Fri.Nov 16, 2018

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In-Depth: Technology's role in tackling global mental health crisis

Mobi Health News

At this week's World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha, Qatar experts from around the world sat down to talk about the opportunities and challenges of employing digital health in the mental health field.

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Good Product Vs. Healthcare Compliance? Not Anymore

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Mark Ferlatte is CTO of Truss. There’s no shortage of news stories and think pieces outlining the ways regulations have hurt healthcare in the U.S., from spending to physician burnout. (Notably, there’s also no shortage of stories claiming the opposite.) Regardless of this debate around benefits vs. protections, there are a few non-negotiables–like doing everything […].

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Alphabet's Verily shelves glucose-sensing contact lens project with Novartis

Mobi Health News

Two more smart contact lenses, for presbyopia and cataract surgery recovery, are still in the works.

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Why Toby Cosgrove thinks voice recognition is healthcare's next 'killer app'

FierceHealthIT

In addition to new technologies like artificial intelligence that are already gaining a foothold in healthcare, Toby Cosgrove, former CEO of Cleveland Clinic, said he thinks the next trend that could catch on in health IT is voice recognition software.

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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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Startups wanted: Health 2.0 hosts VentureConnect events at JP Morgan, HIMSS19

Mobi Health News

Application windows are closing soon for two chances to get your startup in front of investors.

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CommonWell connects with Carequality, marking a significant step in data sharing

FierceHealthIT

It just got easier for healthcare providers across the country to share medical records regardless of which EHR vendor they use. After a short delay, CommonWell Health Alliance announced on Friday that its connection with the Carequality Framework is generally available to all members.

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How To Write An Impactful Professional Healthcare Resume

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Grace Carter, freelance healthcare writer, OX Essays. Healthcare industry requires a number of different skills in order to be successful. The job combines organization, practical knowledge of innovations, and professionalism. Your resume should reflect this kind of experience and skill, or your chances of getting a call back are slim.

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Mount Sinai expands global reach in new partnership with China-based health system

FierceHealthIT

U.S. hospitals are increasingly seeking opportunities in international markets, particularly in the world's second-largest economy, to increase the reach and depth of their brands. On Friday, Mount Sinai Health System announced a "historic agreement" with Taikang Healthcare in China.

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Pay people for their data – yes, or no?

Society for Participatory Medicine

SPM members Casey Quinlan (yes, yours truly) and Jan Oldenburg were part of a trinity of folks debating the idea of paying people for the data they contribute to the digital economy, in healthcare and in all other sectors. Here’s the full version of the conversation on YouTube, with Casey taking the “yes” side, Brookings Institution non-resident fellow and UConn professor Niam Yaraghi taking the “no” side, and Jan moderating the debate.

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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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LifePoint Health leaves NASDAQ following completed merger with RCCH Healthcare Partners

FierceHealthIT

The planned merger between Brentwood-Tenn.-based LifePoint Health Inc. and RCCH Healthcare Partners is complete, officials announced on Friday. The deal closes just weeks after LifePoint Health’s shareholders signed off on the planned merger.

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Matt Hancock’s artificially intelligent NHS needs careful scrutiny

Lloyd Price

Health Secretary Matt Hancock went all out on prevention last week, detailing his ‘better than cure’ vision for the NHS. “Securing our nation’s health requires a significant and sustained effort to prevent illness and support good physical and mental health,” he said. “We need to see a greater investment in prevention.” Clearly, Hancock has taken a leaf out of The Big Issue’s book, picking up our ongoing call for preventative actions to make a better tomorrow.

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Medicare’s telehealth utilization nudges upward, but overall rates still hamstrung by payment policies

FierceHealthIT

The number of Medicare beneficiaries using telehealth services increased nearly 50% between 2014 and 2016, according to a new report released by CMS. The total number of members using telehealth is well under 1%, but analysts say even a small increase could lead to a huge increase in overall visits.

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A Framework of Interprofessional Telebehavioral Health Competencies: Implementation and Challenges Moving Forward

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A Framework of Interprofessional Telebehavioral Health Competencies: Implementation and Challenges Moving Forward Abstract Interprofessional telebehavioral health (TBH) competencies have been developed to standardize training and improve the quality of TBH care. The seven identified interprofessional TBH competency domains and three … Read more.

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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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Geisinger launches program meant to 'redesign' surgical experience

FierceHealthIT

The health system says the program—which reduces the use of opioids needed postsurgery—has also been able to cut hospital stays in half and save $1.5 million already during a pilot.

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Clarifications about the FHIR Trademark

Health Intersections

HL7 owns the “FHIR” ® trademark (along with the FHIR flame icon ). While the specification itself is licensed under Creative Commons Public Domain , and can be used in anyway possible, the Trademark is not public domain; HL7 defends the trademark carefully. What that means is that anyone can use the term “FHIR” to refer the FHIR specification – that’s called nominative use – it’s naming the thing that FHIR identifies.

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CMS achieves lowest Medicare improper payment rate since 2010

FierceHealthIT

Improper payments in Medicare have been on the decline since Congress passed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010. They reached an eight-year low of 8.12% in the Medicare fee-for-service program this year, according to CMS.

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Washington Managed Fee-for-Service Demonstration: 2015 and 2016 Medicare Actuarial Savings Report

CMS.gov

Washington Managed Fee-for-Service Demonstration: 2015 and 2016 Medicare Actuarial Savings Report. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Fri, 11/16/2018 - 18:51. Tim Engelhardt. Director, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, Topic. Innovation models. Medicare Parts A & B. Washington Managed Fee-for-Service Demonstration: 2015 and 2016 Medicare Actuarial Savings Report.

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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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Healthcare Roundup—Dignity Health, CHI to become CommonSpirit Health

FierceHealthIT

Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives' joint healthcare system has a name, plus more healthcare headlines.

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2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010

CMS.gov

2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Fri, 11/16/2018 - 18:46. Seema Verma. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Topic. Fraud, waste, & abuse. Leadership. 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service improper payment rate is lowest since 2010 Significant progress in saving $4.59B in estimated improper payments for the Medicare Fee-For-Service program.

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T1D Odyssey from North Africa

Insulin Nation

I was originally born in Canada and left at five years old to go to North Africa with my father. He couldn’t get around so he believed being in his homeland would be easier. At five years old, I was already planting and cultivating my dad’s land, in North Africa. We didn’t have breaks. Our monthly pay was equal to $5.00 Canadian. I never knew what a roof felt like.

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Weekender 11/16/18

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. The VA tells a House EHR subcommittee that it will need to spend an extra $350 million on top of its $16 billion Cerner budget to hire “subject matter experts to grade the implementation efforts of Cerner”. HHS OCR issues an RFI to solicit the public’s views on whether HIPAA rules prevent or discourage providers, payers, and patients from sharing information for care coordination and case management.

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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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Lawmakers tee up telemedicine priorities

Morning eHealth

Report: Trump administration has VA privatization plans — Broadband leadership updates

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Red or blue, both political parties have work to do on their 2020 healthcare platforms

FierceHealthIT

In our partisan era, we know Republicans and Democrats rarely agree. But there's also considerable fighting within each party about how to approach healthcare, and that has to change by 2020, NYU's Shelly Glied and Stanford's Lanhee Chen said on Friday.

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