Thu.Jul 18, 2019

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Ping An Good Doctor to develop “internet hospital” model with 50 hospitals in China

Mobi Health News

Chinese healthcare ecosystem platform Ping An Good Doctor has reached strategic cooperation with nearly 50 hospitals across China, including the Aviation General Hospital of China Medical University, Sichuan Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, to jointly develop a new “internet hospital” model, the company recently announced.

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The Number of Unintended Deaths From Car Accidents, Falls and Overdoses in America Grew 40% Between 1999 and 2017

Health Populi

The rate of deaths due to unintentional injuries in the U.S. grew by 40% between 1999 and 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Three mortality line items make up this overall statistic: Deaths from motor vehicle traffic injuries. Deaths from unintentional drug overdoses (that is, not including suicides which are defined as “intentional”), and.

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Philips grows digital health portfolio with acquisition of patient tracking, triage company Medumo

Mobi Health News

The company helps patients prepare for appointments through texts, emails, phone calls and paper mailing.

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Former PayPal CTO’s New Company, Global Care, Introduces Deep Learning Healthcare Analytics

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Global Care Administrators announced that its deep learning health intelligence platform will go to market under the name Global Care Analytics (GCANA). According to company president, Scott Guilfoyle, the platform gives healthcare management a tool for key management insights within claims-and-cost and clinical data, and solid predictive analytics from local and/or global data via the desktop.

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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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Cancer-focused tech startup Vine Health lands £1.2M in seed funding

Mobi Health News

The new funding will be used to help grow Vine's team and develop its platform.

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Phreesia's CEO hopes today's strong listing is 'blazing a trail' for 2019's remaining digital health IPOs

Mobi Health News

The digital health mainstay closed its first day of trading roughly 40% above its set price, and looks forward to scaling its business as a public entity.

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The Plague of Data Breaches

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It’s hard to understate how much the internet has benefited society. It distributes knowledge to the world, it allows us easy access to myriad services, and it makes it easy to communicate with people the world over, bringing us all closer than ever before.

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Lumeon appoints CFO, chairman, MaxQ AI brings on new tech lead and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Blink Health's head of product; SonarMD's customer experience lead, chief product officer; American Well's group VP of government solutions.

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Rhapsody and Corepoint Merge To Advance Interoperability

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Rhapsody announces that the company will merge with Corepoint Health, the supplier of the Best in KLAS healthcare integration platform. The transaction will bring together two companies at the forefront of interoperability and create a dynamic combination of technology, talent, services, and trusted customer relationships to address the most complex healthcare interoperability challenges.

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Transform Clinical Communication With Role-based Messaging

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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Spending more on primary care translates to better patient outcomes, report says

FierceHealthIT

States that spend more on primary care have better patient outcomes, including fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits, a new study concluded.

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Most Effective Home Remedies To Recover From A Sprained Ankle

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Getting a sprained ankle disrupts your routine. It keeps you from your sports or exercise regimen, forcing you to cut back your activity to virtually nothing. If you’re competitive, you’ll get antsy while in recovery mode right out of the gate.

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Report: Growing biosimilar market could save billions in health spending 

FierceHealthIT

Growing the biosimilar market could lead to significant healthcare cost savings, according to a new report, with the opportunity for billions in cost reductions.

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Improve Your Heart Health With a Few Easy Lifestyle Changes

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Heart disease is one of the leading killers of American men, with more than half a million suffering heart attacks each year. While there have been fewer deaths in recent years due to medical advancements, the number of men who are being diagnosed with heart issues remains high, and prevention is better than cure.

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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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UnitedHealth Group execs talk rebate rule, DaVita acquisition in Q2 call

FierceHealthIT

UnitedHealth Group earned $4.7 billion in profit in the second quarter of 2019, with earnings increasing year over year by $540 million, or 12%.

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Private Practice: Is Change the Answer?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Solo or small medical practices are disappearing at a rapid rate. The reasons for this are simple: most are unable to stay afloat because of rising operational costs, reduced payments for services rendered, and the introduction of new regulations. Thankfully, if you want to remain in practice and continue to provide quality care to your […].

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Decline in opioid prescriptions translates to drop in drug overdose deaths for the first time in decades

FierceHealthIT

A decline in prescriptions for opioids is a major factor for the drop in drug overdose deaths—the first time the number of deaths has dropped in the U.S. since 1990.

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3 Questions with Michael Archuleta, CIO, Mt. San Rafael Hospital

Optimum Healthcare IT

In this installment of our "3 Questions with series.", we have 3 questions for Michael Archuleta, CIO, Mt. San Rafael Hospital. The post 3 Questions with Michael Archuleta, CIO, Mt. San Rafael Hospital appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.

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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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Philips acquires Boston-based patient navigation startup Medumo

FierceHealthIT

Technology company Philips has acquired Boston-based startup Medumo, the developer of patient navigation and engagement solutions. Philips has been expanding its health technology division with acquisitions and has targeted startups in areas like sleep and respiratory care.

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Injecting Insulin Into Muscle: Good or Bad?

Insulin Nation

Insulin was designed to be injected into body fat — also referred to as “subcutaneous tissue.” . When injected into body fat, most of today’s rapid-acting insulin options will start working within 15 minutes, and stay in the body for up to 4 hours. . If you take that same dose of insulin, however, and inject it into muscle, you’re completely changing how it is going to work. .

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Initial prescription supply associated with long-term opioid abuse: study

FierceHealthIT

The initial prescription amount and days' worth of pills can have a big impact on the long-term use of opioids, a new study shows.

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Disorganizing Principles: Why Healthcare is Broken and How to Fix It

GNS Healthcare

“How often have pharma, insurance and provider leaders thought about the ‘organizing principles’ around healthcare?” That’s a question posed by Greg Simon, President of the Biden Cancer Initiative, at the recent GNS Precision Medicine Forum. His answer? Not enough. That was the overarching message of his presentation to the gathered group of healthcare industry leaders.

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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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Memorial Hermann names David Callender new president, CEO

FierceHealthIT

Memorial Hermann Health System — one of the largest health systems in Texas — named David L. Callender, M.D., its next president and CEO, officials announced on Thursday.

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How to Improve IT Decision-Making With Real-Time Enterprise Architecture

LeanIX

Amy Asadi reminded Enterprise Architects and IT Managers at US EA Connect Day of what technical constraints were hit during the 2008 financial crisis. A Global Enterprise Architect at Workday, a California-based vendor of financial and human capital management software, Asadi recollected just how ill-equipped she and her former colleagues were when executives needed impact analysis on IT landscapes.

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Report: Unsubsidized ACA families see costs slightly decline in 2019, but high price tag remains

FierceHealthIT

Unsubsidized families faced slightly lower premiums and deductibles on the ACA exchanges in 2019, but still face costs topping $25,000, a report says.

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Practical Innovation on Full Display at EXPO.health 2019

Healthcare IT Today

The annual EXPO.health event was created to break down the silos that separate people, organizations and companies in Health IT. The event brings together smart, forward-thinking and hard-working Health IT professionals for 3 days of collaboration, sharing and conversation. The central theme is: practical innovation – technologies, methodologies and best practices that help healthcare organizations […].

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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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A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 3: Being An Advocate

Society for Participatory Medicine

This is Part 3 of a four part series, introduced Monday , based on my family’s experience with our mother’s unexpected and dramatic ICU stay and bilateral lung transplant. [Go to Part 1 | Part 2 ] [ Download the Complete Family’s Guide as a PDF]. If you are in the hospital with your loved one for any extended period of time you will pick up some of the terms and thought process of the doctors driving care decisions.

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Humana grows participation in joint replacement, spinal fusion bundles 

FierceHealthIT

Humana has added additional providers to its orthopedic bundled payment models, the company announced.

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Healthcare Interoperability Leader ELLKAY Acquires X-Link

Healthcare IT Today

ELLKAY, LLC, a leader in healthcare connectivity and interoperability solutions, announced its acquisition of the assets of Tampa-based Legal Easy, Inc., including the industry-leading X-Link medical software interfacing solution. With the strategic acquisition, ELLKAY expands its healthcare footprint and empowers providers with an easier, more cost-effective way to achieve Promoting Interoperability (PI) objectives and quality measures.