Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. health care system, calculating that 25% of medical spending in America is wasted. If spending is gauged at $3.8 trillion, waste amounts to nearly $1 trillion. If spending is 18% of the American gross domestic product (GDP), then some 4.5% of the U.S. economy is wasted spending by the health care system and its stakeholders.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2019

CNBC reports that the digital primary care provider has hired banks leading up to an IPO.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Wylecia Wiggs Harris, CEO, American Health Information Management Association. At the AHIMA19: Health Data and Information Conference, leaders in health information management (HIM) shared innovations in healthcare and addressed issues affecting patient access to their health records including the privacy, accuracy and interoperability of that information.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The new funding brings the company's total Series B to $55 million.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is ramping up its investment in data analytics capabilities and digital tools to support the specific needs of its nearly 6 million Medicare Advantage members.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vik Panda, managing director North America, Dreem. Rumors had it that Apple wanted to help you track your sleep. Industry watchers said it’s in part about playing catchup with Fitbit and others. Although, Apple has never worried about being second or third, just whether they can be the best.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Medicare is overpaying for graduate medical education—the money used to train residents—which could be used to address physician shortages, according to a new study.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Primary topic: Quality and Safety Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: mHabitat tackling the complexity of implementing tech across healthcare Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Many doctors and other health professionals are reluctant to talk to patients about gun safety, fearing patients be offended or put off. But many patients say they are comfortable with those conversations, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/11 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Chuck Webster (@wareFLO) on the topic “Social Virtual Reality: Health, Healthcare, and Health IT!” 10 years ago I wrote a blog post (#HIMSS10 Best Ever: Due in Large […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In the world of online marketing and promotion, a practice website is a necessary tool to reach new patients and help them stick with you long-term.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Readers of this blog know well that hospitals’ cybersecurity measures aren’t exactly impenetrable, as hack after hack attests. This isn’t just a concern for health system execs, though. Financial analyst firm Moody’s Investors Service has just a released a new report outlining its concerns about the adequacy of hospital cyber-defenses and the consequences facilities could […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number of drug “super spenders” is growing rapidly, a new study from Prime Therapeutics shows.

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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.

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We recently sat down with Kamal Anand, CEO & Co-Founder of Asparia to talk about healthcare chatbots and their recent rebrand from SimplifiMed to Asparia. If you’re interested in some of the latest practical AI that’s happening in healthcare, then you’ll enjoy learning about the healthcare chatbot work that Kamal and his team are doing at […].

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A federal jury ruled a Texas physician was guilty of a $16 million scheme to defraud Medicare by signing false “plans of care” for home health services

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 8, 2019

3 minute read: All eyes on are the U.S. Senate to see if a vote will be taken to eliminate a tax associated with the Affordable Care Act. The tax in question is an excise tax known as the Cadillac Tax. Highly unpopular with business leaders and organized labor, the tax was to be implemented to discourage unnecessary spending on health care. A bill passed by the House of Representatives, the Middle-Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019, would repeal the ACA’s Cadillac Tax provision by a vo

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Since 2011, there have been more than 100,000 stapler incidents in healthcare, according to the U.S. FDA. These risks of patient harm led the ECRI Institute to name surgical stapler misuse as the top health technology hazard facing providers in 2020.

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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!

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HealthStream

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Opioid addiction is an unfortunate, common, and often tragic reality across the U.S. population. It’s important to know the options for treating addiction in case someone close to you needs help with overcoming this serious problem.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

One Medical has hired banks including JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley for its initial public offering, CNBC reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. The company is expected to file its prospectus by the first quarter of 2020.

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HealthStream

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Using current best practices to build a better system of reward and recognition for employees can improve employee perceptions regarding meaningful work leading to higher levels of satisfaction and engagement.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Colorado released a proposal to install a new statewide insurance plan option that would severely cut reimbursement rates to providers.

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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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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The technology includes one-time use sensors and can switch between blind and unblinded mode.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A new study says the link between healthcare provider burnout and lower quality of patient care may be smaller than research suggests.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 8, 2019

It’s no secret that healthcare is a major priority for many voters in the upcoming 2020 elections. And for the first time in modern American history, major candidates are taking strong and varied stances on how their vision of our future healthcare system should look. For many Americans, this conversation is as much about saving money as it is about moral values.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Trump administration is proposing new exemptions and safe harbors to the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute to spur more physicians and healthcare facilities into value-based care arrangements.

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