Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Blockchain lets the healthcare industry exchange data in a standard format, automate complex processes and apply AI against large silos of medical data. It might even allow patients to sell their data for rewards. While the financial services and shipping industries have been quick to deploy blockchain, the healthcare industry could soon follow their lead as it looks to increase efficiency and security, reduce costs and expand services with the distributed ledger technology.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

Veterans as well as rural and low-income Americans may have more access to telemedicine in the future after the FCC unanimously voted to approve a proposal establishing a “Connected Care Pilot Program” on Aug. 2. The next step for the pilot, which is estimated to cost $100 million, is a comment period.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

On Saturday, patient engagement company SmartER announced that it would be acquiring care coordination company ConciergeStat. As part of the deal SmartER will get ConciergeStat’s software and customer contacts, and now oversees all of its employees. Out of this acquisition, SmartER plans to offer a new system called SmartConcierge.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2018

All sectors who are stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem aren’t created equal, Accenture explains in their report, Healthcare’s future winners and losers. Observing the influx of new flavors of entrants like Amazon and Google, start-ups like Iora Health, Oscar and FetchMD, begs the question: how will legacy healthcare system players fare?

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

iRhythm Technologies reported a promising second quarter from a financial standpoint, citing a revenue of $35.5 million, up 55 percent from this time last year. But CEO Kevin King's major focus on the call was not earnings, but a pair of scientific studies published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association and JAMA Cardiology. These studies and what they represent could crack the market wide open for iRhythm, King suggested.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

The early days of dermatology apps were fraught with controversy, but the more recent attempts at digital skin examinations have seen some success thanks to advances in machine learning (ML) technologies.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 6, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Beyond Limits is a pioneering AI company with a unique legacy from the US space program. The company is transforming proven technologies from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab into advanced AI solutions for forward-looking companies on earth. Beyond Limits delivers AI software capable of tackling complex industrial and enterprise challenges for leading global customers […].

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

Google Glass system assists children with autism. A pilot exploratory study recently published in Nature suggests that a novel system running on Google Glass and an Android smartphone can assist with social-affective learning for children with autism. Conducted among 14 families using the tool three times a week for an average of 72 days, the researchers report improved scores among the children in various measures of autism spectrum disorder severity.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

At conferences, over dinner, via text, and more, the companies colluded to increase the price of drugs for common conditions as much as 8,000%, the insurer's complaint says.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2018

New York City-based Peloton has raised another $550 million in financing to support its connected home exercise equipment and virtual workout class business. With this Series F round, Peloton’s total funding is just shy of $1 billion raised. The round was led by TCV, with support from returning investors Tiger Global, True Ventures, Wellington Management, Fidelity, NBCUniversal, Kleiner Perkins, and Balyasny.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

The Detroit legacy institutions announced the agreement to create GM's new "ConnectedCare" plan option on Monday that would bypass traditional insurers and allow the health system to deliver both healthcare management and wellness services to salaried GM employees and their families in southeast Michigan.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2018

Looking at an national database of employer-based insurance plans, researchers warn opioid drug prescriptions associated with the common dental procedure may be leading to long-term use among young people.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

Planned Parenthood and its allies are looking to capitalize on interest in healthcare policy to drive a campaign to block the president’s Supreme Court nomination.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

Among rating areas in states with federally facilitated marketplaces, the number of insurers was a more accurate predictor of premiums than enrollee health or provider characteristics.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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Morning eHealth

AUGUST 6, 2018

Congressional candidates’ IT views sketched — Tech updates

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 6, 2018

Adrian Gropper MD has been a medical device and medical software entrepreneur and advocates for patient control of health data. Adrian has also devised a mechanism to enable patient control of health data, which he calls The HIE of One Trustee. It uses public blockchain, standards and open source software to enable patient-controlled independent health records that can last a lifetime.

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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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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

Bundled payments are pushing hospitals to cut back on discharges to skilled nursing facilities, according to a new study. This could have significant implications for postacute providers, the researchers say.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

The fact Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Care has been awarded over 400 NHS contracts worth £2bn in the last seven years may have made the front page of today’s Guardian but the figures are nothing new. As i revealed in January, the company won £1bn of those contracts in the previous 12 months alone – one third of the £3.1bn of health services privatised in 2017 despite a government pledge to reduce the proportion of care provided by private companies.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

Allscripts President Rick Poulton told investors last week that the company is in the process of selling off its stake in Netsmart, more than two years after investing in the post-acute care technology company. Poulton said he expects to announce a sale in the third quarter.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 6, 2018

Originally published on July 26, 2018, in Accounting Today. 3 minute read: The Internal Revenue Service now has the data to begin the analysis to calculate the potential penalties for tax year 2016 to be assessed against those organizations determined not to be in compliance with the ACA , according to the March 2018 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on the Affordable Care Act.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

Cerner is digging into what it sees as a lucrative Medicare Advantage market leveraging a recently announced partnership with Lumeris. But Centene's recent joint venture with Ascension—a Cerner health system—could put the vendor at odds with one of its own clients.

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iSALUS Healthcare

AUGUST 6, 2018

The telehealth reviews are in, and both physicians and patients are elated by what this tool is offering them. Telehealth reviews from patients have consistently reflected that it is the best tool for offering a convenient, efficient and also personal form of follow-up and/or continued care compared to in-office visits. There are various benefits to telehealth, but the majority of reviews from patients focused on a few key benefits of telehealth.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 6, 2018

A new study is raising the alarm about increasing resistance to alcohol-based hand sanitizers; the AHA has named new board members; plus other healthcare headlines from around the web.

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