Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2020
Yesterday at the Patient Safety in a Digital World symposium at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, panelists discussed the opportunity of digital to boost patient safety, as well as its potential pitfalls.
Health Populi
JANUARY 29, 2020
The rate of suicide in the U.S. rose from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 18.0 between 2000 and 2017, a 40% increase. Those workers most at-risk for suiciding were men working in construction and mining, maintenance, arts/design/entertainment/sports/media, farming and fishing, and transportation. For women, working in construction and mining, protective service, transportation, healthcare (support and practice), the arts and entertainment, and personal care put them at higher risk of suicide.
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Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2020
Yaya Mbaoua, CEO of The Mbaoua Group, will be speaking at HIMSS20 on how telemedicine could transform Africa’s healthcare.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Microsoft plans to spend $40 million to support collaborative projects leveraging artificial intelligence for medical research. The five-year program, called AI for Health, is the fifth program Microsoft has rolled out as part of its AI for Good initiative, the tech giant announced Wednesday.
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Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2020
Women in California experiencing menopause can sign up for video consultations and prescription deliveries through CurieMD's new platform.
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Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2020
A cross-industry research consortium modeled after consumer-focused market research practices is set to present its findings at HIMSS20 in March.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 29, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Valerie Barckhoff, principal and healthcare advisory practice lead, Windham Brannon. Hospitals and health systems throughout the country are constantly looking for ways to streamline finances and fine tune operating margins. Many are now looking outside […].
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 29, 2020
Also: Sandoz' digital therapeutics marketing steps out; Digital weight management tool Naturally Slim picks up new CFO.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
A major pain point for physicians is also one—sometimes literally—for patients. In Texas, 25% of patients say insurers have refused to cover a medicine, procedure, test or scan that a doctor ordered for them or a family member.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 29, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Sanjeev Agrawal, president, LeanTaaS. There is tremendous pressure on health systems to serve more patients, particularly as the need for services rises and insurance disbursements decrease. Adding new facilities to accommodate demand is often […].
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
CVS Caremark is rolling out a new option to allow employers or plan sponsors to eliminate member’s out-of-pocket costs for diabetes medications.
American Well
JANUARY 29, 2020
Around the world, the newest coronavirus outbreak has millions of people concerned about their health. Despite precautionary efforts to contain the disease, the deadly virus continues to spread within China and to other areas of the world including the U.S. So far, only five cases have been confirmed in the U.S., out of about 6,000 cases confirmed globally (statistics as of 1/29/20), however, experts predict the outbreak could spread extensively before it ends.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health recently partnered with Shatterproof, a national group aimed at combatting addiction.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 29, 2020
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, president, Innovaccer. The health plan market is undergoing a drastic transformation. In the past, the competition had been lean with just a small number of payers. However, the market dynamics are changing. […]. The article Top Payer Priorities for 2020: Optimizing Operating Costs and Boosting Network Efficiency appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
The physician assistant workforce is one of the fastest-growing professions in healthcare—with an increase in both numbers and salaries.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 29, 2020
Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based EHR vendor with a controversy-rich history, has agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid prescriptions and issues with their meaningful use EHR certification. Practice Fusion is now owned by Allscripts, which acquired it in 2018. This had been […].
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Federal policy leaders continue to take shots at industry giant Epic and its opposition to proposed data-sharing regulations. Meanwhile Epic is not slowing down its lobbying efforts against the rule.
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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!
Morning eHealth
JANUARY 29, 2020
Practice Fusion settles federal charges — Judge says no-can-do on HIPAA rule
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Star ratings on federal hospital rating website Hospital Compare have gotten another update—and the site uses the existing methodology the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has said it is working to revamp.
InTouch Health
JANUARY 29, 2020
Improving Time Management with Telehealth. Time is an incredibly important commodity in the healthcare industry. Clinicians and providers need to complete routine tasks as quickly as possible so they can spend more time caring for patients. Missed appointments, unexpected challenges, and miscommunication can delay crucial processes, which often inflates the cost of care.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Anthem reported that its 2019 revenue grew 12.9% year over year to $103 billion thanks in part to the successful launch of the insurer’s pharmacy unit IngenioRx.
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.
Digital Leaders HealthTech
JANUARY 29, 2020
Any concerns about the future of the healthcare will be eased by an hour in the company of Dr Sam Shah. This modern-day polymath is brimming with qualifications and a determined belief that digital transformation will enhance the services and infrastructure that we are increasingly being told is struggling. As a trained dental surgeon and public health specialist, with qualifications in law and digital health leadership – who speaks business Italian to boot – Sam brings a broad range of experien
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 29, 2020
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Network Director of Digital Strategy position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by The UVM Health Network and is available in Vermont. Here’s a description of the position: I. […].
LeanIX
JANUARY 29, 2020
At a glance: EA Connect Days US. EA Connect Days EU. Gartner EA Summits (U.S.A. and U.K.). Gartner IT Symposium/ITxpo 2020. EAMkon 2020. Lean EAM Konferenz. Forrester Digital Transformation Summits (U.S.A. and U.K.). IT Enterprise Architecture Vienna. Rethink! IT. StrategyDays.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 29, 2020
The following is a guest article by Amit Modi, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Movius Corp. Improving the ways in which patients communicate with their clinician may feel like sending a search party into a blackhole. With today’s preference for instant communication via text and the laundry list of app-based messaging services, patients are increasingly […].
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Optimum Healthcare IT
JANUARY 29, 2020
Read Time: 2 min The ability to effectively plan, manage and measure change is key to continuous improvement. KPIs are an effective way to measure the effectiveness of change. The post How Do You Measure Change? appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
HealthStream
JANUARY 29, 2020
The severity of health risks and impact on the healthcare infrastructure as the climate changes will depend on each community’s ability to adapt to change, healthcare systems included.
Synzi
JANUARY 29, 2020
Location: Lake Ozark, MO Date: April 22-24th No “Attend” link available at this time. The post Missouri HC Annual Conference appeared first on Synzi.
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