Planned Parenthood launches abortion care finder, information platform
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The new tool, called Abortion Care Finder, lets users put in information about their situation, such as age and location, and gives resources.
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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. The story started with the scenario that, “Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed.” Here’s Ascension’s press release on the collaboration , described in the title as “healthcare transformation.”
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The rise of digital health in Asia
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
At the SFF x SWITCH conference in Singapore, healthcare representatives from the public and private sectors discussed some of the opportunities and regulatory challenges of digital health in the region.
Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
More and more patients are able to take advantage of remote consults and other virtual care options as health systems have begun pursuing telehealth programs in earnest, new HIMSS Media research shows. WHY IT MATTERS. That's not necessarily to say that many patients – and, indeed, many providers – don't still prefer old-fashioned, in-person, one-on-one doctor-patient consults.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Digital physical therapy company Reflexion Health launches HelloPT
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The tool gives patients self-paced exercises and allows them to access physical therapists via telemedicine.
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Tennessee hospital enhances patient experience with collaboration platform
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s cath lab uses secure clinical communication technology to cut follow-up appointment scheduling wait times – from as long as a day to less than 30 minutes.
Hospitals marked up prices for emergency, anesthesiology services, study finds
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
U.S. hospitals increased the prices for emergency medicine and anesthesiology services, the two most common sources of surprise medical bills, a new study found.
Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
While face-to-face visits are still preferred by many, 90% of healthcare organizations polled by HIMSS Media say they're using or piloting remote care services to boost care coordination, manage at-risk patients and broaden pop health efforts.
Google, Ascension defend their health 'data transformation' partnership
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
After news broke about a health data partnership between Google and one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S., the tech giant is defending the project.
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.
Ieso names Kate Wolland next corporate development advisor; Former Kaiser Permanente CTO joins Innovacer and other digital health hires
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Also Liva names five new hires and HealthReveal taps Optum vet for chief commercial officer role.
ACP calls for increased oversight and regulation of PBMs, including gag clause ban
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The American College of Physicians says its time to improve transparency, take a closer look at the role of pharmacy benefit managers and address issues in Medicare and Medicaid that create barriers to care to help stem the high cost of prescription drugs.
Boston-based human performance company Whoop raises $55M in equity, debt funding
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The funding, led by Foundry Group, is made up of equity and debt.
Sanford Health, UnityPoint 'megamerger' deal called off
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
In June, the two health systems announced the planned merger deal that would have created one of the 15 largest nonprofit health systems in the country. WIth plans to become leaders in “personalized primary care," they said they intended to complete the deal by the end of the year.
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.
Uncover the Secrets Hidden in Your Online Reviews
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Jim Higgins, Founder & CEO at Solutionreach. You can follow him on twitter: @higgs77 Love ‘em or hate ‘em, online reviews are here to stay. Perhaps nothing has changed the face of healthcare marketing the way online reviews have. Currently, 94 percent of patients say that they […].
Physicians need to carefully screen and monitor patients to avoid opioid-related malpractice claims, says report
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Errors in how they screen and monitor patients on opioids have resulted in malpractice claims against physicians, according to a new report.
Does Patient Experience Transformation Depend on Digital Transformation? – #HITsm Chat Topic
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 11/15 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Richard Corder (@RichardCorder) from @t1healthcare on the topic “Does Patient Experience Transformation Depend on Digital Transformation?” Let’s talk about the increasingly-used term “Digital Transformation.
Atrium Health, Novant Health join Blue Cross NC's value-based care program, Blue Premier
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Atrium Health and Novant Health will join Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s value-based payment program, Blue Premier.
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!
Big Picture Priority — Reduce your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
As a diabetic, you make a thousand tiny decisions every day in the name of maintaining healthy, stable blood sugars. But, if you are an adult who has lived more than 20 years with this condition, it might be time to implement some bigger picture ideas into those daily decisions. That’s because the number one killer of adults with diabetes is not hypoglycemia or DKA or any of the other acute complications associated with the condition. .
Three Challenges Demanding a New Approach to Healthcare Training and Development
HealthStream
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Technological advances in how to conduct healthcare staff assessments and education have the potential to address some long-standing challenges that exist for nursing and clinical areas in the industry.
Are We Entering An Era of Radical Interoperability? Deloitte Says Yes
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
If you’ve been watching stop-and-start efforts toward health data interoperability over the last several years, many of which have netted little progress, you might be surprised to hear a top-drawer consulting firm argue that we’re moving ahead into an era of radical interoperability in the healthcare and life science industries. But that is just the […].
Honoring Our Veterans at the 17th Annual Heroes Patriotic Lunch
GlobalMed
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Have you supported a hero lately? On Nov. 8, the Veterans Medical Leadership Council (VMLC) hosted their 17th Annual Heroes Patriotic Lunch at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. This annual fundraiser honors veterans and military service members who’ve served our nation – and encourages everyone in the community to give back to our veterans. GlobalMed was the presenting sponsor this year and we were excited to see so many veterans honored; we also had a chance to share the story of how telemedicin
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.
Keys to a Successful Lab System Implementation
Optimum Healthcare IT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Regardless of the size of your lab, implementing a laboratory system can be a daunting undertaking with many potential problems. The post Keys to a Successful Lab System Implementation appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT.
Isreal's Sheba Medical Center announces plan to become first fully VR-based hospital
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
With an eye on becoming the first fully VR-based hospital in the world, Israel-based Sheba Medical Center is incorporating virtual reality throughout each of its hospital departments including cognitive therapy, physical therapy and pain relief.
CMS seeks to crack down on schemes used by states to get higher federal match in Medicaid
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The Trump administration issued a proposed rule to clamp down on schemes that enable states to get higher federal Medicaid payments.
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