Mobi Health News
MARCH 28, 2018
A diabetes startup that uses artificial intelligence, Bigfoot Biomedical, has just announced that it scored a total of $55 million in Series B equity financing with new investments from Abbott and other existing funders.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
A new report finds that skyrocketing healthcare costs could be pushing smaller employers toward "no-coverage" land. Government policy could also be having an impact, but employers are likely to trickle out of the market rather than leave en masse.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 28, 2018
Yesterday Dexcom got the nod from the FDA to market their Dexcom G6, an integrated continuous glucose monitoring system (iCGM), making it the first interoperable CGM to get the designation.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Providers can build toward sustainable transformation by breaking down silos between elements of care and acting on areas of overlap, according to an annual report from Press Ganey. President and CMO James Merlino, M.D., told FierceHealthcare the report serves as a "practical how-to" for transformation.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 28, 2018
Patient engagement software company Relatient has launched MDpay, a patient-facing payment web and mobile platform. The service accepts all major credit or debit cards as well as Apple and Google Pay, and includes an integrated dashboard for billing managers, easy-to-respond electronic statements that don’t require a user account, and other accommodations.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 28, 2018
Tech-friendly, consumer empowerment-focused health insurance startup Oscar Health has closed a $165 million funding round led by Brian Singerman and Founders Fund, according to a recent blog post from the company’s cofounders. Other participants in the round included Verily Life Sciences, Fidelity, 8VC, General Catalyst, Capital G, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and other unnamed investors.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
As many rural hospitals struggle to stay open, Pennsylvania is looking to adopt a global budget payment model that could provide relief facilities in the state. It's a similar setup to Maryland's program, which was launched in 2014.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 28, 2018
Alongside the launch of its administrative software designed specifically for independent primary care practices, San Francisco-based Canvas Medical has announced that it has raised more than $3 million in total funding with its most recently closed round. The latest fundraising was led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from iSeed Ventures, Village Global, and other unnamed angel investors.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Patients pay equal attention to online ratings that measure a physician’s clinical ability as well as those that measure the patient experience, according to a new study. Both factors are important to patients when choosing a primary care doctor, according to the study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
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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 28, 2018
Dublin, Ireland and New York City-based LetsGetChecked has raised $12 million in first round funding to support the development of its end-to-end at-home lab test business. Optum Ventures led the round, and Chinese VC firm Qiming Venture Partners also contributed.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Physicians have defended the status quo based on a fear of straddling both fee-for-service and value-based payment models. An op-ed in NEJM Catalyst says the foundation for that position has eroded significantly.
Society for Participatory Medicine
MARCH 28, 2018
Introduction. SPM member, Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats, introduces a new blog sponsored by the Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support-Learning Network: Patient Expertise : Sharing and informing choices to connect research and clinical experience. Patient expertise provides a platform for the Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support (PCCDS) Learning Network ( @pccdsln ) to offer current perspectives in the field (via a blog hosted by Danny van Leeuwen, updates on breaking news, and a twi
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
The Office for Civil Rights isn't the only one willing to clamp down on organizations that report a data breach. According to a new report, data breach inquiries by state attorneys general have nearly doubled over the last year with regulators utilizing "subpoena-like civil investigative demands.
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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.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 28, 2018
How Your Augmented Reality Solution Can Help to Ensure Compliance Augmented reality (AR) is growing at an incredible rate, and it is increasingly being adopted and applied within healthcare settings. By understanding how businesses and healthcare firms are using … Read more. The post Augmented Reality Solution appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
What do patients have to say about their doctors? Just ask 7 million of them. In essence, that’s what online ratings site Healthgrades and the Medical Group Management Association did yesterday as they released the results of what they said was an unprecedented analysis of patient reviews and comments.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 28, 2018
The following is a press release provided by Dexcom, Inc. SAN DIEGO – March 27, 2018 – DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM), the leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a De Novo request for the Dexcom G6® CGM System, the newest generation of CGM for people with diabetes ages 2 and up.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Some of the most influential medical and physician organizations in the country are urging the Supreme Court to reinstate an injunction on the Trump administration's travel ban. The healthcare workforce relies on immigrants to further research and fill gaps amid the physician shortage.
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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!
Morning eHealth
MARCH 28, 2018
JAMA: EHRs can be unsafe — Opioids update
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Digital health investment is at an all-time high, and healthcare consolidation is changing the shape of the industry. But rural communities are at risk of being left behind without a stronger focus on joint partnerships that allow smaller hospitals to engage in value-based care.
ACA Times
MARCH 28, 2018
2 minute read: . With the deadline for providing Affordable Care Act (ACA) information filings to the IRS fast approaching, don’t forget about the late filing penalties under IRS Section 6721. Every year Applicable Large Employers ( ALE s) – organizations with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees – must file IRS forms 1094-C and 1095-C with the IRS.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Condition-specific readmission rates do not offer a fair proxy for overall hospital quality, according to a new analysis of federal data. The authors of the study pointed to an imbalance between 30-day readmissions among Medicare patients and overall quality, concluding that broadening the scope of the program would eliminate penalties for 40% of hospitals.
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.
mHealth Insight
MARCH 28, 2018
An interesting Harvard Business Review article by David Blumenthal and Aneesh Chopra propels some common misconceptions about Apple’s focus. mHealth Insights. “An announcement on January 24 didn’t get the large amount of attention it deserved: Apple and 13 prominent health systems, including prestigious centers like Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania, disclosed an agreement that would allow Apple to download onto its various devices the electronic health data of those s
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
The health insurer will start applying the discounts it gets from drug companies at the time of sale for some consumers on employer-sponsored health plans. Aetna estimated the move would impact 3 million members, which caught the attention of HHS leadership.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening on Twitter that embattled Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, M.D., will no longer lead the agency. Trump intends to nominate White House physician Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, M.D., as a permanent replacement.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
The country’s medical schools and teaching hospitals support more than 6.3 million jobs and are responsible for 3.1% of the U.S. gross domestic product, according to a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges. The study looked at the economic impact of the country’s 151 accredited medical schools and nearly 400 teaching hospitals that are represented by the association.
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FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
The House Minority Leader is trying to whip her colleagues into connecting the recent GOP tax cuts with future reductions to Medicare and other entitlements. President Donald Trump's budget includes billions in cuts to Medicare, and Speaker Paul Ryan has said entitlement reform is on the table.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Thomas Jefferson to acquire Einstein Healthcare; Hartford Healthcare to purchase St. Vincent's Medical Center; Vatican approves acquisition of St. Mary's Medical Center in West Virginia.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 28, 2018
Oscar Health has raised an additional $165 million in investments from two of Google's sister companies, and executives project the insurance startup will be profitable soon. Sources told CNBC that the company is now valued at $3.2 billion.
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