Mobi Health News
JUNE 5, 2018
Apple has followed up on its launch of Apple Health Records at 39 health systems with the announcement today of a Health Records API, which will allow developers to create apps that can, with permission, use data from patients’ electronic health records to help people manage care, medications, nutrition, and more.
Health Populi
JUNE 5, 2018
Less can lead to more for so many things: eating smaller portions, lowering sugar consumption, and driving less in favor of walking or cycling come to mind. When it comes to healthcare utilization, doing less can also result in equal or even better outcomes. Groundbreaking research presented at this week’s ASCO meeting found that some women diagnosed with certain forms of cancer do not benefit from undergoing chemotherapy.
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 5, 2018
New York-based musculoskeletal digital health platform Risalto Health has just landed $1.5 million in seed funding from Health Catalyst Capital Management, a venture capital firm focused on health companies. The platform works as a concierge service using machine learning and AI to identify muscular and skeletal health providers in an area, such as physical therapists, doctors, and surgeons.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new initiative that aims to accelerate innovations aimed at major health security issues. DRIVe, or Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures, was unveiled Tuesday as a new component of the department's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 5, 2018
It’s no secret investors have been pouring billions of dollars into digital health companies, and it seems the life sciences sector has taken notice. Today at BIO 2018 in Boston, a panel of investors sat down to take the pulse of the digital health industry and give their thoughts on the booming (and potentially crowded) market.
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 5, 2018
Adam Darkins has joined AristaMD and will take on the role of chief strategy officer, according to a statement from the health enterprise software company. Darkins previously spent over a decade at the VA and spearheaded the launch of its telehealth platform.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
Aetna is trying to put a dent in antibiotic resistance by using data analytics to identify antibiotic superprescribers and sending them letters co-branded with six state health departments. As Dan Knecht, M.D., Aetna’s head of clinical strategy, tells FierceHealthcare, the insurer is finding strength in messaging while tapping the competitive spirit of physicians.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 5, 2018
Hintsa Performance, a Finnish employee wellness tech company that formed last year when H2 Wellbeing (makers of the HeiaHeia app) merged with Hintsa Performance in 2016, has raised $7.6 million (€6.8 million) in new funding. Life insurance company OP Insurance led the round along with Pontos Group. Previous investor Ilmarinen also participated in the round.
Lloyd Price
JUNE 5, 2018
Berlin, May 9, 2018 Google, McKinsey, and Rocket Internet joined forces with TOA for the 2018 edition of the Digital Top 50 Awards (DT50). Ten Top 50 nominees have been officially chosen in each award category and will be invited to the Tech Open Air 2018 in Berlin, held from June 19 - 22, 2018. For the second time, the DT50 Awards – under the patronage of Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation – will recognize the Start-ups, Scale-ups and Tech for Social Impac
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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
JUNE 5, 2018
Hot on the heels of a $5.5 million seed funding announcement in March, New York-based Parachute Health — a startup looking to digitize the ordering of durable medical equipment (DME) and other critical medical equipment for patients leaving the hospital — has now brought in $9.5 million in additional backing.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
The Department of Justice is reviewing the proposed CVS-Aetna merger that is expected to close by the end of the year, but the companies have already announced their new joint leadership.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JUNE 5, 2018
Senior Living organizations are eager to try new technology. Over the years, consider the pilots of Rendever (virtual reality) at Brookdale , Benchmark’s pilot of Google Home and Samsung tablets , or CarePredict in LifeWell facilities – just a few of the many. Some pilots are even documented in the form of case studies – about what worked – or what might not have worked.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
A Florida doctor pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks and agreed to a $2.8 million settlement; AstraZeneca vows to reveal doctor payments worldwide and more physician practice news.
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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
JUNE 5, 2018
Watchdog finds severe delays in VA Choice — What’s in NIH’S new data strategy
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
Despite a decrease in prescriptions, Medicare Part D spending for brand-name drugs is up big time, growing six times faster than inflation, according to a new report from an HHS watchdog agency.
Health Intersections
JUNE 5, 2018
There’s a thread running on chat.fhir.org about the FHIR JSON format. This thread needs some background, so here goes… Background. In FHIR, the base types are called ‘primitive types’ – things such as ‘string’, ‘integer’, ‘boolean’ etc. Like many other ‘primitive’ data types in healthcare specs (e.g.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
Nearly all clinicians eligible under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participated in the first year of the program, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a blog post.
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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!
David Chou
JUNE 5, 2018
Companies in need of a quick business turnaround look for specific qualities in a CIO candidate, because very often the state of the business is such that a wrong decision might worsen things, and it might even lead to the demise of the company. The qualities needed in a turnaround CIO are not necessarily the same as those which a good steady-state CIO might bring to the table, but instead include those abilities which can help the company quickly recover from its current condition, and forge ah
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
Pediatric surgeon and biomedical researcher R. Lawrence Moss, M.D., will become the next president and CEO of Nemours Children's Health System in October, officials announced Tuesday. The healthcare executive from Nationwide Children's Hospital will succeed longtime health system head David Bailey in the role.
Lloyd Price
JUNE 5, 2018
KMP Health Care Seoul announced on June 4 that the hospital would provide medical services to customers who pay in cryptocurrency. KMP Health Care Seoul is located on the 10th and 11th floors of Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, Seoul. It is a hospital that provides outpatient treatment, premium VIP health check-ups, stem cell treatment and skin cosmetic surgery for Korean and foreign patients. "With the aim of introducing medical services to patients of various classes and overseas patients by u
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate HELP Committee said in a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar that "significant confusion" surrounds the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center due to the departure of two senior staff members.
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.
Lloyd Price
JUNE 5, 2018
Some of the US' leading health systems, including Cleveland Clinic and Oakland, California based Kaiser Permanente, are highlighting group medical appointments as a way to give patients expanded healthcare access and help providers see more patients, reports the Washington Post. Seven report insights: 1. Cleveland Clinic offers over 200 types of shared appointments, such as groups for diabetes or heart disease, male and female wellness, osteoporosis, prenatal and postpartum issues, chronic pain
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
While Maine Gov. Paul LePage might have a few options left in his fight against voter-mandated Medicaid expansion, the tea leaves read poorly for the term-limited governor.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
JUNE 5, 2018
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. Despite an overall decrease in prescriptions, prices for Medicare Part D brand-name drugs are rising — and so are beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket expense
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
The Pentagon's investigator general looks into the charges that tanked Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson's nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, plus other news from around the web.
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
JUNE 5, 2018
Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Payers are rapidly becoming educated in telehealth and are keen on closing the gap. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. .
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
A proposed change to skilled nursing facility payments would improve the quality of care provided to patients and give better payment incentives for those facilities to finally transition to value-based care, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday.
Society for Participatory Medicine
JUNE 5, 2018
This is so exasperating. For years we at the Society for Participatory Medicine have been among the leaders of the movement for patients to have access to their medical records, in EMRs and everywhere. We’ve blogged repeatedly (and advocated in DC) about patient access to medical records and your HIPAA privacy and access rights , and we’ve been among the most vociferous advocates for the OpenNotes movement, where you get to see what your clinicians write in the computer.
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