Mon.Mar 04, 2019

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How Does Medicare Cover Telemedicine?

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Danielle K. Roberts, a Medicare insurance expert and co-founder, Boomer Benefits. The telehealth revolution gives health providers the opportunity to assist patients in remote or rural areas; the same kind of care that they give to patients in person. It saves money on travel and improves efficiency in healthcare as well.

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Kaiku Health partners with Amgen to roll out digital symptom tracking for multiple myeloma

Mobi Health News

Amgen Finland Country Director Niilo Färkkilä said Finland was "an excellent testbed for novel solutions like Kaiku Health".

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A new health care dawn is coming

KevinMD

At some point in my career, I had the crazy idea that if I could scale the patient-centric work I was doing in my community at a small rural hospital — then I could make more of an impact. This is why, when a technology company came calling, dangling a carrot in front of my […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Loneliness Is A Health Risk, Especially Among Older People

Health Populi

In America, one in three people over 50 years of age feels a lack of companionship, and one-fourth feel isolated from other people, according to a new poll on loneliness and aging from the University of Michigan, sponsored by AARP. The University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging surveyed some 2,000 U.S. adults age 50–80 in October 2018, assessing older peoples’ health, health behaviors, experiences and feelings related to companionship and social isolation.

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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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Apple, PC, HD, DM: No, we’re talking about health care

KevinMD

I was in the hospital when I heard the word “apple.” Without hesitating, I reached into my pocket to see if I had my phone. But the person speaking was referring to the fruit, not the product. This got me thinking: “Has technology and our products now become more important than our health?” Technology surrounds […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Digital health apps could save NHS billions, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital health could save public health services in England £7.5 billion (nearly $10 billion) across England, according to a report from Now Healthcare Group. WHY IT MATTERS. The study found the use of telehealth and digital consultations removed the need for a National Health Service general practitioner appointment in more than half (56 percent) of cases, and a hospital appointment in 3 percent of cases if digital health through app-based tech was rolled out across the population.

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Fitbit spotlights Q4 device shipments, increasing focus on health services in earnings call

Mobi Health News

The company anticipates some earnings losses and a gross margin contraction in the earlier part of 2019, but hopes its health business will exceed $100 million before the end of the year.

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Specialist telemedicine platform saves Vista Community Clinic $1.8 million

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As a federally qualified health center, Vista Community Clinic is a safety net for its neighborhood, managing an uninsured or underinsured patient population – in this case, 58 percent Medicaid, 2 percent Medicare and 32 percent uninsured. THE PROBLEM. Access to specialty care is tough for these patients for several reasons, including transportation, child care, challenges with missing work and prolonged waiting lists for appointments.

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Indonesia’s Halodoc health-tech platform raises US$65m in series B funding

Mobi Health News

Halodoc, an Indonesia-based health-tech platform, recently announced that it has raised US$65m in a series B funding from investors in Singapore, South Kore and China. The company said the $65 million fundraising would be used to develop its technology and infrastructure, as well as to broaden partnerships with hospitals and health care providers across Indonesia.

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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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How Technology Is Helping To Make Hospitals Cleaner

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Visit any hospital, and you will likely see signs reminding care providers and patients alike to wash their hands after using the restroom, before mealtime, and following contact with any potentially contaminated surfaces. While hand washing remains the most critical step in combating the spread of infectious diseases, it just isn’t enough in healthcare facilities […].

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Digital physical therapy tool improved knee patients' recovery

Mobi Health News

Two papers from Sword Health's researchers suggest the company's Digital Therapist platform is well received and more effective than standard rehabilitation.

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12 Best Apps For Tracking Health and Fitness

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. In the age of technology, many aspects of our daily lives have increased in ease, efficiency and even effectiveness. In other words, tasks are less complicated or difficult and we can do things faster and better than ever before. Since we can use smartphones to communicate, research, navigate, and play in ways our forefathers couldn’t […].

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Microsoft finally puts an end to its Health Dashboard

Mobi Health News

Two and a half years after discontinuing its Microsoft Band, the tech giant announced plans to close down the corresponding platform.

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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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6 Tips for Writing an Effective Physician CV or Resume

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Liana Simmons, blogger and freelance writer. A resume is an important document; its main roles are to distinguish candidates for the job position and a record of skills and achievements you have gained so far. If you are tired of sending your resumes all through different places without success, it’s time to change the […].

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Vocera's updated clinician communications wearable begins shipping to customers

Mobi Health News

The Vocera Smartbadge holds a 2.4 inch touchscreen, improved microphones and speakers, extended battery life and other perks over its predecessor.

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Watchdog says veterans were treated by disqualified providers

FierceHealthIT

A federal watchdog says the Veterans Health Administration needs to tighten up its credentialing after discovering multiple instances where veterans were being seen by providers who were disqualified from delivering patient care, according to a new report.

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eTectRx's ingestion sensors to be used in HIV drug study at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mobi Health News

The study is aimed at understanding adherence patterns for pre-exposure prophylaxis, an HIV prevention drug.

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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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Verma promises hospital industry 'significant' Stark Law changes later this year

FierceHealthIT

Addressing the Federation of American Hospitals, the CMS administrator also gave hospital leaders her defense of Hospital Compare and warned them not to delay price transparency and interoperability efforts.

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Virtue, TestCard and ExSeed join Novartis & Wayra UK health tech accelerator

Mobi Health News

The nine-month programme is designed to help entrepreneurs addressing pressing health and care challenges scale their businesses.

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Study: Consumers skeptical of value-based insurance design

FierceHealthIT

As much as payers are hoping to expand the acceptance of using value-based insurance design, it seems consumers are still distrustful of what insurance companies deem as high-quality services.

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Blood testing startup gets $27.8M, Lyft's IPO docs talk health, and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Telehealth parity bill passes in Georgia; DrChrono and Orbita add new features.

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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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RWJF: Members in individual market plans face greater cost-sharing for drugs

FierceHealthIT

Consumers in the individual or small group markets usually end up paying more out-of-pocket for prescription drugs than people in employer plans pay, a new study suggests.

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AliveCor’s KardiaMobile five times more effective at detecting heart arrhythmia than standard tests in new study

Mobi Health News

Researchers have now called for the device to be incorporated into standard care in A&E departments.

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CommonWell-Carequality connection does not guarantee value; shared data must be usable—KLAS

FierceHealthIT

While most EHR vendors now have the ability to connect to CommonWell, Carequality or both, progress to make the data easy to use has been slow, according to a new KLAS analysis.

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Apple Health push raises overhype concerns

Morning eHealth

NFB refiles complaint against Epic — Seema Verma challenges negative Medicare app review

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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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HIStalk Interviews Michael Schmidt, Managing Director of Strategic Innovations, Orlando Health

HIStalk Interviews

Michael Schmidt, MBA is managing director of strategic innovations at Orlando Health ’s Strategic Innovations program in Orlando, FL. Tell me about yourself and the organization. I’m the managing director of Orlando Health’s Strategic Innovations program. My responsibility is to coordinate our internal and external innovation efforts. My colleague Callie Patel from Healthbox and I just presented at HIMSS19 on developing internal innovation competencies.

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Healthcare Roundup—D.C. will no longer guarantee ambulance rides for nonserious conditions

FierceHealthIT

Residents of the District of Columbia who call 911 will no longer be guaranteed an ambulance ride to a nearby hospital, plus more healthcare headlines from around the web.

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Does ALL CAPS still indicate screaming online?

Christina's Considerations

In the early days of the Internet, typing in all caps was deemed to be rude and screaming during online conversations with others. However, is this really always or still the case? This question occurred to me after reading an.