Fitbit may be seeking a big-name buyer
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The company has brought on an investment firm to investigate options for a potential sale of its business, Reuters reports.
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Walmart announces plan to build healthcare workforce, offering education for $1 a day
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Walmart announced Tuesday that it is adding seven bachelor’s degrees and two career diplomas in health-related fields for $1 a day through Live Better U, Walmart’s education benefit program for its 1.5 million employees.
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Heal's house call platform pushes into New York with latest acquisition
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Doctors on Call, a house call service proving care over the last 50 years for senior patients, will be joining the app-driven startup.
What To Do After A Medical Data Breach
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. When most people visit their health professional, they go in confidence that they are in good hands and the confidentiality of their health issues and personal information is protected. After all, who can a person trust more than their doctor?
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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NexHealth's raises $4.2M for its 'Patient Experience Management Platform'
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The company's tool serves as a patient-facing tool for online booking, two-way messaging, automated recalls and reminders and more.
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Brazilian chatbot raises $2M in Series A funding
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The new money will help the company expand to the US and cater to more conditions.
More than 70% of hospital data breaches compromise information that puts patients at risk of identity theft
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
About 159 million patients had sensitive information like Social Security numbers or credit card numbers compromised in a hospital data breach in the past 10 years.
Redox and FDB Partner to Improve Medication Adherence with EHR Writeback Functionality
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Interoperability-as-a-service provider, Redox, recently announced a new partnership with First Databank (FDB) to improve patient education, compliance and clinical workflow. According to the CDC: approximately one in five new prescriptions are never filled, and among those filled, approximately 50% are taken incorrectly, particularly with regard to timing, dosage, frequency, and duration.
New robot offers in-home monitoring and medication dispensing
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Pillo Health has partnered with Black+Decker to launch Pria, a robot assistant made to aid in the in-home adherence to medication.
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.
Provider groups ask Congress for help on info blocking
Morning eHealth
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Court case could undermine patient record access — Facebook purges apps
Top Pelosi aide urges insurance industry to fight for drug prices plan to blunt opposition
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
A top health aide for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi implored the insurance industry to form a coalition with healthcare and employer groups to blunt pharma and GOP opposition to the speaker’s ambitious drug prices bill.
Telemedicine and the Patient Education Gap
GlobalMed
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
If you regularly follow virtual care news, you might have seen a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. It asked nearly 1,000 adult respondents if they use their smartphone to complete 10 healthcare-related tasks. For some people, the results seemed to confirm that patients do not like virtual services, since “access video calls with providers” ranked dead last at 10 percent.
House report: Pegging drug prices to those paid in other countries could save billions
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Drug prices in the U.S. are nearly four times higher on average than those paid in similar countries, and looking to other countries for drug pricing could save billions, a new House report shows.
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.
Patient Transfers to Post-Acute Care Rely Largely on Outdated Manual Methods, Hindering Optimal Care
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The following is a guest article by BJ Boyle, VP & GM, Post Acute Insights, PointClickCare Technologies Inc. While electronic health records are commonplace today in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, a new study reveals surprising statistics when it comes to transferring patient data between these facilities. Providers are routinely sharing essential patient information manually […].
Report: Amazon plans jump into health devices with "fitness tracking" wireless earbuds
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Amazon is reportedly planning to give Apple a run for its money with its own version of "fitness tracking" wireless earbuds.
Industry Voices—The solution for offering 'shoppable' prices in healthcare is coming
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Hospitals are experiencing heartburn over the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directive that they must post their prices for “shoppable” services beginning next year. But there is a solution.
CHIME, AMA voice concerns to Congress over privacy, timelines of ONC information blocking rule
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Seven healthcare provider groups are appealing to congressional leaders to help slow down proposed federal interoperability rules. The groups cited concerns about patient data privacy, the implementation timelines and increased burden on clinicians.
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!
GAO: CMS must do better job monitoring quality programs, funding
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
A government watchdog found the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasn't done a good job of tracking quality program funding or whether quality measures meet goals.
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