Tue.May 21, 2019

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Apple Watch app for nightmare disorder receives FDA breakthrough designation, opens enrollment for two RCTs

Mobi Health News

To see light as a prescription digital therapeutic for PTSD patients affected by nightmares, NightWare is testing its app among veterans and the general public.

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Enhancing Patient Care With Virtual Care Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kannan Sreedhar, corporate consulting director of healthcare, Avaya. The need for value-based healthcare has never been greater in the United States. Research shows that six out of 10 adults have a chronic disease being treated, and 60 percent of those adults have more than one healthcare institution treating them.

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Novartis, Otsuka, Pfizer, Sanofi commit to new trials on Verily's digital research platform

Mobi Health News

The pharmas will be employing Verily's Project Baseline platform to streamline recruitment and data collection during clinical research.

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Poor broadband access in rural areas limits telemedicine use: study

FierceHealthIT

Telemedicine is frequently touted as a technology tool that can help improve healthcare access for rural populations, especially in areas with physician shortages. But telemedicine might not be the silver bullet to improve rural healthcare.

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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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Facebook launches three new disease mapping tools

Mobi Health News

The new tools will include a high-resolution population density map with demographic estimates, a movement map and network coverage map.

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Fitness platform Aaptiv adds new AI coach

Mobi Health News

The new AI coach uses a proprietary algorithm to personalize fitness routines and offer lifestyle tips to each user.

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How Can Employees Become The Change Maker That Our Healthcare System Is Promised?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, president and co-founder, Innovaccer. What makes anyone identify the best health plan for themselves? In today’s world, having health insurance is very important. You might end up paying significantly more for a doctor’s visit if you don’t have insurance than if you had it.

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AI-enabled monitoring, decision support platform Biofourmis raises $35M

Mobi Health News

The Singaporean company will be moving its headquarters to Boston.

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Industry experts weigh in on slew of bills aimed at drug price transparency at hearing 

FierceHealthIT

Experts from across the healthcare system weighed in on several House bills aimed at increasing transparency in the pharmaceutical supply chain at a hearing Tuesday.

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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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Five tips from Northwell health for engaging health consumers

Mobi Health News

At the Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit last week, Northwell leadership shared lessons learned.

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4 out of 5 employees rate office well-being programs as valuable

FierceHealthIT

Four out of five employees rate their employers’ well-being programs as valuable, according to a new report from the National Business Group on Health.

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Cala Health's $50M Series C will bring its wearable essential tremor therapy to market

Mobi Health News

The neuromodulation company will also be looking to expand the rest of its product pipeline.

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Transforming Disaster Recovery with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

Recently GlobalMed’s Chief Clinical Officer Gigi Sorenson and Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Dean Smith presented talks about disaster recovery and telemedicine at the International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Hurricane Resiliency. Hosted by Society for Disaster Medicine , the St. Maartens conference focused on public health challenges after hurricanes.

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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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Mightier, a Boston Children's spinout focused on gamified emotional regulation training, gets $6.6M

Mobi Health News

The round, led by Foxkiser, brings the company's total funding to $10 million.

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Providers, insurers parse what they could support—and what they won't—in surprise billing solution

FierceHealthIT

While both providers and insurers have found it difficult to agree on a solution to surprise billing, experts on both sides expressed support Tuesday for banning the practice.

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Why I Celebrate the Anniversary of My T1D Diagnosis

Insulin Nation

In my house, April 6 th is known as Donut Day. It’s considered a true holiday, right up there with Valentine’s and Mother’s Day. The date doesn’t require any special decorations or costumes. Or even gifts. What it does require is a good donut, a hot cup of coffee, and a moment to reflect. You see, on April 6, 2009, I was admitted to the hospital with a blood sugar of 599.

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Davita's new CEO Javier Rodriguez talks strategy, style and the future of kidney care

FierceHealthIT

FierceHealthcare caught up recently with Davita's new CEO Javier Rodriguez to talk about the new gig, how his leadership style compares to his predecessor Kent Thiry and the future of the kidney care industry.

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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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Missouri in the Spotlight for All the Wrong Reasons

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

‘Show-Me State’ the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program

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Planned Parenthood CEO Wen on 2020 election: It's the 'fight of our time'

FierceHealthIT

Planned Parenthood CEO Leana Wen, M.D., who has been in her leadership role only six months, vowed the organization would fight restrictive abortion bills in the courts. They are also expanding healthcare services, she said.

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How technology is helping patients find the right care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How technology is helping patients find the right care Featured Decision Content:

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Blue Shield of California targets patients with complex needs in house call program 

FierceHealthIT

Blue Shield of California has teamed up with Landmark Health to offer more home health visits to members with chronic conditions—at no additional cost.

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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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Telehealth for Rehabilitation

Christina's Considerations

Early in 2018, I wrote about my first experience as a patient with telehealth. I was finally receiving the kind of care I had promoted as an administrator for so long and it was a pure pleasure. I often hear.

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Survey finds over 9 in 10 people say doctors are the most trusted professionals

FierceHealthIT

People may be less trusting in lots of way these days, but they still have trust in their doctors, according to a new survey.

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Biofourmis Raises $35M to Advance AI Drug Software, Plans Move to Boston

MedTech Boston

Digital therapeutics company Biofourmis announced today that it will be moving its headquarters from Singapore to Boston following the. The post Biofourmis Raises $35M to Advance AI Drug Software, Plans Move to Boston appeared first on MedTech Boston.

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Political uncertainty could sink healthcare deals over next year: survey

FierceHealthIT

While most M&A professionals are bullish on healthcare and life sciences deals in 2019, political uncertainty could be the biggest factor stifling activity in the sector this year and ahead of the 2020 elections, according to a recent poll of global M&A professionals.

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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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The Role of Telehealth in Combating the Social Determinants of Health

Health Recovery Solutions

According to the American Hospital Association (AHA) , 80 percent of a persons health and well being can be tied to their physical environment, economic stability, education, and food insecurity; while merely 20 percent can be tied to their access and quality of care.

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Comment on The 340B Saga Continues by The 340B Saga Continues - HITECH Answers: HIPAA, MIPS, EHR, Cybersecurity News

Health Blawg

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Slow Progress Toward Total Value Based Care

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: While most stakeholders agree the shift toward value-based care is imminent, the current political environment and uncertainty surrounding healthcare reform have caused many healthcare organizations to slow or stall their efforts to prepare for risk-based medicine. Click HERE and discuss how BHM services reach your goals. Multispecialty medical group and integrated delivery system revenue is increasingly risk-based, but these organizations continue to experience barriers t