Thu.Sep 05, 2019

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Singapore is the third most sleep deprived after Japan and India, Fitbit’s data indicates

Mobi Health News

The company has collected more than 10.5 billion nights of sleep data over the years, which helped them to provide insights on Singaporean users.

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How Whirlpool’s #CareCounts Campaign Bolsters a Key Social Determinant of Health

Health Populi

Did you know that September is Attendance Awareness month ? Me, neither. But reading one of last Sunday’s national newspapers, I noticed a full-page ad that read, “Whirlpool is helping keep kids in schools with washers and dryers.” Reading further on, the copy called out two data points making the point about laundry and education: One in five students don’t have access to clean clothes, making them more likely to miss school; and.

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Garmin launches GPS smartwatch with 24-7 fitness monitoring capabilities

Mobi Health News

The Venu watch includes sleep tracking, respiration tracking, abnormal heart rate alerts and menstrual cycle tracking.

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CPT changes in 2020 include new codes to allow doctors to bill for digital health

FierceHealthIT

The American Medical Association released updates to its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for 2020, including new codes to keep doctors up-to-date with new technology.

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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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Verily, iRhythm ink deal to create a-fib screening, diagnosis tools

Mobi Health News

The pair will be targeting patients with asymptomatic or silent atrial fibrillation.

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RocketBody's ECG fitness app for Apple Watch raises $1M

Mobi Health News

The software combines ECG readings with artificial intelligence to deliver personalized workout guidance.

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Dartmouth study questions overuse of NICUs for babies of normal birth weight

FierceHealthIT

Nearly half of all newborns admitted to U.S. neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are of normal birth weight, and a new study out of Dartmouth University possibly links this increase to the robust expansion of NICUs over the last two decades.

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BrightInsight's medical IoT ecosystem raises $25M Series A

Mobi Health News

The round was co-led by New Leaf Venture Partners and Eclipse Ventures.

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Survey: Patients Search and Evaluate Providers, and Share Their Healthcare Experiences Online

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Binary Fountain released the findings of its 2019 “Healthcare Consumer Insight & Digital Engagement” survey. With the goal of getting an updated view into how patients search, evaluate and share their experiences with their providers, the survey, conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by Binary Fountain, shows patients’ continued dependence on online ratings and review sites […].

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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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OptimizeRx expands digital messaging platform with acquisition of RMDY Health

Mobi Health News

This is the company's second platform-focused expansion within the last year.

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Mayo Clinic, Cerner grow U.K. presence with new central London clinic in partnership with Oxford

FierceHealthIT

Mayo Clinic will open a new state-of-the-art health clinic in central London, its first facility in the U.K., in partnership with Oxford University Clinic. It's the first test in a partnership connecting two major names in medical research.

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AMA Releases 2020 CPT Code Set: Updates To Medicine’s Common Language Reflect Tech-Enabled Patient Services

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The American Medical Association (AMA) announces the release of the 2020 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set containing identifiers and descriptors assigned to each medical, surgical, and diagnostic services available to patients. Trusted since 1966 as the health system’s common language, the CPT code set enables accurate reporting, measurement, analysis, and benchmarking of medical serv

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Kentucky hospitals sue drugmakers, distributors and retailers for opioid epidemic costs

FierceHealthIT

A group of 23 Kentucky hospitals is suing major drugmakers, distributors and retailers for their role in the opioid crisis a few days after a group of Texas hospitals unveiled a similar suit.

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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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Healthcare Without Walls: Serving people where they are

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Healthcare Without Walls: Serving people where they are Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Industry Voices—5 steps to better patient engagement and no more no-shows

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare providers who need to connect with patients have more competition than ever in grabbing their attention. These five steps can help boost patient engagement.

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How much is AI really moving the needle on health?

Digital Leaders HealthTech

When it comes to health and wellness, most people have a similar goal: we want to live a healthier, longer , and happier life. Thanks to antibiotics, vaccines, medical imaging, and other technological breakthroughs, we’ve already made major strides. So it’s perhaps no surprise that all eyes are now on the transformative innovation of this century: AI.

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Industry Voices—The patent environment around IoT and blockchain is complex. Here's what medical device companies need to know

FierceHealthIT

The patent environment related to the internet of things and blockchain is already complicated and in a state of expansion. Medical device companies entering this scene with products and solutions need to have a coherent patent strategy in place.

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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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Volume of EHR Related Medical Malpractice Claims Keeps Rising

Healthcare IT Today

A new study has concluded that as EHR use has become ubiquitous, the number of medical malpractice claims in which EHRs contributed to injuries is continuing to rise. While the absolute number of claims is still relatively small, the problems involved are quite common, suggesting we haven’t seen the worst of this yet. The study, […].

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Chutes & Ladders—Memorial Hermann, Cedars-Sinai announce leadership moves

FierceHealthIT

Memorial Hermann brings on chief experience officer; Cedars-Sinai names founding chairwoman of its new Smidt Heart Institute Department of Cardiology; Ohio State University names CEO of cancer center.

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Effective Job Search Strategies to Consider

Healthcare IT Today

Before you begin a job search, you need to think through the question, “What’s your strategy as an executive job seeker?” There’s no right or wrong answer to the question, and sometimes it takes trial and error to truly figure out what the most effective strategy is for you. Even then, adjustments must be made […].

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Cigna launches new benefits solution aimed at making gene therapy more affordable

FierceHealthIT

Cigna is launching a new solution as part of its health services business aimed at mitigating the high cost of emerging gene therapy treatments.

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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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A Primer on EA Connect Days 2019: Europe's Best Enterprise Architecture Conference

LeanIX

Just as LeanIX itself was designed to accommodate the unmet needs of those seeking Business Capabilities-focused IT architectures, the annual EA Connect Days was initiated in 2014 to showcase their previously overlooked insights. Both product and event have since become integral to one another, and though the scale of each has increased in pace with customer/attendee demand, the fundamental objective of the two has remained the same: keep improving the IT-Business relationship.

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CMS gets new powers to go after Medicare, Medicaid fraudsters

FierceHealthIT

CMS issued a final rule that gives the agency new powers to combat Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP waste and fraud

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Network Management

Telebehavioral Health Institute

$418,000 Fine Issued for Poor Network Management Virtua Medical Group (VMG), based in New Jersey, compromised the PHI of 1,650 individuals as the result of a misconfigured server. A vendor of Virtua updated software on a website that stored documents. … Read more. The post Network Management appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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Livongo reports 156% revenue growth in Q2, but stock falls as earnings miss Wall Street estimates

FierceHealthIT

Livongo Health saw its revenue surge 156% year over year to $40.9 million in the second quarter of 2019, beating Wall Street estimates of $39.74 million. But the company also reported a second-quarter loss wider than analysts' expectations.

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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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Health Recovery Solutions Closes a $10 Million Growth Investment Led by Edison Partners

Health Recovery Solutions

Health Recovery Solutions (HRS), a technology company that provides remote patient monitoring for leading health systems, today announced closing $10 million in growth financing led by Edison Partners. HRS has gained national attention for its clinical success in reducing hospital readmissions and commitment to improving outcomes for both patients and health systems.

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How stress raises your blood sugar

Insulin Nation

A severe argument, infection or physical injury, intense sadness, sudden shock, intense thrill (like a roller coaster ride), or even the fun of trying to score a goal in your championship soccer game can call for an increase in stress-related hormones which lead to an increase in your blood sugar. Let’s take a closer look at these hormones. Cortisol.

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Walmart’s Growing Footprint in Healthcare and Public Health, from Guns to Mental Health and Gardens

Health Populi

Over the past couple of weeks, Walmart is demonstrating its growing commitment to and leadership in healthcare and public health. The company’s announcement this week of pulling products that can be used in military-style weapons from its Outdoor Sports/Shooting department is a major move for public health that is something of a watershed that will impact well beyond the company’s inventory and stock price.