Mon.Dec 17, 2018

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Fitbit releases OS 3.0 for smartwatches, new dev tools, highlights third-party apps

Mobi Health News

The update looks to bring new health data and features to the forefront while streamlining the overall user experience.

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Healthcare is closer to democratizing data. Now it needs to figure out what to do with it

FierceHealthIT

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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What ACA ruling could mean for payment reform

Morning eHealth

ONC rule passes 90-day threshold — UPMC system develops an app to detect child abuse

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Healthcare startups: Is blockchain right for you?

Mobi Health News

Startup founders warn their peers to think carefully about deploying distributed ledger technologies.

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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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Patient harm can be prevented. Here's how MedStar Health is doing it

FierceHealthIT

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.

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Teladoc Health CFO resigns amid allegations of misconduct

FierceHealthIT

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.

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Lessons from China's digital healthcare approach

Mobi Health News

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.

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Six offerings from The Washington Innovation in Longevity Summit

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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.

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MassChallenge announces 30 digital health companies to join its 2019 cohort

Mobi Health News

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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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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Molina, Centene face the greatest financial exposure following ACA ruling

FierceHealthIT

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.

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AIA partners with MyDoc to digitally deliver health screening results for AIA Vitality Members in Singapore

Mobi Health News

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.

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Ratings agencies: No immediate impact on hospitals' credit from Texas ruling

FierceHealthIT

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.

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CVS, Sharecare launch digital pharmacy savings card; Eli Lilly, Evidation expand data platform partnership; and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

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’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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NLRB to wade into ongoing SEIU, Kaiser Permanente spat 

FierceHealthIT

The National Labor Relations Board will look into an ongoing spat between Kaiser Permanente and a union representing 85,000 of its workers.

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HIStalk Interviews Kevin MacDonald, CEO, Kit Check

HIStalk Interviews

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.

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CVS, DOJ swipe back at federal judge's concerns about Aetna deal

FierceHealthIT

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.

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Latest Court Ruling Will Not Stop ACA Enforcement

ACA Times

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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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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DaVita drops price of Medical Group to $4.3B in sale to UnitedHealth

FierceHealthIT

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.

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Health IT Roundup—Flatiron Health executive heads to FDA; Jonathan Bush speaks out

FierceHealthIT

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.

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Healthcare Roundup—D.C. sues Ascension over hospital closure; California extends ACA enrollment

FierceHealthIT

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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