Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Samsung’s latest phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+, will incorporate a new digital health app that will track users' blood pressure and stress level while helping researchers collect data. Seoul-based Samsung Electronics teamed up with the University of California San Fransisco to develop the research app, called My BP Lab.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Mental health centers in Florida report a spike in admissions of children following the Valentine’s Day school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland. Nearly all 40 beds at Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital in Miami have been full since the shooting and admissions are also up at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale Hospital.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Pillo Health has announced a deal with AI and voice assistant company Orbita to power the former’s in-home medication adherence robot. The partnership will allow the Pillo platform, set to debut at HIMSS 2018, to better assist users with complex therapy regimens and encourage adherence.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Many hospitals and healthcare systems have launched their own health plans in recent years. But now more organizations want to work with existing commercial insurers on provider-sponsored plans because it requires less capital and makes it easier to improve care coordination.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Nomad Health, a New York company that makes a platform for job-seekers and employers in the healthcare space, has raised $12 million in a new funding round led by Polaris Partners. Existing investors First Round Capital, RRE Ventures, and.406 Ventures also participated.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Telehealth technologies can connect patients and providers across miles, but some wrinkles still persist. Healthcare systems’ telemedicine devices often come in a slew of different makes and models, and a physician’s standard workflow can introduce a myriad of delays throughout the connection process.
Morning eHealth
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
CMS seeks MIPS study contributors — EHR implementations don't seem to affect bond ratings either way
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Zipnosis is bucking traditional telemedicine wisdom in two ways. One, the company has always worked to deliver telemedicine services to patients by working with their existing provider. Two, they are moving away from video visit as the default for telemedicine.
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
One day, a few months after my daughter’s T1D diagnosis, she and her younger brother were playing in another part of the house while I busied myself with household chores. (Okay, I was probably just browsing on my phone, but still.) These were the days before she was capable of recognizing highs and lows on her own, so I had a habit of verbally checking in every fifteen minutes or so.
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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
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
It looks like a simple fire alarm, but instead of detecting smoke the Kardian Contactless Health Monitoring System is designed to detect falls.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
HHS Secretary Alex Azar laid out the federal government’s support for medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction during the National Governors Association meeting on Saturday. Meanwhile, legislators at the federal and state levels continue to grapple with the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
The FDA has expanded its indication for Medtronic’s Guardian Sensor 3, allowing patients to wear the sensor on their upper arm.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Since Amazon unveiled its new healthcare partnership, JPMorgan's CEO assured clients the new venture was no threat and Warren Buffet warned, "not to expect any miracles." While the budding interest of big technology companies like Amazon, Apple and Google generate the most buzz, CIOs have a chance to make iterative changes by identifying innovative models at HIMSS18.
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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.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
You would think it would go without saying, but let’s say it. The Affordable Care Act ( ACA ) and its employer mandate have tax and financial implications. And that means it’s as much a problem for Chief Financial Officers and their CPAs as the HR folks who typically are tasked with ensuring organizations comply with the ACA. Organizations with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees must comply with the ACA ’s employer mandate.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Attendees at this year's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas are focused on identifying ways technology can support patient engagement and the shift toward consumerism. UPMC Chief Innovation Officer Rasu Shrestha, M.D., says that shift goes beyond "apps and portals" and focuses on leveraging digital tools to change behaviors.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
A bipartisan group of governors has released a blueprint for healthcare reform that builds on recommendations they released last year, even as federal-level efforts to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act have stalled. In the document, the five governors outlined steps to guide health reform, including stabilizing the ACA's individual marketplaces and allowing states the flexibility to improve their Medicaid programs.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
The federal government will foot much of the multimillion-dollar bill for state efforts to implement Medicaid work requirements; a Wellmark plan would bypass ACA pre-existing condition requirements in Iowa, experts offer advice on shoring up value-based care models, and more 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!
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
The CDC has requested $350 million from Congress to replace a lab for dangerous diseases, including Ebola and smallpox. The current facility has only been in use since 2009.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Executives at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's and the National Health Services are calling on Congress to eliminate a 20-year ban on using federal funds to establish a unique patient identifier. The longstanding issue has drawn support from health IT and provider organizations lamenting the impact of patient data mismatching.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
The Trump administration's efforts to expand short-term insurance plans could lead to significant premium hikes for Affordable Care Act exchange plans, a new analysis suggests. But HHS Secretary Alex Azar defended the rule, saying that expanding short-term insurance plans could be a boon for middle class families who are priced out of ACA insurance plans.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
In A CPAC speech, President Donald Trump lauded Republicans' repeal of the individual mandate and took a shot at Republican Sen. John McCain for his role in a previous failed rollback of the ACA. He said that people may "be better off" with a piecemeal approach to breaking down the healthcare law instead of a full repeal.
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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