Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
A drug no longer needs to be a tangible object, according to panelist at the BIO 2018 convention in Boston. The way the pharma industry looks at medication is evolving and may be including new tech-focused treatments, such as digital therapeutics.
Health Populi
JUNE 7, 2018
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released , for the first time, data that quantifies Americans’ spending to treat 261 medical conditions, from “A” diseases like acute myocardial infarction, acute renal failure, ADHD, allergic reactions, anxiety disorders, appendicitis and asthma, to dozens of other conditions from the rest of the alphabet.
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
San Francisco-based wearable tech company iBeat has announced new funding for its wearable continuous monitor, called Heart Watch. The investment comes from the life insurer funds SCOR Life & Health Ventures and Transamerica Ventures, and include strategic partnerships that will bring the Heart Watch to each insurer’s agents and policy holders.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
My husband, Bruce, had decided to stop treatment for his terminal cancer, choosing quality of life over quantity. At the end of his physical and spiritual journey, he was calm and peaceful, without fear or regrets. Doctors can help ensure their patients receive the kind of end-of-life-care they want.
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
In addition to a Health Records API and various fitness updates to the Apple Watch, Apple made one more health announcement last week at WWDC: a slew of upgrades to Rese
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
The Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has tapped Healthy.io for a new program that will allow kidney patients to take home urine tests, using their smartphone cameras and digital testing kits. The test results will then be automatically electronically delivered to physicians.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
More nurse practitioners are working in primary care practices, particularly in rural areas of the country. Nurse practitioners are a growing part of primary care teams in both rural and nonrural practices.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
Deep breaths. Henry Schein Medical announced today the launch of its EasyOne Air Spirometer, a device designed to measure lung function and improve diagnosis of COPD. Connected via Bluetooth, the spirometer includes a touch screen interface, EHR connectivity, and proprietary technology to improve device calibration and accuracy.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
OptumHealth is among a group of organizations, led by private equity firm Summit Partners, to purchase Sound Inpatient Physicians Holdings from Fresenius Medical Care. The $2.2 billion deal was first announced in August, but UnitedHealth's involvement only recently came to light, adding to the insurer's clear interest in expanding its delivery footprint.
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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
JUNE 7, 2018
A government watchdog has found that improper payments to Medicaid managed care are much lower than Medicaid as a whole, but is the data trustworthy?
Christina's Considerations
JUNE 7, 2018
Over the years, especially recently in light of my own, I post on functional limitations. My interest stems from disaster planning a few years ago and the awareness that an evacuation plan needs to account for the physical and other.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
Have no fear, the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future is here! The new coalition includes industry giants from PhRMA to BlueCross BlueShield and says it will fight for "affordability" and "quality." But exact policy positions they support are still unknown.
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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.
Christina's Considerations
JUNE 7, 2018
Over the years, especially recently in light of my own, I post on functional limitations. My interest stems from disaster planning a few years ago and the awareness that an evacuation plan needs to account for the physical and other.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
Rush University Medical Center has received the largest donation in its history—a $45 million gift from the Wounded Warrior Project to expand its mental health services for veterans. Here's what Rush plans to do with the money.
Lloyd Price
JUNE 7, 2018
In a world first, the UK government has announced a new project to develop a fully-automated drug discovery facility to accelerate the production of new medicines and “transform” the pharma industry. Business Secretary Greg Clark said the project, based at the government-funded research facility the Rosalind Franklin Institute in Harwell, Oxfordshire, will pioneer “hands-free molecular discovery” to generate new drugs at a speed of up to ten times than that of the norm.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
Malpractice damage caps influence doctors’ decisions; a model in which doctors oversee patients both in and out of the hospital improved care; and more physician practice news from around the web.
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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!
Mobi Health News
JUNE 7, 2018
Kibbutz Shefayim Israel-based deep learning startup Zebra Medical Vision has just closed a $30 million Series C funding round led by aMoon & Aurum Ventures with participation from Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC and Intermountain Healthcare.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
AHIP is partnering with the American Telemedicine Association to "enhance" customer access to telehealth; a pain clinic CEO was charged as part of a $200 million fraud scheme involving unnecessary pain medications; and Trump is looking to reorganize HHS.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
The Trump administration is planning a federal reorganization plan that includes HHS changes and Veterans Affairs to launch a new program to address intimate partner violence. Those headlines plus other health news from around the web.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
President Trump signed the VA Mission Act into law on Wednesday during a Rose Garden ceremony, plus other health news from around the web.
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
JUNE 7, 2018
National Republicans may have shot themselves in the foot with their latest legal battle against the ACA, which would pull back pre-existing condition protections. Such protections are highly supported by the public, and could put certain GOP candidates in a tight spot before the November elections.
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