South Central Telehealth Resource Center
AUGUST 8, 2018
Consumer need is driving the development of telehealth programs across the country. Consumers want healthcare that is: easy-to-access. cost-effective. convenient. quality-focused. Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
The personal data of 2,373,764 patients was left exposed online after Hova Health, a telemedicine company based in Mexico, misconfigured a MongoDB database.
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
Starting Aug. 8, the visits can address minor illnesses and injuries and skin conditions for children and adults in nine states and Washington, D.C. The virtual visits can treat patients over two years old for “minor illnesses and injuries, skin conditions and other wellness needs," according to CVS.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
Online AI-powered healthcare chatbot Buoy has announced a new, deep partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital. Buoy will create a white-labeled version of its product for Boston Children’s website, use data from that version to improve its product’s pediatric expertise, and even get help from doctors at the Boston health center to evaluate its algorithms.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 8, 2018
Most Americans are healthcare cost-conscious, concerned about various kinds of healthcare expenses, data from McKinsey’s research has found presented in Healthcare consumerism 2018: An update on the journey. McKinsey’s consumer research identified four themes: affordability as a pressing consumer concern; lack of continuity of care for many consumers; growing demand for digital convenience and access; and, greater willingness to partake in health care programs that lower costs, if
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Clocktree
AUGUST 8, 2018
Clocktree gives you two options for connecting with clients via secure video. . . You can schedule an appointmen t in Clocktree. Your client will receive an email or text notification, then reminders leading up to the appointment. At appointment time, both you and your client log into your Clocktree accounts. Neither of you have to do anything to initiate the call.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
This morning Toronto-based home care platform AlayaCare announced that it scored $13.8 million in a Series B funding round led by inovia capital, with participation from Chrysalis and Fonds Innovexport. Focused on providing home healthcare workers and clients with tools, the company’s software has several different platforms including a mobile app and clinical documentation tool.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
A disclosure buried in Community Health Systems' latest financial filing says the company has received a civil investigative demand "relating to the Company’s adoption of electronic health records technology and the meaningful use program.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
Voice assistants are finding their way into a growing number of consumer homes, leading an ever-increasing number of healthcare companies to investigate how these connected technologies can be used to improve patients' health and deliver pertinent information directly to the individual.
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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.
Morning eHealth
AUGUST 8, 2018
More reports on VA turmoil — Lawmakers raise NIH harassment questions
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 8, 2018
Buying a Fitbit is now cheaper for some Blue Cross Blue Shield members, following a deal between the major payer and wearable company. The deal gives members special rates on Fitbit devices if they purchase through the Blue365 portal. It will also let employers buy Fitbit devices at a bulk or subsidized rate for their employees. According to the insurer, 60 million members are eligible for the program, which includes trackers and watches.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
AUGUST 8, 2018
Click here to view presentation. Join the STAR Team, Alan Faulkner, Program Manager, and Tina Pilgreen, Health Educator/Outreach Coordinator, as they discuss details about their school-based telemedicine program including barriers and lessons. This event was recorded on July 25, 2018. It will require approximately one hour of your time. Follow-Up Participant Questions: Are there school-based telepractice services for speech and language pathology in Arkansas?
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
The high-profile suicides of celebrities such as Robin Williams, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain put the problem in the headlines. Here’s what doctors can do to help identify patients at risk and get them help.
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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.
ACA Times
AUGUST 8, 2018
2 minute read: . Why should your organization care about IRS Letter 226J? Well, it could propose millions of dollars in ACA penalties against your organization. The Letter 226J notices are being sent to certain larger employers the IRS believes have failed to comply with the requirements of the Employer Mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the 2015 tax year.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
Academic medical centers lag behind their nonacademic peers on some healthcare metrics, a new study dives into the long-term impacts of Zika on children and more healthcare headlines.
care innovations
AUGUST 8, 2018
Back in 2014 , the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) collaborated with a network of local and national health technology leaders to build the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network, an effort to extend quality care into rural and underserved regions with high rates of chronic illness. Built upon the Care Innovations® Health Harmony remote patient management (RPM) platform , the Mississippi diabetes telehealth network has accumulated an impressive assortment of accolades in the yea
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
Over the last few days, WellCare has sold off $1.2 billion in common stock and an additional $750 million in senior notes to generate enough cash to close its purchase of Meridian.
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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!
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 8, 2018
A company aiming to use patient data from the U.K.’s National Health Service’s to help pharma companies develop new drugs is getting ready to sell shares in London. Paul Drayson, who has served as U.K. science minister, is preparing an initial public offering of Sensyne Health, which analyzes anonymous data from hospitals to help develop treatments, devices and clinical apps.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
Healthcare spending growth took a slight uptick over the past year, according to a new report. Increased spending on hospital care is likely a contributing factor, analysts at Altarum said.
CMS.gov
AUGUST 8, 2018
A More Modern Newsroom for You. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Wed, 08/08/2018 - 14:09. Seema Verma. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Topic. Data. Leadership. America’s journalists work hard every day to inform their audiences. At CMS, we recognize that the journalists who cover our agency—and our efforts to transform the healthcare system—need accurate, up-to-date information and they need it quickly.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
The Office of Inspector General examined the accuracy of data in the Open Payments website. Here's what it found.
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.
HIStalk Interviews
AUGUST 8, 2018
Paul Roma is CEO of Ciox Health of Alpharetta, GA. Tell me about yourself and the company. I have been the CIO of Ciox for a little over a year. I came from the professional services world as the global head of analytics for Deloitte & Touche, which constituted 87 countries and all of the analytics work that that global firm does. My background throughout my entire professional services career, outside of running the global analytics business, was healthcare — life sciences, domestic g
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 8, 2018
The elderly and disabled and those who also qualify for Medicare cost more to cover, but Medicaid may not be covering them in the most cost-effective way.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 8, 2018
Voice First technology – triaging the healthcare opportunity. This week’s Voice of Healthcare Summit in Boston offered up some intriguing attempts to create new Voice First interfaces that inform patients, streamline work, and demonstrate potential (like Answers by Cigna ) in versions 2, 3 and beyond. One of the most intriguing presentations – KidsMD – a Boston Children’s Hospital ‘accelerator’ initiative begun in 2016 and is winning over the staff.
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