Baby boomers' expectations are pushing tech companies to update hearing devices
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
At last week's Connected Health Conference Daniel Shen, founder of Eargo, discussed designing hearing tools for baby boomers.
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5 Ways Health Professionals Can Save Money on MedTech
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 23, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kayla Matthews, freelance journalist, Productivity Bytes. The U.S. medtech industry is one of the most profitable in the world. In 2016, the sector was worth $147.7 billion and expected to top $173 billion by the end of 2019. One of the reasons that it is so profitable is that new medical technology can be […].
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Plenty of investigations have found consumer health apps to have false content, bad functionality, poor design
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
A recent literature review of 80 app safety studies details a laundry list of shortcomings.
Can Changing The Patient Financial Experience Help Save Rural Hospitals?
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 23, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Shelton, chief executive officer, PatientMatters. In the past few years, healthcare providers have felt the pain of an industry in transition, as regulations evolve, value-based reimbursement takes hold and costs continue to climb. Rural hospitals face additional, unique challenges.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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How Ada Health worked with Sutter Health to help direct patients to appropriate care
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
At the Connected Health Conference last week, Ada Health's Jeff Cutler shared some tenets of a good hospital-startup partnership.
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Digital health deal quantity projected to decrease, funding amounts rise, according to Silicon Valley Bank report
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The European market is projected to nearly triple its digital health funding from 2018 to 2019.
The National Academy of Medicine says healthcare must make transformative changes to address burnout
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Twenty years ago, it issued a landmark report on medical errors that fueled a nationwide patient safety movement. Yesterday, the National Academy of Medicine said the healthcare system must make the same kind of transformative changes to address clinician burnout.
Cleveland Clinic, AmWell launch new telehealth company
Morning eHealth
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Spotlight on telemental health — FTC's health data demands
Industry Voices—3 steps to reducing readmissions amid an aging population
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
To reduce readmissions and create greater operational and cost efficiencies for providers and payers, we must rethink how we deliver and manage care. Remote patient monitoring could be the answer.
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.
Massachusetts Study Uncovers Arbitrary and Ineffective Use of Quality Measures
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 23, 2019
So much in health care depends on the accurate measurement of costs and quality. Doctors are judged by the costs racked up by their patients. Health care providers in some states are required to post the costs of their procedures online. The entire historic shift from fee-for-service to fee-for-value (that is, judging providers by the […].
HHS announces $319M in loan repayments for docs, providers caring for underserved
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The government just sweetened the pot for doctors and other health professionals who provide care in underserved communities with an infusion of $319 million for loan repayment and scholarship programs.
Why technology is the GP’s best friend
Digital Leaders HealthTech
OCTOBER 23, 2019
I’ll never forget where I was when I witnessed the WannaCry ransomware attack unfold in front of my own eyes. It was in 2017 and I was chatting to my boss in his office at Library House Surgery in Chorley when we both noticed his computer screen changed. It looked as though his screen had rebooted but a ransomware message appeared. I immediately came up to our open plan office, where there were probably around 16 computers and as I walked in the room the screens changed one-by-one so that the Wa
Jackson Health hit with $2.2M penalty for HIPAA violations including breach of NFL players' record
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Miami-based Jackson Health paid a $2.15 million civil penalty levied by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for multiple security and privacy breaches, including hospital employees accessing the medical record of New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul back in July 2015.
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.
New Study Reveals Importance of CGMs in Diabetes Management
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 23, 2019
A recent study published in Diabetes Care compared the A1Cs and time-in-range of people who used finger pricks to test their blood sugar against those using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). Each group was followed for three years, with statistics gathered throughout. Researchers found that regardless of the method used for insulin injection, MDIs or insulin pumps, patients who used a CGM had an average decrease of 1.3 in their A1C, an average increase of five hours a day for time-in-range, an
Industry Voices—The shortage of invisible doctors and the expected fix
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Roughly four in ten Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Many of those folks will never meet the doctors most instrumental in their treatment—their pathologists.
Featured Health IT Job: EHR Specialist
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 23, 2019
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the EHR Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Melissa Memorial Hospital and is in Colorado. Here’s a description of the position: POSITION SUMMARY The EHR Clinical Support […].
Moody's: Hospitals can gain profits from outpatient specialty drugs, but with major risks
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
As profit margins shrink for other core services, not-for-profit hospitals will increasingly turn to income from outpatient specialty drugs, a new analysis from Moody’s found.
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!
Using a Communication Platform to Automate Home Health Tuck-in Services
Synzi
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Automating Tuck-in Services Evening care and tuck-in services offer an opportunity for home health providers to deliver medication reminders to patients. These services also allow agencies to improve continuity of care by reminding patients (and their family caregivers) that nurses … Read More. The post Using a Communication Platform to Automate Home Health Tuck-in Services appeared first on Synzi.
The 5 biggest risks ambulatory care needs to address, according to ECRI Institute analysis
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Errors in diagnostic tests and medication safety events pose the biggest risk to patients in ambulatory care settings, according to a new analysis.
The Future of #AI and #HIT: Solving #SDoH for the Home – #HITsm Chat Topic
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 23, 2019
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/25 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Gail Zahtz (@GailZahtz) on the topic “The Future of #AI and #HIT: Solving #SDoH for the Home” As an executive consultant at the intersection of health and design, […].
5 more state Medicaid programs sign on with Lyft for nonemergency transport
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Lyft is growing its reach in Medicaid to five more states, the ride-sharing platform announced Thursday.
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.
Treating Skin Cancer in West Texas: A Teledermatology Story
GlobalMed
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Nearly 20 Americans die from melanoma every day. That’s a dire statistic and a frustrating one, given that the five-year survival rate for people whose melanoma is detected and treated early is 99 percent. Skin cancer screenings can undoubtedly save lives – but only when patients are aware of their risk and able to receive dermatological care. Unfortunately many people lack access to skin cancer prevention resources or the right providers.
Industry Voices—If doctors had their way, what would they really want in their EHRs?
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Wouldn’t it be great if there were more of a Burger King-like approach to designing electronic health records that work exactly the way doctors want them to—so that physicians wouldn’t have to settle for one-size-fits-all solutions?
No Magic Bullet for Treating Chronic Medical Conditions
HealthStream
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Chronic disease management should be seen as something to be individualized vs. trying to find that one great solution to fix all ills.
Industry Voices—Returning the control of health data to the consumer
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The growing role of data in our lives and the data trading markets that have arisen raise important questions about data access and ownership. Who rightfully owns data, the individual creating it or the organization collecting it? Who has the right to access all of this information, and what are they allowed to do with it?
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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Annual nationwide survey reports increasing telehealth access legislation, bipartisan support
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The Epstein Becker Green report pinpointed the opioid epidemic as a major driving force behind new laws and programs, but coverage restrictions and non-robust parity laws are still hampering adoption within Medicare.
Anthem reports $1.18B in Q3 profit, up 23% year over year
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Anthem posted $1.18 billion in third-quarter profit, an increase of 23% over the prior-year quarter.
Payments to high financial risk APMs slightly increased in 2018 compared to 2017: survey
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 23, 2019
More healthcare payments flowed through advanced payment models in 2018 compared to 2017, as payers are showing growing enthusiasm for such models, a new report said.
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