Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
Yesterday at the Voice of Healthcare Summit at Harvard Medical School, panelists discussed the lure of voice technology, its opportunities and the importance of keeping privacy front and center.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Jaeger, advisor for ACO and health system strategy, AristaMD. In April 2019, CMS announced the Primary Cares Initiative which is expected to reduce administrative burdens and increase patient care while decreasing healthcare costs. Learn more about the payment models of the Primary Cares Initiatives, and how eConsults directly support this new initiative.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
DocDoc, a virtual network of physicians and hospitals supporting patients to find quality medical care in Asia, announced that it has raised $13M in its latest institutional capital round. The financing was done on a convertible note and was led by Adamas Finance Asia Limited (ADAM), a London-listed investment company, alongside leading regional family offices, a fund managed by a global investment firm specialising in financial services and the Cyberport Macro Fund.
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Shara Cohen, vice president of customer experience, clinical effectiveness, Wolters Kluwer, Health. Hospitals and health systems are under enormous pressure to provide high quality care in an environment of declining reimbursements and shifting payment models.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
Their platform is now being used by medical students at the OxSTaR centre (Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research).
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
The startup said that the seed funding will support continued development of Regulora, its behavioral intervention delivered through a mobile platform.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Though support or opposition for “Medicare for All” is dominating the 2020 primary headlines, a large group of Americans is more ambivalent about the proposal, a new survey shows.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
Oleena's algorithms serve patients personalized guidance on how best to mitigate symptoms, while also monitoring and generating insights for their care team.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Nurses that are trained to provide expert care to sexual assault victims are a highly valuable resource. But these forensic nurses also are in short supply. Many healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to widen the field and improve sexual assault care.
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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
AUGUST 6, 2019
It is the largest fund of the kind closed by the firm until now.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Burnout rates among doctors are high, but nowhere more so than among primary care physicians (PCPs), according to a new study. Some 79% of PCPs say they have experienced symptoms of burnout, compared to 68% among all the physicians surveyed, according to the study by InCrowd.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 6, 2019
Intel Capital led the round.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Along with an increase in physician salaries, a new report finds that medical practice leaders have seen sizeable compensation increases over the last year.
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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.
MedTech Boston
AUGUST 6, 2019
Life science companies continue to make the move to Boston, making “the Hub” a center of healthcare. Cota, a. The post Cota Finds a New Home in Boston, Aims to Recruit Top Talent appeared first on MedTech Boston.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Children's National was able to reduce NICU unintended extubations by 60% over 10 years and saving an average of $1.5 million a year.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 6, 2019
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 8/9 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) on the topic “Health IT IPOs” For many startup companies, they have big dreams of one day doing an IPO with their company. In many […].
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
On average, doctors spend only 11 seconds gathering information from their patients on their symptoms and problems before interrupting them. What’s worse, according to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, only one in three doctors ask their patients to explain their medical concerns.
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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!
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 6, 2019
To live a life without any carbs may work for some, but if it doesn’t work for you…that’s okay. . If the idea of completely giving up bread or apples or brownies doesn’t appeal to you, there’s still a middle ground that can help you adjust your nutrition for the sake of improved blood sugars without total deprivation. And a big part of that middle ground comes down to being very thoughtful about when you eat those carbohydrates. .
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is planning to open a new center in a former retail location in Chicago that could bring more than 500 jobs.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 6, 2019
Blood pressure monitoring might one day become as easy as taking a video selfie, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal. Transdermal optical imaging measures blood pressure by detecting blood flow changes in smartphone-captured facial videos. Ambient light penetrates the skin's outer layer allowing digital optical sensors in smartphones to visualize and extract blood flow patterns, which transdermal optical imaging models can use t
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Relations have apparently soured between Rhode Island health systems Care New England and Lifespan after the collapse of a potential merger earlier this summer.
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.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 6, 2019
In another step in fleshing out its interoperability efforts, CMS has announced plans to launch a pilot program giving clinicians access to claims data. During the pilot, which is called “Data at the Point of Care” or DPC, clinicians will be able to access the claims data from CMS’s Blue Button 2.0 functionality. The idea […].
Health Recovery Solutions
AUGUST 6, 2019
Here is a situation that many of our telehealth partners face daily: a Medicare age patient is being discharged from telehealth. This patient has been using telehealth or remote patient monitoring for the past 60 days and has embraced and benefited from the program. The telehealth program has helped teach the patient about their disease, track their vital signs daily, and interact with clinicians and caregivers.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 6, 2019
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. Can your claims review resources maximize the turn around time needed for complex claims? CLICK HERE and let us show how BHM’s economically maintain turn-around times and accuracy for new members. CMS released three proposed rules on July 29, which include payment updates for outpatient and physician services and expanded price transparency initiative
CMS.gov
AUGUST 6, 2019
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents an urgent clinical and economic crisis for the American health care system. Each year, more than 2 million Americans are infected by bacteria that are resistant to existing antibiotic drugs, resulting in thousands of deaths annually.
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 6, 2019
Editor’s Note: Given the rapidly changing health care environment, it is critical to quantify the economic impact physicians have on society. BHM watches health trends and understands the importance of improving and changing with the industry. Click HERE to learn more about how BHM helps your organization address opportunities. Physician burnout can contribute to patients’ own burnout as they navigate their care, wrote Aisling Carroll, an ovarian cancer survivor and freelance writer
HealthStream
AUGUST 6, 2019
HCCS recently surveyed 281 healthcare compliance leaders about their organizations’ COI programs. One of the survey’s goals was to establish an industry-wide picture of the commitment to COI management and examine it across multiple program variables.
Optimum Healthcare IT
AUGUST 6, 2019
Optimum Healthcare IT announces the expansion of its staffing business with OptimumTech, a dedicated IT staffing division in Nashville, TN. The post Optimum Healthcare IT Announces Expansion of Staffing Business with OptimumTech appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
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