Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
Almost exactly two years after Nokia acquired French health technology company Withings, it has announced that it is in negations to sell its digital health division back to Withings cofounder Éric Carreel. The deal is expected to close in late Q2.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
A substantial number of providers plan to leave their ACO program if the Medicare agency doesn't allow them to remain in non-risk-based tracks, according to a new survey. But the CMS has given confusing signs on whether it will act on the concerns.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
Now the Health IT lead at Alphabet subsidiary Verily, Dr. Joshua Mandel was part of the team that created SMART Health IT, the open, standards-based platform that many health developers now use to build apps. But all that started when he got sick of some grunt work he was assigned as a medical student.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
HHS Sec. Alex Azar offered his own firsthand experience with the healthcare system as he called for changes in health pricing.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
San Francisco-based wearable tech company iBeat announced today that it has closed an additional $5.5 million in seed funding, bringing its total round to $10 million.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
CEO Ron Gutman is out at HealthTap, a digital health company that over the years has dabbled in doctor reviews, telemedicine, health app curation, chatbots, employee wellness, and more.
Insulin Nation
MAY 2, 2018
sponsor. According to The Legal Examiner , a Mississippi man is suing Medtronic following his wife’s death last year. The plaintiff claims that his deceased spouse’s MiniMed insulin pump administered too much insulin while she was sleeping. He is seeking $75,000 in damages. The plaintiff’s wife was a bank loan officer and the mother of two children.
Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
Santa Monica, California-based Casetabs, which sells a cloud-based app designed for surgery coordination and communication, has raised $6 million in Series A funding, according to a statement. The investment round was led by Nueterra Capital and Evolution Financial Group.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
States looking to propose changes to their Medicaid programs should consider whether their ideas would be a "bridge to self-sufficiency," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
London-based homecare company Cera announced that it has raked in $17 million in Series A funding with investors including Guinness Asset Administration, Yabo, and Kairos. The web-based platform was set up to help elderly people find care and support in their community. Its services include elderly care, palliative care, dementia care and several other options.
care innovations
MAY 2, 2018
After a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program has been agreed upon and a contract signed, exactly how long does it take for the monitoring program implementation process to play out? In other words, how much time should you expect to pass before the program is fully up and running? For the Care Innovations® team of telehealth experts, this question is front of mind like few others.
Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
Cerebrovasular imaging company iSchemaView has received the FDA nod for its latest product the RAPID CTA, a 3D imaging platform for computed tomogrpahy angiography (CTA).
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
Distracted doctoring is a growing patient safety issue that can endanger patients and increase medical liability.
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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.
Mobi Health News
MAY 2, 2018
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FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
A proposed rule change last month would require hospitals to share data as a requirement of participating in Medicare.
Christina's Considerations
MAY 2, 2018
As Mother's Day approaches, consider the many years your mother cared for you and it is possible she may one day require care herself. The reality is that millions of Americans require long term care at some point during their.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
A Silicon Valley digital health incubator is getting another round of funding from the nation’s largest physician organization and beefing up its leadership team with former executives from Apple, IBM and Johnson & Johnson.
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ACA Times
MAY 2, 2018
1 minute read: . The Affordable Care Act ( ACA ) is complex. The ACA Penalty Process now being initiated by the IRS is no exception. With 30 days to respond upon receipt of IRS Letter 226J (you may want to request a reasonable extension), the process your organization undertakes to develop your response needs to be focused and efficient. A new infographic is now available that outlines the process of responding to Letter 226J and Letter 227 , which is the IRS response to responses to Letter 226J
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
Teladoc reported massive increases in total revenue, visits and paid membership in the first quarter of 2018. But the national telehealth company still can't turn a profit, reporting a net loss of $23.9 million. CEO Jason Gorevic also said existing partnerships with Aetna and CVS set the company up to leverage a potential merger.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MAY 2, 2018
You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. Or other. Your new company gets ready to travel into battle for west coast networking , or you're back from San Francisco or Silicon Valley , consider this guidance, now that cards have been exchanged and follow-up emails sent. Soon your new or existing company will officially launch a new product or service, or a much-anticipated offering will finally ship.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
Seema Khosla, medical director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep, discusses the importance of telemedicine for sleep disorders, especially in rural areas, as well as her personal experience with this ever-growing technology.
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
MAY 2, 2018
Baltimore's 11 hospitals have agreed to participate in a program to help fight the opioid crisis, the NIH's All of Us program is ready to launch, plus more healthcare and hospitals news.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
It may be time to reassess just how much 30-day readmission rates reflect hospital care quality, according to a new study.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
The best place to practice medicine is North Dakota and more physician practice news from around the web.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
Google and Fitbit are launching a new partnership to feed wearable data into EHRs; telehealth companies including American Well announced several new acquisitions; the VA-Cerner deal is being held up by a mysterious physician who has the ear of President Trump; plus more news of note from the health IT industry.
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FierceHealthIT
MAY 2, 2018
Humana saw strong financial numbers in the first quarter thanks to a rise in Medicare Advantage plan membership. Other insurers have also posted positive earnings reports thanks to growth in the government plans of which the Trump administration has been strongly supportive.
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