Wed.Sep 25, 2019

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Chinese insurtech startup CareVoice launches CareVoiceOS

Mobi Health News

Shanghai-based CareVoice, a digital health startup targeting the insurance market, which announced an eight-figure Series A raise totaling roughly $10M at the end of August, today announced the launch of CareVoiceOS in mainland China and Hong Kong, a healthcare operating system that allows insurers to deliver health plans which are more tailored, efficient and compelling to their customers.

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The Rise of Social Determinants of Health in Healthcare is Just Real Life Stuff for People, Patients, Consumers

Health Populi

Based on the influx of research studies and position papers on social determinants of health flowing into my email box and Google Alerts, I can say we’re past the inflection point where SDoH is embraced by hospitals, professional societies, health plans and even a couple of pioneering pharma companies. PwC published a well-researched global-reaching report this week appropriately titled, Action required: The urgency of addressing social determinants of health.

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Digital therapeutics may not cause toxicity, but they're not entirely without risk

Mobi Health News

Stakeholders at today's DTx East event in Boston discuss digtial therapeutic risk assessment and management.

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Age bias permeates ads -- and technology design

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Getty images show advertising’s ageist stereotypes. A new report from AARP this week zeros in on something we all knew: Advertisers focus on the young – not unlike the tech firms who make products being advertised. Despite the 50+ population representing one third of the US population, they only show up in 13% of advertising imagery. The AARP report authors analyzed the Getty images – and observed that even though 69% of people aged 65-73 own a smartphone, less the 5% of the images of technol

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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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NTU Singapore scientists develop low-cost chip that can analyse white blood cell health in minutes

Mobi Health News

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a lab-on-a-chip system that can identify the health aspects of a person’s immune system from a drop of their blood, within minutes.

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Eko's machine learning, device-driven heart monitoring raises another $20M

Mobi Health News

The ARTIS Ventures-led raise brings Eko's total raise to $27.8 million.

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Salary negotiations: Advice for female physicians who want equitable pay

FierceHealthIT

There are more women in medicine than ever before, but women physicians still earn less than their male counterparts. One way women can begin to close that gender pay gap is by developing better negotiating skills, says Rebecca Parker, M.D.

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Catasys inks deal with Goldman Sachs for $45M in debt financing

Mobi Health News

The company plans to expand its technology offerings.

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Industry Voices—10 steps to reduce workplace violence in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

With nearly 2 million American workers reporting that they have been victims of workplace violence each year, the time to act for the safety and security of our employees is now. Here are 10 steps to follow to protect healthcare organizations’ patients, staff and visitors against workplace violence.

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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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London-headquartered Kheiron lands $22m in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

The round was led by European VC firm Atomico.

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XRHealth Partners with Allscripts to Provide Integrated Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Platforms

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, the leader in extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced a partnership with Allscripts to provide an integrated VR/AR platform, leveraging Allscripts Open APIs. The Allscripts Developer Program partnership enables medical professionals to prescribe and monitor the progress of VR/AR therapies on patient health.

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital researchers grow mini liver, pancreas and biliary ducts from stem cells

FierceHealthIT

A multidisciplinary team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital's Center for Stem Cell & Organoid Medicine says it has made a breakthrough discovery with miniature organs that brings them a step closer.

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AI Could Soon Have A Big Impact On Primary Care

Healthcare IT Today

A lot of discussion about healthcare AI is vague and visionary in nature. Most of us know that these technologies have a very promising future, but until recently it hasn’t been clear just when practical applications will emerge. That could be changing, though. For example, according to a new research paper appearing in the Journal […].

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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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Commonwealth Fund: A quarter of voters back ‘Medicare for All,’ but many feel uninformed on the issue 

FierceHealthIT

With healthcare set to be one of the defining issues of the 2020 election, a new Commonwealth Fund survey examines voters’ attitudes about their health coverage.

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How one tech startup is empowering cancer patients, engaging clinicians

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Mobile Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How one tech startup is empowering cancer patients, engaging clinicians Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Industry Voices—Fertility clinics offer big potential for investors and physician practices

FierceHealthIT

As fertility rates have declined in a number of developed countries, more open attitudes around seeking treatment have translated into rapidly growing global demand for fertility services.

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One approach to addressing social determinants of health: The Medibus, a medical practice on wheels

CiscoHealth

As part of our National Health IT Week blog series, we are going to take a look at the social determinants of health. This means the conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, to improve our overall health ecosystem and support healthy communities. Physician shortages. One key factor impacting people around the world is physician shortages.

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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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Got an ankle sprain? This D.C.-area orthopedic clinic wants to keep you out of the ED, urgent care

FierceHealthIT

Lonnie Davis, M.D., launched Ortho OIC, a full-service orthopedic clinic meant to eliminate a trip to the emergency department or urgent care.

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Elevating Care: How Virtual Care Helps Agencies Deliver Health Care and Life Care

Synzi

The Importance of Communications Across the Care Team According to the Joint Commission, home health providers should increasingly collaborate with hospitals, SNFs, physicians, and pharmacists to achieve optimal health outcomes for their patients – especially during transitions of care. Evidence … Read More. The post Elevating Care: How Virtual Care Helps Agencies Deliver Health Care and Life Care appeared first on Synzi.

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KFF: Annual family premiums in employer plans top $20K in 2019

FierceHealthIT

Average premiums for families enrolled in employer-sponsored insurance increased by 5% over the past year, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Health tech companies: self-regulating?

Morning eHealth

Busy data day on the Hill — Telemedicine firms press DEA

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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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Blue Cross NC, Cambia Health Solutions pause affiliation amid controversy over Conway's arrest

FierceHealthIT

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cambia Health Solutions have put their planned “strategic affiliation” on hold after news reports last week revealed Blue Cross CEO Patrick Conway was charged with driving while intoxicated.

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Google May Have Given Up On The EHR Market, But Definitely Not Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

For quite some time, giant technology companies have struggled to get a foothold in the healthcare business, but with relatively little success. Now, if one Google executive is to be believed, these giants may have finally concluded that at least where the EHR market is concerned, they have thrown in the towel. On the other […].

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Meet Lesley Mathis, Care Innovations Clinical Manager

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 Lesley Mathis, RN, MSSW, MSN, ACNP-BC , our Clinical Manager, who discussed her experience, inspiration, work/life balance, and more. How has your life experience prepared you for your role at Care Innovations?

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Featured Health IT Job: Epic Cupid Application Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Cupid Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by HealthTECH Resources and is in Minnesota. Here’s a description of the position: HealthTECH has a very exciting […].

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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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Europe’s Unique Telemedicine Potential

GlobalMed

Does telemedicine work the same way all over the world? In a sense, yes. A large part of virtual care’s value is that it can connect any patient to any provider anywhere across the globe. We’ve seen it firsthand in our deployments in Argentina , Ireland, Ghana , Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe , and other countries. At the same time, some regions have specific challenges – and specific rewards.

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The Demographic Urgency Driving Innovation in Chronic Conditions Care

HealthStream

The aging of the American population is spurring the increased focus on efforts to provide better care for people with chronic conditions. Here are a few statistics about the extent of this challenge.

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Incident Response

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Touchstone Medical Fined $3 Million for Delayed Incident Response Touchstone Medical Imaging (TMI) experienced a data breach affecting 307,000 patients. A misconfigured server exposed patient information, making it searchable through Google’s search engine. The Department of Health and Human Services’ … Read more. The post Incident Response appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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