KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Ageism in health care abounds. Older adults are often overtreated or undertreated for various conditions. The presence of things like fatigue, chronic pain, arthritis, and even cognitive impairment are often accepted as "normal" parts of aging — by physicians and patients alike — despite the fact that many are preventable. According to a recent opinion […].
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Google has teamed up with GN Hearing and Cochlear to launch a new feature that uses Bluetooth Low Energy.
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Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
There are many definitions of the word, “labor.” Oxford Dictionary provides context for the definition as follows: To work, as in especially hard physical work. To make great effort (as in, “laboring from dawn to dusk”). To have difficulty in doing something despite working hard. For this third point, Oxford offers these synonyms: “strive, struggle, endeavor, try hard, do one’s best, do all one can, go all out, fight, push, be at pains, put oneself out.”
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
The new goggles will also tell users about their performance and how many calories they burned.
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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jane Byrne, care project coordinator, Firstcare. As technology advances, robots might be able to fill in the gaps when it comes to caring for the elderly in the near future. According to films such as “Robot and Frank,” robots might be used as caregivers in the near future.
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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By George Mathew, chief medical officer, North America, DXC Technology. Consumer technology has given rise to 21st century digital citizens who are reinventing their lifestyles ? one smart device at a time. They are also reinventing healthcare. The 21st century digital citizen monitors their daily calorie intake, sleep patterns and heart rate during exercise.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Providence Health Plan is notifying about 122,000 members that their personal information may have been exposed in a security breach at the program’s dental plan administrator, Virginia-based Dominion National.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Without a doubt, data is the driving force for innovation within healthcare. It has allowed for processes to be streamlined, busy work to be automated, and medical professionals to have more time with their patients.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Capital Rx announced Wednesday the formal launch of its “Clearinghouse Model,” the startup's new approach which is aimed at bringing some light to the black box of the pharmacy benefit.
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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.
Digital Health Today
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Welcome back to Digital Health Today, the place to be to get the insights of leaders making the healthcare of tomorrow, available today. This is a Coffee Talk. Coffee Talks are opportunities to hear directly from the sponsors of our program – leaders of businesses and organizations who are passionate about sharing the ideas, insights and innovations that help accelerate change and fuel new ways of working.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Humana will join companies like Microsoft, Walgreens and Fitbit in the Consumer Technology Association's digital health and fitness division.
Insulin Nation
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
When you’re living with an incurable illness, even the simplest tasks can feel like a struggle. On days like that, it’s nice to have a reminder that diabetes doesn’t define you. It doesn’t control you. Diabetes is a part of you, but it’s the part that makes you stronger and forces you to be better. . If you’re in need of that reminder today, here are 10 celebrities who prove diabetes doesn’t have to stand in the way of living your life or achieving your dreams.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Physician support for the Affordable Care Act grew over a five-year period, with 53% of doctors now agreeing it could turn healthcare “in the right direction.
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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.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
While there are obviously many options available, a small handful of technologies seem to have the greatest impact on patient engagement and efficiency within medical practices, according to a new survey. The survey, which was backed by the Medical Group Management Association and vendor Cedar, found that patient portals, automated appointment reminder systems, check-in technologies, […].
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT awarded The Sequoia Project a cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/6 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Doug Zurawski from @kitcheck on the topic “How AI is Shaping Healthcare Operations” Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare has been a trending topic over the past several years […].
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
A new study underscores the potential for effective collaboration between hospitals and services for the homeless.
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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!
Waracle
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Consider this for a minute or two: it’s estimated that there are now over half a billion different types of medical devices available globally. The IoMT ( Internet of Medical Things ) enables these devices to collect, interpret and disseminate health data via the cloud and it’s predicted that within the next ten years the number of connected medical devices across the world could exceed 50 billion.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
A new Project HOPE study examines the effects of ED closures and openings on high-occupancy and other bystander hospitals.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Study findings suggest a need for more antibiotic stewardship programs
ACA Times
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
3 minute read: Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho will join 33 states and the District of Columbia in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion will take place under a provision of the ACA that extends health care coverage through Medicaid to individuals with incomes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level. Because of a Supreme Court ruling that said states cannot be forced by the federal government to expand Medicaid, each state must determine for itself whether it will participate
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.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Editor’s Note: Many of your most challenging claims and cases likely present a behavioral health component. Due to the behavioral healthcare shortages described in this blog, BHM offers a reviewer network with the most sub-specialties. 6 of the top 10 largest health plans entrust BHM for peer reviews. CLICK HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization curb behavioral health costs.
Optimum Healthcare IT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Optimum Healthcare IT announces the successful Go-Live of Cerner Millennium at Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, New York. The post Optimum Healthcare IT Announces Successful Go-Live of Cerner Millennium at Ellis Medicine appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
HealthStream
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Education and awareness around childhood cancer are vital, because just as with cancer in adults outcomes are better, and long-term effects lessened with early diagnosis and treatment.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
MIT Technology Review’s "Old Age is Over" is thought provoking. Or in the case of the technology section – " Old Age is Made Up ," written by Joe Coughlin, head of the MIT Age Lab, the content is just plain provoking. We agree that old age is made up – but in this article, that assertion is underpinned with generalizations that are just, well, also made up.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
The Trump administration extended a deadline to Oct. 1 for accountable care organizations to notify beneficiaries they are in an ACO.
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