Mobi Health News
APRIL 27, 2018
The Yelp for doctors that consumers have been waiting for might just be Yelp itself, according to a new report from the Manhattan Institute released last week and presented today at Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC. The report was funded by the New York State Health Foundation.
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Here’s the post ( check it out in its original form on Linked In to see all the comments — you’ll have to join the group if you aren’t already a member): How do we motivate
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 27, 2018
UK insurer Aviva has just announced a partnership with Now Healthcare Group to offer large corporate health insurance customers access to over 1,000 general practitioners. The pair will provide customers with a mobile app called Aviva Digital GP, which will let customers book video consultations with general practitioners, get remote diagnoses, and obtain advice on simpler medical queries.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 27, 2018
The new Kidney Innovation Accelerator, or KidneyX, will begin accepting applications for its first round of funding this summer, HHS announced. In addition to providing funding to back new approaches to kidney care, KidneyX will coordinate with federal agencies to bring the innovations to market more quickly.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 27, 2018
Replacing the frequent home visits often necessary for tuberculosis treatment with video visits facilitated by an app appears to be a cost-effective, well-received means of ensuring adherence throughout therapy, according to a recently published pilot study.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 27, 2018
A new digital health survey released by Castlight Health showed that while both employers and employees are enthusiastic about the future of digital health, there is a gap between what tech is being provided by employers and what the employees actually want.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 27, 2018
In the midst of a national conversation on women in the workplace, an Association for Women in Science report explains why we still have a long way to go to reach parity—and what executives can do about it.
Mobi Health News
APRIL 27, 2018
Good omens for Good Doctor. Ping An Good Doctor, China’s largest online healthcare platform, has priced its initial public offering at $1.12 billion (8.77 billion Hong Kong dollars), according to the South China Morning Post. This flotation, the largest in Hong Kong of the year, was overbought 653 times by retail investors, making it Hong Kong’s most sought after IPO in nearly a decade.
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Here’s the post ( check it out in its original form on Linked In to see all the comments — you’ll have to join the group if you aren’t already a member): How do we motivate
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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 27, 2018
According to a group of 300 healthcare stakeholders surveyed in Venrock's 2018 Healthcare Prognosis Survey, Amazon is the tech company to watch in the healthcare space — even if they're pretty well split on the prospects for the Amazon-JP Morgan-Berkshire Hathaway project.
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Here’s the post ( check it out in its original form on Linked In to see all the comments — you’ll have to join the group if you aren’t already a member): How do we motivate
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 27, 2018
A Florida pharmacy owner was sentenced to 15 years for his participation in a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, and ordered to pay back millions for submitting false reimbursement claims. Also, some Blue Cross members in Texas will be 100% responsible for emergency room costs.
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Here’s the post ( check it out in its original form on Linked In to see all the comments — you’ll have to join the group if you aren’t already a member): How do we motivate
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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 27, 2018
The acquisition would take place through a joint venture with Welltower, a healthcare real estate and investment trust. If finalized, the deal would make ProMedica the 15th largest health system in the U.S.
Health Blawg
APRIL 27, 2018
In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Here’s the post ( check it out in its original form on Linked In to see all the comments — you’ll have to join the group if you aren’t already a member): How do we motivate
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 27, 2018
Providers participating in Blue Cross Blue Shield's value-based care program say data shows the efforts—which include use of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes—have improved quality and bent the cost curve down by 35%.
Morning eHealth
APRIL 27, 2018
FDA draws strong, mixed reaction — U.S.
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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
APRIL 27, 2018
Fresh off a strong quarter in which it saw a double-digit increase in revenue compared to last year, Athenahealth has its eyes fixed on changes across the healthcare industry and the role it might play in vertical consolidation. CEO Jonathan Bush said the company wants to be "extremely attractive" to anyone interested in a longitudinal picture of patients.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 27, 2018
sponsor. Shortly after my daughter’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, I attended a meeting with her preschool teacher, the school’s director, and a certified diabetes educator (CDE) to create a plan for her diabetes care at school. For the most part, the meeting was uneventful. The CDE did the talking, explaining the symptoms of high and low blood sugar and demonstrating how to manually check blood glucose, administer an insulin shot, and perform other management tasks.
Society for Participatory Medicine
APRIL 27, 2018
In the interest of speed, this is a quick note for interested parties – apologies for minimal explanation. 90 minutes from now, 2:30 pm ET on Friday 4/27, at the Health Datapalooza conference in DC, people will gather in an “unconference” session to discuss the US Veterans Administration “Open API Pledge,” which was announced last month at the huge HIMSS conference.
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