Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
The FDA has granted diagnostics company IDx’s De Novo request to market its AI-based software system for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy in adults who have diabetes, called IDx-DR.
Health Populi
APRIL 12, 2018
In the US, when it comes to life and death, it’s good to live in Hawaii, Utah, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa — the top five states with the greatest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy at birth in 2016. For health and longevity, sorry to see the lowest five ranked states are Washington DC which ranks last, along with Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Alabama.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
Brisbane, Australia-based ResApp Health, a digital health company that specializes in diagnosing respiratory diseases, is now conducting clinical proof-of-concept studies for its latest technology that uses a smartphone to detects sleep apnea by sound.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
Lawmakers on an influential House committee appear to be looking at Medicare reimbursement as the main culprit of opioid overprescribing. Payment changes for alternative treatments may be in order, and providers say they are "inadequately compensated" for time spent screening patients for addiction or checking drug registries.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
ActiGraph activity monitors and a mobile app from Clinical Ink are are at the heart of a newly announced pilot study backed by Bayer, according to a statement released today by ActiGraph. The ongoing study is evaluating how these digital products and a Bluetooth-enabled weight scale are perceived by patients, and the feasibility of implementing such devices in future clinical trials run by the pharmaceutical company.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
When stress levels are high, turning to an app for guided meditation might not be all that effective, according to a recent small study published in BMC Psychology.
Arizona Telemedicine Program
APRIL 12, 2018
Empowering clients to advocate for their own needs is a big part of what we clinicians do—whether in a more traditional therapeutic setting or in emerging telehealth contexts. And every client is different. For clients in recovery from substance abuse, for example, the individualized treatment needs are diverse. That makes it even more imperative that clients be empowered to advocate for their health.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
Personal genomics company Helix announced two new partnerships this week, both of which take the company — which has focused on ancestry and lifestyle applications in the past — strongly into the clinical realm.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
Medicare Advantage plans have been touted as a way to give more control to seniors, but non-minorities may be reaping most of the benefits. A new report finds that minorities enrolled in MA plans are receiving worse clinical care than white patients, following similar studies.
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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 12, 2018
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Common Sensing, which specializes in connected containers for injectable medications, has raised $6.6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Waterline Ventures, with New World Health, Royal Philips, and Haselmeier also participating.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
Vanderbilt University Medical Center created a new subsidiary to serve as a bridge between researchers and drug companies. It could lead to breakthrough therapies and bring profits back to support research, executives said.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 12, 2018
Lending an ear. Planned Parenthood recently announced that it’s Chat/Text program, which connects young people with sexual or reproductive health questions to trained health educators, has facilitated more than one million text or instant message conversations. The program is designed to offer personalized guidance in the form of a live, responsive conversation and, according to data presented in 2016, is more likely to drive users to seek care at a health center than the organization’s informat
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
There’s a new generation of doctors entering the workforce, and practices hoping to recruit and retain these millennials need to understand their mindset. While some traditions remain, this new generation of doctors has a different way of thinking about their jobs, a new survey report from healthcare recruiting company CompHealth shows.
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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
APRIL 12, 2018
Ronny Jackson hearing tentatively set — FDA approves first AI software for retinopathy
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
Most hospitals are equipped with bar-code medication administration capabilities—they're just not fully taking advantage of the technology, according to a new report. These medication monitoring systems can prevent a number of patient safety errors.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 12, 2018
sponsor. A recent study in Diabetes Care suggests that individuals with Type 1 diabetes may benefit from a dose of mini-glucagon after consuming alcohol. In a randomized, crossover study, Danish researchers examined the efficacy of low-dose glucagon to increase glucose levels among individuals who had consumed ethanol (alcohol). The study involved 12 participants who visited a research facility on two separate occasions for a meal and a drink.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
A Denver hospital suspends surgeries due to infections, Rush and Little Company of Mary halt merger talks, Mercy to launch healthcare cloud, UnitedHealthcare cuts ties with Envision and more healthcare industry news from this week.
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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!
Redox
APRIL 12, 2018
Most healthcare pundits can agree that patients should be in control of their data. There’s actually enough momentum behind that statement that the ONC has been pushing legislation in that direction over the past few years. By 2019, EHR vendors will be required to open up an API such that a patient using any application can authorize that application to use her data.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
The New Jersey attorney general has fined a medical group $418,000 for HIPAA violations tied to vendor oversight; the American Medical Association has teamed up with Google on an interoperability challenge; and more physician practice news from around the web.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 12, 2018
Everyone is frustrated by duplicate data. In Healthcare space there is a fresh cry from Clinicians around their frustration at seeing duplicate data. On the bright side, this means that they are now getting data. So we in the Interoperability space MUST be succeeding with all the efforts to create Health Information Exchanges, and to enable Patient to access their data.
Society for Participatory Medicine
APRIL 12, 2018
As a social movement works its way through a culture, sometimes we discover surprising disconnects or parallels. Dr. Danny Sands and I were recently interviewed for the Psych Central podcast, and in the process, host Gabe Howard said something exactly like that. Here’s the story. Psych Central is the terrific mental health community mentioned by “Doc Tom” Ferguson in the e-Patient White Paper, the founding document of our Society.
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.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2018
The chief executive at Tufts Medical Center slammed the potential merger between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health at a hearing this week, saying that the deal could worsen healthcare disparities.
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