Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 25, 2019
Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. There's one session titled, "From Preventative To Proactive: How Partnerships are Reimagining Telehealth's Role In Healthy Aging.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rick Halton, vice president of marketing and product, Lumeon. For the past decade, EHR investments have been touted as the key to unlocking a transformative, cost-effective, and efficient healthcare industry. A recent study found that spending on EHR systems will continue to dominate healthcare’s technology spend in 2019.
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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
MARCH 25, 2019
The consistent use of standards for demographic data would help link patients’ records from various providers regardless of where they seek care, according to new research from the Indiana University and The Pew Charitable Trusts.Patient.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 25, 2019
Researchers found that 64 percent of mental health apps claimed efficacy, although only 14 percent included any evidence.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It is not uncommon, in today’s age, to do large amounts of personal business online. This includes discussing or sharing medical records. You may think that any place that shares your medical records online would invest in intense digital security, but you would be surprised.
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Clocktree
MARCH 25, 2019
Read about Clocktree on Geekwire. [link]. Seattle-area startup Clocktree offers a service for patients to find and receive therapy from mental health, relationship, addiction and nutrition counselors. Providers can connect through video and messaging with their patients, and the platform also gives counselors a HIPAA-compliant place to store notes, videos and documents.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 25, 2019
The company will be listing its shares on the Nasdaq exchange, and has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as its underwriters.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A 2016 study revealed that medical errors as the third leading cause of death in America. In fact, medical errors take 251,000 lives every year which works out at almost 700 deaths per day. There is a duty of care expected from medical professional towards their patients and these figures clearly indicate the need for […].
Mobi Health News
MARCH 25, 2019
Also: Study uses VR to explore autism spectrum disorder brain activity; UPS eyeing in-home healthcare.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Careers that combine specialized skills in health care and data are on the rise. It is estimated that by 2030 healthcare-related jobs could grow by 80 million to 130 million, and equipping these health workers with the latest technology and data skills is critical.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
Should a judge's decision striking down the ACA stand, a new Urban Institute report estimates that 19.9 million people nationwide would lose coverage, increasing the uninsured population by 65%.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A new study reveals that more than half of hourly employees say their current role prevents them from maximizing their full potential at work. The new research from WorkJam found that 61 percent of employees cite scheduling and communication pain points as reasons for leaving.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
It may not be surprising that researchers in Colorado found a disproportionately large number of emergency department visits for edible cannabis products. But they are among emergency department trends in a recent study that could be a useful policy guide for the many other states considering or implementing legalization.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With National Doctors’ Day coming up on March 30 and “physician” being the highest-paid job of 2018, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Doctors, as well as accompanying videos. To identify the best states for those in the business of saving lives, WalletHub compared the 50 states and […].
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
The majority of people who fall into the ACA’s “coverage gap”—or, are not eligible for Medicaid or tax credits on the exchanges—live in one of four non-expansion states, according to a new study.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 25, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG), in partnership with Change Healthcare, published the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Research Report. Up to 255 survey respondents, with more than 48 percent being vice presidents or higher in executive leadership, shared their insight on the critical issues, challenges and opportunities ranked by HCEG members on the 2019 HCEG Top […].
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
CMS has issued new guidance aimed at extending the life of “grandfathered” ACA plans and released the final open enrollment figures.
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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!
Insulin Nation
MARCH 25, 2019
“Closed-loop insulin pump therapy is the most exciting new development in type 1 diabetes in decades because it acts as an artificial pancreas,” said co-lead investigator Gregory Goodwin, M.D., a senior associate physician in medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. “But this technology needs to become more user-friendly.”. Endocrine Society Presentation.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against West Virginia-based Wheeling Hospital, its CEO Ronald Violi and R&V Associates, the managing consultant contracted to operate the hospital.
Morning eHealth
MARCH 25, 2019
CHIME says HHS needs better cyber practice — Canadian study finds leaky apps
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
Ohio-based University Hospitals is planning a $200 million expansion of its UH Ahuja Medical Center and expects to add 1,000 new jobs as a result of the project.
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.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
MARCH 25, 2019
“With the higher acuity levels of many hospitalized patients, taking vital signs over four or eight hours is no longer effective in many cases.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
Under its Medicaid expansion, rates of patient screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Kentucky have increased dramatically, according to a new study.
InTouch Health
MARCH 25, 2019
The Medication Nonadherence Problem and How to Solve It Medication nonadherence continues to be a major problem in the healthcare system. If patients fail to fill or take their medication after it’s been prescribed by a doctor or physician, it could have serious medical implications. According to the CDC, care providers write 3.8 billion prescriptions annually, but around 20% are never filled, and of those filled, around 50% are taken incorrectly in terms of timing, dosage, frequency, and durati
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
Duke University has settled a whistleblower lawsuit alleging researchers falsified data to obtain federal grant funding. The university will pay $112.5 million to the U.S. government.
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HIStalk Interviews
MARCH 25, 2019
Grahame Grieve is a principal with Health Intersections of Melbourne, Australia and was the architect-developer of HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR, pronounced “fire”) specification that allows EHRs to exchange information. Was it weird to see FHIR as the only universal topic of HIMSS19? Not so much weird. Obviously it was gratifying for us to see the community investment that so many people have made becoming justified.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
When Providence St. Joseph Health Chief Digital Officer Aaron Martin hosted a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” forum a week ago, he opened up the floor to any and all questions—and quickly found himself on the hot seat.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 25, 2019
RWJBarnabas is in merger talks with another New Jersey hospital, two cardiologists have filed suit against Detroit Medical Center and more healthcare headlines.
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