Thu.May 23, 2019

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Are Robots Coming to Healthcare? Consumers Say Not-So-Fast

Health Populi

Samsung introduced BotCare , a caring robot, at CES 2019. BotCare is part of the company’s Bixby, an AI platform that supports Samsung’s robotic offerings for environmental health (air), retail, and healthcare. Think: medication reminders and around-the-house services that a human homecare aid might perform, among other medical support tasks.

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Drones transforming medical services delivery

Mobi Health News

Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, announced in April that it had received Civil Aviation Safety Authority approval to fly drones over built-up areas in Canberra, Australia.

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Healthcare breach of 1.5M records might've made worse by notifications sent to wrong addresses

FierceHealthIT

Inmediata Health Group, a healthcare clearinghouse, notified patients last month that their personal health data was potentially exposed due to a misconfigured website. The breach impacts 1.56 million people, according to the HHS Office of Civil Rights breach portal.

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Opinion: How self-tracking biometrics influence patients, medicine and society

Mobi Health News

For many, self-monitoring is becoming a new philosophy for life, argues digital health journalist and blogger Artur Olesch.

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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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Sweeping Senate healthcare proposal would address surprise billing, transparency

FierceHealthIT

Senate lawmakers released a draft package of legislation Thursday aimed at curbing health care costs they said they believe they can pass on a bipartisan basis — starting with topics like surprise billing and drug prices.

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Stratus Video buys InDemand Interpreting to expand healthcare services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Language service provider Stratus Video, announced their acquisition of InDemand Interpreting, a portfolio company of Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), with the aim of improving health equity for deaf, limited English proficient and hard of hearing patients. WHY IT MATTERS. InDemand specializes in the video-remote-interpreting (VRI) market and provides access to medically qualified or certified interpreters through video, audio and geolocation technology.

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Study seeks to identify key factors in the adoption of a mobile health solution for oncology

Mobi Health News

Researchers carried out 17 interviews with doctors and nurses using a free oncology decision support app in Europe.

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Childhood mental illness diagnosis up 31%: study

FierceHealthIT

There is a direct correlation between the increasing rate of childhood mental illness and healthcare costs, according to a new study by IBM Watson Health.

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Future's fitness service closes $8.5M Series A round

Mobi Health News

Through the company's app, members can receive personalized workouts and guidance from a live personal trainer.

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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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Intermountain Tool Uses EHR Data to Predict Outcomes for COPD Patients

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

The methodology behind the predictive tool differs from traditional risk scores, researchers say

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Documents, anonymous source describe Amazon's wearable, app for voice-based emotion detection

Mobi Health News

Codenamed Dylan, the system could be used to help an individual better communicate with others.

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The high cost of physician burnout: $4.6B a year

FierceHealthIT

There’s a good reason for organizations to try and alleviate physician burnout. The problem costs the U.S. healthcare industry an estimated $4.6 billion a year because of doctor turnover and reduced clinical hours.

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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb returns to investing firm NEA, Haven COO steps down and other digital health hires and departures

Mobi Health News

Also: Glooko taps Mark Clements as next chief medical officer; MedHost's CFO becomes president of the company.

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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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Industry Voices—Which Avengers character are you? And what 'Avengers: Endgame' can teach healthcare

FierceHealthIT

As an “Avengers: Endgame” and Marvel fan, I couldn’t help but see a reflection of the function—and dysfunction—of our imperfect system in the hit series of movies. Here is my take on a few characters that mirror a key player in healthcare and what the industry can learn from these beloved characters’ storylines.

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Satellite Applications Catapult and NHS organisation strengthen partnership

Mobi Health News

Oxfordshire-based Satellite Applications Catapult has already been working with the NHS Arden & GEM CSU for the past year and a half.

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Many oncologists will lose money under CMS’ two-sided risk payment model, study finds

FierceHealthIT

A change to the government’s voluntary bundled payment model for oncology is going to be bad news for many participants. A new analysis from Avalere Health predicts that more than half of all oncology practices participating in CMS’ Oncology Care Model could end up owing the government money if they are required to join in a two-sided risk payment model.

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Ask the Experts: Get Answers to Your Top Healthcare SEO Questions

Geonetric

Attend our June webinar Register Now When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), you probably have more questions than answers. Capturing and converting searchers gets harder every day, especially when Google itself may be one of your biggest competitors. Our digital marketing team – compiled of experts in optimization, healthcare, and data – works […].

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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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Pitt, Carnegie Mellon team up to create 'trauma care in rucksack' for combat soldiers

FierceHealthIT

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University plan to develop an autonomous trauma care system that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to treat injured soldiers in combat as part of a $7.2 million contract with the Department of Defense.

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Putting an end to 'hyperportalosis'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: HIMSS19 Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Putting an end to 'hyperportalosis' Featured Decision Content:

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The impact of Medicaid expansion on maternal, infant health

FierceHealthIT

States that have expanded Medicaid have shown greater improvements reducing maternal deaths and infant mortality, a new study shows.

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Celebrating Memorial Day - How Healthcare Has Evolved Both On and Off the Battlefield

GNS Healthcare

Memorial Day, the day that honors the men and women who died while serving in the military, traces its roots to the Civil War. The Civil War claimed more American lives than any other war, prompting the creation of the first national cemeteries. Shortly after, cities and towns across America began honoring the fallen by laying flowers and holding ceremonies at these cemeteries during the spring.

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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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Burnout, time spent on EHRs top challenges for independent practice leaders

FierceHealthIT

What are some of the biggest challenges for independent medical practices? A new survey by Kareo asked 782 independent practices in the U.S. about industry trends and challenges practice leaders face and their expectations for the future.

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How To Create & Manage A Comprehensive Coding Audit

HealthStream

A comprehensive coding audit requires thoughtful preparation, including identifying its goals and scope, in order to achieve the desired results.

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Moody’s: Health insurers off to strong financial start in 2019—but political uncertainties loom 

FierceHealthIT

Health insurers’ financial performance is on a continuing upward trend, but political and legal risks could pose a threat to that growth, according to a new report.

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AccentCare CMO: ‘We’re Pushing the Envelope on What Can Be Done in the Home’

Synzi

The post AccentCare CMO: ‘We’re Pushing the Envelope on What Can Be Done in the Home’ appeared first on Synzi.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Amazon is developing a new wearable device powered by Alexa to recognise human emotions

Lloyd Price

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has yet to officially enter the wearables market, which is expected to see global unit volumes approach 200 million this year across all product categories, according to recent estimates from IDC. Wrist-worn wearables, including smartwatches and other types of wristbands, are expected to account for 70% of those volumes. Those categories are currently dominated by Apple and Fitbit, but Amazon is reportedly looking to jump in.

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State AGs counter Trump administration, say it doesn’t have legal standing to ask courts to gut ACA 

FierceHealthIT

Attorneys general seeking to defend the ACA argue that their opponents—including the Department of Justice—have poor legal standing to challenge the law.

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