Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Ritesh Patil, co-founder, Mobisoft Infotech. In the past few years, information technology has developed and now it becomes an integral part of the medical sphere. Currently, the innovation of wireless medicine is increasing rapidly and influencing the present healthcare industry.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Telemedicine may help practitioners better reach their patients, but the convenience could come at a cost for the provider. In a qualitative study recently accepted in Nature’s Pediatric Research journal, pediatric doctors conducting telemedicine consultations report a number of medical and non-medical challenges that are not present during face-to-face encounters.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
As more healthcare systems look to embrace big data and the benefits analytics-driven care strategies could bring, the need to build EHRs that can communicate patients’ health data without hassle is growing with each day. But despite growing awareness and billions in expenses, the issue of inadequate interoperability remains the albatross around healthcare IT’s neck, and one that is having a substantial impact on those working the front lines of care.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 7, 2018
What happens when the slow-to-change US healthcare system embraces the Internet of Things? A potential $30 billion industry is born. Goldman Sachs Research's David Roman, senior US Medical Technology equity research analyst, explains where we may see connected care take hold and how it could improve efficiency and outcomes. Watch the Video here - [link] Healthcare has been relegated to a series of innovations that have been about preserving the status quo and helping existing participants expand
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Bot M.D., maker of an AI chatbot app for doctors, has raised $700,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator and angels, including Silicon Valley notable Steve Blank, one of the inventors of the Lean Startup method. The company launched its app of the same name about four weeks ago.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick claim to have come up with a new wearable that can detect blood cell counts as well as particles in the air.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is US legislation that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. This law, enacted through regulations overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), sets rules for the protection of healthcare information (called protected health information, or PHI) and the ability to […].
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 7, 2018
The pentagon is clamping down on wearable fitness devices, following a discovery in January that troop’s secret or confidential locations were revealed by a fitness heat map. The new restriction means that military personal deployed in operational areas will not be allowed to use wearable trackers or smartphone apps, government issued or otherwise, that can identify their location.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. A robotic arm works more or less like the human arm, the main difference is that this one responds according to specific programming. A robotic arm can be designed to either operate on its own as an independent device or as an integral part of a complex robot. Manipulation of robotic arms movements is made […].
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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
AUGUST 7, 2018
Online vitamin retailer Care/of has just closed a $29 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners with participation from Goodwater Capital, Juxtapose, RRE Ventures, Tusk Ventures, Beth Kaplan, and Doug Hudson. Since it was founded in 2016, the company has raised $46 million, according to Crunchbase.
Morning eHealth
AUGUST 7, 2018
Health IT groups antsy about info blocking rule — Meet the tech company behind ‘All of Us’
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
In a significant move meant to foster competition, allowing Medicare Advantage plans to negotiate Part B drug prices will generate cost savings that they then can pass on to consumers, the agency says.
Christina's Considerations
AUGUST 7, 2018
I found my way to a physician who specializes in neuromuscular disease, but have been focused on my treatment to give thought to exactly what the specialty does. I did, at least, recognize that neuromuscular relates to both the nervous.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
Here’s another survey to add to the pile of those showing women doctors are still earning substantially less than their male counterparts—this one focused on internal medicine.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
AUGUST 7, 2018
Episode 21 features Sarah Rhoads, PhD, DNP, professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and former director of the South Central Telehealth Resource Center. Listen as Dr. Rhoads discusses how to provide telehealth education to key shareholders to encourage program participation. During her presentation, Dr. Rhoads shares: How to get from an idea to a successful implementation.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
The insurance association hopes the move will "help consumers create and maintain healthy habits," despite studies that suggest owning a fitness device will not improve one's health.
Society for Participatory Medicine
AUGUST 7, 2018
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by SPM member Nancy Michaels. Members of our society are welcome to submit guest posts – see the guidelines. I remember when Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood first aired on the Public Broadcasting System. In my mind, he was the kindest, most compassionate and understanding man I had ever seen – in life or on television.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
National Business Group on Health CEO and President Brian Marcotte elaborated on what large employers are looking for out of Silicon Valley as they weighed in on their expectations for healthcare benefits in 2019.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 7, 2018
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
Physician assistants working in hospitals make more money and have more leadership opportunities and better benefits than their counterparts employed by physician practices, according to a new survey. PA salaries have also increased.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 7, 2018
Editor’s Note: The growth of Medicare Advantage as a program (it accounts for a third of Medicare enrollees and spending), and the 9.3% difference in hospitalization rates between MA and fee-for-service has been cited as a good sign for the future of healthcare. CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members.
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
The latest survey from the National Business Group on Health found large employers are playing a more "activist" role in healthcare, doubling down on narrow network strategies even as fewer of them only offered consumer-directed health plans.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 7, 2018
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. With the cost of drugs a critical issue in healthcare, health insurance companies and government payers need to understand how new and existing drugs compar
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
A Maryland doctor was sentenced to five years in prison for operating two “pill mills” that were disguised as wellness centers, plus more news.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
America’s Essential Hospitals will undertake a research project aimed at improving patients’ trust in their healthcare providers. The end goal is to build guidelines and policies that hospitals can use to boost patient trust, particularly among the most vulnerable patients, one of the lead researchers tells FierceHealthcare.
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FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
Citing regulatory risks and powerful new competition from Amazon, activist investor Carl Icahn is publicly calling for Cigna shareholders to block the Express Scripts acquisition. He said the deal "may well become one of the worst blunders in corporate history.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
Hours after Carl Icahn called the Cigna-Express Scripts merger "one of the worst blunders in corporate history," the insurer's board of directors mocked the activist investor's concerns as "misguided and shortsighted," adding that his letter "demonstrates an uninformed view of the current healthcare marketplace.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 7, 2018
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who has requested information from HHS on several occasions, took another stab on Tuesday. He asked Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma for documents related to the removal of ACA references on government-run websites, noting that it could be a violation of federal law.
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