Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

Vital Connect and physIQ are teaming up with the Haga Teaching Hospital in the Netherlands to conduct a study on how wearable biosensors and artificial intelligence can augment care for cancer patients undergoing treatment. Specifically, the study — which is funded by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals — is looking to see how the technology can detect adverse events in cancer treatment early on.

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2018

With the vast majority of patients’ medical records now digitized in electronic health records systems, the opportunities to mine, learn from, and act on the findings are promising for U.S. healthcare. More data is moving into internet clouds every day, from healthcare encounters with clinicians and inpatient hospital stays to prescribed medicines, retail receipts for over-the-counter remedies, wearable technologies, credit card swipes for products and services, and GPS check-ins.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

As Johnson & Johnson continues to move out of the diabetes business, the company has sold its Calibra product (marketed as OneTouch Via, but never launched) to CeQur, a 10-year-old company working on a similar insulin-delivery wearable. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CeQur has acquired an exclusive worldwide license for the technology.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 17, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Henry Albrecht, founder and CEO, Limeade. Leading CEOs will never say “wellness” is a top priority. Instead, they care about increasing revenue, providing great customer service or disrupting their market. Most see “an engaged workforce” as a path to these results. Even today’s successful “well-being” programs, which look nothing like their early predecessors (annual biometrics […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

VitalConnect and physIQ are teaming up with the Haga Teaching Hospital in the Netherlands to conduct a study on how wearable biosensors and artificial intelligence can augment care for cancer patients undergoing treatment. Specifically, the study — which is funded by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals — is looking to see how the technology can detect adverse events in cancer treatment early on.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

Blockchain is in vogue this year in the healthcare space as innovators find new uses for the technology, which makes information easy to verify and difficult to falsify. Emerging out of stealth mode today is New York-based startup Embleema, which is launching its block chain personal health record platform designed to help link patients to life science researchers.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

Policymakers looking to lower healthcare costs must continue to push the industry toward value-based models, experts told legislators at a hearing on Tuesday. In addition, healthcare providers with lower amounts of wasteful spending are targeting the social determinants of health and patients with complex needs, they said.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

CyberMDX, a connected medical device and clinical network security firm, announced today that it has closed $10 million in Series A funding. The financing round was led by Pitango Venture Capital, with additional backing from OurCrowd Qure. The company’s MDefend software product is deployed to a provider’s network, CyberMDX CEO Amir Magner told MobiHealthNews.

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Morning eHealth

JULY 17, 2018

New cyber threat: hospital hijacking — R2D4?

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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

JULY 17, 2018

Personalized health information company K Health has launched a free primary care app. Called K, the app’s AI references a history of diagnoses and treatments to deliver users an insight about how their condition would likely be treated, and can also connect users to a network of primary care providers.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

UnitedHealth's revenues surpassed $56 billion in the second quarter of 2018, a 12% year-over-year increase that fell in line with Wall Street's expectations. Net profits hit $3 billion, up from $2.3 billion during the same quarter last year.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

• Provider-focused telemedicine vendor SnapMD’s Virtual Care Management system will be used to teach students at the University of San Diego (USD) Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science about telehealth. In a class called “Telehealth and Emerging Technology”, students will learn the ins and outs of virtual visits.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

Groups that represent the country’s physicians are still digesting the 1,473-page proposed rule released by CMS to update the Medicare physician fee schedule and the third year of MACRA, but in their preliminary review, some found plenty to fault.

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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.

Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2018

This morning, senior care online marketplace Kindly Care announced that it has brought in $5.4 million in a Series A financing round led by Javelin Venture Partners. The company plans to use the money to expand the product offerings and support national expansion.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

Urgent care clinics are prescribing unnecessary antibiotics at almost three times the rate of traditional physician offices and more physician practice news.

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19 Labs

JULY 17, 2018

Watch this video for an explanation by Ram Fish, Founder and CEO of 19Labs, of how our partnership with Zoom enhances doctor and patient video visits within the GALE Digital Health Center. This is yet another way which 19labs integrates the industry's best innovations to increase and improve Telehealth experiences. [link] Learn more about GALE Telehealth Platform: info@19labs.com. (669) 209-8600.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

The AMA, AHA and the Federation of American Hospitals were among the 28 groups that say CMS' freeze on risk adjustment payments will cause premium hikes that prevent many people from obtaining coverage and limit access to medical care.

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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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19 Labs

JULY 17, 2018

Watch this video for an explanation by Ram Fish, Founder and CEO of 19Labs, of how our partnership with Zoom enhances doctor and patient video visits within the GALE Digital Health Center. This is yet another way which 19labs integrates the industry's best innovations to increase and improve Telehealth experiences. [link] Learn more about GALE Telehealth Platform: info@19labs.com. (669) 209-8600.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JULY 17, 2018

Click here to register! The SEARCH Telehealth Research Symposium, scheduled for October 24 – 25 in San Diego, CA, will focus on sharing findings from existing telehealth research to demonstrate lessons learned from connected health programs with an emphasis on planning, research, training and education. It will provide insight for developing new programs and encourage emphasis on quality initiatives and telehealth measures.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

Optum, UnitedHealth's analytics and technology arm is a $91 billion per year business, but CEO David Wichmann said the insurer could be faster and more agile when it comes to adopting new technology and getting digital tools in front of customers.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JULY 17, 2018

Click here to register! The SEARCH Telehealth Research Symposium, scheduled for October 24 – 25 in San Diego, CA, will focus on sharing findings from existing telehealth research to demonstrate lessons learned from connected health programs with an emphasis on planning, research, training and education. It will provide insight for developing new programs and encourage emphasis on quality initiatives and telehealth measures.

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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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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

During a House Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said an RFI on changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute is forthcoming, following an RFI on changes to the Stark Law last month. Hargan said reform is necessary to allow providers to experiment with value-based arrangements.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 17, 2018

Editor’s Note: For payers and policy-makers it can be a challenge to design effective opioid epidemic measures to control the rapid increase of overdoses as program effectiveness data is being accumulated. Staying abreast as to how opioid prescription control policies are evaluated for effectiveness, payers can be more efficient in their policymaking.

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Health Portal Solutions

JULY 17, 2018

Dental benefit management is no easy task. Besides engaging members to use their dental benefits, dental administrators must keep costs low and operate efficiently in order to be as profitable as possible. The right portal can support your business processes and administration efforts for dental benefit plans. Here are four ways you can lean on your web portal to facilitate dental benefit management in a more efficient, cost-effective manner: Digital ID Cards.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 17, 2018

Sponsored by IBM Security and conducted by Ponemon Institute, the 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study found that the average cost of a data breach globally is $3.86 million, a 6.4 percent increase from the 2017 report. Based on in-depth interviews with nearly 500 companies that experienced a data breach, the study analyzes hundreds of cost factors surrounding a breach, from technical investigations and recovery, to notifications, legal and regulatory activities, and cost of lost business and reputa

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Health Intersections

JULY 17, 2018

FHIR defines a Questionnaire resource that specifies a set of questions for a user, along with a QuestionnaireResponse resource to capture their response. Forms/Questionnaires like this are ubiquitious in healthcare, so this has had a lot of attention. A questionnaire contains a list of questions, with a nested structure, and for each question, a way to specify another question that the visibility of the question depends on.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 17, 2018

Editor’s Note: Despite receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer money, Medicaid insurers are lax in ferreting out Medicaid fraud and neglect to tell states about unscrupulous medical providers, according to a federal report. Data on the effects of the ACA on Medicaid expansion population is vital for the healthcare industry decision makers.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 17, 2018

The Trump administration shut down a key clinical guidelines website on Monday, and industry experts have decried the move. Meanwhile, ECRI Institute said it will launch its own guidance resource for clinicians to use.

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