Mon.Oct 07, 2019

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Study: Proteus' digital pill system accurate, improved adherence among California TB patients

Mobi Health News

The independent investigation suggests that wirelessly observed therapies using Proteus' system could be considered equivalent to in-person medication adherence programs, but much better received by patients taking oral medications.

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New telehealth bill in CA would expand access and ensure reimbursement

Clocktree

The California Assembly passed a telehealth bill requiring healthcare plans to equally reimburse providers for services having the same effect remotely as in person. The bill, awaiting signature by California Governor Gavin Newsom, would expand telehealth access to all CA residents by requiring health insurance plans to reimburse providers for appointments that would have the same impact whether in person or via video.

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Apple files patent for stretchable health tracking band

Mobi Health News

The item could measure blood pressure, respiration rate and ECG signals.

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5 Exciting Dental Tech Trends In 2019

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The dental industry experiences new and exciting tech developments every year, and 2019 is seemingly no exception. The innovations are not only modernizing practices, but they are leading to improved oral care and smaller appointment times, which can each support the patient experience.

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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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Gait sensor FeetMe scores €9.4M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

This latest round was led by LBO France with participation from Kurma Diagnostics, Paris Saclay, Idinvest Partners, Seventure and SOSV.

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Walmart taps digital health for its 2020 employee benefits, SilverCloud Health explores AI with Microsoft and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: OptimizeRx delivers messaging through NewCrop's electronic prescription software; Novo Nordisk expands collaboration with Noom following strong pilot; Livongo signs its biggest payer yet.

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What's the burden of violence on health systems? Kaiser Permanente set out to quantify it

FierceHealthIT

Kaiser Permanente’s new report on the burden of violence on health systems offers a glimpse of the problem’s massive scope. It also points out how much further we need to go to produce effective, comprehensive solutions.

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NHS, Public Health England introduce platform to help people take care of their mental health

Mobi Health News

The initiative has the backing of the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex, who will appear tonight in a promotional video supporting its launch.

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How tech-driven connection to care can help young families

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How tech-driven connection to care can help young families Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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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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Livongo inks deal with Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, stock jumps

Mobi Health News

The deal is expected to add 45,000 new Livongo members by 2021.

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Commonspirit Health reports losses of $582M in first financial report since merger

FierceHealthIT

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health posted a $582 million loss last year in the wake of the merger that created the Catholic health giant, officials reported this week.

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Live Now: HIMSS TV streaming from AsiaPac19 in Bangkok

Mobi Health News

HIMSS TV is livestreaming from HIMSS AsiaPac19 in Bangkok right now, bringing you interviews with healthcare IT industry luminaries and innovators, reports from the show floor, and news from keynotes and panels.

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Alabama health system pays hackers responsible for ransomware attack as FBI warns more to come

FierceHealthIT

Alabama-based DCH Health System said it has made a payment to hackers behind a ransomware attack that disrupted operations at three hospitals in the past week. The FBI warns attacks are getting more sophisticated with bigger ransom demands.

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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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Former NHS England CDO appointed managing director of digital GP service provider LIVI in the UK

Mobi Health News

Bauer initially joined LIVI as VP of product earlier this year.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Fall and red leaves arrived as typical late in the month. But as inevitable as those changes are, other notable events occurred during September – including AARP’s partnership with Getty Images to combat age bias in advertising. Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in re

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Former NHS England CDO appointed MD of digital GP service provider LIVI in the UK

Mobi Health News

Bauer initially joined LIVI as VP of product earlier this year.

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MEDITECH eh – Investment in Canadian EHR Market Pays Off

Healthcare IT Today

When MEDITECH released their latest statistics for their Canadian operations, I was floored – 47% market share and 35 years of collaboration in Canada. I knew MEDITECH had been in the country for a long time, but I had no idea their ROOTS ran so deep [Canadian readers will get the joke]. Recently, MEDITECH sent […].

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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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Livongo inks deal with Federal Employee Benefits Program, stock jumps

Mobi Health News

The deal is expected to add 45,000 new Livongo members by 2021.

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Survey: Site of care, biosimilars key for employers to lower drug prices

FierceHealthIT

Employers are trying to offset the high cost of specialty drugs by influencing where those drugs are delivered and exploring how to leverage biosimilars, according to a recent survey.

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The Rapid Expansion of School-Based Telehealth Programs

InTouch Health

Programs Will Increase Students’ Access to Behavioral Counseling and Concussion Assessment Services. Several states are launching school-based telehealth programs with the goal to increase student access to healthcare services. Students will be able to access concussion assessment, behavioral counseling, and primary care services through these various programs.

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MA insurer startup Devoted Health first to subsidize Apple Watch

FierceHealthIT

Insurance startup Devoted Health is reportedly the first Medicare Advantage plan to subsidize the Apple Watch as a benefit to customers.

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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.

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Demand for Hospice Care is Growing; Telemonitoring Should Too

Health Recovery Solutions

Traditionally, hospice and palliative care agencies have been slow to implement health-technology services. However, in recent years, telehealth had been increasingly applied to hospice and palliative care to extend the full spectrum of care services to patients’ homes. As remote patient monitoring expands beyond home health, there has been a major push for telemonitoring across the care continuum.

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Health IT and Marketing (Odd Couple?) – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 21

Healthcare IT Today

For the 21st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Health IT and Marketing. Why are the two areas such an odd couple? Shouldn’t the CIO (IT) and CMO (Marketing) work together? Why don’t they work together? Every hospital and health system has a marketing team and an IT team. However, we often […] You'd think that IT and Marketing within a healthcare organization would work together.

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Citizen Identity – the evolution of username password security

Digital Leaders HealthTech

How do we give the public secure access to their healthcare data and NHS services? Fingerprints, biometrics, retinal scanning, voice recognition and facial mapping – likeness, liveness, authentication and verification. Gaining access to your personal stuff, whether it be your cash, shopping app of choice or healthcare data is a tricky business, often requiring an airport-style, digital security gate to get to what we think as ‘ours’ in the first place.

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SNF Setback: Acute Care Providers Share Limited Data when Transferring Patients to Post-Acute Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Sean Vandeweerd, Sr. Product Manager, PointClickCare Technologies Inc. As patients move from acute-care facilities to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the sharing of critical patient information and associated data is extremely important for coordinating care. Despite best intentions, most acute-care providers are still not sharing all patient data and […].

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Meet Michele Crook, Care Innovations QA Analyst

care innovations

Welcome to our series celebrating the women of Care Innovations, where we're meeting some of the key leaders and team members working hard to drive our success. Today, we're talking to QA Analyst Michele Crook, who talks about how her unique life experience has given her a positive perspective on healthcare, balancing work and family life, and how women can advance their careers.

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Clarifying the Reports of a Recent HIPAA Change

HealthStream

There has been much discussion regarding the recent changes to HIPAA – and it is big news; however, HIPAA, the law itself, has not changed – at least not yet. On the other hand, it is important to know that the change is in the assessment of civil money penalties, which will now be based on the offender's level of culpability or accountability.

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The new EHR in the making

Morning eHealth

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