Apple rolls out Research: One app for three new longitudinal studies
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
iOS users can now sign up for studies on women's health, movement and heart health, and the effects of noise exposure on hearing.
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TigerConnect Surveys Confirm The Broken State of Communication In Healthcare
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. TigerConnect released its annual “State of Healthcare Communications” report, a survey of healthcare leaders and patients detailing the pervasive challenges in healthcare communications. The survey confirmed the fragmented state of communication in healthcare – with many organizations still heavily reliant on landline phones, fax machines, and pagers, and the adoption of modern communication techn
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Singapore researchers and local tech startup launch pilot to help children with ADHD using BCI tech
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The home-based pilot program will see 20 children each receive a take-home kit that includes Neeuro’s brainwave-reading SenzeBand and a Samsung tablet with the preloaded CogoLand game.
Taking Predictive Analytics In Healthcare From The Experimental To The Expected
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marc Helberg, managing vice president at the Philadelphia office, Pariveda Solutions. Data. It’s everywhere, and healthcare organizations know it can be theoretically useful in the modeling of predictive patient outcomes. This sounds promising enough.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Patients still facing big obstacles getting their own health data
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Despite HIPAA's right of access rule, and CMS and ONC prioritizing consumer access in their forthcoming 21st Century Cures regs, a new scorecard shows that providers have work to do.
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Hims & Hers unveils new app, security procedures
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The online mail-order health company has created an app with nearly identical functions as its platform.
NextGen Healthcare Acquires Medfusion
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is acquiring Medfusion, Inc., a patient experience platform leader. The proposed acquisition is expected to close in early December 2019, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions, including the transfer of Medfusion’s data services business out of Medfusion.
BCBS of Minnesota inks deal with Omada to provide Type 2 diabetes tool to members
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The deal also comes with a strategic investment for the disease management startup.
New Flu Treatment for People with Diabetes
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
For the average person, the flu might be no big deal — but for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the flu can be devastating. (This is why, by the way, you should get your flu shot! And if you don’t have diabetes, you should still get your flu shot to minimize your risk of passing it on to people with diabetes!). In addition to receiving your flu-shot, a new drug — Xofluza — has been approved by the FDA to treat patients in “high-risk” populations who get the flu.
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
Risalto Health collects another $7M for its MSK concierge platform
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
After fueling its seed round last year, Health Catalyst Capital Management again lead the startup's funding.
Loneliness has become a big target for Medicare Advantage insurers. Here's what they're doing about it
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
As health plans have been given a longer leash to address the social determinants of health for seniors, Medicare Advantage insurers are eyeing loneliness as a crucial target.
HCV patients at risk of nonadherence using Proteus' digital pill achieve sustained viral clearance
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The multi-center, single-arm, open-label study recorded an overall medication adherence rate of 93% alongside strong treatment outcomes.
Doctors say climate change is posing health risks for children around the world
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Climate change is negatively affecting children’s health across the world, according to a new report. It called on health professionals to communicate those risks and make health impact part of the discussion on climate change.
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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.
Meet Laney Preheim, Vice President of Operations for Care Innovations
care innovations
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Our Women of Care Innovations series continues with a discussion with Vice President of Operations Laney Preheim, who spoke to us about her role models, advice for young professionals and the importance of compassion in the workplace and keeping an open mind. Who is a female who has been inspirational to you in your career, and why? Carlene Ellis, former Vice President at Intel Corporation, has been a foundational professional role model for me.
Connecticut physician practice warns patients of data breach after cyberphishing attack
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
A physician-owned multispecialty group practice in Connecticut has warned patients about a data breach following a Feb. 8 cyberphishing attack.
Healthcare Cybersecurity – Familiar and Unfamiliar Risks?
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The following is a guest article by Andy Nieto, Global Healthcare Solutions Manager for Lenovo Health. As healthcare continues its digital transformation journey, providing care is becoming easier and more efficient for providers. But that convenience comes at a cost. Technologies like cloud computing and IoT devices carry inherent risks associated with cybersecurity.
Louisiana pays DOJ $13M for scheme to get higher federal Medicaid payments
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Louisiana agreed to pay the federal government $13.4 million to resolve allegations the state submitted false and inflated Medicaid claims to get more federal dollars.
The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report
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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!
How Maximizing Telehealth Reimbursement Policies Will Change Healthcare for the Better
InTouch Health
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Virtual Care Technology Continues to Advance, But Reimbursement Policies Still Have Room to Grow. With rising costs and increasing patient demand, the healthcare industry is at the cusp of significant change. As a generation gets ready to retire, healthcare providers need to find a way to maintain, if not lower, costs without curbing the quality of care.
HealthCare.gov sign-ups down in 2nd week of ACA open enrollment
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The number of people who signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage on HealthCare.gov in the second week of open enrollment declined compared to the same time period in 2018.
Discover The Secret Trifecta of Performance Data to Deliver Better Patient Care
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The following is a guest article by Stacy Leidwinger, CMO of Goliath Technologies. Imagine this. A doctor is sitting at a keyboard in an exam room with a patient, pale and clammy, watching over her shoulder. The patient flinches as the doc hammers the keyboard in frustration over slow response time. Hearing the commotion, a […].
Chutes & Ladders—UnitedHealth Group names Optum CEO as its president; Tenet Healthcare names new COO
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 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.
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.
Bridging the Persistent Chasm Between Healthcare and IT
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The following is a guest article by Troy Foster, Senior Manager of Communications Infrastructure. As an IT professional in healthcare, I learned a valuable lesson early in my career. While working for a medical device company, I was involved in the rollout of new IT functionality that introduced the concept of passively monitoring various sensors […].
Children's National Health System, Virginia Tech team up on innovation campus
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Children’s National Health System announced a formal partnership with Virginia Tech, including the construction of a 12,000-square-foot Virginia Tech biomedical research facility within the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus.
UnitedHealth leads the way in Q3 as top insurers rake in $10.2B in profit
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
UnitedHealth Group blew its competitors out of the water in profit for the third quarter, netting $5 billion on the back of continued double-digit growth at Optum.
L.A. Care, California Blue launch joint community resource centers
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California have teamed up to open a series of community resource centers across Los Angeles County.
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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When it comes to physician practices, it's ‘a seller’s market’ depending on specialty
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
It’s a good time to sell a physician practice, but a lot hinges on the practice specialty, according to one healthcare investment banker.
FierceHealthcare's 2019 Women of Influence Awards
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
We are honoring leaders who have made a measurable impact on healthcare in the past year and have a demonstrated track record in paving the way forward for women and men alike. These leaders have shown examples of innovation, passion and ingenuity.
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