Fitbit releases OS 3.0 for smartwatches, new dev tools, highlights third-party apps
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The update looks to bring new health data and features to the forefront while streamlining the overall user experience.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The update looks to bring new health data and features to the forefront while streamlining the overall user experience.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Stanford Medicine's latest annual "Health Trends" report shows data sharing is improving, but there's still a long road ahead. Embracing collaborations with technology giants and focusing on privacy and security will help drive democratization forward.
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Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 17, 2018
ONC rule passes 90-day threshold — UPMC system develops an app to detect child abuse
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Startup founders warn their peers to think carefully about deploying distributed ledger technologies.
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FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Providers can’t afford to be solely reactive when it comes to patient harm; they have to be prepared to anticipate these safety events as well. Here's how MedStar Health made that happen.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Teladoc Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Mark Hirschhorn is stepping down from his position amid allegations that he fed stock tips to a company employee he was having an affair with. The company has appointed two existing employees to fill both roles as it conducts a formal search to find Hirschhorn's replacement.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Dr. Manish Kohli, HIMSS' Chair Global Board of Directors, discusses global struggles with access, quality and cost of care and how China has stepped up to those challenges with remarkable speed and level of ambition.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Networking is critical to entrepreneurs. And most critical? Network with non-entrepreneurs -- those who can understand the offering and see a practical context into which it fits. The 2018 Washington Innovation in Longevity Summit , led by Mary Furlong , provided that opportunity. Entrepreneurs presented, exhibited, and networked with senior leaders from AARP, NCOA, as well as executives from government agencies and leading age-focused firms.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
At the end of the program the startups will get a chance to compete for more than $200,000 in prize money.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Despite success under the ACA, most insurers remain insulated from huge financial losses, even if appellate courts uphold a Texas court's ruling that the entire law is unconstitutional. But Molina and Centene—that have hedged grown on marketplace plans and Medicaid expansion—are notable exceptions.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The digital managed care platform MyDoc has been tapped to digitally deliver health screening results of AIA Vitality members in Singapore, creating the first digitally integrated corporate health screening programme for the global insurer.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Two of the top credit rating agencies warned that if a ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act is ultimately upheld, it would be costly for the healthcare sector.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Also: Case Western Reserve University's rowing team will now wear VivaLNK's wearable patches and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center inks a deal with MyHealthDirect.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The National Labor Relations Board will look into an ongoing spat between Kaiser Permanente and a union representing 85,000 of its workers.
HIStalk Interviews
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Kevin MacDonald is co-founder and CEO of Kit Check of Washington, DC. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’ve been doing RFID and helping various parts of all kinds of different supply chains for 20 years. I started with Sun Microsystems, did a consulting company, and then I started Kit Check in 2011. A friend of my wife was a pharmacist.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Heading into a crucial hearing on Tuesday, attorneys with DOJ and CVS argued that keeping Aetna separate while the court evaluates the terms of the deal is unnecessary and against the public's interest. The parties argued that the Part D settlement satisfied competition concerns and Justice Department officials had thoroughly evaluated the deal.
ACA Times
DECEMBER 17, 2018
3 minute read: . Here we go again. Another attack on the Affordable Care Act that will cause employers to think that the law and its Employer Mandate to provide health insurance to employees will be going away soon. That line of thought has led to some organizations facing millions of dollars in IRS penalties because they did not take the ACA and its annual IRS filing requirement seriously.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
In an SEC filing, dialysis giant Davita said it would drop the price of its Medical Group in an effort to speed approval from federal regulators. Davita and UnitedHealth originally agreed to a sale price of $4.9 million for DaVita Medical Holdings.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The FDA recruited Flatiron Health CMO Amy Abernethy to a top position at the agency. Plus, Jonathan Bush spoke out about Athenahealth, and UPMC added telehealth kiosks in grocery stores.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The District of Columbia government filed suit against Ascension Health; California extended ACA enrollment and more health headlines from around the web.
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