mHealth Insight

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The UK’s Department of Health & Social Care has issued a fascinating Policy Paper on The future of healthcare: our vision for digital, data and technology in health and care. mHealth Insights. “ All around us, a new generation of technology is changing our lives, from the everyday use of satnavs and smartphones through to the profound ability of genomics to help us develop personalised medicines for individuals. “ It amazes me that a report of this importance starts talkin

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Basic data exchange is getting easier, thanks in part to Meaningful Use, but provider organizations are lagging when it comes to new consumer-centric digital tools, according to a new survey from CHIME.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Notwithstanding mass adoption of antivirus protection and firewalls among healthcare providers, there remains a security gap for biomedical technologies, according to a report from Zingbox. This concerning finding was confirmed in recent observations from Gartner, which wrote in a market trends report that, “generally, medical devices are not replaced for at least ten years, with many running old software that has not been updated or patched.” Zingbox learned that most healthcare exe

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) yesterday announced the development of a robotic arm to facilitate self-help and upper-limb mobile rehabilitation for stroke patients. The robotic arm, called “mobile exo-neuro-musculo-skeleton”, is the first-of-its-kind integration of exo-skeleton, soft robot and exo-nerve stimulation technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

From A AHSA to LeadingAge. In 2010, this association was renamed LeadingAge – from the Association of Homes and Services for the Aging – a mouthful, shortened to AAHSA. As it was at first encounter in 2009, it is an association of faith-based and non-profit senior living and aging-related services. A rhetorical question, does LeadingAge, the association and event organizer, lead the world of aging services?

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moved ahead with parts of its plan to consolidate codes for Medicare patient visits, it made changes in response to the thousands of comments it received from doctors who worried that the plan would cut revenues for physicians who care for Medicare patients with complicated health conditions.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

While the test offers information on whether or not certain treatments may be effective, the regulatory agency stressed that the results should never be used in care decisions.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Deborah Marsh, JD, MA, CPC, CHONC, senior content specialist, SuperCoder.com. Have you reviewed the changes to the Circulatory System section in the ICD-10-CM 2019 Official Guidelines for coding and reporting? To support medical necessity and payment for your cardiology CPT codes and cardiology HCPCS codes, your ICD-10-CM coding needs to be spot-on.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The company said its new investment will fuel commercialization of its Pivot program, which consists of an app, a connected carbon monoxide breathalyzer and other resources.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

HHS is planning an about-face on the long-delayed rule that would set price ceilings and monetary penalties in the 340B program, moving up its start date by several months.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Suzanne Schwartz, Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships at the FDA, shared insights and advice on medical device security, including cybersecurity attack response and best practices for CIOs and CTOs.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Even with new telehealth applications popping up every day, the central questions for doctors remain: Does it work, will I get sued and can I get paid? Advocates hope the CMS' new physician fee schedule, expected to be finalized this week, will help provide some answers.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Also: Funding announcements for Think Research, Kinetic and Aura.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2018

CMS has approved a waiver to implement work requirements in Wisconsin's Medicaid program, making it the fourth state to enact such an approach. Administrator Seema Verma acknowledged that some disagree with the approach but called it "a thoughtful and reasonable policy, and one that is rooted in compassion.

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care innovations

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A new report published in McKnight's Long Term Care News explores the connection between remote care and skilled nursing facilities, and how the application of the former can contribute to the success of the latter. Specifically, the use of remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions can help skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) achieve the important goal of reducing hospital readmissions — an increasingly essential milestone as the healthcare industry transitions to value-based care.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Negotiated prices, even for the same service at the same hospital, vary widely depending on the payer, the authors found—and it could be a sign that the market isn't working the way it should.

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Morning eHealth

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Big business with tech rollouts — VA/DoD updates

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A year after significantly reducing its Obamacare footprint, Anthem saw profits jump 29% in the third quarter as the insurer continues to devote resources to digital platforms, automation and artificial intelligence.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Codes of practice and guidance on confidentiality obligations of Medical Professionals to their patients clearly stipulate that the duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality, especially in connection with the provision of safe, complete and effective patient care. The General Medical Council has expressly stipulated that "the standards expected of doctors do not change because they are communicating through social media rather than face to f

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A new home health payment rule finalized by CMS on Wednesday will allow providers to build the cost of remote monitoring technology into Medicare cost reports. The rule also finalizes a $420 million raise for providers beginning next year.

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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Peter Butler is president and CEO of Hayes Management Consulting of Wellesley, MA. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’ve been at Hayes for 25 years. We are a technology-enabled company leveraging our MDaudit software platform to drive billing and audit compliance productivity as well as revenue integrity solutions across healthcare organizations.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It’s no secret that data technology and visualization can improve organizations across every sector, and healthcare providers are no exception. Here are some ways data can help in healthcare.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Eat food, not too much, mostly plants, Michael Pollan advised us on the cover of his breakthrough book on nutrition in America, In Defense of Food. In Las Vegas, it’s not too easy life according to Pollan. We’re at a fork in the road when it comes to food, retail grocery shopping, and health, which is an intersection I’m increasingly working in these days.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Merger talks between Lifespan, Partners HealthCare and Care New England Health System have come to an end without a deal.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 31, 2018

CMS Approves Innovative Wisconsin Plan to Improve Health and Lift Individuals from Poverty. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Wed, 10/31/2018 - 17:03. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services`. Seema Verma. Topic. Innovation models. Leadership. Medicaid & CHIP. CMS Approves Innovative Wisconsin Plan to Improve Health and Lift Individuals from Poverty.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Public polices targeting diabetes could use a refresher, which would lead to significant cost savings, according to a new white paper.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Housed on a biochip, the startup's technology can deliver results from a single drop of blood within 15 minutes.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 31, 2018

NextGen Healthcare reported lower revenues thanks to client attrition, HHS opened up its new cybersecurity center, and a new report shows the healthcare sector was by far the most targeted industry for ransomware attacks this year.

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