American Well
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Throughout 2018, we witnessed across-the-board advances in the world of telemedicine. Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. Hindsight is easy.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Analysts speaking at HIMSS19 argue that without major initiatives focused on adoption and platform creation, senior care technologies will remain low-impact point solutions.
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KevinMD
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
A few years ago, I wrote a KevinMD blog post about how cumbersome it was to complete notes in the electronic medical record (EMR). I proposed a solution in our residency clinic but encountered resistance in the adoption process that eventually led to its abandonment. For someone just trying to solve a problem, it was […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
“The promise of AI is undeniable…could AI help clinicians deliver better and more humanistic care?” This question is asked and answered in a JAMA viewpoint published January 1/8 2019 titled, Humanizing Artificial Intelligence. This theme motivated a conversation held over a dinner convened by Philips hosted by Frans Van Houten this week at HIMSS19.
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
From at-home STD testing kits to behavioral health platforms, this year’s HIMSS Pitch Competition came from a variety of fields.
Connected Health Pulse brings together the best content for digital health professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
A recent article from the HIMSS Insights global eBook looked at the use of digital technologies in healthcare in the developing world.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
The incidence of MRSA infections among patients known to carry the bacteria on their body following hospitalizations was cut by 30% in a study of patients in a collection of California hospitals. The secret: getting patients to properly clean their skin and noses.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Mendelian, a UK healthtech startup, has received a £500,000 grant from Innovate UK to build platforms that will help GPs to identify NHS patients with potentially rare or hard-to-diagnose conditions and diseases more quickly.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
More than one out of every three therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past two years includes information on its label that identifies patients who are most likely to realize the benefits—or experience fewer side effects—from the treatment.
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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
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
The app-based tool highlights patients' goals and helps them manage conditions at home.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
With the release of several proposed rules on Monday, HHS outlined new provisions around advancing interoperability and giving patients easier access to their health data, signaling that open APIs and FHIR will be core components.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Don’t mix up EHR data or patient portals with engagement.
Health Recovery Solutions
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI), has been playing a robust and growing role in the world the past few decades. What most do not realize is artificial intelligence presents itself in many forms that impact daily life. Logging into your social media, e-mail, car ride services, and online shopping platforms all involve artificial intelligence algorithms to improve user experience.
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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.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
The year-long study used EHRs from 79 GP surgeries in the UK contributing to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
IBM Watson Health plans to invest $50 million in a 10-year collaboration with Brigham and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to research the use of AI to address major public health issues, such as patient safety and health equity.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Spok, Inc., a healthcare communications company, is showcasing the latest evolution of its integrated healthcare communication platform this week at HIMSS19 in Orlando. The solution, Spok Care Connect, is a cloud-native enterprise communication.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said accountable care organizations should be able to easily retrieve Medicare Part A, Part B, and Part D claims data for their beneficiaries.
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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!
Enzyme Health
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
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FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Spending for people enrolled in employer-sponsored plans hit an all-time high in 2017, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute.
Advanced Medical Reviews
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Technology has played an increasingly larger role in the healthcare industry over the past couple decades and continues to offer a myriad of benefits to physicians and other healthcare professionals. It is intended to streamline workflow, reduce administrative burden and improve patient care, but when poorly designed, technology may increase stress for physicians.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
CVS Caremark has put the brakes on a plan to cut payments to 340B providers—much to the joy of those hospitals.
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.
Morning eHealth
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
HIPAA query gets diverse responses — Texas nurses pushing for wider scope of practice
American Well
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Throughout 2018, we witnessed across-the-board advances in the world of telemedicine. Shifts in state and federal policies fueled massive growth for both commercial and government reimbursement for telehealth and, admittedly, there was also growing maturity in the understanding of how to blend technologies into the way we consume and deliver care. Hindsight is easy.
Lloyd Price
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
The vast majority of patients do not want to register with a digital-first GP service, according to a survey by independent consumer body Which? The survey, of over 1,500 people, found 96% were unlikely to switch from their current GP to an online service in the next year. Over half (52%) said they will definitely not change from their current GP, it reported.
care innovations
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
In an effort to combat the runaway costs endemic to the American healthcare industry, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a series of changes to its Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that could open the door for private senior living providers to seize the opportunities of remote patient management (RPM) services. The policy changes would allow MA insurers “to test a variety of innovations within the value-based insurance design (VBID) model, starting in 2020,” write
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ACA Times
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
2 minute read: . IRS staff continue to work to get current on a backlog of activities that resulted from the recent federal government shutdown. As mentioned in a previous blog post , employers should expect a flurry of ACA penalty notices in the mail. One of the top items is updating the ACA penalty notices that were scheduled to be issued, but did not make it into the mail, before the federal government closed.
KB Dental Consulting
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
If a person looks for a perfect Magnetic Resonance Imaging for his medical organization, clinic, or hospital, or it is possible that he has already selected it, it is good to consider a few things. One important decision about the unit is the process of selecting and after that installing RS shielding. This is a great option because it prevents radio frequency waves, some problems with vibration, or noise from entering the MRI.
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
From surgical scheduling to semantic search, the Boston-based center isn’t waiting to implement AI.
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