Health Populi

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics — Banerjee and Duflo (both of MIT) and Kremer (working at Harvard) — were recognized for their work on alleviating global poverty.” “Over 700 million people still subsist on extremely low incomes. Every year, five million children still die before their fifth birthday, often from diseases that could be prevented or cured with relatively cheap and simple treatments,” The Nobel Prize website notes.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A new Stanford study found short-term daily activity increases stemming from four different approaches to smartphone-based prompts.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

NEW ORLEANS—Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) officials got out their crystal ball Monday. At the organization’s annual conference, members of MGMA’s government affairs group offered some predictions of what will happen in 2020.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The company will focus on digitally connecting its offerings, which are currently in use by more than 5,000 clinical trial sites and sponsors.

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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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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even the highest performing physicians and practices will see a “piddly” payment adjustment under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Doctors who scored the maximum 100 points under MIPS will end up with a payment adjustment in the 1.6% range in 2020, according to an estimate from the Medical Group Management Association.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Medicare Part D beneficiaries could see their out-of-pocket costs go up next year before they reach the catastrophic phase of the benefit, a new analysis shows.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

These include Wellthy Therapeutics, from India; OKKO Health, from the UK; and Carepay, from Kenya.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has tapped former CVS Health and Aetna executive Claus Torp Jensen, Ph.D., as the organization's first chief digital officer and head of technology.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 14, 2019

MedAdvisor said that it will be using the new cash to speed up international expansion into the US, Southeast Asia and the UK.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Current electronic health record (EHR) systems are expensive to maintain, and clinicians complain the user interfaces are clunky and require too much manual data entry. Technology and clinical leaders at New York City-based Northwell Health are taking matters into their own hands to build what they call the "next-generation EHR" with usability in mind.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2019

For the most part, robots aren’t on the radar screen when providers look for remote healthcare options. However, at least one manufacturer with a long tradition of manufacturing practical consumer technology hopes to change this. If you’re like me, you associate Black + Decker with its lines of power tools, lawn care and outdoor equipment […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug prices plan would reduce Medicare spending by $345 billion over a seven-year period, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Hack the North 4.0 is back! Looking ahead to Hack the North 4.0 taking place 21 – 22 November, I wanted to reflect back on what I enjoyed about Hack the North 3.0 and why you should sign up! The first time I went, I knew I’d found my people. 2 days; and a room full of passion, enthusiasm and a willingness to try something new to fix a problem.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2019

While the idea behind the Stark Law overhaul was to ease provider burden, experts identify three areas that could create some regulatory headaches.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A newly-published study suggests that physicians may not be performing all of the services they document. While the study tracked medical residents rather than physicians who had completed their training, researchers seem to have concluded that their problems with adequate documentation might point to problems affecting all physicians. To conduct the study, which appeared in […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Abbott is teaming up with diabetes coaching company Omada Health to launch an integrated digital platform for people living with Type 2 diabetes. The collaboration will combine Abbott's FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring technology system and Omada Health's digital care program.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Hospitals and universities have something in common: they often go beyond their campuses to help their communities. That’s especially true when they come together in an academic medical center (AMC), which acts as a hybrid of medical school, teaching hospital and university. AMCs often produce cutting-edge research and important clinical trials; in fact, AMC research teams have driven major medical breakthroughs , including the development of the polio vaccine and the first use of gene therapy f

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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!

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Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Hello, SPM members! – And honored guests, perhaps soon to be members. Join here. :-). Over the past few weeks, I have received quite a few inquiries about livestreaming opportunities for our conference in Boston, Tuesday, October 15. If you can’t attend in-person, our conference will be broadcasted live via Facebook! It’s not the same as being there (can’t immerse with like-minded people, etc), but better than nothing.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It’s no surprise that many of our usual habits fall to the wayside during the summer months. Vacations, beach days, and day trips are interruptions to our normal routines, so getting back into the swing of things can be difficult for those who need to manage their health on a daily basis. . Whether you are a student with diabetes or the parent of one, the tips below will help you prepare for a healthy school season. 504 Plan in Place.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 14, 2019

3 minute read: Recently proposed IRS regulations provide guidance to employers who want to start offering individual coverage HRAs in place of offers of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The IRS proposed regulations state that the offering of an individual coverage HRA can satisfy the ACA requirement that employers offer health insurance to their ACA full-time workforce as required by the ACA’s Employer Mandate.

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Geonetric

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Your Careers Content as a Recruitment Tool Are there certain positions your HR team is always trying to fill? Professions that are in high demand, or a certain role that requires skilled candidates with specific training? There are shortages for certain professionals, including doctors and nurses, and your organization is competing today more than ever […].

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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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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions have jointly decided to end their talks to enter a "strategic affiliation.

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HealthStream

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Understand hospice care, including its different stages, treatments modalities, the levels of care, and the associated costs.

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