Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

Disparities in Americans’ health vary among people living in each of the 50 states. These differences in health status generally fall into two regions: north and south, found in the Commonwealth Fund’s 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance. The map shows this stark geography-is-health-destiny reality: the worse-than-average states, the Fund found, run from Nevada southeast to Arizona, through New Mexico and Texas all the way to Atlantic Ocean and the Carolinas, then north

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

Earlier this month Otsimo, a digital health startup focused on developmental disorders, rolled out an expansion of its app in the US to help kids with autism, down syndrome, and other cognitive learning disorders.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 15, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Tim Scott, chief operating officer, American Medical Software. So you are having some difficulty deciding between cloud-based and client-server based EHR software – don’t worry, you are not alone. If you look at them side-by-side, they both certainly have their ups and downs. The determining factor ought to be how your practice operates.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

In a survey of 200 healthcare professionals, 80 percent rated their online reputation as very or extremely important and 90 percent expressed concern about the risks of negative feedback. But only 46 percent of respondents were planning to put resources toward improving that reputation in the next year.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency will launch one if its first programs following the release of the Trump administration's new drug price plan this week. The FDA head met with reporters Tuesday morning to offer a look at the agency's plans under the administration's proposal.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

A new study found that relatively small pharmaceutical payments had an undue influence on physician prescribing behavior when it comes to opioids. And those payments, in the form of meals, make up the vast majority of the marketing payments, the lead researcher told FierceHealthcare.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

A new simulation study of 58 physicians shows that AirRx, an iOS and Android app, can help physicians to perform better during inflight emergencies in some ways, though it might slow them down in others.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

Too much road noise, no self-driving information. So how safe are self-driving cars for us, those pesky consumers who are also the victims of this tech for tech's sake ? Ask yourself – how would you know? Even the NTSB doesn’t want you to know details of accidents involving Tesla’s Autopilot. Let’s remember the so-called problem being hustled into the market -- to reduce deaths from auto accidents.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

Wellness and patient engagement company Sharecare broke the news yesterday that it is teaming up with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota to offer its personalized health platform to commercial customer groups starting in 2019. This comes just a week after Sharecare announced a seperate partnership with retail giant Walmart that will give employees and their families access to the wellness platform and, ideally, improve community health.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

In an indictment unsealed Monday, investigators said Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada's schemes were aimed at financing his opulent lifestyle. That included owning both his own private jet and a Maserati, both emblazoned with his initials, “ZQ.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

Jerusalem, Israel-based BrainQ has raised $5.3 million in its latest funding rounding, bringing the digital neurodisorder therapy company’s total funding to $8.8 million. Participants in the round included Qure Ventures, OurCrowd.com, Norma Investments, IT-Farm, and other angel investors.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Four state Medicaid waivers are all but dead after CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency won't approve any Medicaid lifetime limit proposals during an appearance in which she also unveiled the agency's new drug-pricing database.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

Columbus, Ohio-based PriorAuthNow, maker of an electronic prior authorization platform, has closed a $10.5 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by Atlanta-based BIP Capital, with participation from NCT Ventures and Detroit Venture Partners. According to a statement, the funding will primarily be used to advance the company’s operating capabilities and expand its team, with an aim to double its staff over the course of 2018.

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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

MAY 15, 2018

NIH looking for new chief data scientist — Elliot still waiting for response to athena takeover offer

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Mobi Health News

MAY 15, 2018

A recent investigation of seniors with mild cognitive impairment suggested that pairing regular exercise with mental stimuli — in this case, screens depicting a virtual bike ride or an exercise-driven video game — could lead to greater cognitive benefits than prescribed exercise alone.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

A new audit by a government watchdog has found that patients still face many challenges when attempting to access their health information.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 15, 2018

Since at least the 1950s, virtual reality (VR) has been floated as one of the next big things in consumer and business tech. All VR applications attempt to make their users feel like they are somewhere else, via comprehensive simulated environments offering audio, visual and sometimes even olfactory cues. However, requirements for powerful computing hardware and safe, easy-to-use headset technology limited the viability of practical VR solutions for decades.

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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!

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

A new coalition has been launched to advocate for independent physician practices; overly aggressive tactics by the Department of Justice may be making the opioid crisis worse; plus more physician practice news from around the web.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 15, 2018

When my sixteen-year-old daughter Jenny was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, a certified diabetes educator gave her a rubber bracelet imprinted with the words “TYPE ONE DIABETES,” and told her that she should wear a medical identification bracelet at all times. It didn’t have to be this exact bracelet, the CDE continued, but it had to be a bracelet which identified her medical condition and which would be noticed by first responders in an emergency situation.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Aetna has teamed up with Zoom+Care, an Oregon-based provider that integrates app-based scheduling and chat functionality, in a new ACO targeting millennials in the Pacific Northwest. The companies say employers could save as much as 15% on healthcare costs.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

MAY 15, 2018

Editor’s Note: Medical cost pressures challenge a consistent patient/member experience. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization build resources while focusing on patient/member experiences. The prices hospitals negotiate with health insurance companies vary enormously within and across geographic regions in the United States, according to a new study coauthored by Zack Cooper (Yale), Stuart Craig (University of Pennsylvania), Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon), and Jo

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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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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Family medicine resident Max J. Romano, M.D., knows he benefited from white privilege and says it’s time that white physicians who have likewise benefited from their racial privilege confront racism within healthcare.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

MAY 15, 2018

Editor’s Note: Drug prices top the list for factors influencing plan choice. BHM review services increase the value to members improved accuracy and turnaround times for complex claims processing. CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM maintains turn-around times and accuracy for retaining members. The Trump Administration released “American Patients First,” the President’s blueprint to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket costs.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

The Trump administration has approved Maryland's unique all-payer model, dozens of groups call for HHS to halt Medicaid waivers, plus more health payer news.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Led by California's Attorney General, the states filed a friend of the court brief accusing the Trump administration of blocking access to crucial health services to women, plus other healthcare industry news from around the web.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 15, 2018

Senators on the Senate HELP Committee criticized the Trump administration for repeatedly delaying a rule that provided needed transparency to the 340B program. The OIG's Ann Maxwell told lawmakers transparency has been a "fundamental issue in the 340B program almost since inception.

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