Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
It is no secret that millennials are a driving force in society today, and a new survey shows that their demands and behaviors differ from baby boomer and Gen Xers, and could reshape the healthcare industry especially when it comes to primary care and telehealth.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
District officials released their plans this week detailing their intention to create a 106-bed hospital on the fast-evolving development site of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital campus in southeast Washington.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Last year Katherine Kaiser graduated from Stanford University, incidentally meaning she also “graduated” from the Stanford health system. It was time to shop around for new doctors in her area, but that meant her medical records would potentially be scattered across different healthcare systems.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
Wait times are a top complaint among patients when scheduling a medical appointment and an issue many physician practices are working to address, according to a recent survey. A March 27 poll by the Medical Group Management Association found that among 1,100 medical practice leaders, 49% said their practice has changed its processes in the past year to reduce patient wait times.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Rock Health and StartUp Health, two groups that track investment in digital health, have come out with their respective quarterly reports on funding in the space, and both agree on a couple of interesting insights: that Q1 2018 is the largest Q1 yet, that larger late-stage deals contributed disproportionately to that total, and that investment is increasingly coming from non-traditional investors, especially providers.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Pfizer announced today that it is receiving applications for its Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London competitive grant. This is the second time that Pfizer has held the startup-focused program, which representatives from biopharmaceutical company said had a strong inaugural year in 2017.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
Device makers and doctors would be held more accountable under outcomes-based pricing contracts, according to a group of policy researchers. But it appears the device industry is already sensing signals of payment shifts in the ever-changing healthcare system.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
WebMD, long the go-to for patients turning to the internet for an answer to mysterious symptoms, has launched a redesigned, rebuilt version of its symptom checker, originally launched in 2015. The company says 4 million people per month log on to use the tool.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
Following a year in which investors sunk nearly $6 billion into digital health companies, the first three months of 2018 have shown virtually no signs of slowing down. Data compiled by Rock Health and StartUp Health found a strong interest in digital health, backed by providers looking for strategic investments.
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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
APRIL 4, 2018
San Francisco-based Virta Health has announced the closing of a $45 million Series B funding round for its digitally-delivered, drug- and surgery-free Type 2 diabetes treatment. Previous investors Venrock, Obvious Ventures, Creandum, Caffeinated Capital, and SciFi VC participated in the round, with new investors including Founders Fund and Playground Global joining as well.
Morning eHealth
APRIL 4, 2018
IDS privacy cases seize attention — Puerto Rico’s Medicaid data hub online
Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Five healthcare organizations including insurers UnitedHealthcare and Humana, Optum, Quest Diagnostics, and MultiPlan are launching a blockchain pilot to help payers tackle mandated provider directories.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
ONC released a new resource on Wednesday designed to help consumers access their medical data following a push from CMS to get health information in the hands of patients. Data shows 52% have been offered online access to their information, and they are nearly twice as likely to follow through if encouraged by their provider.
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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
APRIL 4, 2018
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has secured its place as a digital health player with the announcement that it is launching a new portfolio of digital tools is it calling its Emerging Solutions platform. The initial offerings will focus on chronic disease prevention and management, as well as fertility, pregnancy, and parenting.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
Sharing services may be one way that small physician practices can keep from going the way of the dinosaur. It’s not easy for small practices to survive in the current healthcare environment, but some are experimenting with ways to pool resources across groups while maintaining their independence.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
This morning patient engagement and care coordination company SCI Solutions announced that it has acquired DatStat, a company that specializes in digital health tools and patient engagement, for an undisclosed sum. Following this acquisition, the company’s combined headquarters will be in Seattle Washington.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
A study of use patterns in a Cincinnati hospital found a correlation between hospitalization rates of pediatric patients and their socioeconomic status. Here is what researchers say health systems might be able to do about it.
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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!
Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Consumer health software service company Welltok just announced it raked in $75 million in Series E2 funding. This round included new investors Future Fund Management Agency, Ziff Davis, NF Trinity Capital (Hong Kong) Limited and ITOCHU Corporation, as well as existing investors.
ACA Times
APRIL 4, 2018
3 minute read: If your organization has met the deadline to file and furnish schedules 1094-C and 1095-C to the IRS for Affordable Care Act reporting for the 2017 tax year, give yourself a pat on the back. Admittedly, the responsibilities under the employer mandate to file information annually with the IRS have not been the easiest to undertake. Now that the filing deadline is behind your organization as an Applicable Large Employer ( ALE ), an employer with 50 or more full-time or full-time equ
Mobi Health News
APRIL 4, 2018
Seattle-based patient engagement and clinical education provider MedBridge has received a strategic investment from private equity firm LLR Partners. The two companies did not disclose details on the sum of the investment, but noted that the funding will be used to support the growth of MedBridge in existing markets and its expansion into new areas of healthcare.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
CMS Administrator Seema Verma proclaimed the 2018 exchange-enrollment period "the most successful consumer experience to date," citing relatively stable enrollment on reduced cost of outreach. On average, consumers that received tax rebates paid 16% less despite higher monthly premiums.
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.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 4, 2018
IHE is currently working on a "Handbook" intended to instruct an XDS Affinity Domain, or Community (XCA), or MHD community on how to structure their requirements on metadata. This effort is long overdue, as IHE has relied on the communities to figure this out themselves. More communities have failed than have succeeded. I am just very grateful that they keep trying.
David Chou
APRIL 4, 2018
The acronym for chief information officer is perhaps the last remaining link to the role CIOs have historically played. "Today's CIO is no longer an engineering expert provisioning hardware and software," said John Halamka, a longtime holder of that title at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "The CIO broadly communicates, convenes governance groups and supports innovation." Indeed, the role is changing and CIOs — and other IT pros as well — must keep pace with new sk
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 4, 2018
President Donald Trump tapped DOD official Robert Wilkie to serve as interim VA secretary. But officials from a leading veterans group are raising alarms over Wilkie, as well as Trump's pick for the permanent VA secretary job.
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