Tue.Jul 10, 2018

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If Facebook knows me better than my spouse, why does my doctor know so little?

KevinMD

A few months ago, I was on call and admitted a 65-year-old man to the intensive care unit for a flare of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although he had only gotten to the point of being unable to speak full sentences between gasps for breath for only a few days, his story started two months earlier when he had gradually started retaining water and getting more short of.

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Study: Prompt monitoring with wearable ECG patch more frequently detects undiagnosed a-fib

Mobi Health News

A take-home wearable ECG could be key in detecting undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, according to a new study published in JAMA this morning. Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute used the iRhythm Zio patch, an ECG screening wearable, to monitor patients with a risk for the condition.

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New Mexico Hospital Battles Addiction with Health Information Technology Apps

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By David Dallago, former chairman, McKinley County Commission. McKinley County, New Mexico, is the namesake of the assassinated 25 U.S. President William McKinley. Many locals, particularly those Native Americans of Navajo decent living on reservations, have also been the victim of assassination, but in character in addition to physical attacks.

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Smart bandage prototype monitors wound, delivers medication

Mobi Health News

A team of researchers from Tufts University, Harvard Medical School, and Purdue University, have presented academia’s latest take on the smart bandage. Recently described in the journal Small, the novel wound dressing is flexible, monitors the wearer’s wound in real time, and can administer a drug either on demand or in accordance to individual treatment protocols.

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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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Blues plans crushed by risk adjustment freeze as Kaiser skirts nearly $1B

FierceHealthIT

Blue Shield of California, Health Care Services Corporation and BCBS of Florida would miss out on a combined $2 billion in risk adjustment payments if the CMS maintains its freeze. Meanwhile, Kaiser Permanente would avoid a massive payment.

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More insurers expected to enter the ACA exchanges in 2019

FierceHealthIT

Senior adviser to the executive VP and coverage expert Katherine Hempstead, who worked on a new online tool that allows users to track individual market entry for the 2019 plan year by state, county and carrier, says the data shows insurers are sticking around the ACA marketplace.

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CMS Administrator Seema Verma presses for remote monitoring of patients

Mobi Health News

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is promoting the idea of paying home health agencies for monitoring patients remotely. Remote monitoring enables the collection of patients’ health data, such as vital signs, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, blood oxygen levels, heart rate and electrocardiogram readings.

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What is MIPS? 60% of doctors aren't familiar with Medicare payment system

FierceHealthIT

Most physicians treating Medicare patients don’t know how Medicare is evaluating and paying them, a new study concluded. The survey found that more than 60% of doctors reported little to no familiarity with MIPS.

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Sensor, predictive health company Potrero Medical closes $26.6M

Mobi Health News

San Francisco-based predictive health company Potrero Medical has closed $26.6 million in an oversubscribed Series C round, according to a statement from the company. The investment was led by GT Healthcare Capital Partners and Sonder Capital. Potrero’s business is focused on employing smart sensors and data analytics to identify conditions in their early stages.

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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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Which kind of doctors experience dramatically lower levels of burnout? Study offers new perspective

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare may be able to learn as much by looking at the group that’s not showing high burnout rates as it can by looking at what causes burnout. And one group of physicians experiences a lower level of burnout when compared to the national average, according to a new study.

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Health kiosk maker higi raises $21.3M Series C

Mobi Health News

Chicago-based health kiosk company higi has just landed $21.3 million in a Series C funding round led by Flare Capital Partners and 7wireVentures.

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VA pick Wilkie expected to sail through today’s nomination vote

Morning eHealth

House HHS spending bill markup slated for Wednesday — Anti-abortion groups rally around Trump’s SCOTUS pick

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Recognizing the Leaders of Telehealth

American Well

At this year’s Client Forum, hosted in Boston, MA, American Well recognized some of our trusted clients who have been extraordinary leaders throughout their telehealth journey. Clinical Innovation. First in Clinical Innovation , we recognized achievements in clinical use cases, provider adoption and engagement and clinical workflows. It was only a few years ago that Children’s Health was working alongside the Texas State Medical Board to legalize telehealth in the state.

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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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Bright Health expansion adds ACA plans in 2 states

FierceHealthIT

Bright Health will sell insurance plans in nine new markets across four states next year, tripling its geographic footprint and adding new Affordable Care Act plans in two states.

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Recognizing the Leaders of Telehealth

American Well

At this year’s Client Forum, hosted in Boston, MA, American Well recognized some of our trusted clients who have been extraordinary leaders throughout their telehealth journey. Clinical Innovation. First in Clinical Innovation , we recognized achievements in clinical use cases, provider adoption and engagement and clinical workflows. It was only a few years ago that Children’s Health was working alongside the Texas State Medical Board to legalize telehealth in the state.

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Tech Talks : The Digital Health Series

Lloyd Price

Podcasts with Lloyd Price - Zesty, Juliet Bauer - NHS England, Ali Parsa - Babylon, Keith McNeil - NHS. 1) Keith McNeil - Interview [link] An internationally recognised expert in the fields of lung transplantation and pulmonary vascular disease, Keith was appointed as the NHS's first CCIO In July 2016. In his new role, he is overseeing the implementation of the national digital agenda for health IT.

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Members of GOP Doctors Caucus urge CMS to make more physicians eligible for MIPS

FierceHealthIT

Members of the House GOP Doctors Caucus want to see the government lower the exclusion thresholds so more clinicians can participate in MIPS.

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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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Consumers Consider Cost When They Think About Medical Innovation

Health Populi

While the vast majority of Americans say that science has made life easier for most people, and especially for health care, people are split in questioning the financial cost and value of medical treatments, the Pew Research Center has found. The first chart illustrates the percent of Americans identifying various aspects of medical treatments as “big problems.” If you add in people who see these as “small problems,” 9 in 10 Americans say that all of these line items are

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Healthcare roundup—Verity Health System considers sale of its hospitals

FierceHealthIT

Why Verity Health System is considering its "strategic options," including the potential sale of its hospitals, plus other healthcare industry news from around the web.

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Study: Coverage lapses tied to a 5-fold spike in acute care services for Type 1 diabetics

FierceHealthIT

Researchers found patients were five times as likely to use acute care services after a lapse in coverage, a finding that has "serious consequences" for patient care.

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Payer Roundup—CMS reports consumers dropping coverage; Mississippi edits work requirement proposal

FierceHealthIT

Exchange consumers are dropping coverage over time, but it's not as bad as last year. That news and other headlines from around the web.

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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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Physician Practice Roundup—Study finds hospitals may not be 'gobbling up' physician practices and more news

FierceHealthIT

A new study challenges the idea that hospitals are "gobbling up" physician practices, plus more physician practice news.

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Trump selects Kavanaugh for Supreme Court pick, raising plenty of questions about implications for healthcare

FierceHealthIT

After President Trump announced his pick of Brett Kavanaugh for his Supreme Court pick, all eyes pointed to what it could mean for major healthcare decision including the Affordable Care Act and the future of abortion laws.

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House lawmaker seeks to force release of documents on proposed Title X changes

FierceHealthIT

The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight committee is seeking a subpoena of documents regarding the drafting of the Trump administration's proposal for the Title X National Family Planning Program.

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