Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

One-third of Americans are following a specific eating pattern, including intermittent fasting, paleo gluten-free, low-carb, Mediterranean diet, and Whole 30, among dozens of other food-styles in vogue in 2018. It’s mainstream now that Americans are shopping food for health, with eyes focused on heart health, weight, energy, diabetes, and brain health, according to the 2018 Food & Health Survey from IFIC, the International Food Industry Council Foundation.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Sanofi’s approach to digital health is broad, but focused, Rachel Sha, the company’s vice president of digital business development and licensing, told MobiHealthNews in an interview ahead of next week’s BIO 2018 conference in Boston, where Sha will be speaking on a range of digital health-related topics.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

American saw the greatest number of deaths from suicide and alcohol- and drug-induced fatalities was recorded in 2016. That statistic of nearly 142,000 equates to deaths from stroke and exceed the number of deaths among Americans who died in all U.S. wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Yesterday, startup LifePlus exited stealth mode to reveal what it claims to be the first noninvasive continuous blood glucose monitoring multi-sensor wearable, called LifeLeaf. Although details are scare on exactly how the technology works, the company said the product is being tested in five clinical trials around the world.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 17, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Thanh Tran, CEO, Zoeticx. Federal healthcare organizations, such as CMS, have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

Nemours Children's Health System has cleared the final hurdles to opening a pediatric residency program, and it's already drawing plenty of interest from potential recruits. Its first class is set to begin training in July 2019.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Head and neck cancer patients who were given smartphone and sensor technology as a way to remotely monitor their symptoms reported less severe symptoms from their cancer and treatment than their counterparts who did receive the technology, according to a recent study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

So your patients want to be friends on social media. That’s just one of the challenges physicians can face when it comes to the world of social media.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Healthcare CIOs seeking to unlock productivity gains and improve outcomes with new technology may be overlooking one answer that’s been hiding in plain sight ? clinical review displays.

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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 17, 2018

A new venture capital fund brings together three organizations from different areas of the healthcare industry to focus on grassroots solutions for cardiac care. "I don’t know of any other fund that has quite the same convergence of partners," AHA CEO Nancy Brown tells FierceHealthcare.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Vecna Technologies, a developer of patient self-service systems, has integrated its onsite patient check-in platform with Imprivata's PatientSecure identification technology. Through the partnership, hospitals and ambulatory practices will be able to use Imprivata's biometric palm vein scanning technology to securely ID patients who are checking in using Vecna's platform.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

Testifying on Capitol Hill on the National Institutes of Health budget for next year, NIH officials told lawmakers they are approaching the situation in West Africa with caution.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Speaker proposals are being accepted for the Healthcare Security Forum, in Boston, Oct. 15-16, and the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum, Boston, Oct. 22-23 until Friday, May 25.

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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 17, 2018

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday, saying he's halted a controversial study. He also said he is looking to ensure there aren't similar problems among other research studies.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Anne Wellington has been appointed as the new managing director of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, a 90-day, health-tech-focused program that offers mentoring and financial support to its participants. Wellington had previously served as entrepreneur-in-residence for the accelerator’s third class, and held the chief product officer position at healthcare analytics company Stanson Health.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

The newly updated drug pricing dashboards are shining light on who's responsible for the steadily increasing price of drugs. The cost of epinephrine, the main ingredient in EpiPens, increased 189.6% each year on average in Medicare Part D between 2012 and 2016.

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Morning eHealth

MAY 17, 2018

House vote on VA bill — FDA activity

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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 17, 2018

Several recent studies have highlighted the upside of Medicaid expansion, including better coverage and access to care. So far, those benefits haven't hurt other state funding priorities. But that trend is likely to change as federal funding for Medicaid expansion declines.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

A practice administrator faces charges alleging he embezzled more than $3 million; the University of Southern California is taking heat for failing to take action against a doctor accused of misconduct; plus more physician practice news from around the web.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

A bill that aims to reform the Veterans Choice program was passed in the House, Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System are teaming up on pediatric care, plus more healthcare headlines.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

Anthem's decision to cancel its contract with Express Scripts factored into negotiations between the pharmacy benefit manager and Cigna, as did Amazon's interest in the healthcare industry. Those are just a couple of interesting nuggets we found in the most recent financial filing outlining the merger negotiations.

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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

MAY 17, 2018

Sutter Health is calling on a San Francisco court to decline to hear the state's case against it for anticompetitive practices, as the case could lead regulations that would significantly hurt the system's bottom line.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

Sen. Lindsey Graham is taking another crack at ACA repeal, while Vermont becomes the first state to allow drug imports from Canada, along with other news you may have missed.

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