Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
Miramont Family Medicine, a group practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, has four offices with staff and patients in each location. For physicians, finding the time to be physically present where and when they are needed can be difficult.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
The FDA is requesting Congressional funding and authority to create a medical device cybersecurity response team, a public-private partnership that can respond to incidents and investigate attacks. The team would be part of a $70 million request to advance digital health technology.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $5.1 million contract to Kryptowire, for technology that can gather and aggregate smartphone sensor data. The Department of Defense hopes to deploy predictive analytics to track the health of U.S. service members with their phones.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Amazon has decided to scrap plans to sell medical devices and pharmaceuticals to hospitals, according to a CNBC report. Experts say that's at least, in part, because hospitals are set in their ways when it comes to supply chain management.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
Digital health companies raised $2.5 billion in VC funding in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. Mercom says the quarter, with 187 deals, is only the second since 2010 to top $2 billion.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
The Travelers Companies announced yesterday that it would be adding new digital resources to improve healthcare and claims access for employee customers who have experienced a workplace injury.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
A class-action lawsuit filed last week accuses Cigna of colluding with a claims administrator in a cost-shifting scheme to overcharge members. The complaint alleges the insurer "misappropriates millions of dollars every year" and falsified Explanation of Benefits forms.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
Digital chronic disease management company Livongo today announced that it has acquired Retrofit, a company that specializes in weight-management and disease prevention programs.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Major health insurer UnitedHealth saw a 13.3% first-quarter revenue increase, beating expectations and adding new beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage plans. The company also reported strong growth in Optum and readjusted its net earnings outlook for the year.
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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
APRIL 17, 2018
A new clinical validation study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology CCI, found that Medial EarlySign’s artificial intelligence tool flagged about 8 percent of patients in a large trial group that were later diagnosed with cancer or precancerous lesions.
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. (Twitter: @twitchell )He observed that one of the key challenges the healthcare system is struggling with is the adoption of new technology needed to address population health, both on the diagnostic end and on the care management end.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2018
Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services is notoriously patchy.
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. (Twitter: @twitchell )He observed that one of the key challenges the healthcare system is struggling with is the adoption of new technology needed to address population health, both on the diagnostic end and on the care management end.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
With more women doctors in the workforce, it’s time to address the disparity in physician compensation and career advancement, the American College of Physicians says. The physicians’ group published a position paper today in the Annals of Internal Medicine that outlines ways to achieve gender equity in the medical profession, including ensuring compensation is the same for men and women doctors.
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. (Twitter: @twitchell )He observed that one of the key challenges the healthcare system is struggling with is the adoption of new technology needed to address population health, both on the diagnostic end and on the care management end.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Sometimes the results of a clinical trial are very different from the real-world experience with a medication. For doctors, there’s a free resource that lets them check what other physicians are saying about their patients’ experience with drugs. In a survey, 83% of respondents said the opinion or feedback of a fellow physician changed their perception of a drug.
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. (Twitter: @twitchell )He observed that one of the key challenges the healthcare system is struggling with is the adoption of new technology needed to address population health, both on the diagnostic end and on the care management end.
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Starting next year, annual Medicare spending is expected to grow by an average of 7% over the next decade, exceeding $1.2 trillion by 2028, according to the CBO. Healthcare costs overall are projected to grow faster than the economy.
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. (Twitter: @twitchell )He observed that one of the key challenges the healthcare system is struggling with is the adoption of new technology needed to address population health, both on the diagnostic end and on the care management end.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is hoping to pressure a hospital and an insurer to make a deal to get 650,000 beneficiaries out of limbo, after talks of a new agreement fell through. The standoff has been brewing for months with no end in sight.
Morning eHealth
APRIL 17, 2018
Digital health VC funding for US companies tops $1.
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
APRIL 17, 2018
Hospitals across the country are embarking on construction projects to expand and enhance their facilities. That includes the University of Kentucky's new neonatal intensive care unit, as well as the University of Chicago's approval to operate a Level 1 trauma center on Chicago's South Side.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
APRIL 17, 2018
Editor’s Note: Population health management has become a national topic of conversation, but to date little effort has been devoted to tracking the actual progress that’s been made toward this new model of care. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization. Now in its third year, Numerof’s State of Population Health Management survey provides an in-depth, national look at the pace of change from fee-for-service.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 17, 2018
sponsor. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced approval of the first artificial intelligence medical device that can detect above mild levels of diabetic retinopathy in adults with diabetes. The device, IDx-DR, can be used by non–eye care professionals, such as primary care physicians. It was in the FDA’s de novo premarket review pathway, which expedites certain novel, low- to moderate-risk devices.
Redox
APRIL 17, 2018
Social determinants of health (SDOH) has turned into the feel-good buzzword of the year. Broadly defined, SDOH refers to the upstream factors that influence a patient’s clinical health; common examples include the ability to eat healthy food, earn a living, get around town, raise a family. As the government puts it , SDOH are the “conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age.”.
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
APRIL 17, 2018
Editor’s Note: 2017 was a significant year for ransomware attacks. In the coming year, cyberattacker activity will branch out into new territories. Payers and Healthcare networks must stay ahead of trends to protect against cybersecurity threats. Click HERE for how BHM develops high level protection for your data, addresses the c-suite cyber-security concerns, and proves it with HITRUST CSF. .
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Jonathan Skinner, Ph.D., of the Department of Economics at the Dartmouth School of Medicine, and Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D., of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University demonstrate a strong correlation between employment and spending in the healthcare sector and warn that cost control will eventually come at the expense of job growth.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2018
Two medical associations are pushing for greater use of value-based payments in opioid addiction treatment amid discussions in Congress on how to address the addiction crisis. The Trump administration has taken regulatory steps to try to control the health emergency.
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