Mon.May 13, 2019

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FDA clears AliveCor's six-lead smartphone ECG

Mobi Health News

The KardiaMobile 6L builds upon its predecessor with a third electrode placed on its back side, allowing cardiologists better insight into device owners' arrhythmias.

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The Path to More Consumerized Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Robbie Hughes, founder and CEO, Lumeon. When you think of an industry that’s mastered the creation of a seamless, digitally integrated experience for the customer journey, the airline and travel sector is unlikely the first that comes to mind. The experience has become so seamless as to be practically invisible, and any breakdown in […].

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FDA clears AI tool to help radiologists spot pneumothorax

Mobi Health News

Zebra Medical Vision's tool interprets medical imaging and flags potential cases for specialist review.

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Patient engagement: Technology is just one piece of the solution

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: Patient Engagement Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Patient engagement: Technology is just one piece of the solution Featured Decision Content:

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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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Conveying empathy through digital tools requires education, support

Mobi Health News

Panelists at Cleveland Clinic's Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit discuss the challenges and opportunities of conveying empathy through digital tools.

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RelayOne gets $500K seed round to improve surgical scheduling, communication

Mobi Health News

Durham, North Carolina-based RelayOne has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Cofounders Capital, a tech-focused venture fund located in Cary, North Carolina. WHAT THEY DO Founded by two frustrated medical device sales reps, RelayOne is focused on solving communication issues in the operating room.

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New CDS from Change Healthcare enables home-based telemonitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Change Healthcare on Monday unveiled the most recent version of InterQual 2019, its flagship clinical decision support technology. WHY IT MATTERS. In addition to thousands of new content updates, the company says InterQual is now configured with an eye toward hospital at home models, which have been shown to lower mortality rates and generally improve outcomes and lower costs.

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Apple acquires patent rights for in-bed health sensor system

Mobi Health News

Sensors described in the European Patent Office filing could be placed underneath the user's mattress or pillow.

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Locking up 20% of household guns could save 135 kids a year: study

FierceHealthIT

Intervention and discussion could substantially reduce the number of youth deaths by firearms, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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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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Health apps: Innovators should be supported, but they also have to 'step up', says ORCHA CEO

Mobi Health News

An interview with Liz Ashall-Payne, cofounder and chief executive of app evaluator and advisor organisation ORCHA.

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AHA: The top 6 policy priorities that could improve behavioral health care access at hospitals and save billions

FierceHealthIT

Improving patients' access to behavioral health care isn't just important for addressing individuals' overall healthcare but it could also save U.S. hospitals millions, according to a new analysis from the American Hospital Association.

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Regulatory challenges and involving clinicians in the health tech industry

Mobi Health News

Although health tech and digital health startups have much to offer in terms of transforming healthcare, they often face the challenges of overcoming regulatory hurdles, which are especially stringent in healthcare for the safety of patients. In addition, clinicians can often be torn between being in medical practice and being involved in health tech innovation/research, particularly for those in the public health sector in Singapore.

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New York's arbitration program for surprise billing leads to decline in consumer complaints: study 

FierceHealthIT

Consumer complaints about surprise medical bills have fallen substantially in New York in the wake of a 2014 law that established a “baseball-style” arbitration protocol to address these situations, according to a new report.

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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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Opinion: Mental Health Awareness week #BeBodyKind - thoughts for mental health practitioners and digital innovators

Mobi Health News

Dr Victoria Betton, founder and managing director of mHabitat, will be speaking about this and related issues at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European conference in Helsinki later this year.

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Can the time of day patients see their doctor impact their cancer care?

FierceHealthIT

Can the time of day a patient sees a doctor reduce the chances the patient will get recommended for cancer screening—and if the patient does, whether they actually go through with the screening? A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests it can.

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Podimetrics bags $13.4M for connected diabetic foot ulcer detection platform

Mobi Health News

The company will be using the funds to expand its business with the VA and other commercial payers.

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'Community-Owned' Genomic and Health Data Platform Raises $4.6M

hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

LunaDNA platform plans to take novel approach by rewarding individuals for sharing health data

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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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Royals launch mental health support text line, appeal for 3,000 people to join volunteer community

Mobi Health News

The new service is based on the US Crisis Text Line model.

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HITAC wrestling with fees for data sharing as part of information blocking rule

FierceHealthIT

As the Health IT Advisory Committee continues to dig into the recently proposed information blocking rule, committee members are wrestling with the complexities of the rule and specifically the fees that should be charged for the delivery of medical records.

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Ontario Health Network lays off 44, prompting questions about the province's commitment to virtual care

Mobi Health News

Cuts to the network's government funding triggered the layoffs, but OTN describes them as a restructuring for efficiency.

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HITAC debate on info blocking rules coming

Morning eHealth

Comments incoming —Congressional debates continuing

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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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Study shows Maryland’s global budget had limited impact on rural hospitals 

FierceHealthIT

Maryland’s global budget model led to a notable decrease in outpatient visits but no significant decline in inpatient visits to rural hospitals, according to a new study.

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Recent 2019 Blog Posts about the Healthcare Continuum from HCCS and HealthStream

HealthStream

HealthStream and HCCS, A HealthStream Company recently published numerous blog posts related to the healthcare continuum. We’ve collected and compiled links to them here.

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