Wed.Mar 13, 2019

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Research published in this trustworthy health policy publication covers a wide range of perspectives, including the promise of patients’ engagement with data to drive health outcomes, citizen science and participatory research where patients crowdsource cures, the results of financial incentives in value-based plans to drive health care “shopping” and decision making, and ultimately, w

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Healthcare: Where AR Adoption Means Better Patient Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Sachin Kalra, Infostretch. Augmented reality (AR) is one of the hottest trends in technology today. Its popularity is equally reflected in projections, as the market is expected to be worth more than $160 billion by 2020, up from just $4 billion in 2016. But its use is not limited to simply chasing Pokémon and […].

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Three Challenges You Will Face With Telemedicine

eVisit

As an account executive for eVisit, I have had the privilege of discussing telemedicine with hundreds of CEOs, COOs, CTOs, physicians and providers from all over the United States. This has reinforced my belief that telemedicine is not just the future of medicine, it is medicine. Looking back at these discussions I have identified three things you need to do and know as you incorporate telemedicine into your health system.

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AHRQ launches app to help patients preplan questions for doctors

Mobi Health News

The new app, called Question Builder, lets consumers input their health information and then brings up potential questions for them to ask their doctors.

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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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Three Lessons To Learn From the UConn Health Data Breach

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Ilia Sotnikov, vice president of product management, Netwrix. On February 21, UConn Health reported that personally identifiable information (PII) from 326,000 patients was compromised. A malicious third party illegally gained access to several employee email accounts that contained patient names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and limited medical information, such as billing […].

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Safety-net providers face obstacles to telehealth adoption

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Despite its clear potential to improve access to high-quality care in underserved communities, telehealth is underutilized by safety-net providers due to a range of barriers, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. The analysis, based on interviews with Medicaid officials from seven states and representatives from 19 Federally Qualified Health Centers in those states, points to insufficient reimbursement as a leading culprit for this lag, in addition to other logistical, policy, and

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Physera's telehealth MSK therapy platform raises $8M

Mobi Health News

The Series A round was lead by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, and brings the company's total funding to more than $10 million.

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Verily’s India project reveals the work of applying AI to real-world clinical care

FierceHealthIT

A machine learning-enabled eye disease screening tool has been at least three years in the making and highlights the progress and challenges of applying AI to real-world clinical care.

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With new feature, Withings' sleep sensor moves towards sleep apnea space

Mobi Health News

The breathing disturbance monitoring features are now available to all Withings Sleep owners.

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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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AHRQ launches app to help patients prepare for medical visits

FierceHealthIT

To help patients prepare for their medical visits, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a new consumer mobile app that builds off the agency’s “Question Builder” online tool.

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Neuro-rehab digital health company Flint raises $1.72M from NIH

Mobi Health News

The new money will go towards developing and improving the company's FitMi system.

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5 Niche Telemedicine Specialties That Might Surprise You

Enzyme Health

Close For Clinicians For Employers Telehealth Jobs Family Medicine General Practice Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Psychiatry / Mental Health Hospitalist Dont see your specialty? Only 20% are listed here. Sign Up to see them all. Blog Work for Enzyme Refer a Friend Team Login Signup ??

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Walgreens Boots Alliance inks deal with Concepta Diagnostics to sell myLotus fertility tracker

Mobi Health News

This deal marks the first commercial agreement for Concepta Diagnostics' myLotus system.

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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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The problem with dubbing single-payer plans 'Medicare for All'

FierceHealthIT

As the debate around a “Medicare for all” approach continues to heat up, a new report warns that name doesn’t necessarily fit the plan. Policy analysts at the Urban Institute dived into the positives and negatives of a potential single-payer healthcare system.

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Mount Sinai spinout OOVA gets $1M for fertility testing kit

Mobi Health News

OOVA uses urinalysis to deliver personalized fertility reports.

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KFF: Two-thirds of Medicare recipients lack dental coverage

FierceHealthIT

Almost two-thirds of Medicare recipients, 37 million people, don’t have dental coverage, according to a recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

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Garmin launches high-end smartwatches, FDA cracks down on tele-abortion, and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Klara adds an investor.

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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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VirtualHealth Announces WellCare Health Plans Is Now Live On Helios Care Management Platform

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. VirtualHealth recently announced that WellCare Health Plans, Inc. is now live on its next generation Helios solution. Helios is the first comprehensive care management platform purpose-built to power the entire ecosystem of value-based care. It provides intelligent workflows based on a 360° view that encompasses all aspects of a member’s health.

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Industry Voices—Is there a correlation between opioid abuse and workplace violence in healthcare?

FierceHealthIT

Many different factors can contribute to workplace violence in healthcare, including heightened emotions, extreme distress and a growing sense of anxiety in the healing environment. Several other factors contribute to this violence, however—including the rising misuse of opioids.

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Activating Patients: The Keystone to Healthcare’s Transition of Value

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. What do the best care teams in healthcare have in common? They don’t just take care of the sick — they help them get better. They engage and empower their patients to play a central role in their care and become healthy. The RWJ Foundation suggests that compared to highly […].

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Rural Health Professions Training: Teaching Medical Students the Benefits of Telemedicine

Arizona Telemedicine Program

For medical students with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, weeks of suspense will end on March 15. Otherwise known as Match Day, it’s the day the students will learn where they will go for their residency training, in their chosen medical field, after they graduate from medical school in May. Sarah Joy Ring, who has completed the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Rural Health Professions Program and a 16-week Rural Health Distinction Track, is hoping for a residency focused o

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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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Quip raises $40M, Garmin launches high-end smartwatches and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: FDA cracks down on tele-abortion companies; Klara adds an investor.

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Inside the Top of Mind 2019 Summit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sponsor: Center for Connected Medicine Primary topic: Privacy & Security Topic: Mobile Privacy & Security Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Inside the Top of Mind 2019 Summit

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Ideas from White House's Technology to Support Aging Adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Technology and aging R&D – who knew about this task force? Maybe you were also surprised to see this government report posted last week -- Emerging Technologies to Support an Aging Population. Of course the aging of the baby boomers (oldest are age 73) is on the minds of lots of businesses and government groups, for various reasons. Some see a market opportunity in services ( home care , home health care , home remodeling ).

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In face of measles outbreaks, AMA urges 6 tech companies to stop vaccine misinformation

FierceHealthIT

The American Medical Association has added its voice to those calling on large tech giants to combat the misinformation on vaccines on their sites. The country's largest physician organization sent a letter Wednesday to the CEOs of six leading social media and technology companies urging them to ensure their users have access to “accurate, timely, scientifically sound information” on vaccine safety and efficacy.

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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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Basic Provenance Use-cases

Healthcare Exchange Standards

There is a project starting in HL7 to define an Implementation Guide for "Basic Provenance" for use with CDA and FHIR. The motivation for this project, as I understand, is to move the Healthcare industry from providing very little Provenance, to providing Provenance that provides some value. From W3C PROV we get a very clear definition of Provenance: Provenance is information about entities, activities, and people involved in producing a piece of data or thing, which can be used to form assessme

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Industry Voices—This is the real issue that should be driving the national healthcare conversation

FierceHealthIT

Employers and their employees have more at stake than just the cost of utilizing a drug or service, the narrative that is driving today’s healthcare discussion in Congress.

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Could a Finnish Artificial Intelligence model be the answer to streamlining NHS services?

Lloyd Price

NHS GP waiting times are at their all-time worst but things are set to improve as the leading Nordic tech firm Klinik Healthcare Solutions, launches a groundbreaking algorithm to take charge of the triage process and automate patient flow for ultimate efficiency It wouldn’t be a day of the week without some media coverage uncovering raging inefficiencies and a shortage of resources in the NHS: doctors, nurses and entire medical teams overstretched nationwide with no obvious solution.

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