Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 26, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adam Mahmud, healthcare lead, Jamf, and Si Lou, CEO, PatientSafe Solutions. Today’s healthcare workforce is increasingly mobile. The industry has seen a dramatic increase in the use of mobile devices by both staff and patients, but often as single point solutions that do not solve for the fragmentation of clinical workflow at the point […].

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 26, 2019

From the wrist to the finger to the forehead to the bedside, consumer sleep tracking is a booming business.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 26, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mario Anglada, CEO, Hoy Health. Proven technology and digital communications are being used to leverage decades of health industry knowledge and speed access to care among Hispanic communities. These solutions and digital access align with Hispanic use of new technology tools: 84 percent of all Hispanics are online and Hispanic internet smartphone usage is […].

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 26, 2019

Chatbots, symptom checkers and other AI healthcare guidance services should take a page from Amazon and others on to engage users, experts say.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

National Coordinator Donald Rucker, M.D., clarifies that in most cases a healthcare providers' liability for stewardship of health data ends once patients download their health information to a third-party app.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services reported a measurable shift of higher-revenue surgical patients to lower-revenue medical patients in the first quarter of 2019.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 26, 2019

Each April marks National Minority Health Month, providing the opportunity to acknowledge the progress made in reducing disparities, as well as a chance to reflect on what more needs to be done to achieve health equity. Discussions about health equity frequently focus on the important roles that preventive services and care quality have in determining health outcomes.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

Researchers found a link between expanded Medicaid programs for very low-income populations and a reduction in deaths related to substance use disorders (SUDs).

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

APRIL 26, 2019

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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.

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

Treating sepsis in a bundled payment model shows a lot of promise for significant savings, according to a new report.

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HealthStream

APRIL 26, 2019

As credentials verification matures, the CVO function will undoubtedly change. Electronic processing will accelerate, by necessity. What does that mean for changing how the CVO does things?

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

With a renewed focus on improving its operating performance, Cerner Corporation posted 8% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2019, reaching $1.39 billion compared to $1.29 billion in the first quarter of 2018, and earnings were up 6%, both in line with expectations.

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HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 26, 2019

Weekly News Recap. Cerner announces Q1 results that meet Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations. Seattle-based genetic testing and health coaching startup Arivale shuts down after burning through $50 million in funding. CPSI announces plans to acquire patient engagement vendor Get Real Health. Bain Capital hires financial advisors to help it assess the potential sale of RCM vendor Waystar.

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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.

Morning eHealth

APRIL 26, 2019

FTC’s Surescripts lawsuit hints at others — Biden bows out of Cancer Initiative

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 26, 2019

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment has declined since 2017, according to new data from CMS, but experts and the Trump administration are split on why that is.

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Health Populi

APRIL 26, 2019

People over 50 in the U.S. that are likely to vote in the 2020 Presidential election are keenly interested in lowering the cost of prescription drugs, according to a survey conducted by AARP in February and March 2019. Most people over 50 take prescription drugs daily; one-third take two or three Rx’s regularly, and one in five older people take six or more prescription medicines regularly.

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