Mon.Mar 18, 2019

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5 Best Practices To Attract and Retain Patients On Your Medical Website

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By James Cumming, CEO, Daily Posts UK. Generally, people have little patience and respect for slow, poorly designed websites, and whatnot. These can make a visitor press the back button and never return to the site again. And that single action has a ripple effect that is far-reaching than you think.

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Will blockchain become the coin of the medical realm?

KevinMD

First, there was Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that utilizes blockchain, a decentralized system of data collection and transactions that we are told will defy hacking. (Wasn’t the Titanic said to be unsinkable?) We read that cryptocurrency and other blockchain functions will be a societal gamechanger, much like the internet was when Al Gore invented it some […].

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Apple Heart Study results: Notifications are rare, but often coincide with ECG-confirmed a-fib

Mobi Health News

Among more than 400,000 participants who enrolled in the study, only 0.5 percent ever received an atrial fibrillation alert from the app.

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New Tech Tonics Podcast – Carolyn Magill – May the Fast, Steep Road Rise Up to Meet You!

Digital Health

Carolyn Magill had planned a life in foreign service or international relations. But it wasn’t until she found herself at the nexus of healthcare and public policy that she realized she found her home. She has now traveled through the worlds of pharma, payers, providers and had leadership positions at companies both large and small. […].

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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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White House report highlights key focuses for healthy aging tech research

Mobi Health News

Developing these strategies and tools will be "critical" for the federal government as it manages the rapidly growing senior population, the report's authors wrote.

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Vida Health unveils machine learning behavior tool, Sleep Health coaching program

Mobi Health News

Each new offering was designed to support consumers and members managing chronic disease, CEO Stephanie Tilenius said.

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Keep Your Eye On 4 Trends Revealed At HIMSS19

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Sheri Stoltenberg, CEO, Stoltenberg Consulting. The 2019 HIMSS Annual Conference may be over, but that doesn’t mean an end to the pressing challenges and trends discussed at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center. More than 42,500 people attended the conference — the majority of whom were C-suite executives and HIT professionals taking full advantage of […].

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Nvidia launches AI toolkit for radiologists Clara AI

Mobi Health News

The toolkit will include 13 classification and segmentation AIs and software tools, designed to help assist radiologists.

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Blockchain Not a Cure for EHR Interoperability

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By James D’Arezzo, CEO, Condusiv Technologies. Much has been written about the prospect of using blockchain technology as a key component of achieving EHR interoperability. It has been widely reported that 55 percent of surveyed hospitals indicated a desire to initiate some sort of blockchain program within the next two years.

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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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Cala Health licenses Massachusetts General Hospital nerve stimulation tech

Mobi Health News

The company is looking to further develop the technology for chronic disease management.

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Healthcare Institutions Received More Attacks than Finance In 2018

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Summarizing the outcomes of 2018, the experts noted an increase in the share of targeted attacks that grew throughout the year reaching 62 percent in Q4. By and large, targeted attacks became the favorite method of attackers (55 percent) in 2018, unlike the previous year. The number of attacks aimed at data theft keeps growing. […].

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Early data shows Livongo lowers blood pressure at six weeks

Mobi Health News

Comorbid patients with hypertension and diabetes saw an average blood pressure drop of 11.2/5.2 mm Hg.

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Industry Voices—The latest tips to secure your organization against ransomware

FierceHealthIT

Cybercrime is on the rise against the healthcare sector because providers are often seen as easy targets with valuable information and insufficient security to protect it. Implementing a few simple best practices can significantly reduce risk.

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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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Mayo Clinic taps Giblib to digitize medical education, create new content

Mobi Health News

The deal involves videos of medical lectures as well as surgical procedures.

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Insurers, hospitals diverge on how Congress should address surprise medical bills

FierceHealthIT

Some of the largest groups representing health insurers sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders on Monday calling for legislation that would block legislation that would physicians from sending surprise bills in case of emergency or when a patient had no choice in their provider. It prompted a response just hours later from hospitals making it clear insurers — and not just providers — needed to be part of the solution around surprise bills.

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Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: Making Electronic Health Information Available to Patients and Providers

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. On Tuesday, March 26, the Senate health committee will hold a hearing on implementation of the electronic health information provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act. In the Cures Act, Congress took steps to help improve the exchange of electronic health information. Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two rules […].

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Apple Watch can detect irregular heart rate, but more research needed—Stanford study

FierceHealthIT

The Stanford Medicine Apple Heart Study, based on 400,000 participants, found that the Apple Watch detected irregular heart rates in 2,000 patients and accurately detected atrial fibrillation 84% of the time.

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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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McKesson Oncology EHR Adds Patient Relationship Management Platform Offering

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Using Navigating Cancer’s platform, providers are notified of patient-reported outcomes and can triage and provide proactive care in real time

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Survey: Payers, providers struggling with disruptions, value-based care

FierceHealthIT

Change Healthcare partnered with the Healthcare Executive Group to publish the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey and found that payers and providers are struggling to navigate new industry disruptions.

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Work Environment Impacts Nurses’ Impression of Successful EHR Adoption, Researchers Find

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

Nearly half of nurses working in poor environments reported that the EHR system did not help them to work efficiently

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Progress on the adoption of risk-based financial models has stalled—survey

FierceHealthIT

In the past four years, little progress has been made in the transition to risk-based models, as healthcare executives remain concerned about the threat of financial losses, a new survey finds.

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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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Apple Watch study finally out

Morning eHealth

The EU’s plan to lead in “trustworthy” AI — FCC Roundup

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MedPAC: Tweaks to Part D plan design chip away at payers’ incentives to keep costs down 

FierceHealthIT

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued its March report to Congress late last week, and in it the group warns that current Part D policy may encourage health plans to shirk responsibility for managing spending.

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HIStalk Interviews Cedric Truss, DHA, Director Health Informatics Program, Georgia State University

HIStalk Interviews

Cedric Truss, DHA, MSHI is director of the health informatics program and clinical assistant professor of Georgia State University of Atlanta, GA. Tell me about yourself and your program. I’ve been at Georgia State since August 2017. We offer a bachelor’s of interdisciplinary studies and health informatics. With that program, we partner with the College of Business, so students take courses under the College of Business and within the College of Nursing and Health Professions.

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Payer Roundup—Amazon now accepting consumers’ FSA, HSA

FierceHealthIT

Amazon will now accept flexible spending account or health savings account cards on its site, and more healthcare news from around the web.

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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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Health 2.0: Integrating solutions for healthcare transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Health 2.

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CMS gives the OK to Maryland Medicaid waiver, allowing diabetes management, dental care demonstrations

FierceHealthIT

CMS has approved a waiver request from Maryland, allowing the state to test several wellness and access projects in its Medicaid program.

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The Signs Were There for IRS’s ACA Enforcement

ACA Times

5 minute read: One of the more complex sections of the Affordable Care Act is the Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions, also referred to as the ACA Employer Mandate. Under the ACA’s Employer Mandate, Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees, are required to offer Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) to at least 95% of their full-time workforce (and their dependents) whereby such coverage meets Minimum Value (MV) and

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