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Don't let technology take humans out of healthcare, patients stress at Health 2.0

Mobi Health News

Patient advocates at Health 2.0 spoke about balancing technological breakthroughs and keeping the human touch.

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The Health Consumer Seeks Fresh, Free-From and…Turmeric

Health Populi

The impact of health and wellness is on most consumers’ minds, Nielsen’s consumer research has found. Sarah Schmansky, Nielsen’s strategy leader for health, wellness and “fresh,” moderated a panel at the GMDC Health-Beauty-Wellness Conference in Orlando today that brainstormed how consumers are shopping for health. Underneath that “how” is more than the next-best-me-too-product for allergy or acne.

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AliveCor previews next product: A 6-lead smartphone ECG

Mobi Health News

The not-yet-FDA-cleared device uses three electrodes to create a more detailed reading than existing consumer devices.

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Senate passes massive opioid package, bill to ban gag clauses

FierceHealthIT

The opioid package will now head to reconciliation with the House of Representatives before advancing for the president's signature. The Senate also passed a measure aimed at addressing high drug prices by banning contract clauses that stop pharmacists from telling patients they can save money by not using their insurance.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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Livongo unveils cellular-enabled blood pressure monitoring, mobile redesign

Mobi Health News

Taking the main stage at Health 2.0, Livongo's Chief Product Officer Amar Kendale said that the new offerings will help patients manage care more comfortably at home.

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Pay-as-you scale startup for providers Beam launches at Health 2.0

Mobi Health News

New York-based startup Beam, a digital health platform that lets providers communicate with patients and insurers, launched at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara, California.

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CMS proposes rule to streamline Medicare compliance

FierceHealthIT

CMS took the latest step in its Patients over Paperwork initiative on Monday, issuing a proposed rule that would eliminate or update a slew of regulations deemed “unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome” on providers.

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WalMart wants to influence healthcare with diet-changing app

Mobi Health News

David Hoke, senior director, Associate Health and Well-Being at Walmart, explains how the store and Fresh Try app will engage consumers with chronic health conditions to address an important health issue - their diet.

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@PsychCentral Show’s Gabe Howard to co-host live podcast episode at #SPM2018

Society for Participatory Medicine

Here’s the latest in a series of interviews with outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston. Register here. Embracing participatory medicine has helped Gabe Howard @GabeHoward29 manage his bipolar and anxiety disorders, and allowed him to become an award-winning writer, mental health activist, speaker and educator on a topic that stigmatizes so many.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf: Silver Tsunami is driving global health innovation

Mobi Health News

The global aging population may be straining resources, but could also be what pushes digital health innovations.

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White House seeks telemedicine expansion advice

Morning eHealth

HHS report on interagency data sharing — Hurricane helpers

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Poll results: Readers mostly support FDA Pre-Cert, but hungry for more details

Mobi Health News

The results to our poll about the FDA program prompt questions about the program's fairness to companies big and small.

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Self Care: What it Is and What it’s Not

TheraNest

Practicing Self Care as a Therapist. This post has been authored by Katie Cashin, MS, LCPC as part of our guest post series. Learn more about Katie at the bottom of this post. Let’s take a moment for some honesty. Not so long ago, I reached the point where, as a therapist, when I heard the phrase “self care” I would roll my eyes. I was feeling mildly Grinch-like but also really fed up with the myths and misnomers about what it really means to take care of ourselves.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Apple vs. Android: Which does your hospital's innovation strategy resemble?

Mobi Health News

One has a moat surrounding its products no one can get through while the other offers an open operating system for all to use.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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Poll: Apple vs. Android: What's your innovation strategy?

Mobi Health News

Take our quick survey and we’ll report the results back soon.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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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Report: HHS needs consistent data-sharing protocol

FierceHealthIT

HHS' Office of the Chief Technology Officer found five major challenges facing the agency's data-sharing protocol in a new report released on Monday. And while that report was light on suggestions, it did clarify the significant interoperability problems facing the agency.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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Judge orders Lee Health to turn over records of sexual assault allegations against staff

FierceHealthIT

A federal judge has ordered Lee Health to provide all records related to allegations of sexual assault against its employees between 2012 and 2016, as part of a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was raped by one of the health system’s nurses.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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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DOJ clears Cigna's planned acquisition of Express Scripts

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Justice has given the green light to insurance giant Cigna Corp.'s planned $67 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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Experts: Growing evidence that 'under the radar' healthcare consolidation hurts consumers

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare needs competition, but mergers and acquisitions are increasingly getting in the way of that, according to three health economists who spoke at a Health Affairs event on Monday.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Psychologists’ Telebehavioral Health Practices

Telebehavioral Health Institute

New Maheu Article Now Available: Survey of Psychologists’ Telebehavioral Health Practices: Technology Use, Ethical Issues, and Training Needs Abstract As telecommunication technologies have become more widely available and affordable, opportunities for psychologists to engage in telebehavioral health (TBH) have expanded … Read more. The post Psychologists’ Telebehavioral Health Practices appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

John Moore ( @john_chilmark ) is the founder of Chilmark Research , a leading health IT analyst firm focused on trends in health information exchange, cloud computing, analytics, telemedicine and more. We kicked off our conversation by looking at value-based care and what it will take to achieve its promise. John called value-based care a Gordian knot.

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Study says Medicaid expansion in Michigan improved beneficiaries' financial health

FierceHealthIT

Newly eligible beneficiaries saw their bills in collection, especially medical bills, decrease by hundreds of dollars between 2014 and 2015.