Wed.Jan 02, 2019

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How the US government shutdown could hamstring digital health

Mobi Health News

Ongoing FDA submissions and other HHS services are safe, but new regulatory filings will have to be put on hold.

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Protecting Patient Data From Insider Threats

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Tim Critchley, CEO, Semafone. In the more than 20 years since the landmark passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare organizations have come a long way in protecting the security and privacy of patient data. Organizations now use sophisticated tools in the form of electronic health records (EHRs), online patient […].

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Ransomware, phishing attacks top new HHS list of cyberthreats in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

In an end-of-year guidance, HHS issued a list of the most prevalent cyberthreats in the healthcare industry—and 10 suggestions for ways that stakeholders can protect themselves.

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The Apple Watch’s ECG feature could save many lives. But only if it has something else.

KevinMD

Recently the Apple Watch’s latest feature went live – an electrocardiogram (ECG) app that monitors irregular heart rhythms. The internet is overflowing with reports from people didn’t know they had irregular heartbeats until they took their data to their doctors and received diagnoses of atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common cause of stroke. As neurologists who […].

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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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Looking to curb infant mortality rates, Columbus, Ohio pilots on-demand ride app, program

Mobi Health News

The infant mortality rate in Franklin County, Ohio has reached 8.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, with black babies at three times the risk of white infants.

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How Ochsner's digital medicine programs put patients' convenience first

Mobi Health News

At HIMSS, Dr. Richard Milani will share learnings and data from his health system's chronic condition management initatives.

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Task force: Effective pain management needs to go beyond medications

FierceHealthIT

A federal task force is calling for a far more individualized approach to pain management in the wake of the opioid epidemic.

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BrainScope's FDA clearance expands, Kansas judge nixes tele-abortion ban, and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Plus: ResApp files for CE Mark; researchers develop "pacemaker for the brain.

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Affordable Care Act to remain in place during appeals to Texas ruling

FierceHealthIT

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas said the Affordable Care Act should remain in place as appeals to his decision to strike down the law weave their way through the appeal process.

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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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Shutdown sit-out

Morning eHealth

What the public wants from Congress — ICYMI from 2018

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Health IT Roundup—Novant offers physician searches through Google Assistant; Smart healthcare products to reach $66.7B

FierceHealthIT

Patients at one health system with an Android device or a Google Home product can now use them to find their nearest physician, plus more health IT headlines from around the web.

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How Mature Is Your Virtual Care Program?

Vidyo

Virtual healthcare providers periodically assess various program metrics to understand their current state and maturity and benchmark them against peers and industry innovators. Vidyo has developed a model to help you assess the maturity of your virtual health program and guide your program to success. The Virtual Care Maturity Model assessment tool will help you Read More.

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Shareholder accuses Athenahealth executives of withholding crucial information on planned sale

FierceHealthIT

A shareholder has filed suit against Athenahealth, saying its executives are holding back on sharing crucial information about how they arrived at the company's final sale price of $5.7 billion.

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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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2018 Year in Review: The Year’s Biggest Remote Care News & Developments

care innovations

2018 was a historic year for telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), as a series of developments played out that helped extend these important care delivery services to more patients than ever before. As government agencies like the CMS and VA expanded access to telehealth towards the goal of extending care into rural areas, industry leaders like Care Innovations® announced a series of breakthroughs with exciting implications for the years to come.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering’s season of turmoil

FierceHealthIT

One of the nation’s top cancer hospitals has grappled with how to bring breakthrough treatments to market while remaining true to its mission.

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Benefit Portals: 4 Reasons Employers Should be Using Them

Health Portal Solutions

As healthcare costs and regulations continue to grow, benefits portals are no longer a “nice to have” for employers. They’re now a critical tool in managing and tracking employee benefits. While benefit portals have been available to employers for years, now is the time for employers to actively be logging in and using them. Here are four reasons why: Security.

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Data Security: How eVisit protects your booty

eVisit

Telemedicine is easy, right?

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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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Healthcare Roundup—Cleveland Clinic fires resident after anti-Semitic online posts surface

FierceHealthIT

Cleveland Clinic has fired a doctor after anti-Semitic online posts surfaced, plus more healthcare headlines.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

[link] ; The US health care system relies heavily on private markets. While private insurers, provider organizations, and drug and device companies are familiar to many, little is known about the increasing presence of venture capital in today’s delivery system. The growth of venture capital and venture capital -backed, early-stage companies (startups) deserves the attention of patients and policy makers because advancements in medicine are no longer exclusively born from providers within the de

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Here’s Looking at Health at CES 2019

Health Populi

If I’m going to spend a week someplace, it usually has to be Italy. So next week in Las Vegas, I’ll deal with that bias by staying at the Venetian Hotel for the entire week to cover all-things-health at CES 2019 , the annual convening of electronics retailers and enthusiasts. Most of the 180,000+ folks come to Vegas from over 150 countries to kick the proverbial tires on TVs, autos, games, virtual reality, 3-D printing, drones, and other shiny new things.