Thu.Dec 27, 2018

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Getting to a minimum viable product (MVP) health care app: Partner with physicians

KevinMD

Over the course of several years, IBM’s fledgling Watson for Oncology program has received a wide range of reviews. Among them is a harsh critique published by Gizmodo. The article is filed under the keywords “AI,” “Watson,” “health,” “health care,” and “Doctor: This product is a piece of s**t.” The last keyword is courtesy of […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Medical Device Development and Data Science Integration

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Sean Otto, vice president of business development, Cyient. The approval of electrocardiogram’s (EKG) through the FDA that enables atrial fibrillation detection right from a patient’s watch band is just one example of how the digitization of medical devices, a part of the Internet of Things movement, is leading product development and innovation in medicine.

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Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, followed by doctors and pharmacists

Health Populi

Nurses rank top in Americans’ minds for the seventeenth year-in-a-row, Gallup found in its annual survey of honesty and ethics in professions. At the bottom of the list for honesty and ethics in 2018, Gallup points to U.S. Congressional representatives, “Mad Men” and Women of advertising, telemarketers, and folks who sell autos. Congress-folk and car salespeople have ranked at the low-trust bottom for many years in this Gallup poll.

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Healthcare startups need to co-create offerings with patients

Mobi Health News

Startups should work closely with their target audiences in the product-creation phase to recognize the true needs by getting “feed-in” rather than feedback after a product or service is released, says Karolina Korth, founder of the Kuala Lumpur Health 2.0 chapter.

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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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Are Your Providers On the Brink of A Burnout? Here’s What Needs To Be Done

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Being a healthcare professional is an honor, but it’s not without its challenges. Most providers are required to work long hours with few breaks to provide adequate coverage to their patients. The fluctuating workload and constant exposure to life, death and everything in between essentially takes a toll both physically and psychological on healthcare professionals. […].

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New CPT Codes for Psychological Testing in 2019

TheraNest

2019 Updated CPT Codes for Therapists. This September, the American Medical Association announced the release of the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. This update includes 335 code changes, however only a handful of these changes impact mental and behavioral health providers. With these changes the current CPT codes for psychological testing (96101, 96102) and neuropsychological testing (96118, 96119) will no longer be in use starting in the new year, instead they will be repl

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Turkey’s continued drive toward digital healthcare

Mobi Health News

With more than 160 hospitals validated at Stage 6 of EMRAM, Turkey has been making big strides in digitizing healthcare and is continuing that drive. Aniventi co-founder Nejat Unsal talks about how his company is supporting the country’s ongoing mission.

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New CPT Codes for Psychological Testing in 2019

TheraNest

2019 Updated CPT Codes for Therapists. This September, the American Medical Association announced the release of the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. This update includes 335 code changes, however only a handful of these changes impact mental and behavioral health providers. With these changes the current CPT codes for psychological testing (96101, 96102) and neuropsychological testing (96118, 96119) will no longer be in use starting in the new year, instead they will be repl

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CMS inks remote monitoring plan, John Hancock incentivizes wellness and other Q4 payer news

Mobi Health News

Also: UnitedHealthcare's "Motion" incentive program expands to include Apple Watches and Cigna teams up with Happify Health and Prevail.

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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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New CPT Codes for Psychological Testing in 2019

TheraNest

2019 Updated CPT Codes for Therapists. This September, the American Medical Association announced the release of the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. This update includes 335 code changes, however only a handful of these changes impact mental and behavioral health providers. With these changes the current CPT codes for psychological testing (96101, 96102) and neuropsychological testing (96118, 96119) will no longer be in use starting in the new year, instead they will be repl

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Devoted, Bright Health top Q4 funding

Mobi Health News

This quater digital health companies raised $1.18 billion in funding.

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Carie thanks its providers, patients, family, and friends for an incredible 2018

Carie Telehealth Insider

For Team Carie, 2018 has been the biggest year yet. After what seemed like forever, we finally launched our platform out into the world. Leading up to that epic moment however came a lot of work and some really exciting milestones. It’s been inspiring to see, and it’s why we keep working hard towards our mission of enabling providers all over the country to introduce Telehealth into their practice.

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Blockchain: What to know before investing in the tech

Mobi Health News

Optum's blockchain guru describes how the company singles out and pursues the most promising pitches.

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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.