Study: Socks with sensors could help continuously monitor diabetic neuropathy
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Sensors connected via Bluetooth to a smartphone app can provide users frequent reports on their foot's temperature.
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Healthcare Tech and Its Help In Diagnosing Patients
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 19, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brooke Faulkner, freelance writer; @faulknercreek. Up to a fifth of patients with serious conditions are first misdiagnosed, and that leaves tremendous consequences. With the help of healthcare technology, doctors are able to diagnosis patients more effectively and easier. For example, migrating patient data from paper to online, known as electronic health records (EHRs), has […].
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How can junior clinicians prepare for the age of AI in medicine?
Lloyd Price
DECEMBER 19, 2018
For junior clinicians at the start of their career the future is both bright and daunting. From taking the Hippocratic oath, the next generation of doctors will be swearing to use whichever technologies arm them with the greatest abilities to help their patients: blockchain, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, and a wave of fourth industrial revolution technologies are set to change medicine forever.
Rationing Care in America: Cost Implications Getting to Universal Health Coverage
Health Populi
DECEMBER 19, 2018
It would not be surprising to know that when the Great Recession hit the U.S. in 2008, one in three Americans delayed medical treatment due to costs. Ten years later, as media headlines and the President boast an improved American economy, the same proportion of people are self-rationing healthcare due to cost. That percentage of people who delay medical cost based on the expense has remained stable since 2006: between 29 and 31 percent of Americans have self-rationed care due to cost for over a
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Unique Uses for Telehealth
Clocktree
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Most people are familiar with telehealth services offered by their primary care doctor, therapist or other healthcare provider as a convenient alternative to an in-office visit. Telehealth has emerged as a standard, even expected, part of certain healthcare practices. Here are a few examples from Clocktree of less obvious telehealth services that are making a difference in people’s lives and well-being.
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Most hospitals still use mail or fax to exchange data
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Health systems use a host of methods to exchange patient medical records, but most providers continue to rely on the old-fashioned approach of mail or fax, according to new federal data on interoperability. That's particularly true of small, rural, critical access hospitals.
Concepta Diagnostics launches new tool to track ovulation
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 19, 2018
The new app and monitoring system tests women's LH hormone level in order to detect ovulation and pregnancy.
Investor suit claims Centene hid $900M tax liability in HealthNet purchase
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Insurance giant Centene has been hit with another shareholder lawsuit, alleging company executives concealed financial concerns in its $6.8 billion acquisition of HealthNet. The latest complaint includes new details that Centene hid nearly $1 billion in HealthNet's potential tax liabilities.
Recapping the most-read blog posts from 2018
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Fewer software platforms, but new and more interesting offerings. Two major changes happened in 2018 that are having and will continue to help older adults. First there is the significant uptake of voice-enabled technology, was forecast to be transformative , and so it was, in senior living, in the homes and families of seniors, and as an interface in newer cars to make giving and hearing directions easier.
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.
The 4 biggest Medicaid controversies in 2018
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
In D.C. and states across the country, politicians and the public alike hotly debated new Medicaid policies this year. Much of this back and forth fell along party lines, but that wasn't always the case—perhaps the biggest twist of all.
Wilkie on deck
Morning eHealth
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Data-sharing deepening at hospitals — FDA imprimatur
Cigna-Express Scripts clears final state approval, set to close on Thursday
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Cigna and Express Scripts have received approval from the last state necessary to complete their $67 billion merger, setting the stage for the deal to close this week.
Data from Connected Medical Devices: 5 Benefits
E-CareManagement
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Why Healthcare Needs the Internet of Things. Guest Post by Abbas Dhilawala , Chief Technology Officer, Galen Data . The IoT consists of smart objects or devices with cloud connectivity capabilities — devices that can perform a function, collect data and transmit that data to a network where it can be used by humans to accomplish a goal. IoT devices are appearing everywhere in society, from the industrial supply chain to automated cars, but one of the most important applications for the I
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.
Blue Cross, Aledade team up to support independent practices in North Carolina through ACOs
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Aledade are joining to launch a new initiative that will support hundreds of independently owned and operated primary care physician clinics in the state through accountable care organizations.
Report: Telehealth Adoption ‘May Help Drive Transition’ to Value-Based Care
care innovations
DECEMBER 19, 2018
A new report from URAC, a self-described independent, nonprofit, third-party healthcare quality validator based in Washington, D.C., describes the growth of telehealth adoption in the United States as potentially helping to drive the transition to value-based healthcare — an idea that’s long been expressed by experts in digital care delivery. “The healthcare industry can look to payer-providers … for evidence of the value of telehealth in cost savings, improved health outcomes, quality of care,
If a study told you using a parachute to jump from an airplane was overrated, would you listen?
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
There's a saying that medical researchers could never evaluate the efficacy of parachutes for people jumping out of airplanes—a metaphor for why some of the treatments doctors provide lack an evidentiary basis. But, of course, someone set out to prove them wrong and got a study published to prove it.
Blockchain pilots launched in 2018 tackled EHR management, collective data custodianship, credentialing and more
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 19, 2018
From multi-organization collaborations to single-hospital pilots, this year has seen its fair share of experimental blockchain initiatives.
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!
4.3M people sign up for healthcare in final week of ACA enrollment
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
More than 4.3 million people signed up for healthcare coverage on the ACA exchanges during the final week of the 2019 Open Enrollment Period, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Wellstar Health System among first to join Humana's value-based care program
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Cleveland Clinic Florida and Georgia-based Wellstar Health System are among the first health systems to join Humana's Hospital Incentive Program intended to reduce duplicative services and hospital readmissions.
Year in review: The provider mergers that made headlines in 2018
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Providers have yet to slake their thirst for mergers—with several big-ticket mega-deals dominating headlines in 2018—but experts warn that there’s unlikely to be an immediate pay off for patients.
Ex-Cleveland Clinic Innovations head sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in $2.7M fraud case
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Gary Fingerhut, the former head of Cleveland Clinic Innovations who pleaded guilty to defrauding the health system out of nearly $3 million, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
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.
The final word on the ACA's fate is years away, legal analysts say. But it could get messy in the meantime
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
A federal district court's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional raised many eyebrows last week. But it will be quite a while before we know how far the case goes, what appellate courts say, and how it affects politics and pricing.
Health IT Roundup—Cerner executive lands at Livongo; Health IT Now blasts info blocking delays
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Health IT Now Executive Director Joel White called the information blocking delay "stunning" and said the administration "is quickly reaching a point whereby it will be in obvious defiance of the spirit of the Cures law." Plus, former Cerner president Zane Burke lands at Livongo and a UPMC executive heads to Atrium Health.
Healthcare Roundup—Trump signs public health bills; NIH’s Collins under fire over fetal tissue research
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2018
President Donald Trump signed into law two bills that would extend public health research programs, plus more healthcare headlines.
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