Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Smartwatches were able to detect atrial fibrillation when paired with a deep neural network, according to a study published today in JAMA. While the technology had the ability to passively detected atrial fibrillation, there was some loss of sensitivity and specificity against the gold-standard ECG.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill Wednesday that would increase subsidies offered to people buying insurance on the ACA exchanges and would impose tighter controls on private payers. "So long as private health insurance exists, there is no reason to allow our healthcare to be held hostage by insurance companies that refuse to do better," Warren said.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
A small, 6-week retrospective study published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth found that a behavior health-focused videogame developed by digital health company Litesprite improved self-reported measures of depression, anxiety, and confidence in coping skills.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Critics of a proposed merger between Aetna and CVS have said the deal will hurt competition and cut local services. But Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said the $69 billion deal doesn't change the fact that the healthcare industry is moving toward a renaissance of community-based care. “Everything is going back to community," he said at an event this week.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Newark, California-based EyeQue has launched the EyeQue Insight visual acuity screener, a device that lets consumers test their vision at home. The device looks similar to a VR headset. It attaches to a user’s smartphone and lets them test their visual acuity as if they were in a much larger room. The accompanying app also has a version for kids that includes an animated character who walks them through the screening process.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Correction: This article has been updated to accurately reflect that the women health tracking is a feature. It has also been updated to reflect Katherine Binder's accurate title. Last week Fitbit made a slew of announcements about new product launches that coming in the spring. Among them was a true first for the company: a feature that helps women track their menstrual cycles and symptoms.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Wait times are costly for physicians: 1 in 5 patients say they have switched doctors because of long wait times and 30% of patients have left a doctor appointment because of a long wait.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Berlin-based digital health startup platform Heartbeat Labs announced that it has invested in two new companies: home visit platform Medlanes and app-based hearing test maker Mimi Hearing Technologies, both of which are also based in Berlin.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
The risk of harm to hospital workers surpasses that of the construction and manufacturing industries, according to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Yet the healthcare industry still lags behind other sectors of the economy in recognizing the importance of managing for safety.
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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 21, 2018
Last week Fitbit made a slew of announcements about new product launches that coming in the spring. Among them was a true first for the company: an app that helps women track their menstrual cycles and symptoms.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
The University of Maryland Medical Center violated a patient’s rights as well as several patient safety regulations when staff at the Midtown Campus discharged the woman in only her hospital gown on a cold January evening, according to a federal investigation. Among the violations: failure to discharge the patient in a safe manner and failure to protect the patient from harassment and potential harm.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Connected home monitoring company TruSense has just released a new smart personal emergency response pendent (PERS) that, when combined with TruSense home, integrates its sensors with Amazon Echo and Alexa. The company’s latest technology also uses GPS to notify caregivers when the pendent isn’t being worn.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Lawmakers continued to negotiate the omnibus spending bill Wednesday morning, but hope has dimmed for any major healthcare legislation to make it in the final bill. Legislation to stabilize the Affordable Care Act and an attempt to boost veterans’ access to care appear increasingly unlikely to make the cut.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
HHS Secretary Alex Azar has made it clear that the transition to value-based care is one of his priorities. To help meet that goal and support accountable care organizations, he should look to Medicare Advantage for inspiration, say Farzad Mostashari, M.D., and Travis Broome.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
MARCH 21, 2018
I went to a Supply Chain Management on Blockchain panel event at Marquette University last night. The recording of the session is available. It was on the topic of using Blockchain to manage provenance of supplies throughout the Supply Chain. This was on the general topic of supply chain, not specific to healthcare, or the most specific example of drug components in healthcare.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
The jury is still out when it comes to how doctors feel about electronic cigarettes, but most say they cause more harm than good. U.S. physicians do see benefits, in that e-cigarettes or vaping may help patients quit smoking. But on the other hand, doctors say e-cigarettes may get a new generation addicted to nicotine as their popularity grows with teens.
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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!
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MARCH 21, 2018
In a taxi in DC – the driver wends his way around buses and pedestrians. It’s the day after the self-driving car killed a pedestrian. The next day, you can find scores of link references to a police comment that the car was likely not at fault though no investigation has completed – or even been started. In another tech publication (“ Big Think – your daily microdose of genius”), you can read that in over 1.5 million miles of testing, one year ago was the first time the car had been at fault wh
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Efforts to improve patient satisfaction scores have prompted some leading healthcare organizations to establish physician coaching programs. Coaches work with doctors who have low scores on patient experience surveys. The leaders of coaching programs at Henry Ford Health System, Hawaii Pacific Health, Scripps Health and the Mayo Clinic Health Center recently shared the lessons they’ve learned.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
New research from the University of California, San Francisco, shows commercially available wearables, like the Apple Watch, can predict atrial fibrillation in a small cohort of sedentary patients. But among ambulatory participants, the device, paired with an AI algorithm, was accurate just 68% of the time.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Premiums for the cheapest silver plans—the most commonly purchased on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges—increased across the country for 2018, with significant variation between states. Uncertainty and instability in the market were the main factors contributing to the increases, according to a report from the Urban Institute.
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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 21, 2018
Healthcare unions look poised to chalk up two major wins in high-profile negotiations with California hospitals. On the East Coast, additional opportunities for union action also continue to brew.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
The HIMSS annual conference is chaotic for any one of the more than 40,000 health IT professionals in attendance. For all there is to attend, there's plenty to miss. Here's a quick recap of our conference coverage that includes new federal initiatives to promote interoperability, an update on Healthcare.gov and a look at fraud risks for health IT companies.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Republicans’ latest plan to stabilize the ACA exchanges would increase the deficit by $19 billion over the next 10 years if enacted, according to the Congressional Budget Office. However, an alternative estimate found the bill would result in a deficit reduction.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
President Donald Trump's plan to reduce opioid prescribing by one-third, introduced earlier this week, calls for a nationally interoperable prescription drug monitoring program. That provision is broadly supported by drug experts and health IT advocates, but state systems are also "all over the map" when it comes to applying best practices.
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FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
In an op-ed this week, former Vice President Joe Biden praised the Trump administration's new patient-centered goals around interoperability but called for officials to provide more specifics, along with stronger enforcement for data blocking. Meanwhile, a pair of physicians say "the usual suspects" can only do so much to fulfill the government's promise.
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