Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

One in two people over 50 bought a piece of digital technology in the past year. Three in four people over fifty in America now have a smartphone. One-half of 50+ Americans use a tablet, and 17% own wearable tech. The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

Formerly known as Enzyme Health, the company's strategy is comprised of two major avenues: telehealth staffing opportunities for practitioners, and a scalable telehealth platform for companies.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 28, 2020

There’s another epidemic that’s accompanied the country’s opioid crisis, according to a new report. The opioid epidemic is driving a simultaneous epidemic of infectious diseases, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

Former health innovation executive Naomi Fried highlights trends to watch among pharmas interested in digital health technologies.

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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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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Glenn Day, chief sales officer and practice leader of healthcare, HUB International. True Story: An employee at one New England medical practice stayed after hours to search patient records for gossip on her neighbor. […]. The article 7 Mistakes To Avoid When Selecting Healthcare Cybersecurity Insurance appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

JANUARY 28, 2020

I’m a health systems guy and these lists are about health technologies that have moved health systems forward, rather than deep or niche technologies. When I left medical school in 2011, the best tech was highly concentrated in the hospital. We lagged behind other industries in processing power, elegance, simplicity, and consumer focus. We still do.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 28, 2020

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is partnering with New York City startup Quartet to roll out a value-based payment model for mental health care.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The MobiHealthNews staff shares its thoughts on how HIPAA, investor funding, digital health commercialization and other focus areas will be changing over the course of the new year.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2020

The number of people unable to see a physician due to cost has gone up in recent years despite coverage gains from the Affordable Care Act, a new study found.

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Mobi Health News

JANUARY 28, 2020

The new algorithms integrate with Eko's digital stethoscope.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2020

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome Geri Lynn Baumblatt as a regular contributor to Healthcare IT Today. Geri has a unique perspective and a variety of experiences in healthcare that will make for some great content. We’re excited to have her and her passion for healthcare as part of the Healthcare IT Today team. Health […].

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 28, 2020

Lyft is teaming up with CommonSpirit Health and LogistiCare Circulation, one of the nation’s largest Medicaid transportation brokers, to roll out transportation services to patients in California and Arizona.

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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.

Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dena Bauckman, vice president of product management, Zix. When you go to the hospital, you want to be under the care of the best personnel and state-of-the-art technology. It’s easy to assume that’s the case when […]. The article 3 Ways Healthcare Organizations Should Protect Patient Data and Earn Back Trust appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 28, 2020

The simple fact is: not all carbs are created equal. And this is painfully true when it comes to cereal. If you ate 30 grams of carbohydrate from a sweet potato compared to 30 grams of carbohydrate from the bowl of cereal, you’ll likely notice a significantly bigger (and faster) spike in your blood sugar after eating the cereal. The sweet potato is a whole food that contains merely one ingredient.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 28, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Across the U.S millions of Americans live their lives with implants in their body, designed to help them overcome medical problems. So many Americans still are treated with medical devices that have not been rigorously […]. The article Infamous Medical Devices That Were Found To Be Defective appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

AARP recently published several new reports -- all worth a read. Rant on. The survey reports, about the 50+ gamers and 50+ tech trends , each identify an age band of the 70+, something AARP began a few years ago and kudos to them, that banding continues among some of their research reports. Not so the Longevity Economy Outlook , which lumps the wealth of the population for those aged 50-100, but no breakout was offered about the spending potential for the population at the higher end of the ag

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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

JANUARY 28, 2020

The federal government isn't doing a good job of determining if a hospital gets both 340B discounts and Medicaid rebates, a federal watchdog said.

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eVisit

JANUARY 28, 2020

High Readmission Rates Costs Your Organization Millions Each Year. In 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) determined the total cost of all readmissions exceeded $26B and approximately 65% was attributed to preventable readmissions. The CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has penalized hospitals $2B since its inception in 2012.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2020

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/31 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Candace (@RareCandace) on the topic of “Social Media, Patients, and Privacy” Now more than ever, patients are connecting online to share their stories, compare treatments, and connect with […].

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2020

Epic is a widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) system by thousands of hospitals across the United States. There’s a very good chance that your physician uses Epic software in their everyday practice. Among many other tasks, Epic’s software helps manage your patient record, data, and laboratory results. Epic is against a proposed rule by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to support patients’ ability to access their data.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2020

While the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in China, the number of cases in the U.S. has held steady with only five people sick with the illness, federal health officials said this morning.

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Geonetric

JANUARY 28, 2020

Attend our February webinar Register Now If you’re a healthcare marketer, you’re likely already sold on the idea of content marketing. More than 80% of healthcare organizations reported engaging in content marketing in 2018. And Geonetric’s latest Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey revealed content marketing is a top area for growth. The question now is: […].

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HealthStream

JANUARY 28, 2020

Use Cervical Cancer Awareness Month to highlight the specifics about this common, and very preventable, form of cancer. Be informed!

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