Inside Health Villages, Finland's multimodal digital push to bring healthcare to the home
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Clinician involvement is the key to bringing the three-pronged digital health initiative to life, organizers say.
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Survey: Most health informatics executives see ‘big tech’ as a threat
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Seven in ten health IT executives are “somewhat concerned” about technology companies like Google, Amazon and Apple encroaching into the healthcare space. Many see the consumer tech giants pushing health systems toward price transparency faster than they want to go.
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California's red-hot test of health information exchange
Morning eHealth
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
NIST on securing remote monitors — Neural nets as good as sleep doctors
Medtronic acquires AI-powered nutrition platform Nutrino
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
The acquisition will allow Medtronic to integrate Nutrino's predictive glycemic response algorithm into its technology.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Be Thankful by Engaging With Grace and Talking About Your End-of-Life Wishes With Loved Ones
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
“Thanksgiving.” Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the word, first, as “the act of giving thanks.” Second, it’s “a prayer of expressing gratitude.” And, third, the word means a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness. We each have our own stories about how a loved one’s life has ended. If we’re lucky, that beloved person had a good death: in sleep, perhaps, or simply of old age with no hospital events or trauma.
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Really Support Others Who Are Grieving
Christina's Considerations
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
As a hospital administrator, I was sometimes called upon to support patients, families or even employees who were going through difficult times in their lives. I learned fairly quickly in my career to express empathy and support the natural grieving.
ClinMAPS app launched to help better assess and treat burn scars
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
The first known digital scar assessment app will soon be available for clinicians and therapists working with burns patients. Senior Occupational Therapist with the Adult Burn Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in Australia, Ms Tanja Klotz, said the ClinMAPS PRO app will be used for patients and in research to accurately assess the severity of burn scars at any point in time.
After shooting in Chicago, a Phoenix hospital reflects on its own recent training
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
A recent three-day drill in the working emergency department at Phoenix Children's Hospital was the culmination of months of planning between hospital officials and emergency officials—and a part of that preparation took on new significance in the wake of a shooting at Chicago's Mercy Hospital & Medical Center on Monday.
Ascensia's diabetes management app, glucometer integrate with Apple Health
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Once prompted, data from the Contour Diabetes app and Contour Next One glucometer will automatically populate within the Apple feature's Blood Glucose section.
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
Medicaid demonstrations aren't properly evaluated. Randomized trials could fix that
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Section 1115 waivers are meant to be experiments that allow states to test coverage approaches that don't meet federal program rules. However, most of their evaluations are not rigorously studied, argues a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.
CDC recognizes Livongo's DPP, eGYM raises $20M, and more digital health news briefs
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Also: Duke freshmen to receive free smartwatches for sleep monitoring program; FallCall Lite emergency fall system supports Siri Shortcuts.
Walgreens partnership would give Humana more leverage in shifting market
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Following a report that Humana and Walgreens are in discussions to take equity stakes in one another, one analyst says the move would allow the insurer to keep pace with surrounding vertically integrated giants. A formal partnership would also dispel any chance of a Walmart takeover, rumored earlier this year.
In the wake of layoffs and cuts, Novartis doubles down on digital
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
A new innovation center called the Biome and numerous internal efforts paint a picture of a digital-focused game plan.
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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.
Novartis CEO Is Going All in With Some Big Bets on R&D
Lloyd Price
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Since taking over as chief executive officer of Swiss pharma giant Novartis, Vas Narasimhan has been actively reshaping the company to focus on therapies that will drive revenue well into the future. As part of that drive, Novartis has made significant investments in multiple assets and companies, while culling one-fifth of its research programs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Narasimhan pointed to some of the investments the company has made into the cutting-edge areas of drug de
Humana supports Florida seniors with Papa, Cognoa's developmental tool screens for LEARN Behavioral, and more digital health deals
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Also: MaxQ AI's software to be distributed with Samsung NeuroLogica medical imaging hardware; Boston Children's Hospital's specialists staff 2nd.MD virtual platform.
USDA Telehealth Report Sees ‘Lag’ in Rural Access
care innovations
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) telehealth report is echoing findings made over the past year by leaders of other federal agencies like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) : Meeting the expanding demand for telehealth services in rural areas will require an increased availability of broadband connectivity.
Sensyne Health signs EY agreement, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation board members revealed, and more UK digital health news briefs
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Oxford-based Sensyne Health announces partnership with EY. Former UK science minister Lord (Paul) Drayson’s Sensyne Health has signed a Strategic Advisory Services agreement with EY to scale up the business and build on its business model.
The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report
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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!
Confused between CT scanner Slice? Which One Is Perfect For Your Clinical Practice?
KB Dental Consulting
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Many managers of medical centers and hospitals are always confused when they want to replace their CT scanner in order to stay in touch with the advances in medical fields. Before making the last decision, the most important thing to consider is the number of data slices you may need or think you may need. Keep in mind that this is not an easy decision to make because CT scanners are very expensive to buy and to operate.
Healthcare Roundup—58% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s healthcare policies, Gallup finds
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Gallup's latest poll on Americans' approval of Trump's policies finds that 58% disapprove of his healthcare policies, plus more headlines.
More Insurers Will Participate in the ACA Marketplace in 2019
ACA Times
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
3 minute read: It was predicted that the health insurance marketplace would be turned upside down with the individual mandate penalty effectively reduced to $0 beginning January 1,2019. However, that change in the ACA has not appeared to phase insurers. A rise in insurance premiums has been mild and insurers are expanding their presence in the ACA marketplace heading into 2019.
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