Mon.Jul 15, 2019

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On Amazon Prime Day, What Could Health Care Look Like?

Health Populi

Today is July 15, and my email in-box is flooded with all flavors of Amazon Prime’d stories in newsletters and product info from ecommerce sites — even those outside of Amazon from beauty retailers, electronics channels, and grocery stores. So I ask on what will probably be among the top ecommerce revenue generating days of all time: “What could health care look like when Amazon Prime’d?

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Working towards a future where people can live (and die) healthy

Mobi Health News

With a background in biomedical science and rich experience in medical device venture capital investment, Tomoko Inoue possesses the technical, operational and business knowledge of what makes medtech startups successful – a role perfectly suited for her current role as the CEO of Omron Ventures. She believes that in a hyper aging society like Japan, there is a big need for smart infrastructure in order to make healthcare deliverable remotely by transcending time and space, something that natio

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Hacking A New Way of Life: Insulin Pump Users Take Innovation Into Their Own Hands

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vidya Murthy, vice president of operations, MedCrypt. Type 1 diabetes is a way of life. It is a chronic condition in which the pancreas creates little to no insulin. Those living with the condition, or type 2 insulin treated diabetes, must diligently monitor their carbohydrate intake, at a per-gram precision, to calculate and manage […].

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Obstetrics startup raises $3M to connect maternal care teams

Mobi Health News

Mahmee already services a network of more than 1,000 providers, but will expand its team with Serena Williams, Arlan Hamilton and Mark Cuban's support.

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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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How Technological Innovation Is Revolutionizing Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. When we think about the undying importance that technology has on every aspect of our lives, we can’t help but wonder what our life would be without those marvelous miracles. From a door hinge to the screen you are reading this on right now, it’s all possible due to technological breakthroughs by people of immense […].

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Soom launches mobile app that alerts patients to medical device recalls

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare technology company Soom has launched a mobile app that provides patients, nurses, and caregivers medical device recall information directly from the device manufacturer and U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company says the app is the first mobile app to close the information gap between the U.S. FDA, manufacturers and medical device users.

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MIT's Research Enterprise in Singapore, SMART launches new research group

Mobi Health News

The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), together with A*STAR Institutes and supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF), has launched a new national initiative dubbed Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalised-Medicine (CAMP). The initiative was launched as part of Singapore’s National Cell Manufacturing Initiative to overcome scientific and technical challenges in life-changing cell therapies.

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CMS releases resources for states to apply for 1332 waivers to ignore parts of ACA

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released new templates and other resources to help states apply for 1332 waivers under the Affordable Care Act.

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Study: Years later, pedometer-based walking interventions remain impactful

Mobi Health News

A recent study found fewer health events in the four years following a 12-week behavior change program.

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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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Industry Voices—A look at how providers could fare in CMS' new primary care payment models

FierceHealthIT

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation strikes again with an innovative program designed to reduce Medicare program expenditures while improving the quality of care, healthcare attorney Kathleen Premo writes.

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Teva Pharmaceutical's AirDuo Digihaler gets FDA green light

Mobi Health News

The technology has a built-in sensor that can send usage data to a corresponding smartphone app.

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An insurer built an algorithm to help employers track opioid use. Now they're giving away the data for free.

FierceHealthIT

Washington-based benefits company First Choice Health is aiming to make opioid use data available to employers—even those that don’t contract with it for health coverage.

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Connected fitness device, digital workout company announces investment from North Castle Partners

Mobi Health News

Echelon Fit is looking to expand its cheaper connected spin bikes to more retailers by the fall.

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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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Overcome the Technical Challenges of Telehealth for Nephrology

MedTech Boston

Sponsored by the Renal Physicians Association. Not long ago, reimbursement rules severely limited how nephrology practitioners could treat patients via telemedicine. If. The post Overcome the Technical Challenges of Telehealth for Nephrology appeared first on MedTech Boston.

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits: Which is Higher Quality?

GlobalMed

There’s a predictable turning point in any debate about telehealth. Someone will concede that it can save money, provide clinical evidence , bring care to the underserved and even drive revenue. But inevitably they’ll worry that the quality of the virtual visit just isn’t as good as an in-person visit – that telemedicine is “impersonal.”. But how personal is the quality of a traditional visit?

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OIG: Some states struggling to vet providers to prevent Medicaid fraud

FierceHealthIT

Medicaid programs in several states fail to fully vet providers at high risk for fraud, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General.

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Solving the Prior Authorization Dilemma Has Many Benefits

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest blog post by Dan Kazzaz, CEO, Secure Exchange Solutions. Healthcare is being consumed by runaway cost increases due to (the predicted) shifts in demographics and new treatment options. There is the incessant push to move from fee for service into various other payment methods such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment […].

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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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Editor's corner—I write about healthcare. I still found myself lost in the unnavigable healthcare system

FierceHealthIT

One FierceHealthcare writer's personal experience with a family healthcare scare and the struggle with the lack of coordination within the U.S. healthcare system.

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Ver2 Digital Medicine using telehealth to improve humanitarian aid

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Ver2 Digital Medicine using telehealth to improve humanitarian aid Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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Surescripts files motion to dismiss FTC's antitrust case

FierceHealthIT

Electronic prescribing company Surescripts has fired back at the Federal Trade Commission in its antitrust case and filed a motion to dismiss the FTC's charges in federal court on Friday. The FTC filed a lawsuit against Surescripts in federal court on April 17 charging the health information company with illegally monopolizing the e-prescribing market.

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SPH and SA Ignite Partner to Strengthen Quality Payment Program Offerings for Value-Based Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

SPH Analytics, a top-ranked Population Health Management vendor, announced today that the SPH Analytics’ population health line of business will merge with SA Ignite, forming an expanded population health and quality measurement- focused subsidiary within the SPH portfolio. SA Ignite is a recognized leader in delivering solutions that help healthcare providers achieve top performance scores and financial incentives […].

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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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Joe Biden releases plan that strengthens ACA while dinging 'Medicare for All'

FierceHealthIT

Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a healthcare plan on Monday that boosts the Affordable Care Act by adding a public option among other proposals.

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A Family’s Guide to the ICU: Series Introduction

Society for Participatory Medicine

My name is Narinder Singh. I’m a member of SPM. That’s my mom in the photo above. Last year our family was caught by surprise when she had a completely unexpected and dramatic ICU stay of three months. We had a lot to learn fast and too little help, and when it was over we committed to help other families be engaged, informed, empowered patients.

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Boston Children’s Hospital partners with Premier to improve supply chain

FierceHealthIT

Boston Children’s Hospital announced a new partnership with healthcare improvement company Premier as a step in streamlining management of its supply chain.

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How to Check Accessibility on Your Healthcare Website

Geonetric

Types of accessibility tools There are two different kinds of tools that can check your hospital website for accessibility errors. 1.) Browser plugins or extensions: These allow you to evaluate one page of your website at a time, and are effective if you are making edits to one specific page. 2.) Automated site crawlers: These […]. Read How to Check Accessibility on Your Healthcare Website at Geonetric.com.

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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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Surescripts moves to dismiss in FTC antitrust case

Morning eHealth

Facebook hit with $5B fine — Week ahead

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Handling Seasonal Employees and Workers is Critical for ACA Compliance

ACA Times

3 minute read: Unfortunately, we’ve heard first hand from many of our clients that their Affordable Care Act compliance responsibilities tend to slip during the summer months following the push to submit annual ACA information filings to the IRS. The reality is that the summer is a very critical time for the health of your ACA compliance, largely due to the high volume of seasonal workers and employees that many businesses process during the summer.

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What Is Performance-Guided Learning—And Why It Matters

HealthStream

Performance-guided learning changes the education dynamic in healthcare by connecting job performance with educational goals, allowing employees to be both student and teacher and evolve in ways that play to their strengths.

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