Tue.Mar 05, 2019

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Digital Transformation Is The New Mantra But Can’t Happen Without Access To Connectivity

Health Populi

As more of our “things” get digitally connected, there’s an unanswered question about how our connected lives impact human life and health. A new report from the OECD asks and answers: How’s Life in the Digital Age? Opportunities and Risks of the Digital Transformation for People’s Well-being. This research is part of OECD’s ongoing series asking the Big Question, “How’s Life?

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Wireless sensors for NICUs allows babies to be held

Mobi Health News

A team of researchers from Northwestern University designed a new wireless sensor for neonatal babies that can track vitals.

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Are patients consumers or not?

Morning eHealth

45,000 patients’ data exposed at Rush — Virta Health hires lobbyists

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Pressure of virtual consultations could be ‘final straw’ for stressed out GPs

Mobi Health News

The necessity for GP surgeries to implement video and e-consultations is putting additional pressure on over-stretched out doctors, according to researchers and the British Medical Association.

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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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Verizon Study: Companies Becoming More Mobile, but Investment In Security Lags

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Verizon’s second Mobile Security Index finds that more organizations are compromising mobile security in order to “get the job done”, and in turn are facing a greater risk of data loss, downtime and damage to their reputation and customer relationships. The findings from Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2019 show that despite companies saying they see risks growing, […].

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

2019 Technology Market Overview is online this week. When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market.

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Gottlieb, whose FDA made major strides in digital health, resigns as commissioner

Mobi Health News

According to the Washington Post, which broke the news, the commissioner is leaving to spend more time with his family.

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Content Needed for Electronic Health Reporter

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. I recently returned from HIMSS19 where I attended some excellent educational sessions and met with dozens of individuals serving the sector through their businesses and partnerships. While there I was specifically looking to establish new content partnerships with health IT’s thought leaders.

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Tasso scores $6.1M for patch-based home blood testing

Mobi Health News

The Cedars Sinai-incubated company plans to launch its first product in Q2 2019.

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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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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is resigning

FierceHealthIT

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced Tuesday he plans to resign from his post. Gottlieb plans to leave the agency within the next month. Calls to the FDA were not immediately returned Tuesday afternoon.

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dacadoo, UAE insurer launch activity mobile game, community step challenge

Mobi Health News

Daman Tamshi rewards players for walking throughout their city and generates a "Step Score" to gauge their activity level.

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HealthSparq and Pager Partner to Help People Navigate Healthcare Options

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. HealthSparq and Pager announced a strategic partnership. Together, the companies will help health plan members better evaluate and navigate their care options while lowering medical and administrative costs. Millions of health plan members have access to the HealthSparq One platform through its health plan portals where they can search for providers, get out-of-pocket cost estimates, […].

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Mango Health teams up with specialty pharmacy Diplomat

Mobi Health News

Mango Health will offer a custom white-label version of its app for high-risk patients taking specialty pharmaceuticals.

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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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Sequoia Project Convenes Industry on Information Blocking Policies

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Sequoia Project, a nonprofit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, is launching a new workgroup for the Interoperability Matters cooperative focused on information blocking. Launched in October 2018, Interoperability Matters is a public-private cooperative, with member and public events focused on addressing the key remaining issues that hinder nationwide health […].

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Eversense CGM to integrate with Glooko

Mobi Health News

Users of the Eversense CGM will be able to transfer their data to Glooko's online diabetes management platform.

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America’s Physician Groups Responds to CMS MA 2020 Advance Notice

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. In a comment letter submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), America’s Physician Groups (APG) applauded the Agency for its work to help strengthen and protect Medicare Advantage (MA) on behalf of the millions of beneficiaries it serves while also noting specific areas of concern with the recently released MA 2020 Advance […].

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K4Connect taps new chief growth officer; DispatchHealth names chief development officer, new head of product

Mobi Health News

Also: Concerto HealthAI names three new senior data scientists; Verana Health names four new executives

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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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Rachel Dunscombe Joins KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Rachel Dunscombe, an executive with the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom and a digital health trailblazer, has joined KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative as its global (non-US) leader and senior evangelist. The Arch Collaborative is comprised of more than 170 healthcare organizations and 75,000 clinicians across 10 countries seeking to benchmark and improve […].

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5 key considerations to hire the right practice manager

FierceHealthIT

Finding a good practice manager can play a significant role in a medical practice’s success, but it’s not always easy to find the right fit. Hiring an office manager is often one of the most overlooked steps in building a medical practice, said Rahul Kumar.

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HIMSS Analytics Survey: Less Than 25 Percent of Healthcare Organizations Use Executive Dashboard to Make Strategic Decisions

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Dimensional Insight announced the results of a survey it conducted with HIMSS Analytics of 110 senior healthcare leaders. The survey found that while approximately two-thirds of healthcare organizations (67.9 percent) have an executive dashboard to support strategic decision-making, only one-third of those organizations (35.1 percent) use it on a daily basis.

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KFF: ACA premiums not so affordable for middle-income enrollees

FierceHealthIT

For a majority of U.S. citizens enrolled in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), subsidies and tax credits help keep their monthly premiums affordable. But this is not true for a vast number of enrollees who are considered middle-income, many of who are struggling to afford ACA plans.

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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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Privia Health Announces Partnership With Health First

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Privia Health announces it has entered into a partnership with Health First, the largest provider organization and first health system to join Privia’s national network. Privia and Health First will collaborate to reduce healthcare costs, achieve better outcomes, and improve the health of patients in the community.

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Medicare Advantage insurers to CMS: Rethink expanding use of encounter data in risk adjustment

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage insurers are warning the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that it should pump the brakes on its plan to expand the use of encounter data to calculate risk scores, as such data often has gaps or errors.

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DRI Poseidon Trial Recruiting Children and Adults

Insulin Nation

We spoke with Camillo Ricordi, MD, Director of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) about the Poseidon Trial that is actively recruiting participants. Criteria for Participation. DRI is seeking 56 people – 28 adults, and 28 children – to participate in the trial. Each person needs to be between the ages of 6 and 65 years and has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the last 10 years.

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Experts to Congress: Uptick in preventable outbreaks 'alarming,' needs more funding to address

FierceHealthIT

An expert panel—which included an 18-year-old who garnered national attention for getting vaccinated against his parents' wishes—testified about possible solutions to combat drops in vaccine rates in some areas of the country.

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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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Microsoft ends support for the Microsoft Health Dashboard applications and services

Lloyd Price

Microsoft has announced the end of support for the Microsoft Health Dashboard applications and services. This document contains important dates and information regarding the end of support. On 5/31/2019, the Microsoft Health Dashboard site will be shut down and Microsoft Band applications will be removed from the Microsoft Store, Google Play, and Apple App store.

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Georgians sue to switch ACA plans, say Anthem deceived them about its provider network

FierceHealthIT

Georgia residents engaged in a legal battle against Anthem are asking for a “special enrollment period” where they could switch to a new insurer.

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Geisinger Researchers Using Genomics to Study Rare Heart Condition

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

NIH funds genomic screening for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

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