Fri.Aug 09, 2019

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Happy National CBD Day! How CBD Fits Into the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

August 8 is National CBD Day. Who knew? Well, now you do, and I’m going to explain how this three-letter-acronym is rolling into the retail health landscape, opportunities, risks, and other issues I like to cover when forecasting the future of a new-new thing in health/care. “CBD” stands for cannabidiol, which is a derivative of cannabis, marijuana and hemp plants.

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In Q2 call, Dexcom praises growing CGM awareness

Mobi Health News

These management devices are "no longer a minor presence relative to the various drug therapies," CEO Kevin Sayer said during the call.

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NHS investing £250M in new AI lab to target earlier cancer detection, dementia

FierceHealthIT

The U.K.'s National Health Service is investing 250 million pounds into an artificial intelligence lab with the aim of research how AI can aid with earlier cancer detection and new dementia treatments. The new national AI lab will bring together the industry’s best academics, specialists and technology companies to work on some of the biggest challenges in health care.

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Fitbit's Q2 earnings call reveals disappointing Versa Lite sales, healthcare division growth

Mobi Health News

The company increased its overall year-over-year revenue by 5% in Q2.

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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 Can America Respond To the Opioid Crisis?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO and co-founder, Innovaccer. “Relief from deadly pain is just a pill away!” How many times have we heard catchlines like these? It was easy to get your hands on colorful pills and capsules that could ease off the pain and were easily available to act as a part-time solution to various […].

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Surgeon impresses upon physicians the value of outpatient surgery

FierceHealthIT

Richard Berger, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopedics at Rush, has performed more than 10,000 outpatient joint replacement surgeries and is trying to get other physicians to understand the value of outpatient surgery.

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Safety Leadership: Overcoming & Avoiding Bias

Christina's Considerations

Earlier this year I wrote an article for healthcare professionals on safety leadership. The idea is that scientific methods, standardization and reliability are not enough to reduce error and failure. Sometimes human performance in the actual environment of care is.

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Optum: How payers can help members prepare for the financial impacts of chronic disease 

FierceHealthIT

Chronic disease can have significant financial impacts on patients—but many are unprepared for those costs, a new report from Optum shows.

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Comment on My next chapter by Steve Daviss

Health Blawg

Good luck, David. I hope to hear more about this new chapter. Hoping you address some mental health and addiction stuff.

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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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EHR Data – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you’ve had a great week. For this week’s #FunFriday edition, we have some hilarious commentary on data in the EHR. Not to mention a little security humor as well. I hope you enjoy it. Right? If it's not in the chart, it didn't happen. Which is increasingly funny as the […].

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A Late Response to IRS Letter 226J Could Cost You

ACA Times

2 minute read: Responding to IRS Letter 226J penalty assessments quickly and accurately is very important for a number of reasons, including reducing or eliminating the proposed penalty assessment. But just how quickly you respond can make all the difference. When the IRS issues Letter 226J to employers, organizations have 30 days from the date issued to respond, with the possibility of one 30-day extension under permitted circumstances.

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Experian acquires MyHealthDirect, strengthening leadership position in patient access and engagement

Healthcare IT Today

MyHealthDirect digital care coordination platform and Experian’s data and analytics capabilities will work together to streamline healthcare administration Experian, the global information services company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MyHealthDirect, which offers a digital care coordination platform that optimizes scheduling for providers, payers, and consumers.

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What Enterprise Architects Need When Addressing Windows 7 End of Support

LeanIX

Enterprise Architects have begun the long goodbye of Windows 7. As anticipated, Microsoft is ending product support for the OS on January 14, 2020—a deadline whereupon all technical assistance and security updates particular to the version will be ceased. That is, unless businesses are willing to make payments.

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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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When Healthcare is Expensive: the Impact on the Patient Financial Experience

HealthStream

A fairly routine inpatient procedure likely will cost the patient, even with insurance, well into the thousands of dollars. There’s also significant sticker shock for consumers, not just around inpatient stays and surgeries, but for day-to-day medical needs.

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Weekender 8/9/19

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap Allscripts announces mixed Q2 results, which include.

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Allscripts' $145M charge

Morning eHealth

Exit interview with ONC's Jon White — Warren, Klobuchar board the rural telemedicine train

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ASCs could get more Medicare customers, and more quality requirements after CMS rule

FierceHealthIT

As the Trump administration expands traditional Medicare coverage in ambulatory surgical centers, the industry will face new quality requirements and concerns about costs, experts say.

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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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Trump administration announces departure of drug pricing adviser John O’Brien

FierceHealthIT

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement on Monday that John Brooks, the principal deputy director of the Center for Medicare, will expand his role to help spearhead the Trump Administration's efforts to lower drug prices upon O'Brien's departure.