Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The introduction of Babylon's technology will mean quicker access to treatment for patients, the partners said.

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Clocktree

JANUARY 23, 2020

Milwaukee’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center offers telehealth services to veterans, with 90% of its providers participating in the program. So far, only about 400 veterans have received care through this telehealth program, however with the high rate of participation among its providers, that number will grow quickly this year. The program, like many other telehealth programs around the country, expands the reach of a clinic by offering virtual visits to people who live far away or are oth

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

Blue Mesa's diabetes prevention program will now be rolled into a new offering called Virgin Pulse Transform.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

It’s an idea that could save Medicare billions of dollars a year, but it would have a major impact on physicans' revenue—cutting payments to surgeons and increasing those to primary care doctors.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The latest platform provides developers and providers direct control over streaming health data.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

Crunch Fitness, Orangetheory, YMCA and Basecamp are the first to rollout new device integrations and workout rewards as part of the Apple Watch Connected program.

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HAY on FHIR

JANUARY 23, 2020

The 23 rd FHIR connectathon in Sydney is almost upon us, and despite the trials and tribulations that the weather has thrown at us, it’s going to be a great event with over 150 people currently scheduled to attend. There are 15 tracks, a number of which are for local initiatives (like the Primary Care track or ePrescribing track ) as well as the more general ones, so there’s plenty of choice for attendees.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The Israeli company is developing a two-pronged offering comprised of an in-hospital device and a companion cloud software tool.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

While the dangers of cigarette smoking are well known, over 40% of adults who smoke do not receive advice to quit from a healthcare professional. A new report released Thursday—three decades after the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking cessation—found that four out of every nine adult cigarette smokers who saw a health professional during the past year did not receive advice to quit.

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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.

Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The organisations will look at how technologies including socially assistive robots could improve patient care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

What is the point of sneering at older people? Rant on. Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. That version of the title is spelled out here because the presenter has been alerted and agreed that the title was condescending – so MAYBE it will be changed. But this is just the tip of the condescension iceberg: Go ahead, Google ‘technology grandma’.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 23, 2020

The cuts equal a 14% reduction in the consumer genomic company's workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2020

The following is a guest article by Deborah Hsieh, Chief Policy & Strategy Officer at Ciox. When most of your patients hear “health data rights,” they likely think of HIPAA, or the long forms they rarely read in their doctors’ offices. What they may take for granted is the protections for health data that covered […].

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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.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2020

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Using digital technology to impact health behavior change Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition HOT @HIMSS:

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

NextGen Healthcare President and CEO Rusty Frantz sounded off about hospital executives opposing proposed federal data-sharing rules while also sharing data with Silicon Valley tech companies. "Wellness and lowering the cost of care is enabled by putting the patients' full medical record in front of physicians," Frantz said during the company's third-quarter 2020 earnings call Wednesday.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 23, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Though vision is one of the most important of all five senses combined, most people don’t think about their eye health until something goes wrong. Each year, millions of people are diagnosed with vision problems and eye diseases that alter their way of life.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

In a recent survey, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased.

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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!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2020

For many healthcare organizations, software vendor tech support is a necessary evil. Sure, some readers of this site may have a great working relationship with their vendors’ tech support department, too many others are usually on the verge of collapse. This lack of support is freaking out front-line users. In fact, according to a newly-released […].

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has partnered with Civica Rx to make high-cost generic drugs in a bid to lower prices.

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Synzi

JANUARY 23, 2020

Understanding Caregiver Stress Patients’ family caregivers can be critical partners to the care which home health providers deliver to their loved one. However, the burden of caregiving can increase family members’ risk of experiencing high levels of stress, exhaustion, sleep … Read More. The post How Virtual Care Can Enhance Caregivers’ Expectations and Experiences appeared first on Synzi.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

Deals among healthcare service businesses such as hospitals and physician groups were down slightly in 2019, with long-term and managed care sectors showing major growth.

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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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Geonetric

JANUARY 23, 2020

Five Web Design Trends Worth Your Attention Trends focused on supporting intuitive experiences, giving users the information they are seeking with ease, are always in style. Savvy organizations are finding new ways to use design to tell their brand stories and better connect with their audiences, uniquely differentiating themselves from their competition.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2020

Incorporating telehealth and telerehabilitation into the care continuum poses a large opportunity for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) recovery. A recent study out of Duke found that a virtual PT platform, called VERA, resulted in significantly lower 12-week postoperative costs and was effective and safe for treating pain and reducing rehospitalization among TKA patients.

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LeanIX

JANUARY 23, 2020

Cloud native is changing the ways enterprises work. On-premise workloads are not only lifted into the cloud but migrated to leverage the technology of hyperscalers or replaced by SaaS solutions completely. Simultaneously, the number of cloud native-born organizations continue to grow—but even these companies need to understand how to establish a smart IT governance.

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InTouch Health

JANUARY 23, 2020

Finding the Right Telehealth Partner for Your Practice. Telehealth has grown rapidly over the last few years. According to the American Hospital Association, 76% of U.S. hospitals now use some form of virtual care to connect with patients and consulting practitioners at a distance using live audio and video, in addition to other technology. Telehealth can help expand access to care, improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and give providers deeper insight into their overall practice.

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HealthStream

JANUARY 23, 2020

Organizational communication makes its own contribution to the informational overload in healthcare.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 23, 2020

Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.

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CMS.gov

JANUARY 23, 2020

Making it Easier to Compare Providers and Care Settings on Medicare.

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