Wed.Sep 26, 2018

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Should the Apple Watch monitor your heart?

KevinMD

The announcement that the next iteration of the Apple Watch can both monitor the wearer’s heart rhythm and, if a suspicious reading emerges, perform an electrocardiogram, could be a boon for users and their doctors. Or it could be a massive headache for the health care system. The new watch continuously monitors the wearer’s heart rate. It. Read more.

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How the AMA is helping make sure health tech innovation is physician-led

Mobi Health News

A recently-launched Physician Innovation Network and a forthcoming Digital Health Implementation Playbook are two new initiatives.

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Starting With Healthcare Cloud Migration

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Inga Shugalo, healthcare industry analyst, Itransition. Following the wind of change, we find that healthcare is on the way to transferring most of its processes to the cloud. According to IDC, hospitals now tend to prefer keeping custom medical software from EHRs to AI and data analytics on cloud servers instead of in-house management.

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2/3s of commercially available blood glucometers don't meet FDA accuracy standards, study finds

Mobi Health News

A robust investigation published in Diabetes Care looked at 18 top-selling meters, making up 90 percent of the market.

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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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Rural states have the most to gain with Medicaid expansion, study suggests

FierceHealthIT

Expansion and non-expansion states saw a sizable difference in coverage gains post-ACA, and the expansion states that improved the most contain large rural populations. Will rural states that haven't expanded follow their example?

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Preview: MGMA conference focuses on revolutionizing healthcare

FierceHealthIT

Thousands of healthcare leaders will come together in Boston for four days for the 2018 Medical Group Management Association conference, where the focus will be on revolutionizing the industry.

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It’s time for data to translate into better outcomes for patients

Mobi Health News

Iomed Medical Solution CEO Javier de Oca is in the business of generating data specific databases for health systems and believes the time is now to see that data translate into better patient outcomes and sustainable systems for providers.

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Stanford report urges medical practices to ‘junk the fax,’ focus on EHR training and workflows

FierceHealthIT

Years from now, in a perfect world, EHRs would seamlessly transmit data and doctors would be free to spend the majority of their time interacting with patients. Getting there requires buy-in from every healthcare sector—including medical practices.

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Healthcare innovators looking to China face challenges, opportunities

Mobi Health News

Startups thriving in the US must adapt to a new healthcare system and intellectual property regulations to operate in the Chinese market.

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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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NYC Health + Hospitals seeks an additional $28.6M from UnitedHealthcare in wrongful claim denials

FierceHealthIT

After a review of nearly 4,000 claims over a three-and-a-half-year period, the largest public hospital in the country said it's owed $40.1 million from UnitedHealthcare. NYC Health + Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz blasted the insurer for "skewed" priorities.

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Video visits drive new telehealth initiatives in 2018

Mobi Health News

As virtual care grows, integrated tools become a game-changer.

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Study: Survival odds after cardiac arrest depends on which EMS agency shows up

FierceHealthIT

For patients who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the odds of survival vary surprisingly depending on which EMS agency treats them.

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Digital pathology startup Proscia lands $8.3M

Mobi Health News

Proscia makes digital pathology software and AI applications for cancer diagnosis.

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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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Congress reaches consensus on opioid epidemic legislation package 

FierceHealthIT

The House and Senate have reached a consensus on a legislation package aimed at the opioid crisis, setting the stage to swiftly send a bill to the president’s desk.

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Women and family health platform Maven lands $27M

Mobi Health News

Maven scores Series B funding to expand its return-to-work product line.

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Lifepoint Health's CEO Bill Carpenter plans to retire after merger with RCCH

FierceHealthIT

Brentwood, Tennessee-based health system giant LifePoint Health announced its CEO Bill Carpenter III plans to retire. Here's more on the timing and who will replace him.

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Pharma execs talk challenges, opportunities of partenering with digital theraputics

Mobi Health News

At DTx in Boston representatives of major pharma companies discussed opportunies of working with digital theraputics companies and what they wish the startups knew.

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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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Health Payer Roundup—GAO clears HHS in tweet investigation; state official warns about CVS-Aetna

FierceHealthIT

The federal watchdog agency says HHS didn't violate any federal anti-lobbying laws by tweeting about ACA repeal efforts. Plus, Connecticut's top financial official says CVS-Aetna will raise costs.

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Poll: Is tech ready for clinical mobility so consumers can shop and manage their own healthcare?

Mobi Health News

With more people living with chronic conditions, and recent acquisitions by Amazon and CVS, consumerism is reshaping the traditional healthcare system.

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Opioids bill drops

Morning eHealth

Cybersecurity pared in pandemic preparedness bill — All of Us update

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Apple vs Android poll results: Hospitals divided on which innovation strategy is best

Mobi Health News

Open source? Proprietary? Both? Readers reveal which innovation tactics they take.

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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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Physician Practice Roundup—Congress may expand Sunshine Act to cover nurse practitioners, other clinicians

FierceHealthIT

Congress is expected to finalize a new law that will expand the Sunshine Act and require drug companies and medical device manufacturers to disclose payments and gifts made to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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Expect the IRS to Start Issuing ACA Penalties for 2016 Tax Year in November

ACA Times

3 minute read: . As November approaches, two things seem certain. There will be national midterm elections and the IRS will begin issuing Letter 226J penalty notices to employers identified as having not complied with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Mandate for the 2016 tax year. We know that midterm elections are confirmed (they are being held on Tuesday, November 6), as we were reminded with the celebration of National Voter Registration Day yesterday.

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Health IT Roundup—Opioid bill includes health IT tidbits; StartupHealth raises $31M

FierceHealthIT

A new opioid bill features some health IT tidbits, including EHR incentive payments for behavioral health providers and expanded telehealth coverage. Plus StartUp Health gets a $31 million cash injection.

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Apple, Amazon, Google & Healthcare

Advanced Medical Reviews

Technology has created lanes for many people, businesses and industries to seek and attain enormous progress. The healthcare industry, in particular, has rapidly evolved in recent years through partnering with technological innovators. Many such partnerships have been forged through creative collaborations with companies not traditionally active in healthcare.

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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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Healthcare Roundup—Moody’s: CHS’ $262M settlement could cause a cash crisis

FierceHealthIT

An analyst for Moody’s Investors Service has warned that Community Health Systems’ $262 million fraud settlement could “severely weaken” the system, plus more healthcare headlines.

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See Your Patients Virtually with Telehealth

iSALUS Healthcare

Telehealth is a term that is used every day in medical practices all over the United States. While this word means a lot of different things and is built from multiple different features, the virtual visit is one of the most talked about features of telehealth. Virtual healthcare is changing the delivery of modern medicine in the digital age, helping patients to become more engaged and diminishing primary care deserts.

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Maven, a Digital Health startup and benefits platform focused on improving access to Healthcare for Women raises $27 Million

Lloyd Price

Despite the increase in women in the U.S. workforce and public pledges from several high-profile CEOs to close the gender pay gap, women, especially working mothers, often find themselves without the resources necessary to succeed at work. Maven, a digital health startup and benefits platform focused on improving access to healthcare for women, has emerged specifically to help businesses help their female employees.