Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
Taiwan-based health tech startup iWEECARE announced that it has raised $1M in Pre-Series A funding, led by Singapore-based Verge HealthTech Fund, alongside Taiwan/US-based Translink Capital and Darwin Venture. The company also just received regulatory approval to market its flagship product, Temp Pal®, the world’s smallest smart thermometer, in both the EU and Taiwan.
Health Populi
JUNE 4, 2019
Most U.S. healthcare providers are spending more time, effort and capital with an eye to engaging with patients-as-consumers, a trend quantified in the report, the 2019 State of Consumerism in Healthcare: The Bar is Rising from Kaufman Hall, summarizing results from this year’s healthcare consumerism index survey conducted among about 200 healthcare providers. “Legacy organizations will need premier-level consumer capabilities to compete in today’s increasingly consumer-centric
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Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
During a Google Cloud and Rock Health event, representatives from provider and payer organization discussed the next steps toward creating sustainable business models for healthcare startups.
Electronic Health Reporter
JUNE 4, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Brianna Zink, RN, MSN, account manager, Infor Workforce Management for Healthcare. When we look at the healthcare industry over the past 15-20 years, it is clear that drastic improvements have been made because of technology. For example, neurologists can now assess patients experiencing symptoms of a stroke remotely, using a specialized computer system.
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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.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
The term ‘patient-centric’ is often a buzz word or hot topic in the current discussion of healthcare and digital health. However, putting patients first is easier said than done, especially when clinicians and physicians are often time-crunched, there are fragmented sources of healthcare data and legal/regulatory concerns when it comes to the management of healthcare data.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
In June, MobiHealthNews and HealthcareITNews will look at the groundwork that needs to be laid for innovation to take place.
Electronic Health Reporter
JUNE 4, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Claudia Williams, CEO of Manifest MedEx. It still seems magical that Spotify creates a personalized music track for my life. Similarly, I now get personalized suggestions of what books to read, what recipes to cook, and even where to travel. This is the way we’re living our lives except for healthcare.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
At BIO 2019 in Philadelphia, a panel of industry experts discussed their experiences with the FDA's pilot program; ambiguities in drug, device and software pathways; and the hurdles digital health regulation has yet to properly address.
Electronic Health Reporter
JUNE 4, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Idan Udi Edry, CEO, Trustifi. Physician-staffing firm, EmCare, became the latest of several victims within the healthcare industry of an email phishing scam, as an unidentified hacker recently gained access to the accounts of multiple EmCare employees.
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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.
Mobi Health News
JUNE 4, 2019
A slew of diabetes-focused companies release news ahead of Friday's American Diabetes Association conference in San Francisco.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
An Ohio doctor, William Husel, D.O., was charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospitalized patients after he allegedly ordered excessive doses of painkillers to help end their lives. Authorities say he deliberately ordered overdoses of fentanyl.
MedTech Boston
JUNE 4, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a tour de force in just about every industry. From business owners using AI algorithms to answer. The post 3 Ways AI Has Transformed the Healthcare Industry appeared first on MedTech Boston.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 70% of organizations are not HIPAA compliant. To begin understanding compliance, healthcare organizations would be wise to consider three key recommendations.
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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.
GlobalMed
JUNE 4, 2019
Today’s healthcare challenges are often framed in terms of patient struggles. From high deductible plans to provider shortages, many patients are frustrated by our current healthcare system. What isn’t mentioned as much: that many providers are also under serious stress. A recent report by the Experience Innovation Network revealed that 54 percent of physicians have experienced at least one symptom of burnout.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
With more and more doctors open to the idea of “Medicare for All,” JAMA Friday published the first pro single-payer opinion piece in more than 15 years.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JUNE 4, 2019
What does it mean when offerings and consumers aren’t aligned? For older consumers and their families, the technology market and senior housing industry are two cases in point. Consider the slower-growing 8(8% occupied) senior housing industry – where in ten years, 81% of couples will not be able to afford the $60,000 average cost of assisted living (a number that does not reflect higher cost memory care).
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
Physicians saw an increase in median compensation from 2017 to 2018, with the largest increase for specialty physicians who had a 4.4% increase. The speciality with the largest salary jump was diagnostic radiology, up 7.71%.
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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!
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
JUNE 4, 2019
EQUIPPED program targets prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
Early exchange plan rates requested by insurers in several states suggest massive premium hikes may be a thing of the past.
Insulin Nation
JUNE 4, 2019
SGLT2 Development and Method of Action. Ever since the first SGLT2 inhibitor (dapagliflozin) was approved by the EU in 2011 and the USA in 2014, it and another nine gliflozin drugs developed since then have been considered for (off-label) use in Type-1 diabetes, as well as in Type-2 diabetes for which they were first approved. In addition, in 2012 an experimental drug was first developed, known as LX4112, which in 2015 became the first SGLT1 and SGLT2 combination drug, sotagliflozin.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
Council of Affordable Quality Healthcare CORE recently released Phase V Operating Rules in an effort to strengthen the accuracy and consistency of the prior authorization process.
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.
Lloyd Price
JUNE 4, 2019
British telecom operator Vodafone with the backing of the UK Department for International Trade has bagged a £100m contract to help Egypt develop a new health insurance IT system in the lines of the NHS. The contract won by Vodafone will be an important part of the Egyptian government’s push to introduce NHS-style universal healthcare for every citizen in the country.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
While many other industry sectors have a common set of guidelines and best practices for safety, such standards are not currently in place for the entire medical device servicing industry.
Digital Leaders HealthTech
JUNE 4, 2019
On 7th January, the NHS outlined its long-awaited 10-year plan. Publishing some strong milestones for the health service, it also included many noteworthy digital components such as an ambitious target for the health service to become fully digitised by 2024. To deliver this, NHS organisations will be required to have a chief information officer (CIO) at board level by 2021.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
Of the hundreds of pages of comment letters from healthcare and health IT groups sounding off on the recently proposed information blocking rule, there seems to be one consistent theme: The timeline is too aggressive and will pose burdens to providers and vendors.
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
JUNE 4, 2019
Editor’s Note: ACA increases profitability for insurers, despite significant initial financial losses in the individual market after the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect. Health insurer profitability in the individual market rose due to substantial premium increases, government premium tax credits that pay for those premium increases, and the large, government-funded, Medicaid expansion.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 4, 2019
CVS Health is making the case for its merger with Aetna to two very different audiences this week.
HealthStream
JUNE 4, 2019
The challenge for nursing schools to teach their learners how to think like a nurse is a significant one.
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