Thu.Dec 20, 2018

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Blood Pressure From the Wrist for the First Time – Welcome, Omron HeartGuide

Health Populi

For the first time, we can take a clinically accurate blood pressure measurement from our wrist — welcome to the first of its kind wrist-worn blood pressure monitor, HeartGuide, brought to market by Omron. I know this journey has been a long, patient one, as I came to know Ranndy Kellogg, Omron’s President and CEO, several years ago at CES.

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Apple's busy 2018 in healthcare, from Health Records to Watch ECG

Mobi Health News

A look back at a year of healthcare news out of Cupertino.

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Social determinants became mainstream in 2018, but it can't be just a fad

FierceHealthIT

Payers, providers, and startup companies tackled food insecurity, reliable transportation, affordable housing, and more this year. But much remains to be done in 2019 and beyond.

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Omron's smartwatch blood pressure monitor cleared by FDA, launches in January

Mobi Health News

The HeartGuide watch uses a flexible synthetic band to inflate and maintain its shape to comfortably take an oscillometric wrist blood pressure on the fly.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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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What is the Price of Disengaged Healthcare Workers?

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Erica Doherty, healthcare industry and solution strategy director, Infor. You may be familiar with the Gallup study that identified—across industries and organizations—that 68 percent of employees are not engaged in their work. That is not only disheartening, but scary, especially when talking about workers in the healthcare industry.

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What's coming for healthcare in 2019? Health system executives weigh in

FierceHealthIT

FierceHealthcare checked in with some health system executives from across the country to look into their crystal balls about what they see coming for healthcare in 2019.

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What will be the first use cases for blockchain?

Mobi Health News

Emily Vaughn, product development director of Change Healthcare, and Tim Dunlevy, VP of engineering at PokitDok, discuss first use cases and applications for blockchain as well as the process of going from private to public blockchain networks.

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Cigna closes $67B Express Scripts acquisition, promising affordability and choice

FierceHealthIT

Cigna officially absorbed one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country on Thursday, closing its $67 billion purchase of Express Scripts. The company said it's now better positioned to deliver better care, expanded choice and lower healthcare costs.

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Solution to fragmented data is key to effective blockchain

Mobi Health News

Abel Kho, director of the Center for Health Information Partnerships at Northwestern University and co-founder of Health Data Link, says that addressing the fragmentation of data in healthcare is needed to make the most of blockchain technology.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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Who do Americans trust? Their nurses, doctors and pharmacists, Gallup poll finds

FierceHealthIT

Who ya gonna trust? Try medical professionals. They are on the top of the list when it comes to who the American public says it can trust, according to a new Gallup poll.

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In 2018, Amazon teamed up with JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway, acquired consumer-facing online pharmacy

Mobi Health News

Amazon's 2018 news also included new hires, machine-learning tools for healthcare organizations and more.

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5 physicians who made headlines in 2018 (and who you’ll want to watch in the year ahead)

FierceHealthIT

The spotlight was on healthcare throughout 2018 and that put a number of physicians in the headlines. Here's a look at five doctors who you’ll want to keep an eye on in 2019.

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StartupCare co-founder Sebastien Gaudin shares insights on the challenges & opportunities of insurtech

Mobi Health News

Yesterday, Shanghai-based insurtech startup CareVoice (who launched their AI voice-based virtual health assistant for insurers and employers in Greater China in May 2018) announced the official launch of StartupCare, the first health benefit and insurance for startups in China. StartupCare combines a premium medical insurance with fully digitalised health and insurance services.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Press Ganey: How consumers have begun shaping healthcare brands

FierceHealthIT

Before long, patients will be the architects of health system marketing and branding—thanks to the ubiquity of online reviews, according to a new report.

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Public School 504 Solution has National Appeal

Insulin Nation

Diabetes care within schools is not great. Many schools are underfunded and can not afford school nurses or use staffing services that result in a high turnover of school nurses, lack of coverage, and lack of training. This is a particular problem for children with diabetes, both T1D, and T2D, who are in their early years of diagnosis and don’t understand how to manage their condition. ‘ Kids with diabetes have 2-4 severe hypoglycemic events a year but schools are unprepared to handle these eve

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Administrative, network costs doomed New York City health plan startups

FierceHealthIT

In New York City, two out of three health insurance startups have already shut down due to poor financial performance. A new report suggests higher-than-average costs for provider networks and administrative missteps doomed the startups.

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Insurers enter interoperability debate, to tension

Morning eHealth

Wilkie questioned — Elsewhere in Congress

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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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CVS rebuffs oversight monitor as D.C. court reviews Aetna deal

FierceHealthIT

CVS told a D.C. district court on Thursday that a court-appointed monitor is unnecessary to ensure the company keeps Aetna's operations separate as the court reviews the $69 billion transaction. The company offered to submit sworn quarterly declarations indicating it is keeping certain aspects of Aetna's business separate.

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WOW! Net Revenue In Children's Hospital

David Chou

Top 10 Children's Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue 1. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (PA): $1,833,451,5912. Texas Children's Hospital (TX): $1,812,622,8933. Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Burnet Campus (OH): $1,587,797,5974. Nationwide Children's Hospital (OH): $1,515,860,2345. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (CA): $1,307,869,9846.

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Walgreens and Verily announce partnerships for diabetes, medication adherence

FierceHealthIT

After a successful first quarter, the pharmacy chain is teaming up with one of Google's sister companies to tackle medication adherence and diabetes—perhaps as part of its response to two major mergers.

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New guidelines advise doctors to co-prescribe naloxone with opioids to high-risk patients

FierceHealthIT

Given new government guidelines released yesterday, physicians should consider writing a prescription for naloxone along with prescriptions for opioids for high-risk patients, especially those at danger of overdosing.

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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.

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Physician Practice Roundup—California doctor arrested for allegedly prescribing drugs tied to deaths

FierceHealthIT

A Southern California doctor was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that allege he illegally distributed opioids and other narcotics by writing prescriptions, including to at least five people who suffered overdose deaths. But his prescribing also appears to have wide-ranging and tragic consequences.

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Atrium Health, Navicent Health finalize merger

FierceHealthIT

Atrium Health and Navicent Health have signed the final version of their merger plan.

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