33 Charts - Digital Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This week marks the release of the Apple Watch Series 4 with the capability of EKG. From their wrist, users can record a rhythm that they can send to their doctor. Through most of history, data like EKGs were collected by hospitals and health professionals. This changes things. As watches move from fitness trackers to medical devices, questions emerge such as, what is a healthcare system’s responsibility to work with individually collected data?

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Pete O’Neill, executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, said that partnerships with outside inventors can reduce the time and workload necessary to bring an innovation to market.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Every day, more providers are integrating telehealth services for their patients. But without clarity over how payers will reimburse those services, the only people who can really take advantage are the ones who can pay out of pocket, a panel of healthcare stakeholders warned.

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Telehealth 107

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

HHS has announced that it is launching a new program called the Deputy Secretary's Innovation and Investment Summit, which will aim to link private investors and innovators with HHS personel.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Reading about America's failings in healthcare all the time can be upsetting. A new article in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law reminds us of our public health successes.

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Public Health 84

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Independence Blue Cross warned 17,000 members that claims-related information may have been accessed after an employee uploaded a document to a public website.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

How to pick the right backers, according to investors from Sanofi Ventures, Canaan Partners, and GE.

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Digital Health 221

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

NAACOS, a leading opponent of proposed changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, was joined by the AMA, AHIP and several prominent physician groups a push to get CMS to change a proposal that shorten the timeframe for ACOs to take on more risk.

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Medicare 71

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Oxford VR, a virtual reality platform to treat mental health issues, has landed $4.1M to commercialize its technology.

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Mental health 178

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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.

Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Insulins have gotten better over the years, and better insulins have been helpful for diabetic treatment. There is growing concern, however, about the very high cost of insulin, where prices have increased at seven times the rate of the consumer price index over the last 30 years. While the insulin market is not the largest, modern synthetic insulins are some of the highest-grossing medicines.

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Public Health 69

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The company plans to combine automated claims processing with a retail-like experience for patients.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A new study by the Health Care Cost Institute shows covered and out-of-pocket costs have diverged over the last decade.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

When developing, funding, scaling and evolving innovation projects, it's key to gain insights from around the world – and to keep consumer top of mind, HIMSS innovation expert Ian Hoffberg says.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Searching for simple solutions on healthcare policy is “like hunting squirrels with a shotgun”: it works ultimately, but there won’t be much left to eat with that approach, said a high-level OMB official responsible for vetting such proposals.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Also: Advanced ICU Care signs with Hospital Sisters Health System; Cigna and Omada Health expand their relationship.

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Digital Health 123

Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

HHS convenes innovation forum — Business and tech update

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The company plans to combine automated claims processing with a retail-like experience for patients.

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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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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

While nonprofit health systems are doing more than ever to run efficiently, it's getting harder for them to make money. That's according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which said it's maintaining a negative outlook for the sector based on its evaluation of audited 2017 data for nonprofit hospitals around the U.S.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

CMS has made it clear that it wants health systems to share the risk of cost and outcomes.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Asked where they would go for care or treatment for themselves or for a family member, not surprisingly, physicians named some of the most reputable hospitals in the country.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s no secret that today’s customer expects excellent service. In the consumer market, companies like Amazon, Nordstrom, and Trader Joe’s set the tone. They intend to exceed customer expectations with every experience. And expectations for exceptional customer support are just as high in the enterprise business market -- yet it also comes with its own set of unique challenges.

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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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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

18 September 2018 San Diego, CA. Telebehavioral Health Institute (TBHI) is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, to bring telemental and telebehavioral addiction treatment. With this strategic partnership, NAADAC members will be able … Read more. The post Telebehavioral Health Institute Partners with NAADAC appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A Connecticut doctor, who was apprehended after he fled to Canada, pleaded guilty to charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Three Boston-area hospitals have paid a collective $990,000 to settle HIPAA violations, plus more healthcare headlines.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Two lawmakers want a House committee to subpoena HHS records associated with decisions to approve Medicaid work requirements. Plus, Medicare lab payments exceeded $7 billion, but new requirements could bring that figure down for the first time in years.

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Medicare 45

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Trump administration announced it was awarding grants to address the opioid crisis and more healthcare news from around the web.

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