World Health Organizations releases guidelines for digital health adoption
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
WHO released 10 guidelines for how countries can use digital health tools to improve patient care.
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Precision Medicine, Electronic Health Records Hinge On Data Storage and Analysis
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By James D’Arezzo, CEO of Condusiv Technologies. While advancements in data collection, analytics and electronic health records can lead to better healthcare, it also creates challenges for the healthcare sector’s IT departments. That’s because serious obstacles exist in terms of systems management and capacity.
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Use of digital health activity trackers linked to better medication adherence: study
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
A recent study found that patients with diabetes and hypertension who use digital health activity trackers such as Fitbit or Apple Watch are more likely to take their medications as prescribed.
Listen Up, Healthcare: Hear The Patient’s Voice!
Health Populi
APRIL 17, 2019
Consider the voice of a patient before the advent of the Internet in the digital 1.0 world, and then the proliferation of social networks in v 2.0. One patient could talk with another over their proverbial neighborhood fence, a concerned parent at the PTA meeting with others dealing with a children’s health issue, or a recovering alcoholic testifying in person at an AA session.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Survey: Telehealth adoption, interest increased 340% among physicians since 2015
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
The American Well-backed poll of 800 doctors found a 340 percent increase in the number of US physicians who have conducted a telehealth consultation since 2015.
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World Health Organization releases guidelines for digital health adoption
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
WHO released 10 guidelines for how countries can use digital health tools to improve patient care.
Alexa’s HIPAA Compliance Shows A Move Toward Engaging People In Their Healthcare
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Don Brown, CEO, LifeOmic. Amazon recently announced the availability of a HIPAA-eligible development environment for Alexa-enabled devices. This environment allows select developers to create healthcare “skills” or applications that enable voice-based access to personalized health information.
Venrock report: Health tech players see Apple Watch as a clinical tool, 'Medicare-for-all' as opportunity for growth
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
Healthcare professionals believing that the Apple Watch is going to be a clinically useful tool edged out those seeing it as a consumer fad — but just barely in the new 2019 Venrock Healthcare Prognosis report. The report, conducted by the venture capital firm Venrock, surveyed 250 industry players, including health IT startups, large employers, insurance companies, healthcare providers, academics, the government, investors and professional service providers.
Five FinTech Offerings for Older Adults
Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 17, 2019
FinTech – are these tools for seniors? Some trendy terminology transformations in recent years, for example Voice First and IoT, refer to tech that is relatively new or recently revived. FinTech, a concatenation of Financial Technology, may be similar. The category has been generally described as software "designed to be a threat to, challenge, and eventually usurp entrenched traditional financial services providers with the purpose of being more nimble and serving an underserved segment, o
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
iCAN: Finland's precision oncology toolbox
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
The project was showcased in the latest issue of the HIMSS Insights eBook, published at the beginning of April.
WHO releases 10 recommendations on digital health interventions to improve care
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
The World Health Organization developed recommendations on 10 ways the global healthcare industry can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services.
Bardy Diagnostics raises $35.5M for remote monitoring patch
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
The company will be using the funds to accelerate platform growth, and expand its sales and services.
Industry Voices—These examples show how big data is already saving lives
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
Systems using big data have the potential to eliminate many diseases, provide effective treatment for many others, reduce costs, assist the doctor and alleviate human suffering. And the technology to do all this exists right now. What are we waiting for?
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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.
Best Buy selling Tyto Care's telehealth platform online, in certain stores
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
The brick-and-mortar rollout is so far limited to the Midwest.
6 Negotiation Tips For Physicians
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Getting out of residency and into private practice can be an exciting time full of expectations and opportunities. Nonetheless, some doctors feel some apprehension and even show some diffidence when it comes to discussing terms of employment. Some of the best negotiation training is in New York.
UK competition to support evaluation of digital health tech launching later this month
Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
The goal is to help SMEs evaluate innovations in real-world clinical settings.
All but 4 states using value-based payment models: report
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
Only Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia have yet to launch an official value-based care model, according to a new study from Change Healthcare.
The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report
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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!
Research: First-Year Docs Spend 43% of Time Interacting with EHRs
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
APRIL 17, 2019
The study is part of a broader effort to better understand the effects of shift lengths on young doctors and their patients
Jefferson Health Announces Partnership with Prepared Health to Coordinate Care Transitions From Hospital to Home
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Jefferson Health, a 14-hospital system in Philadelphia and New Jersey with more than $5 billion in revenue, named Chicago-based Prepared Health its digital technology partner for post-acute and transitional care. Prepared Health’s platform enables hospitals to connect, collaborate and react in real-time with the multiple providers involved in a patient’s care post discharge including post-acute, [
How can doctors make amends for the opioid epidemic? Get trained to treat the addicted, say two doctors
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
If the medical profession is increasingly accepting responsibility that it started the country’s opioid epidemic, physicians can play a big role in making amends by getting trained to help treat people who are now addicted, say two doctors.
Zipnosis Launches Customizable Offering Aimed At Accelerating Personalized Virtual Care
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Zipnosis launched ZipPlus, a services and tech enablement program that creates a multi-year, integrated virtual care road map for health systems using Zipnosis’ virtual care chassis while leveraging 10 years of virtual care leadership and experience. “We continue to hear from our health system customers that virtual care deployment is narrow and integration is […].
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.
Best Buy expands reach into digital health space with Tyto Care partnership
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
Best Buy is getting into the digital health space with a new retail partnership with Tyto Care, the maker of an at-home medical exam device and telehealth platform.
U-M Startup Analyzes Patients’ Imaging Files for Personalized Treatment
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
APRIL 17, 2019
A University of Michigan technology startup has spent the last decade developing a tool that extracts data from patients’ digital medical image files, such as X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, with the goal to make treatment choices far more precise.
Experts meet in Washington to discuss how to prevent the next deadly biological threat
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
It is only a “matter of time” until the world finds itself racing to protect itself against the next pathogen. So on Wednesday, a group about 200 experts from government agencies, universities and private companies who attended the National Biodefense Summit to talk about how to stop it.
Finding Your First Job After Residency: Tips From a Fourth-Year Resident
Enzyme Health
APRIL 17, 2019
If you’re a resident, it’s never too early to start thinking about what’s next. We spoke to a fourth-year resident embarking on her first job about tips for when to start applying for jobs after residency, how to make yourself stand out, and how to get a job in a competitive market. Finishing residency is simultaneously exciting (finally! freedom! an actual salary!
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West Virginia University Health System plans another hospital acquisition
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
West Virginia University Health System plans to acquire another hospital in West Virginia after state regulators gave the deal the OK. It would be the fifth hospital to be acquired by the health system in two years.
Spring 2019: Healthcare Updates to Know
Advanced Medical Reviews
APRIL 17, 2019
A new season has arrived, and it brings new changes within the healthcare industry. To help keep you informed about these issues and how they may affect you, we’ve compiled the most important industry news. FDA Commissioner Resigns. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the 23rd commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, recently resigned after less than two years in the role.
Study: Payers, providers sharing financial risk lowers costs, improves quality
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
When payers and providers share risk, they can achieve greater savings and more effectively improve outcomes, according to a new report.
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