Thu.Sep 26, 2019

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Here’s why health care innovations stay secret

KevinMD

Having been an improvement advisor with many quality improvement initiatives and collaboratives, I have observed that stories about successful initiatives too often leave out major relational barriers that got in the way as well as the critical interventions necessary to overcome them. That important details about relational challenges so often remain hidden is not a […].

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23andMe's new deal with TrialSpark looks to clinical trial recruitment

Mobi Health News

The partners announced that they are putting out a request for clinical trial proposals in the areas of dermatology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, inflammatory diseases, neurology, women’s health and rare diseases.

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The keyboard is the sworn enemy of physicians

KevinMD

During one long ago very hot Washington, DC summer, at the suggestion of my parents, I enrolled in a typing course that was given at our elementary school. This was the summer between sixth and seventh grades, and there were lots of things I would've preferred to have been doing, but my dad, who started […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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“It’s the Deductible, Stupid” – Health Premiums Reach $20,576 in 2019 for a Family

Health Populi

Here’s the latest arithmetic on American workers’ financial trade-off of wages for health care insurance coverage: in the ten years since 2009, family premiums have risen 54% and workers’ contribution to health care spending grew 71%. Wages? They rose 26%, and general price inflation by 20%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey on employer-sponsored benefits for 2019 released yesterday.

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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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Mednition raises $10M in Series A funding round led by Concord Health Partners

Mobi Health News

Proceeds from the financing will be used to expand the company’s customer care team as Mednition further scales commercial deployment of its machine learning platform.

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FDA releases revised draft guidance on CDS software, final guidelines on ‘device’ definitions for software such as wellness apps

Mobi Health News

The new guidances are intended to provide clarity on which products are or are not subject to regulatory enforcement, and to bring the agency’s efforts into compliance with provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Getting Started with Skincare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Skincare is a major part of your personal health, hygiene, and appearance, but it’s difficult to know where to start. Unlike other kinds of self-care, you can’t always rely on a particular routine or product to work for you – luckily, there are still some easy places to start.

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Ieso Digital Health launches global-focused mental health research project

Mobi Health News

The new project will be using the company's accumulated data set to build an autonomous mental health platform.

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CMS wanted comments. It got close to 29K, including a flood from physical therapists and psychologists

FierceHealthIT

CMS wanted comments. It got close to 29K, including a flood from physical therapists and psychologists. As the comment period comes to a close at 5 p.m. tomorrow on a proposed physician fee schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services already got an earful, including from physical therapists, psychologists and social workers telling the agency not to cut their Medicare reimbursements.

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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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Peloton hits the market at $29 a share — but closes at $25.76

Mobi Health News

The company's IPO has started strong, but the connected fitness space and the company's unprofitability raise questions about sustainability.

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New Data Highlights Provider Spending Habits That Impact High Hospital Bills

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Amidst various initiatives to make healthcare bills less mystifying, educating providers on their spending habits may have a positive impact. A major factor contributing to the cost of care is what type of spender a patient’s provider is, according to new data released by IllumiCare.

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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and CW+ launch innovation programme

Mobi Health News

Their ambition is to accelerate uptake of innovation and address some of the most pressing challenges the NHS is facing today.

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CAQH CORE and HL7 Announce Collaboration to Improve Interoperability Between Administrative and Clinical Systems

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. CAQH CORE and Health Level Seven International (HL7) announce a collaboration to address long-standing healthcare industry challenges by accelerating automation and improving interoperability between administrative and clinical systems. This is the first time these two organizations, which conduct complementary work to improve the electronic exchange of data across the healthcare industry, have co

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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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Medication management app, global pharma's international pilot reports improved adherence, patient satisfaction

Mobi Health News

Medisafe and its partner's joint program enrolled "thousands" of cardiometabolic patients and posted adherence increases greater those of the Medisafe app alone.

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Pillo Health and BLACK+DECKER Partner For Smart Home Care Companion

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Pillo Health and BLACK+DECKER today announced an ongoing collaboration to further the companies’ shared mission to help adults and their caregivers independently and proactively manage their healthcare at home. Now available, the Pria by BLACK+DECKER robot assistant is the first commercially available product created in partnership by the two companies.

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Peloton hits the market at $29 a share — but will it hold?

Mobi Health News

The company's IPO has started strong, but the connected fitness space and the company's unprofitability raise questions about sustainability.

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Infor Connected Analytics To Identify Improvement Opportunities Across Clinical and Business Operations

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Infor announces Infor Connected Analytics, which will provide healthcare organizations with the holistic information they need to improve operational efficiency across business functions and clinical service lines. Powered by the Birst analytics platform, the solution gives health system executive leaders and other decision makers a consolidated view of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metric

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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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Sam's Club, Humana team up to mitigate high out-of-pocket healthcare costs

FierceHealthIT

Sam’s Club is teaming up with Humana and telehealth startup 98point6 to pilot a program aimed at helping its members mitigate some out-of-pocket healthcare costs.

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What’s Keeping Medical Practices Up At Night?

Healthcare IT Today

As I was recently thinking about the future of healthcare, I started to wonder how my own thoughts of what’s happening in healthcare aligned with those in the trenches. Rather than just think about it, I decided to reach out to a bunch of people to get their perspectives on what challenges they face. In […].

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Sen. Rand Paul continues fight against patient identifier, introduces bill to overturn authority under HIPAA

FierceHealthIT

Efforts to establish a national patient identifier hit another major barrier as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, is fighting to overturn the two-decade-old ban on funding for a unique patient identifier.

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How to Exercise in the Morning Without Low Blood Sugars

Insulin Nation

Like the rest of us, you were likely taught that exercising with type 1 diabetes requires carbohydrates. “Eat 15 grams of carbs before exercising, and you’ll be fine.”. It only takes a few weeks of actually living with type 1 diabetes to learn how over-simplified this advice truly is. Instead of feeding your body carbohydrates before you hit the gym, go for a run, or sweat it out at your favorite yoga studio, I have a suggestion for you.

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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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CMS releases final discharge planning rule that includes record access requirements

FierceHealthIT

CMS issued a long-awaited final rule on how hospitals must handle discharge planning, introducing new requirements on records access.

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emids Announces Investment from New Mountain Capital

Healthcare IT Today

emids, a leader in digital engineering and transformation solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced it has partnered with New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over $20 billion in assets under management. As part of the transaction, emids management and other select stakeholders will remain invested in the Company, while current investors […].

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Chutes and Ladders—Blue Cross NC's Conway resigns after his arrest; Cerner hires marketing officer

FierceHealthIT

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.

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The Importance of Telehealth Governance and Executive Buy-In

Health Recovery Solutions

So, you and your organization have identified that you need to provide telehealth services to your patient census. Whether you have provided this type of service in the past, or never before, there are critical steps that must be taken to ensure that you launch an effective and outcome-driven program. The key to driving this idea forward all begins with provider empowerment.

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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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UnitedHealth survey: Consumers say they’re prepared for open enrollment, but they spend little time shopping

FierceHealthIT

Consumers say they feel ready to select a health plan during open enrollment—but they’re spending very limited time researching their options, a new survey shows.

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Enhancing Healthcare Cybersecurity Through Legacy System Retirement and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. According to an investigation by ProPublica and German radio and TV network Bayerischer Rundfunk, medical data of more than 5MM U.S. patients and millions more globally can be accessed online by basic web browsers and free software programs.

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CMS releases final rule to reduce administrative burden, including change on transplant centers

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday released a final rule to reduce administrative burden on providers, including a change for transplant centers.