Fri.Nov 30, 2018

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The innovative startups improving clinical trial recruitment, enrollment, retention, and design

Mobi Health News

A look at the clinical trial space and its many inefficiencies in need of disruption.

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Information blocking provisions will be 'largely common sense,' says ONC’s Rucker

FierceHealthIT

ONC chief Donald Rucker didn't say when the proposed data blocking rule would drop but said the provisions are "largely common-sense types of things." Exactly how the agency defines "common sense" remains to be seen.

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The Ultimate Health Outcome, Mortality, Is Rising in America

Health Populi

How long can people living in the U.S. expect to live? 78.6 years of age, if you were born in 2017. That’s a decline of 0.1 year from 2016. This decline especially impacted baby boys: their life expectancy fell to 76.1 years, while baby girls’ life expectancy stayed even at 81.1 years. That’s the latest data on Mortality in the United States, 2017 , soberly brought to you by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S.

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Decentralizing healthcare with blockchain

Mobi Health News

Co-founder of Health Data Link, Abel Kho, co-founder of Health Data Link talks about the ecology of care and how data is transferred throughout the healthcare market.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Kaufman Hall: Hospitals saw profitability bump in October, boosted by rise in volume 

FierceHealthIT

Hospitals saw a profitable October, spurred by a boost in volume and length of stays, according to a new report. Kaufman Hall’s latest flash report, based on financial data from 600 hospitals in October, showed improved performance in both operating margin and EBITDA compared to September and to October 2017.

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New Medicare marketing guidelines raise the specter of past predatory sales tactics

FierceHealthIT

The need for Medicare marketing regulations was crystal-clear 10 years ago. But a slew of changes to CMS' Medicare marketing guidelines this year expanded what plans can do at educational events, in providers' offices and more. Do these revisions create room for growth or opportunities for manipulation?

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Build a business case for blockchain

Mobi Health News

To get data out of the administrative bucket and into the blockchain ledger technology, focus on the expense of compliance and regulations to build audit reports.

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New York hospitals agree to settlement after illegally billing patients for rape kits

FierceHealthIT

Seven New York hospitals have agreed to settlements for restitution, plus costs, after billing rape survivors up to $3,000 each for rape kits and sending bill collectors after those who failed to pay.

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Decentralizing healthcare with blockchain

Mobi Health News

Co-founder of Health Data Link, Abel Kho, co-founder of Health Data Link talks about the ecology of care and how data is transferred throughout the healthcare market.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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Unbundled lab payments could add $10B to Medicare, GAO finds

FierceHealthIT

Although CMS' new lab fee schedule was designed to cut Medicare payments to labs, GAO says its implementation could authorize expensive unbundled lab payments

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Build a business case for blockchain

Mobi Health News

To get data out of the administrative bucket and into the blockchain ledger technology, focus on the expense of compliance and regulations to build audit reports.

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Jewellery & Wearable Tech : The Future of Women's Health?

Lloyd Price

Health tracking equipment is advancing at a significant rate with many items available that are designed to easily and efficiently fit into our busy lifestyles. Bellabeat have now introduced the ‘LEAF’ taking health-tracking design to a whole new level. This health tracker is specifically designed for women and helps to monitor activity, sleep, stress levels and even the menstrual cycle.

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Today: ONC’s annual meeting continues

Morning eHealth

Amazon scopes out medical supply sales — Renewing the EHR gag clause battle

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Healthcare Roundup—Lyft hires VP of healthcare; Advocate Aurora Health to raise minimum wage

FierceHealthIT

Lyft has hired a vice president to oversee the growth of its healthcare business, plus more healthcare headlines.

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Yes, you should share your CGM & Pump data with Tidepool

Insulin Nation

“ Making diabetes data more accessible, meaningful, and actionable ” is the Tidepool mission. . This not-for-profit organization began with a father’s effort to get data from his daughter’s CGM and Pump. This quest led Tidepool to create a free software solution and data platform that integrates data from pumps, CGMs, and blood glucose meters in a single place.

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Weekender 11/30/18

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. Amazon will launch a software product for payers that combs through electronic patient records to find incorrect coding or diagnoses in an effort to improve quality and lower cost. The GAO will investigate rumored VA meddling by three political supporters of President Trump who said they “were anointed by the President” as private citizens, and whom some contend influenced the no-bid, $10 billion Cerner contract.

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