Mon.Nov 20, 2017

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The Iris Spotlight: Meet Dena Wampler

Iris Telehealth

Dena Wampler was 42 when she went back to school to become a nurse practitioner. She’d just had her son, Tucker, and was working an easy retail job to get her by -- but she had a passion for taking care of people that she wanted to put into action. “Everything lined up like it [ ] The post The Iris Spotlight: Meet Dena Wampler appeared first on Iris Telehealth.

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A Series of Fortunate Events: The Long Journey To Make Remote Monitoring Reimbursment a Reality

Health System CIO

With more people requiring care and fewer professionals able to provide it, it’s time remote monitoring took center stage, says Dr. Joseph Kvedar, who talks about what adoption will mean for healthcare delivery, and how we got here.

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CMS announces a new user-centered resource to help improve alignment: the CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT)

CMS.gov

CMS announces a new user-centered resource to help improve alignment: the CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT). keya.joy-bush@…. Mon, 11/20/2017 - 12:35. Kate Goodrich, M.D., M.H.S. Director, CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality and CMS Chief Medical Officer. Topic. Initiatives. Leadership. eHealth. Quality. CMS is actively working to move the needle on improving quality in healthcare without additional burden to those providers on the frontlines.

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FDA approves digital pill that tracks when patients take it

Serona Health

The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first digital drug: a pill embedded with a sensor that transmits whether someone has taken it. Read This: Scripps rolls out Apple ResearchKit app to predict risk of heart disease. Although the approval is a big step for digital medicine, there are concerns about privacy, convenience, and cost. The tablet and embedded sensor is called Abilify MyCite.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Why It Matters That More People Signed Up for ACA Health Coverage In 2018

ACA Times

It was meant to have the opposite effect. The Trump administration’s decision to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by shortening the annual open enrollment period to 45-days and cutting funding to promote open enrollment was predicted to reduce the number of people who might seek insurance coverage for 2018 on HealthCare.gov. Instead, more than 600,000 people signed up for health insurance under the ACA in the first four days of enrollment.

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Bluetooth in healthcare provides improved connectivity

Serona Health

With 20 million devices in the marketplace today, Bluetooth technology is already the de facto wireless standard for health and fitness devices. Whether the device is a defibrillator, weight scale, heart rate belt, glucose meter or a Wii Fit Balance Board, manufacturers have been enthusiastic in choosing Bluetooth technology as their device connectivity solution.