KevinMD
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Anyone who has spent any time on the internet knows better than to spend much time on the comments from an opinion piece. The comments section, even one on a site as reputable and respected as the New York Times, is often a minefield of trolls, contrarians, and conspiracy theorists. But after reading “The American […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Older people are re-framing their personal images and definitions of aging, from continuing to work past typical retirement age, Skyping and texting with grandchildren, and traveling to destinations well beyond the “snowbird” locales of Florida and Arizona to more active and often charitable/volunteer situations in developing economies. And so, too, are older folks re-imagining how and where their health care services could be delivered and consumed.
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Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Researchers found that 93% of the time, telemedicine visits adhered to CDC guidelines regarding birth control.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 3, 2019
SelfCare is health/care, particularly as patients, everyday people, take on greater responsibility for clinical decisions and paying for medical services. We’re convening today through Sunday in Indianapolis with GMDC, the Global Market Development Center and Retail Tomorrow to brainstorm the current and future prospects for SelfCare, health and wellness in the hands, hearts, and homes of consumers.
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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.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2019
The round was led by Freestyle Ventures and Cowboy Ventures with participation from Maverick Ventures, Felicis Ventures and angel investor Bruce Dunlevie.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2019
The company's healthcare robot, called Moxi, can deliver medical supplies and lab samples across the hospital.
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 3, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Bill Gates once said, “The two areas that are changing … are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.” Already, advances in electronic health technologies have saved many lives, with the number of heart attack fatalities reduced by over 50%, according […].
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2019
“Huge demand” following pilot scheme which allowed medics to view summary care records via iPads, says the London Ambulance Service CIO.
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 3, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. If you are looking to run a successful healthcare business, be it a small office or a clinic, you need to ensure your patients always receive high-quality services. To be able to deliver the best possible care services to your patients, you will have to create the appropriate environment and focus on the training of […].
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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.
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Digital health's products are clashing with an established healthcare industry, and many stakeholders aren't sure the young companies are ready for its complexities.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
A Maine health system issued an apology Thursday after the state's human rights commission said hospital employees created a "Wall of Shame" of patients with disabilities.
Health Recovery Solutions
OCTOBER 3, 2019
As a patient transitions from hospital to home, leaving the safety net of doctors and nurses may seem daunting. For patients, half of the struggle of coming home is forming new, healthy habits; habits that help them manage their lives post hospital discharge. Whether this means remembering to take their medicine or eating healthy or regularly checking their weight, developing new habits and forming a new routine is essential to reducing a patient's risk of readmission.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Preliminary rates for Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges across 23 states show insurers want a median 2.3% increase for 2020, according to a new analysis.
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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.
eVisit
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Emergency Triage, Treat & Transport ? ET3. It’s a common scenario. A 9-1-1 call comes in and an ambulance is dispatched. When the EMS team arrives they find out the emergency is actually a lower acuity situation that does not require transport to the ED. In fact, the patient could be better served if they were transported to an urgent care clinic, their own primary care provider, or better yet, treated at the scene.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
After an appeal from nine physician organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says doctors and other healthcare professionals who qualify for an advanced alternative payment model (APM) performance bonus should get their money soon.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 3, 2019
You are not alone if you view your morning cup of coffee as a magical gulp of happiness. . Coffee is such a strangely wonderful thing. So many of us across the globe feel as though we can’t start our day without it — and that’s not such a bad thing in small quantities, right? For people with type 1 diabetes, coffee is still magical…but it can also be a little tricky.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Retail giant Walmart—the largest employer in the U.S.—is piloting several new initiatives in the health benefits it offers to workers, aiming to steer employees to high-quality providers and reduce unneeded costs.
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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!
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2019
The following is a guest article by Heather Haugen from Atos and Mitchell Josephson from KLAS. What factors predict physician satisfaction with clinical systems? As healthcare organizations select an EHR, they contemplate the best vendor, the breadth of functionality, integration across other applications, initial investment and maintenance costs, resources required to support the systems, and many […].
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2019
The InterSystems Global Summit provides developers and executives the knowledge they need to empower their businesses with data. The future of healthcare data will be led by companies and systems that are organized now. InterSystems Global Summit 2019, hosted in Boston this past month, was a great opportunity to better understand how to refine and […].
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 3, 2019
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to give Medicare Advantage plans more flexibility and reduce regulations for certain medical professionals.
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.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 3, 2019
A couple weeks ago, we got the exciting news that the FDA had approved an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that does reads on images from a portable X-ray in order to screen for collapsed lung. The teams at GE Healthcare and UC San Francisco are behind this technology and research. This is really exciting news […].
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