eVisit
JANUARY 4, 2019
If there is one thing that the last decade has shown us, it’s that nothing stays the same. This is true in all aspects of healthcare. Everything from patient records, writing prescriptions, navigating reimbursement, analyzing risk, and updating treatment protocols have changed.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 4, 2019
An in-depth look at the market forces shaping the development and adoption (or lack thereof) of behavioral health technology.
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Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 4, 2019
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Dr. Sean Otto, business development, Cyient. The approval of electrocardiogram’s (EKG) through the FDA that enables atrial fibrillation detection right from a patient’s watch band is just one example of how the digitization of medical devices, a part of the Internet of Things movement, is leading product development and innovation in medicine.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 4, 2019
Silver Lake led the round, which will be used for new partnerships, global business development, and potential acquisitions.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
Many hospitals are making significant investments in community programs, despite losing nearly $77 billion in Medicare and Medicaid payments in 2017, according to new data from the American Hospital Association.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
There’s a lack of women in the healthcare C-suite—and what’s holding them back is a set of “invisible barriers,” according to a new report.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 4, 2019
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) welcomes Senators Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, after Senate leaders announced committee assignments for the 116th Congress: “I welcome Senators Mitt Romney, Mike Braun and Jacky Rosen to the HELP committee and look forward to working with […].
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
There is a huge network threat that most people aren’t aware of: Today’s printers present greater security risks than traditional servers, desktops and laptops.
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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
JANUARY 4, 2019
As the partial government shutdown stretches into its third week, it has had an impact on a growing number of health programs. It has also had an impact in another venue: the courtroom. Here's a look at some of the cases that have been impacted.
Morning eHealth
JANUARY 4, 2019
New health tech influencers in Washington — Cerner trots out drug price transparency feature
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
In the Precision Medicine Advisory Committee's recently completed action plan, a California panel recommended studying the feasibility of a unified EHR for the entire state—something both patients and providers would be able to access.
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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.
Lloyd Price
JANUARY 4, 2019
When I talk to CEOs and CIOs often the first question I get is what are APIs and followed almost immediately by why do I need them? Perhaps, as I have come to learn, the root of the question is do I really need it? I mean after all we do have HL7 so why APIs and how are they different. WHAT IS AN API? For clarity sake lets all get on the same page about APIs.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
The urgent care chain CityMD was at risk of falling out of UnitedHealthcare's network—along with that of its subsidiary, Oxford Health Plans. But the organizations struck a deal to avert that scenario.
Lloyd Price
JANUARY 4, 2019
Boots UK has bought health technology company Wiggly-Amps for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will enable the high street retailer with 2,485 stores to strengthen its digital healthcare services. According to the Wiggly-Amps’ website, the health tech business provides a range of physical devices including digital kiosks, panic buttons and blood pressure machines.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
Medsphere is adding to its suite of solutions by acquiring smart health tech vendor HealthLine Solutions. The company hopes to use HealthLine's application to improve the revenue cycle management component of its CareVue EHR platform.
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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!
HIStalk Weekender
JANUARY 4, 2019
Weekly News Recap. Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 billion in a new funding round. Health Level Seven International publishes the FHIR Release 4 standard. Epic says that health system EHR sales have plateaued and the company will move “beyond the walls” to store patient records from dentists, on-site clinics, drugstores, and potentially home and hospice care providers.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
Blue Cross Blue Shield is warning against using HRAs for short-term plans, newly elected Maine Gov. Janet Mills didn't waste any time on her first day and more payer headlines from around the web.
Lloyd Price
JANUARY 4, 2019
SOPHiA GENETICS today announced the closing of a $77 million investment round to accelerate the democratization of Data-Driven Medicine. The round was led by Generation Investment Management, a pioneer of sustainable investing. Balderton joined the round, along with Idinvest Partners and Alychlo. SOPHiA GENETICS was founded in Switzerland and is now co-based in Lausanne and Boston.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 4, 2019
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says he's staying at the agency as a reporter investigates rumors of his exit, plus more healthcare headlines.
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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