Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

As patients now assume the role of health consumer, they rationally expect retail-level experiences with greater first-dollar payment for health insurance, health care services and medical products like prescription drugs. Consumers know what good retail looks and feels like, and are focusing that experiential lens on health care, Aflac found when their Workforces Survey polled Americans on what they’d like their health insurance shopping process to feel like.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2019

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics found that patients using a VR system reported less pain when being treated with a needle than their counterparts who received the standard of care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

We Are All Health Consumers Now. That’s the title of the first chapter of my new book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. I start this chapter quoting President Ronald Reagan in 1983, who recognized that health care costs were growing at three times the rate of inflation during the first term of his Presidency. It’s déjà vu in health care all over again, but 35 years later, it’s the patient now facing sticker-shock with first dollar payments in high-deduct

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2019

The platform, called Fox Insight Data Exploration Network, is set to combine patient surveys with genetic information, for Parkinson's research.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jean Turgeon, vice president and chief technologist, Avaya. By 2020, healthcare spending around the globe is expected to reach $8.7 trillion, and as part of this spend, healthcare providers are looking to digitally transform by innovating legacy processes and driving better patient experiences.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mike Doyle, CEO, COTA, Inc. Most of us know someone who has been diagnosed with cancer and understand first hand the tidal wave of emotions and questions that come immediately after diagnosis. One question that sticks out to providers is the seemingly simple: “How many patients have you seen who are just like me?

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2019

Established in the US in 2013, Shanghai-headquartered QTC Care, a healthcare platform that uses AI to streamline treatment recovery and disease prevention, announced that it has raised $7M in series A funding. The investment was led by a Chinese internet giant, Tencent, followed by several other top investors in China.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Whether you work in a hospital, dentist, doctor or dermatologist’s office, providing your patients with a positive experience should be a priority. The increased costs of healthcare premiums and deductibles that are often passed down to subscribers, has caused a lot of people to become more aware of the type of treatment they receive from […].

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 29, 2019

The fate of the company's recently-announced research partnerships is unclear.

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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.

Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Brooke Faulkner, freelance writer; @faulknercreek Picture a long day — one that’s longer than most. Maybe you wake up early, have a checklist of morning tasks to do, then head off to catch a flight. Once you land, you have to change, make your way to a work conference, give a speech, and mingle […].

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

HHS adjusted the maximum it will penalize healthcare providers, health plans and their business associates for HIPAA violations, lowering the cap for less-severe violations and basing the fines on culpability.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The Central and Southern Ohio chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (CSO HIMSS) announced its Spring conference titled “AI, Blockchain and Care: The Future ABC’s of Healthcare” will be held on Friday, May 10, 2019, at the Conference Center at OCLC, 6600 Kilgour Place, Dublin, Ohio.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

WASHINGTON—When talk turns to disruption or innovation, the first thing one might consider is new technology. But for startup health plan Bright Health, it starts with the underlying business case, said Kyle Rolfing, the company’s co-founder, during a panel discussion at the World Health Care Congress.

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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.

Lloyd Price

APRIL 29, 2019

San Francisco-based workplace communication platform Slack filed for its IPO on Friday and underscored the healthcare privacy regulation it will need to clear as it boosts its health play. Slack noted the importance of holding onto its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance — which, if breached, could land the company in hot water with steep fines and criminal penalties.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

Though proposals to end drug rebates have been met with outrage, pharmacy benefit managers have been talking about a future without rebates for a while.

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Morning eHealth

APRIL 29, 2019

CMS audit turns up more inappropriate meaningful use payments — Early lessons on patient generated health data

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

As Scott Gottlieb addressed the World Health Care Congress in his first speech since stepping down from his role as FDA commissioner, an attendee leveled this question at him: "If you could do it all over again, how would you have avoided the opioid epidemic?

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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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InTouch Health

APRIL 29, 2019

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) held its 2019 Annual Conference and Expo from April 14-16, 2019 in New Orleans, LA. InTouch staff members attended, eager to tap into the latest news and information in regard to the telehealth industry. Our staff shared some of their most valuable takeaways from this exciting event. Tech Giants Are Targeting Telehealth Nate Gladwell, MHA, RN, Clinical Operations Officer at the University of Utah, discussed successful health system motives in direct-to

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

Tenet Healthcare reported continued losses in its first quarter of 2019, with officials pointing to factors such as a $38 million increase in malpractice expenses for the decline.

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Redox

APRIL 29, 2019

Dissonance and expectation gaps. Culture lags. Data sharing versus data protecting. Whichever side of the industry you’re on, chances are you’re feeling frustrated with IT in healthcare, where the pace of innovation is slow and the memories of painful transitions are vivid. Almost everyone agrees that digital health is a benefit to their organization and to their patients.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

Getting managed care insurers to jump into the Affordable Care Act exchanges could drive down premiums, according to a new study.

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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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HealthStream

APRIL 29, 2019

Because the United States has a predominantly service-based economy, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also tells us that jobs in healthcare and social assistance are expected to drive a significant portion of the job growth during the near future.

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HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 29, 2019

Dan Dodson is president of Fortified Health Security of Franklin, TN. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’ve been in healthcare for most of my career. I have always been inspired to give back to healthcare and patients. I have an MBA in health organization management and have always been intrigued at the concept of using my business degree to help provide better patient experiences.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 29, 2019

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced its intent to appeal the rejection of the 2018 regulation expanding access to association health plans.

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