Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
Come this spring adults won’t be the only ones with their own line of Fitbit trackers. The company recently announced a new set of products including the Fitbit Ace, which is a tracker designed for children 8 years old and up, as well a much anticipated new smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
Northwell Health's next foray into telehealth could come by way of drone. In an interview with FierceHealthcare at the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, Northwell Health Chief Technology Officer Purna Prasad, Ph.D., explained how the New York health system plans to test the use of drones to supplement emergency response.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
In January, Accenture completed its two-year contract with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to create a white paper to advise the industry about implementing patient-generated health data
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
Diagnostic errors are a leading cause of liability claims, and a new report examines where the major vulnerabilities lie in the decision-making process. One step that is ripe for error is the initial gathering of a patient's medical and family history, Robert Hanscom, one of the report's co-authors and vice president of business analytics at Coverys, told FierceHealthcare.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
Patients at increased risk for atrial fibrillation wearing iRhythm’s Zio patch — a continuous ECG monitoring wearable — were more likely to have their atrial fibrillation diagnosed early and receive subsequent preventive care, according to one-year results from a late-breaking study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting.
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Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
Fitbit has just announced its latest set of fitness wearables, alongside which will come a new platform that lets women track their menstrual and ovulation cycles.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
Doctors who write the most opioid prescriptions get paid the most money from the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the drugs, an analysis by CNN and researchers at Harvard University found. Using government databases, the report found that 54% of doctors who wrote prescriptions to Medicare patients in 2014 and 2015 for opioids received a payment from pharmaceutical companies that make the drugs.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
As the US government continues its push to make data more accessible and give patients control of their EHRs, private companies are stepping up hoping to fill the gap.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
A misconfigured server at BJC HealthCare left patient data exposed for more than eight months before the error was discovered. Meanwhile, St. Peter’s Surgery & Endoscopy Center in Albany, New York, reported the second largest data breach in 2018.
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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 13, 2018
A recently released analysis report from the Deloitte Center for Government Insights that examines the US’s current and proposed software as a medical device (SaMD) regulatory landscape, and includes suggestions on how the FDA’s pre-certification pilot program and other initiatives could better serve this fast-moving industry.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
A week after Cigna said it would acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion, Centene has made a smaller move into the PBM market, making a strategic initial investment in RxAdvance. Meanwhile, concerns about CVS using its PBM to muscle out retail pharmacies in Ohio has stoked concerns about competition across the PBM industry.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2018
Gothenburg, Sweden-based Visiba Care announced that it has secured $3.8 million (3.1 million euros) in a new share issue. The funding round was led by Swedish investor Blue, with additional participation from investors Mattias Weinhandl and Lars Svensson alongside existing owners Simon Josefsson and Björn Mattson.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
Shareholders at CVS Health and Aetna voted Tuesday to approve the company's purchase of Aetna, a deal valued at $69 billion. The two firms want to finalize the deal by the end of this year, but they still need approval from the Justice Department amid criticisms that the merger is anticompetitive.
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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.
Morning eHealth
MARCH 13, 2018
VA purges civil servants — NQF pushes for ‘shared decision making’
Waracle
MARCH 13, 2018
Waracle is delighted to be shortlisted for best Digital Tech Business of the Year. Thank you to our clients and team for their phenomenal support with all of our mobile app development and digital projects. 2018 ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards. The ScotlandIS awards, in their eighth year, celebrate the innovation in Scotland’s world-class digital technologies industry.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 13, 2018
Fitness and business coaches have been around for quite some time, helping people get to the next level. Diabetes coaching is no different; it’s about getting to the next level of where you want to be with your health and happiness. A football player needs more than just a rule book to win a game. He needs a coach to provide a larger perspective, deeper strategy, and personal motivation to go around any barriers to the goal line.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2018
UnitedHealth has announced a leadership shakeup at Optum; Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska intends to invest its tax savings in the state's ACA exchanges; and more health insurance headlines.
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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!
Insulin Nation
MARCH 13, 2018
Types 1 and 2 diabetes are complicated conditions, yet representations of diabetes in the media are often crude and oversimplified, alienating people living with a form of the condition. More sensitive language can help us communicate facts, subtleties, and balanced perspectives about diabetes without drowning out the voices of individuals. sponsor.
Exponential_e
MARCH 13, 2018
When N3 contracts expired in March 2017, NHS Digital was faced with the challenge of replacing it. The idea was to replace a long-term single supplier contract with a marketplace of network options. The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) is the new data network for health and care organisations. HSCN provides the underlying network arrangements to help integrate and transform health and social care services by enabling them to access and share information more reliably, flexibly and efficient
Health Populi
MARCH 13, 2018
In 2018, spending on branded prescription drugs will fall in wealthy countries, while spending on specialty drugs will increase, resulting in flat medicines spending. In the U.S., net spending on medicines will fall in 2018 and remain flat at about $800 per person, according to forecasts in 2018 and Beyond: Outlook and Turning Points , from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. “Concerns about existing medicine costs have captured significant attention,” the introduction warns
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