Wed.Oct 30, 2019

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Pear Therapeutics to explore GI indications with its latest pharma partnership

Mobi Health News

A new exploratory collaboration with Ironwood Pharmaceuticals comes just a couple weeks after the digital therapeutics startup ended a commercialization relationship with Novartis' Sandoz.

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New Study of Independent Medical Practices Reveals Love/Hate Relationship with Technology

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Aaron Perreira, director of integrated marketing, Kareo. Over 70% of independent medical practices agree that the time demands of electronic health records (EHR) data entry detracts from care delivery. Simultaneously, 69% of independent practices state that integrated technology solutions are needed to improve the efficiency and profitability of their practices.

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In-home fitness platform Mirror raises another $34M

Mobi Health News

The round was led by Point72 Ventures, but also featured athletic apparel retailer lululemon and other prominent individual investors.

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The Impact of Front-Line Primary Care In Improving Access For Mental Health Outcomes

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ed Cladera, MD, medical director, AristaMD. Over the past few years, there have been encouraging improvements in the realm of mental health care in the United States. Initiatives to improve mental health outcomes, such as the Affordable Care Act (2010), have been primarily aimed at requiring increased insurance coverage to encompass mental health services […].

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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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London’s Harley Street clinics to offer Flow’s brain stimulation headset as add-on treatment for depression

Mobi Health News

It follows the Swedish startup's recent launch of a mental health chatbot and $1.5m raise in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures.

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Trio of US senators continue to question FDA's PreCert efforts

Mobi Health News

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray and Tina Smith continued to express concerns about the PreCert's 'Excellence Appraisals,' De Novo pathway and real-wrold performance markers.

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Leana Wen: In Baltimore, where you live could knock 20 years off your life

FierceHealthIT

In Baltimore, a patient’s life expectancy depends on what neighborhood they are born in and live in. In one area of the city, the average life expectancy is 85. Across town, a person might expect to live to only 65, said Leana Wen, M.D., now a visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University School of Public Health.

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HIMSSCast: Big moves in digital health from Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon

Mobi Health News

The MobiHealthNews team breaks down the week's news from big tech. Why does Alphabet want to buy Fitbit? Why does Facebook want to help you get a check up? And what is Amazon up to with its latest acquisition?

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UnitedHealthcare introduces new benefit for treating low back pain in employer plans

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealthcare rolled out a new benefit for patients in employer-sponsored plans to cover physical therapy or chiropractic care for low back pain.

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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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FundamentalVR closes $5M Series A

Mobi Health News

Downing Ventures led the round with participation from Tern PLC, Epic Private Equity and Brighteye Ventures.

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WellCare beats Wall Street outlook with $7B in revenue in Q3 as Centene merger looms

FierceHealthIT

WellCare beat Wall Street expectations with $7.14 billion in revenue for the third quarter as it continues to prepare for the merger with government insurer Centene.

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Data Visualization for Healthcare Marketers: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Geonetric

Why Data Visualization Matters Humans process images 60,000 times faster than they process text, which makes sense as 65 percent of people claim to be visual learners. In a field like healthcare digital marketing, which relies heavily on numbers and data, how can you ensure your data isn’t going in one eye and out the […]. Read Data Visualization for Healthcare Marketers: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words at Geonetric.com.

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Final ONC, CMS interoperability rules under review by OMB

FierceHealthIT

Major federal rules aimed at stopping information blocking and spurring data sharing are one step closer to be finalized. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's interoperability and information blocking rule is now under review at the Office of Management and Budget, the last step before publication.

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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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Issues and Trends in Nursing for 2019

HealthStream

Emerging technologies and the demographic impact of an aging population are driving many of the nursing profession changes that we are seeing in 2019.

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A new smartphone – life is too short to keep up with such ‘innovation’

Aging in Place Technology Watch

How much time do we spend setting up our 'smart' phones? Every few years, I change phones. In the past, Android-to-Android, I wasted at least a full day customizing all the 'improved' features the way they were on the previous phone, setting up home screens, eliminating bloatware, and downloading apps that did not properly convert. This time, it took me most of 2 weekend days to set up an iPhone to join family photo sharing.

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OCR takes action against orthopedic practice that canceled surgery because of patient's HIV status

FierceHealthIT

The Office for Civil Rights took action against a Florida orthopedic practice that it claims unlawfully canceled a patient’s surgery because of the person’s positive HIV status and then retaliated when the patient filed a complaint.

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Info blocking rule coming soon?

Morning eHealth

Walden out, and more from Congress — New Facebook tool

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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!

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Another physician shortage: oncologists

FierceHealthIT

There’s a growing shortage of oncologists in the U.S., one that particularly poses risks to women’s health, according to a new study.

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Finding Machine Learning That Works (the Solution at Current Health)

Healthcare IT Today

Health care has come slowly to artificial intelligence, but in the past year or so a number of providers and insurers have followed the path forged by other industries and applied machine learning seriously to health care costs and treatments. Naturally, the risks of doing something wrong are high in health care, so special attention […].

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Chutes and Ladders—CEOs of University Hospitals, VCU Health System announce retirement

FierceHealthIT

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.

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Variances In Clinician EHR Use Can Hold Back Interoperability Efforts

Healthcare IT Today

Given that clinicians have different styles, it’s hardly surprising that they document care in different ways. Unfortunately, however, these idiosyncrasies are one of the obstacles that stand in the way of better interoperability, according to an article by Corepoint Health. In a piece published in mHealth Intelligence, the vendor notes that one of the biggest […].

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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.

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Verma questions limit of high launch prices for new drugs

FierceHealthIT

The top regulator of Medicare and Medicaid Seema Verma decried increasing launch prices for new drugs, questioning “what is too high?

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Incorrect ITINs Will Cause Havoc With ACA Compliance

ACA Times

3 minute read: Earlier this year the IRS announced that roughly 2 million ITINs are set to expire December 31. This could pose a significant risk to your organization’s Affordable Care Act compliance process that could lead to penalties. An ITIN, or An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, is a tax processing number issued by the IRS. The IRS issues ITINs to process and account for tax returns and payments from individuals who are not eligible for Social Security numbers.

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Assessing the ROI of Care Management Programs

Synzi

Why Care Management is Critical for Supporting High Risk Patients High-risk patients tend to suffer from multiple conditions which are also compounded by issues with their social determinants of health (SDOH). Given the situation, these patients are at risk for … Read More. The post Assessing the ROI of Care Management Programs appeared first on Synzi.

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Featured Health IT Job: Sr. EHR Application Specialist: EpicCare Ambulatory

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. EHR Application Specialist: EpicCare Ambulatory position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by SSM Health and is in Missouri. Here’s a description of the position: Need following certs: […].

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Adam Boehler speaks on what's next as he reflects on CMMI tenure

FierceHealthIT

Adam Boehler reflected on his time as CMMI director in a presentation at the HLTH conference this week.

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HIStalk Interviews Scott Shreeve, MD, CEO, Crossover Health

HIStalk Interviews

Scott Shreeve, MD is CEO of Crossover Health of San.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, top Democrats continue scrutiny of FDA's pre-certification pilot for digital health

FierceHealthIT

Three Democratic senators, led by presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), are again raising concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Software Pre-Certification program, arguing that the agency is working outside the boundaries of its statutory authority.