Lloyd Price

JANUARY 22, 2019

China's leading one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform Ping An Health Medical Technology Company Limited has announced that the "Voiceprint Login System" ("Voiceprint Lock"), jointly developed with Unisound, the leading intelligent voice and language technology company in China, has achieved a login success rate close to 99%. The breakthrough came after several model optimizations and upgrades.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 22, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Leigh-Anne Galloway, cyber security resilience lead, Positive Technologies. It has become clear in the last few years that when it comes to cybercrime, hackers are not fussy about which organization or sector they focus on – if there’s profit to be made, anyone is a potential target.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2019

The American Well 760 Cart will be able to run on American Well's software or an existing Cisco infrastructure.

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Digital Health

JANUARY 22, 2019

Her illustrious career has taken her from clinician to biotech executive to university chancellor to CEO of the world’s largest foundation, yet throughout this exceptional journey, Susan Desmond-Hellmann has remained empathetic, inquisitive, and emphatically true to herself. Growing up in Reno, Nevada as one of seven children, Sue was inspired by her father, a pharmacist, […].

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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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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2019

The Pill Club, a company that provides telemedicine and mail-order pharmacy services to help women access birth control, has raised $51 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding up to $67 million. VMG led the round with participation from GV and ACME Capital (new investors) as well as Base10 and Shasta Ventures (existing investors).

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2019

The city of São Paolo put machine learning to work to combat a specialist shortage.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Medicare reimbursement isn’t cutting it for many physician practices. Some 67% of medical practices said that 2019 Medicare payment rates will not cover the cost of their delivering care to patients, according to an MGMA Stat poll.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2019

Also: AXA Venture Partners raises $150m (€130m) to invest in fintech and digital health start-ups; UK Biomedical Catalyst applications now open; Liège University spin-off secures nearly €970,000 to develop its product range.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Mike Leavitt, Department of Health and Human Services secretary under President George W. Bush, spoke with FierceHealthcare about the moment's biggest health policy concerns, including the future of value-based 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

JANUARY 22, 2019

As part of the deal, Veta will acquire the licensing rights to the two BCH startups.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Leading hospital organizations including the AHA and FAH outlined an agenda for advancing interoperability and data sharing in the coming years. They urged EHR vendors to adopt shared, nonproprietary APIs to better share data between them.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 22, 2019

Also: Dictum Health's Lebanese pilot; New data on NeuroMetrix's Quell.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 22, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Disease and illness are running wild these days and individuals are more aware than ever of the need to make lifestyle changes. There has been an increase in the number of people who are interested in getting educated about their health and ways to improve it. Beyond dieting, exercising, and getting enough sleep, patients are […].

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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.

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Melissa Hidde, M.D., is seeing lots of patients whose anxiety is through the roof at the Green Bay, Wisconsin, practice where she works. And the family practitioner is not alone, as a new survey found that 74% of primary care physicians in the U.S. report that their patients have been affected by the current government shutdown.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JANUARY 22, 2019

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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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Cigna’s new program aimed at addressing childhood hunger may soon look a lot like popular food subscriptions.

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Morning eHealth

JANUARY 22, 2019

Cerner buyout offer and other biz news — Checking in at the VA

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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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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 22, 2019

We exchanged email with Basanta. . “My name is Basanta. I am a 32-year-old woman. I am in Nepal now. I would like to publish my article. “Ten months ago everything was good and I am ready to deliver my new baby. I can remember it was the final week. Unfortunately one night I feel the baby’s movement changed. We decided to go to the hospital and the next morning we go to the hospital in Nepal.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 22, 2019

Humana has reached a deal with Trinity Health to include seven of its hospitals in the payers Medicare Advantage network, plus more healthcare headlines.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 22, 2019

ANDHealth ANDHealth is a not-for-profit company that was established in 2017 by a consortium of industry partners.The goal of ANDHealth is to develop a more effective ecosystem to support Australian digital health companies as they navigate the commercialisation pathway to institutional investment and international market entry. The formation of the organisation was catalysed by the incorporation of and first funding rounds of the Federal Government’s Industry Growth Centres program, specificall

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JANUARY 22, 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 is a public health issue that “urgently demands action” from the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a report from Harvar

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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

JANUARY 22, 2019

Big-name healthcare organizations are asking CMS to push back the application deadline for its new accountable care organizations, allowing interested providers—including independent physicians—more time to account for complex changes.

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KB Dental Consulting

JANUARY 22, 2019

Preventive Maintenance (PM) is very important for all types of MRI scanners. This is especially considered when signing a contract with the vendor when you decide to purchase a new MRI device. Take a close look so you can notice what is covered and what’s not. When this verbiage, that is maintenance and or warranties, it is vital to focus on it. In a case where preventive maintenance is not included, it is something you simply must organize for yourself.

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