Thu.Oct 25, 2018

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Trump approves opioid package, expands telemedicine, regulates e-prescribing for opioids

Mobi Health News

Trump invited 21 companies to the White House signing of the bill, including Amazon, which unveiled a new AWS Opioid Crisis Council.

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Harnessing Innovation to Serve and Create Value for Patients

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Georgia Mitsi, PhD, MBA, senior director and head of digital healthcare initiatives, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Innovation is not a choice but rather a growth mindset, which creates an environment for building a sustainable business. This mindset allows for objectivity and contributions towards a bigger shared purpose.

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Sharing Too Much? A Tale of Privacy, Big Data and Sleep Technologies

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brooke Faulkner, freelance writer, @faulknercreek. The proliferation of wearable mobile-connected devices has done a lot of good for people trying to lead healthier lives. People are able to gather data about their sleep to help them get better rest, track insomnia, stress, and exercise, and keep up to date on their own daily routines […].

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Prince Harry spotted wearing sleep tracking Oura ring

Mobi Health News

On the Prince's trip to New Zealand and Australia he was seen donning the wearable which uses heart rate, motion and temperature sensors to track a user's sleep.

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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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Race to introduce a T1D drug that inhibits glucose absorption

Insulin Nation

Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, also called gliflozin drugs, are a new class of diabetic medications. They work by reducing the absorption of glucose via the kidneys with the excess glucose urinated. The FDA has already approved Canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Lexicon has completed Phase III trials for Type 1 Diabetes.

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Here are 30—yes, 30—of the best ways physician offices can save some cash

FierceHealthIT

Michael O'Connell, the senior vice president of operations at Stanford Health Care in Newark, California, interviewed medical practices around the country about what they have done to save money. Here are 30 of the best ideas.

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Cybersecurity starts with culture change

Mobi Health News

Developing a better link between cybersecurity and patient-facing services is what Dan Taylor, director of security of NHS Digital, believes is a top priority – a good cybersecurity strategy focused on people.

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Jeff Sessions announces more prosecutors for crackdown on opioid providers

FierceHealthIT

Speaking in D.C. at the Justice Department's National Opioid Summit on Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said his agency was creating a new Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force to focus on communities "hit especially hard by addiction and opioid fraud.".

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Enable Injections brings in $50M for wearable subcutaneous therapeutic delivery devices

Mobi Health News

The company's devices, which are available with or without a connected component, look to avoid inconvenient IV drug delivery.

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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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Who is afraid of Amazon and Google? Not the Cleveland Clinic.

Lloyd Price

Innovators from across the nation are seeking ideas on how to move healthcare forward. With Cleveland Clinic's 2018 Medical Innovation Summit in full swing, those participants will get a healthy infusion of insights from leaders in every aspect of this arena. Cleveland Clinic Innovations (CCI), which is presenting the event, is a seasoned health system innovation engine.

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LEO, Northwestern University, wearable startup partner to explore new dermatology devices

Mobi Health News

The collaboration hopes to develop battery-free wearables that could help inform personalized skin disease treatments.

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Evangelists tout digital push at Milken

Morning eHealth

Q&A with OneMedical exec — Administration updates

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71 digital health funding deals from Q3 2018

Mobi Health News

Over the quarter, MobiHealthNews tracked $3.3 billion in digital health deals.

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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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Payer Roundup—North Carolina to begin Medicaid managed care; Anthem taps Google whiz for AI

FierceHealthIT

Through a recently-approved §1115 waiver, North Carolina will begin transitioning its Medicaid population into managed care, with custom programs for certain populations. Plus, Anthem is bringing on Google's former head of search products to work on AI.

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Data is everybody's business, but where do you find the right data?

Mobi Health News

Prof Xiangliang Zhang, associate professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is working with biology data to understand the relationship between disease, genes and drugs to gain better insight to develop predictive models.

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New Mexico judge reaffirms risk adjustment ruling, casting uncertainty over future payments

FierceHealthIT

A New Mexico judge rejected a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider a February risk adjustment decision that prompted the agency to free $10.4 billion in payments. It adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing legal battle.

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72 digital health funding deals from Q3 2018

Mobi Health News

Over the quarter, MobiHealthNews tracked $3.3 billion in digital health deals.

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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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Physician Practice Roundup—Clinicians should screen women for partner violence

FierceHealthIT

An expert task force has recommended that clinicians screen all women of reproductive age for intimate partner violence and more physician practice news.

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Anthem appoints Google vet to head AI group, Health Catalyst announces new SVPs, and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Lark Health names new chief medical officer; Medidata's new board member

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Healthcare Roundup—Study says muscle mass should be a vital sign; Tennessee health system to close 2 hospitals

FierceHealthIT

A new study suggests muscle mass deserves a harder look from clinicians, two Tennessee hospitals are headed for closure and more healthcare headlines from around the web.

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Trump administration unveils plan to lower Medicare Part B prices by basing costs on other countries 

FierceHealthIT

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a new payment model that would more-closely align the cost of Medicare Part B drugs with their international price.

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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.