Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The driving forces shaping health and health care around the world are re-shaping health care financing and delivery around the world, and especially considering the growing role of patients in self-care — in terms of financing, clinical decision making and care-flows.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The new HIPAA-compliant tool will be able to capture physician dictation or doctor-patient conversations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Justin Hunt, MD, MS, head of psychiatry, Ginger. From banking to healthcare to grocery delivery—businesses and organizations across multiple industries are pivoting to leverage text messaging as a way to reach consumers. And in behavioral healthcare, text-based coaching is paving the way for increased access to support.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The deal will help connect Cambia's regional health plan members in Washington and other nearby states to appropriate mental health services.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: PatientBond using consumer psychology to develop patient management tools Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Tech giant Amazon is expanding its speech recognition capabilities to help with clinical documentation, the company announced at its Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Monday.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How to design devices for long-term engagement Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As alarms proliferate, hospitals are working to sort through the cacophony that can overwhelm staff and cause them to overlook real signs of harm.

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Morning eHealth

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Data privacy hearing on tap this week — Tele-pot?

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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.

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Only a small share of Medicare Advantage and Part D beneficiaries switched their health plans during the 2016 and 2017 open enrollment, even though plan options have expanded, a new analysis finds.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 2, 2019

What’s the longest you’ve waited for a doctor appointment? Every patient has a collection of grievances with the healthcare system. Cost is a big one ; so are doctors who don’t listen ; having to travel to a hospital far from family is another. But there’s one complaint that seems to be getting worse and worse – waiting weeks or even months to see a doctor.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Accountable care organizations lowered Medicare spending by $755 million from 2013 to 2017, a new analysis found.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I’m not a petrol head. If you gave me a Formula 1 car Lewis Hamilton would have nothing to worry about because I’ve not been shown how to use it. Giving technology to a doctor who is neither interested or invested in it would be a similar waste of time. However, as a doctor with 20 years’ experience – including 14 as a GP – I’ve come to recognise both the role and potential of technology in treating patients.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The federal government brought in $5.9 billion in fraud recoveries in fiscal 2019 from investigations by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, according to a new report from that agency.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2019

One of the most insightful meetings I had at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas was with Robbie Hughes, CEO and Founder of Lumeon. For those not familiar with Lumeon, they work with healthcare providers to design and automate care pathways in an effort to deliver measurable outcomes at lower cost. They’re deployed in 12 […].

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Innovative approaches to anonymization and aggregation—some using new technologies like blockchain, others using new models of data rights—are allowing data users to extract valuable information without compromising patients’ rights or their privacy.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For the 25th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re asking the question “Do You Trust Google with Patient Data?” This ripped from the headlines topic is a challenging one with a lot of complexities. For those who missed the news, Google Health has been working with Ascension Health on a number of health […] Many have reacted to the recent news that Ascension Health has been sharing 10s of millions of patient records with Google.

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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!

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Centene has agreed to sell its Medicaid and Medicare Advantage business in Illinois to CVS Health in order to help its $15 billion merger with insurer WellCare.

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HealthStream

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Applying artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare workplace development can help organizations overcome some of the challenges holding back employees from achieving great outcomes.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Among Fortune 500 healthcare executive teams and boards, U.S. hospitals, healthcare VCs, and digital health startups, gender equity is improving at a snail's pace. Fortune 500 healthcare company boards increased women representation from 22.6% in 2018 to 26% in 2019. U.S. hospitals continue to have more women representation at 37.1% in 2019.

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HIStalk Interviews

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Michelle O’Connor is president and chief operating officer of Meditech.

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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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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

TV medical dramas often get a bad rap for how they portray healthcare. But a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine is giving Greys Anatomy some credit for increasing awareness for a sexual assault hotline.

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