KevinMD

MAY 1, 2019

In many countries around the world, women giving birth still face substantial risks to their own lives and that of their baby. Women travel for days to reach facilities that are understaffed, unsafe, and unequipped to provide life-saving surgical care. They are pushed into financial catastrophe as a result of paying for surgical care, if […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Enzyme Health

MAY 1, 2019

While employees working from home can be more productive and focused than those always in an office, distractions can creep into their workday. Follow these tips for working from home to stay productive, motivated, and balanced. The research is in, and early signs are good for remote workers: A 2-year study from Stanford has shown that employees randomly chosen to work from home had 13% more output compared to their coworkers who stayed in the office.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 1, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Janak Joshi, senior vice president, chief technology officer and head of strategy, Life Image. In December 2018, the FDA announced its new framework for the real world evidence (RWE) program, which would require including imaging data alongside claims, electronic health records (EHRs) and other datasets in clinical research.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

Earlier this year, Rush University Health System reported a claims-processing vendor exposed the personal information of 45,000 patient records. With healthcare data breaches involving third-party vendors on the rise, healthcare organizations need to take steps to secure their data and reduce the risk of third-party failures.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

Yesterday at The Atlantic's Pulse summit, providers discussed the balancing act of engaging patients through digital tools without losing their personal, human touch.

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Health Populi

MAY 1, 2019

“There’s a 15-year difference in the life expectancy between the richest and poorest Americans.” That’s the first sentence of Chapter 7 in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. This data point comes from research published in JAMA in April 2016 on the association between income and life expectancy in the U.S.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

In May, MobiHealthNews and our sister publications will look at patient experience, and especially the tech that makes it tick.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MAY 1, 2019

Slightly more physicians said that electronic health record (EHR) systems have decreased quality of care (44 percent) in their primary workplace than increased it (40 percent), according to a recent poll from Medscape. The survey included 273.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

The hackathon that produced PillPack will host around 100 teams this weekend focused on cancer, mental health, rehab and the post-surgical experience.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

CBO issued a report that dives into key considerations for policymakers who may be eyeing an overhaul of U.S. healthcare into a single-payer system.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

Participating hospitals will gain access to the VRHealth platform and the C.A.R.E VRx Channel.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

Facebook announced changes to its platform that it says will give users more privacy when discussing health conditions or sharing health information in closed groups. Privacy experts and patient advocates say these changes do not go far enough to protect users’ personal health information and ensure that the data will not be collected or used.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

The team hopes the new sensor will enable faster identification of conditions in areas with scarce resources in order to help families and their newborns.

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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

MAY 1, 2019

Like most hospital executives, Dr. Steve Narang’s email inbox fills up nearly every day with vendor pitches for new medical technologies and devices. Keeping up with the fast pace of healthcare innovation is an ongoing challenge for leaders who want to be on the leading edge of technology but don’t want to invest in every shiny new object if it doesn’t lead to improved patient care.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

Yesterday at The Atlantic's Pulse summit, providers discussed the balancing act of engaging patients through digital tools without losing their personal, human touch.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

Rant on. A sad tale - reading the lament about the numbers of seniors who will not be able to afford assisted living in 10 years. The report is from NIC – the National Investment Center that provides research to the senior living industry. The upshot – 54% will be unable to pay the $60,000 average annual cost of assisted living (make that $93,000 in Washington DC), even if they sell their home.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

The company will look to flesh out its software's capabilities and more than double its staff.

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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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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

The Trump administration released its annual rule governing payments to inpatient providers—representing an increase in total Medicare spending on inpatient hospital services of $4.7 billion in fiscal 2020—and the Medicare rate proposal might've caught some health systems by surprise.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

The resource was developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and partner organisations.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 1, 2019

Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans… Exciting cities among many stops along the way over the last 30 days promoting telehealth in this beautiful corner of the world… Though, during this time, we didn’t have an official stop in Mississippi, we did drive through and experience the blessing of its beautiful green and savory scenery on the way to the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference in New Orleans.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 1, 2019

Also: uBiome's FBI investigation; Better Therapeutics' pivotal trial plans.

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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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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MAY 1, 2019

Combined, Epic and Cerner have an 85 percent market share among large U.S.

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Morning eHealth

MAY 1, 2019

Approps and other Congress developments — KidneyX summit

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

CMS is seeking feedback from industry stakeholders on new programs and concepts states could try under section 1332 waivers, or “state innovation” waivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2019

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

Humana announced a strong start in Q1 2019, driven by better than expected the growth in Medicare Advantage.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MAY 1, 2019

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) works with more than 250 national partners in reducing the annual suicide rate 20 percent by 2025. On March 21, the Action Alliance brought together its Executive Committee members – senior leaders of public and private sectors –including Kaiser Permanente, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Facebook and other industry leaders to leverage their impact and advance the National S

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 1, 2019

Wall Street responded favorably to the latest earnings report from HCA Healthcare even as the health system giant reported a slight dip in profits in the first quarter.

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