known as the Stimulus Bill.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 8, 2018

No matter what industry you’re in, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage. It’s the shiniest of the shiny and new, and it’s everywhere. In pop culture alone it’s the central theme of HBO’s Westworld, where humanoid AI robots pretend to be people, or even the most recent season of Silicon Valley where a major character was an AI-powered robot named Fiona.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The three-year-old startup made waves last month at TechCrunch Disrupt and Health 2.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Most likely, in one of the few lucid moments you have in your hectic, even chaotic schedule you contemplate healthcare’s greatest problems, its most pressing questions that must be solved, obstacles and the most important hurdles that must be overcome, and how doing so would alleviate many of your woes.

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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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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2018

At this month's Connected Health Conference Preview, digital health developers and providers will explore the best ways to keep the human element front and center.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Forward Health's app has helped NHS care teams send messages and patient information securely through mobile devices.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Hospitals are losing their place at the center of the healthcare system, and will have to adapt to survive. Experts say they should look to four models to evolve.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2018

UK-headquartered health tech company Medopad teams up with Chinese tech giant Tencent and the Parkinson's Centre of Excellence at King's College Hospital in London to speed up diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Nearly half of low-income adults with chronic health conditions and a high-deductible insurance plan sponsored by their employer are facing crushing financial burdens from health costs, according to a new study.

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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.

TheraNest

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Understanding Compassion Fatigue as a Therapist. This post has been authored by Briania Davis, MSMFT as part of our guest post series. Learn more about Briania at the bottom of this post. Have you been feeling run down? Are you dreading work a little more so than in the past? When talking to clients do you find yourself not being fully present? If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing compassion fatigue.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Vulnerable communities need legal assistance to improve their health. The best way to do that could be through medical-legal partnerships: joint efforts between lawyers and healthcare providers.

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American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The average wait time for patients to see a provider is 24 days, up from 18.5 days in 2014. [1] With wait times rising and healthcare costs increasing, many health systems have turned to telehealth as a means of increasing access to healthcare. Cerner and American Well have partnered to deliver telehealth that is fully embedded within Cerner’s electronic health record portfolio.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The tech-enabled pharmacy benefit manager closed a $50 million funding round on Friday, according to financial filings. The cash injection comes nearly seven months after Centene announced a strategic investment in the company.

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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.

American Well

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The average wait time for patients to see a provider is 24 days, up from 18.5 days in 2014. [1] With wait times rising and healthcare costs increasing, many health systems have turned to telehealth as a means of increasing access to healthcare. Cerner and American Well have partnered to deliver telehealth that is fully embedded within Cerner’s electronic health record portfolio.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Nearly one-third of provider health IT executives say they are concerned medical device cybersecurity vulnerabilities will lead to disruptions in patient care, according to a new KLAS/CHIME survey. Many respondents blamed legacy devices and minimal manufacturer communication.

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TheraNest

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Understanding Compassion Fatigue as a Therapist. This post has been authored by Briania Davis, MSMFT as part of our guest post series. Learn more about Briania at the bottom of this post. Have you been feeling run down? Are you dreading work a little more so than in the past? When talking to clients do you find yourself not being fully present? If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing compassion fatigue.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Another anti-regulation justice on the nation's highest court threatens laws that promote health equity, a panel of legal experts said at the Public Health Law Conference. Experts pointed to potential legal decisions around the ACA and Medicaid as cause for concern.

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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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TheraNest

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Understanding Compassion Fatigue as a Therapist. This post has been authored by Briania Davis, MSMFT as part of our guest post series. Learn more about Briania at the bottom of this post. Have you been feeling run down? Are you dreading work a little more so than in the past? When talking to clients do you find yourself not being fully present? If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing compassion fatigue.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Medicaid for all would bring many of the same benefits as Medicare for all without the political barriers, albeit in fewer states.

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Digital Health

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Medical technology thought leader by day, computer gamer by night, Dr. Simon Kos, Global Chief Medical Officer of Microsoft, is a physician, business strategist and technologist who by his own admission is drawn to “bright shiny objects.” But a commitment to make medicine safer and better through technology has been his career guiding light. Simon, […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A new survey of healthcare executives shows most hospitals are using clinical decision support software, but the reasons vary. Plus, a Texas judge allows CliniComp's patent infringement lawsuit against Athenahealth to advance.

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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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ACA Times

OCTOBER 8, 2018

2 minute read: . The fourth quarter of the 2018 tax year is here, bringing with it record temperatures in many parts of the country. The ACA enforcement process is also heating up. The IRS continues to issue Letter 226J penalty notices for the 2015 tax year, and Letter 5699 notices are being sent to employers the federal tax agency believes should have filed ACA information for the 2016 tax year, but didn’t.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The FDA has said that a vaccine for HPV can be used in patients up to age 45, plus more healthcare headlines.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Profitability in the individual market is starting to ramp significantly, according to second-quarter data from Kaiser Family Foundation. With medical loss ratios dropping every year since 2015, gross margins per member have grown more than sevenfold in the years since. However, recent policy changes by the Trump administration have yet to leave their mark.

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