Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
Patient-mediated exchange has been championed more and more recently as one potential answer to the long-vexing problem of interoperability. A recent report from RAND supports that idea, and shows how the smartphones in our pockets could also be a boon for more accurate patient matching across providers.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
AUGUST 22, 2018
Many y ears ago, when the phone rang, we eagerly picked it up. That was then. For good or ill, families want to text, message and chat. And the phone call has turned into a source of harassment and scams. Robocalling is a modern torment, sometimes multiple back-to-back dials from the same source, often spoofing our own cell phone numbers – where answering the phone puts us on a ‘sucker list’ sold to other scammers.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
Y Combinator’s biannual Demo Day is winding to a close after presentations from dozens of tech entrepreneurs. The Silicon Valley-based accelerator has historically had a hand in the development of numerous healthcare tech startups, and this week’s event seems to be no exception.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
Some of the nation's largest health systems have teamed up with Andy Slavitt and AVIA to create digital solutions for Medicaid patients. Initial efforts will focus on five key areas, including behavioral health and substance abuse.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
Smartphone and computer cameras have opened up new possibilities for dermatology: there is now a whole field dedicated to the world of teledermatology, and a plethora of companies sprouting up for both physician and patient-facing dermatology apps and platforms.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
Brisbane, Australia-based ResApp has signed a deal to join in the development of mobile applications that will help determine the mission-readiness of American military personnel. ResApp, which creates smartphone apps for the diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases, has announced a partnership with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to join the US Government’s Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health effort.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
Several parties—including AHIP, attorneys general from 18 states and major insurers—are urging a petition court to revisit its decision regarding $12 billion in risk-corridor payments. Although the appeals court already weighed in, saying the federal government was not obligated to make the payments, that decision could wreak havoc on the ACA marketplaces, according to the amicus briefs filed.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
The roll-out of a controversial smartphone app in Birmingham – the UK’s second largest city - is still being blocked this week, despite the publication of a report that shows that the software “advances equality of access to GP services.” The GP at Hand app claims to reduce pressure on primary care and hospitals, yet is being blocked from expanding in the city following concerns about patient safety.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
The rise in ‘deaths of despair’ is driving a national decline in life expectancy, and policymakers in Virginia want to reframe the discussion around solutions tied to the social determinants of health.
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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.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 22, 2018
American Well has hired Keith W. Anderson as its new chief financial officer. Anderson comes to American Well via Piper Jaffrey, where he served as managing director and a member of the healthcare investment banking team.
Hinduja Global Solutions
AUGUST 22, 2018
Nurse Triage Lines: 3.0. Podcast with AxisPoint Health. By Krithika Srivats, Vice President, HGS Healthcare Practice Office. Nurse triage is at the center of providing the right service, at the right time, by the right level of providers. The ROI can be significant for payers and providers, in terms of patient and member satisfaction and reducing costs of care for services not delivered in an appropriate setting.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
The markup on major, widely prescribed combination drugs cost the Medicare program millions of dollars—but it didn't necessarily have to, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital.
care innovations
AUGUST 22, 2018
As it’s implemented in more and more facilities , new evidence is accumulating that reveals just what kind of return on investment (ROI) hospitals are experiencing from implementing remote patient monitoring (RPM) to help manage patients with chronic conditions. In a recent look at RPM return on investment , Xtelligent Media’s Eric Wicklund points to think tank-associated report suggesting that “healthcare providers will see an ‘operational ROI’ in RPM programs” — and that this ROI is likely to
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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.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
Nearly half of Americans say U.S. healthcare is "worst" or "below average" compared with other industrialized countries, according to a new Gallup poll. Plus, CMS announces its approval of Maryland's reinsurance program, and $8.6 million in grants for states.
ACA Times
AUGUST 22, 2018
2 minute read: As the IRS continues to issue Letter 226J penalty notices to organizations determined by the IRS to have failed to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the 2015 reporting year, the IRS is also setting the groundwork for a Letter 226J process for the 2016 reporting year. A March 2018 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on the Affordable Care Act stated that the IRS has the data and processes in place to begin the analysis to calculate
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
A day after GAO Comptroller Gene Dodaro told a Senate committee that Medicaid demonstration projects cost the feds "billions" of dollars for failing to meet budget neutrality requirements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is tightening the screws.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 22, 2018
You should (federally required) have access to View , Download , and Transfer your medical data. View View just means you should be able to login to some web portal and see the data. Not very useful, but everyone should be able to do this. It is most helpful when you want to see the data that the doctor just talked to you about, but when the doctor was talking to you the information overload was too much.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
HHS CIO Beth Killoran is being reassigned to another HHS agency; Anthem is under fire from the Justice Department to turn over information regarding Medicare Advantage chart reviews; and Amazon just added a cardiologist to its ranks.
Morning eHealth
AUGUST 22, 2018
Yet more VA personnel turmoil — Telemedicine grant awarded
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 22, 2018
Tenet Healthcare has closed on the sale of its U.K. provider portfolio; the Food and Drug Administration is working with the National Academies to identify new guidelines for opioid prescribing, plus more healthcare headlines.
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