Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
A study of more than 200 Kaiser Permanente patients found regular coaching paired with self-monitoring tools more effective than standard care.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
With value-based care on the rise, the adoption of digital tools is rapidly progressing, yielding better diagnoses and outcomes. THE PROBLEM. Today, most physicians know some form of digital transformation is essential to their future. Yet adopting technologies like telehealth continues to become more daunting, especially for small practices. HIMSS Media research found that digital adoption, including telehealth, is a top priority for healthcare professionals, but thus far, fewer than 10% have e
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Product offering will be expanded to help doctors in the UK and Germany deliver preventative care.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The impending U.S. provider shortage has been generating headlines for years, but an overlooked specialty shortfall is a threat even scarier than the coronavirus turning into a pandemic.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Singapore-headquartered digital health startup Gmedes announced the launch of G-MEDS, a clinic app service that allows clinics to electronically prescribe, bill, dispense and deliver routine medication directly to the homes and offices of patients or their caregivers. The service is targeted towards busy professionals, the elderly, home-bound patients and their caregivers.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Paris, France-based Inato incorporates a slew of logistical data points to help biopharma clients avoid underperforming study sites.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
A group that represents more than 80% of industry stakeholders has voted to set a two-day time limit on how quickly health plans must act on prior authorizations.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The chronic MSK health platform has doubled its customer base within the last six months, CEO and cofounder Daniel Perez says.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
An oncologist advocacy group wants Congress to set a 72-hour deadline for pharmacies to fill cancer drugs for patients, the latest on a growing list of calls for prior authorization reform.
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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
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Part of a growing body of evidence putting EHRs at the center of opioid use reduction efforts, a new study has concluded that small changes to EHR presets can lower the number of opioid pills physicians prescribe. This is particularly interesting when thinking back to the Practice Fusion opioid kickbacks we wrote about last week. […].
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Now is the time for us—as an industry—to come together to drive innovative ways to create a new, senior-centered ecosystem to care for the nearly two billion people worldwide who will be 60 or older by 2050.
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The following attachment is a list of legislative and regulatory updates compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. Click the image below to view the full PDF update.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The number of nurse practitioners in the U.S. more than doubled in just seven years—an unprecedented rate of growth for a major profession, according to a new Health Affairs study.
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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.
GlobalMed
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Military families face many challenges, especially when they need to move every few years. But when one family member has special needs, a new set of considerations come into play – particularly regarding service member assignments. When a service member is assigned overseas, all family members must undergo Family Member Travel Screening. This screening ensures any special medical and educational needs can be met at the assignment location.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
San Francisco-based digital health company aiming to reverse type 2 diabetes scores $93 million in Series C funding. Komodo Health, which is building a massive healthcare map, landed $50 million led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and more funding news.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/7 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Jennifer Michelle, MPH, EMT (@MMSJennifer) on the topic of “Logic, Trust and Anti-Vax Communities” A continual thorn in the side of healthcare is the popularity of alternative medicine […].
Geonetric
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
If you’re trying to appeal to a certain demographic, create and optimize content to suit their interests, and deliver it in the way they want to consume health information. For each piece of content you create — whether it’s a webpage, content marketing piece, or other external communication — consider the demographics of your ideal […]. Read Tips for Reaching Different Demographics With Your Healthcare Content at Geonetric.com.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Cerner's $10 billion contract with the VA to modernize its electronic health record system will contribute significant revenue over the next several years. But the health IT company sees its partnership with a major tech giant as key to its future growth.
Digital Leaders HealthTech
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
From improved mental health provisions to the age of telecommunications, this article, discusses what 2020 might hold for technology in healthcare. An ageing population, a backlog of property maintenance and ongoing staff shortages, are all well-known problems the NHS and will, unfortunately, continue to be an issue into 2020 and beyond. That being said, when it comes to its digital strategy, we will see significant progress in the months ahead.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
When Cigna launched its venture capital fund in 2018, it did so not only in search of the financial perks but with an eye on a front-row seat to the latest in healthcare innovation. FierceHealthcare caught up with Cigna's Tom Richards to talk about its investments for our latest Executive Spotlight.
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
If you have any type of diabetes, there’s really no reason to be drinking cow’s milk on a daily basis. . Simply put, cow’s milk contains about 10 more grams of sugar per 8 ounces than the best-unsweetened alternatives. Let’s take a look. The highest-carb milk options: 12 to 25 grams per 8 oz. If you purchase the “unsweetened” forms of cow’s milk, oat milk, and rice milk, you’ll be getting anywhere from 12 to 25 grams of carbohydrates in one glass. .
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.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Here's a look at where some of the blind spots are.
HealthStream
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
It’s flu season, and knowledge is power—learn how you can avoid getting sick and help those around you cut their chances of exposure and infection.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Here's what the company attributes that revenue growth to. (Hint: It's not its latest acquisition of WellCare Health Plans.
Synzi
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The post CareCentrix taps Synzi for post-acute connections appeared first on Synzi.
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Optimum Healthcare IT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Read Time: 2 min At the conclusion of 2019, the industry again saw a new record set for the number of health data security breaches. In total, 353 healthcare providers were breached with the most common method of breach being hacking/IT incidents. The post Year in Review: 2019 Healthcare Data Breaches appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
President Donald Trump called for Congress to pass legislation this year to tackle high drug prices, noting during the State of the Union Tuesday he will sign such a bill “without delay.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Tonight, President Trump will present his fourth annual State of the Union address. This morning we don’t have a transcript of the speech ahead of the event, but one topic remains high on U.S. voters’ priorities, across political party – prescription drug prices. Few issues unite U.S. voters in 2020 quite like supporting Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, shown by the October 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll.
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