Wed.Jan 09, 2019

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Akili is building its own digital therapeutic distribution platform, foregoing pharma partnerships

Mobi Health News

At CES 2019, the digital therapeutic company's CEO and cofounder described work on an independent prescription, procurement and support platform specific to digital medicines.

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Improving Health outcomes with Telemedicine

eVisit

In recent years, healthcare providers and medical professionals have turned to increasingly advanced technologies to serve their patients and maintain an advantage in the healthcare marketplace. Incorporating virtual care into a service line strategy has proven to have many benefits, not the least of which is improving patient outcomes.

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Rush Medical Center seeks to become first U.S. hospital to move to 5G

FierceHealthIT

Rush University Medical Center announced Tuesday that it will become the first hospital in the U.S. to move to 5G broadband speeds. AT&T will provide the network services.

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Health/Care Goes Retail at CES 2019

Health Populi

All health/care is retail now in America. I say this as most people in the U.S. who have health insurance must take on a deductible of some amount, which compels that insured individual to spend the first dollar on medical services up until they meet their financial commitment. At that point, health insurance kicks in, and then the insured may have to spend additional funds on co-payments for general medicines and services, and coinsurance for specialty drugs like injectables and high-cost new t

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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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AI goes clinic - are we ready yet?

Mobi Health News

AI in healthcare seems to be a hot topic of discussion around the world at the moment, but what progress has been made in terms of adoption in clinical routine? “Improving our diagnostic and treatment processes has always been the fundamental basis of our thinking and we have welcomed AI,” Miikka Korja, chief information officer and cerebrovascular neurosurgeon at the Helsinki University Hospital in Finland, explains in an interview for the second issue of the HIMSS Insights eBook.

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Philips launches app-based hub for its senior caretaking products

Mobi Health News

Alongside device support, the Philips Cares app offers caretakers shared reminders, access to emergency services and data analysis features.

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More primary care doctors, specialists prescribing buprenorphine to treat patients for opioid addiction

FierceHealthIT

Given the country’s opioid crisis, laws were changed to allow more physicians to prescribe buprenorphine to help patients addicted to opioids. Those changes paid off, as a new study in Health Affairs found significantly more primary care physicians and specialists are prescribing buprenorphine during office visits.

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NHS partners with Diabetes Digital Media, Ascensia to expand access to Low Carb Program

Mobi Health News

Diabetes Digital Media (DDM), the NHS, and Ascensia Diabetes Care have all partnered to bring DDM’s Low Carb program into the NHS. Through the new agreement, the digitally delivered, evidence-based behaviour change platform will become a supported part of the NHS Apps Library.

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The biggest discharge planning hazards faced by hospitals

FierceHealthIT

Discharge planning is fraught with pitfalls for hospitals, according to a new report, but effective communication and adaptability can help providers avoid them.

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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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Hospital at home tech: The ‘quiet revolution’ improving outcomes, cutting costs and building relationships

Mobi Health News

At CES 2019, experts from around the healthcare industry highlight the human benefits of home care technologies.

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Cerner vows to open EHR to third-party development

FierceHealthIT

Cerner CEO Brent Shafer announced during a Tuesday presentation that the company would begin to accelerate the environment for third-party development on its EHR.

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Humana's members will now have access to Fitbit Coach through the payer's Go365 wellness program

Mobi Health News

Go365 members will also have access to DailyBurn, MindSciences and Norm.

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Molina Healthcare saw a stunning turnaround last year. Can the growth continue?

FierceHealthIT

Has Molina Healthcare’s new leadership team been so successful in their company turnaround that they’ve run out of places to grow? Not even close, CEO Joseph Zubretsky says.

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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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Traditional players take 2018 funding lead but China, other international cities gaining steam in StartUp Health report

Mobi Health News

San Francisco, New York and Boston topped the funding charts this year but Bejining was on their heels.

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Patient Caregivers: The Importance of Self-Care

Christina's Considerations

I just returned from a long trip to help my dad care for my mom. I was able to get my own scheduled treatments shifted over to providers in that state and community. Upon arriving at my parents' home; I.

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Dispute between Community Health Systems, Quorum Health settled by arbitrators

FierceHealthIT

Tennessee-based hospital company Quorum Health Corporation will receive $11.4 million in payments it made under service contracts with health giant Community Health Systems, an arbitrator ruled last week. However, Quorum Health must pay CHS $1.5 million in withheld payments.

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Babylon Health launches in the US

Lloyd Price

Do you want to change the world? Save the date and come learn about what's happening at Babylon. Join us for complimentary food and drinks as we look to expand our brand new US Team. We at Babylon Health are searching for the best software engineers, solution architects, product and project managers. We believe it is possible to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth.

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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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CMS guidance aims to ease access to nursing home waivers for ACOs

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making it easier for accountable care organizations that accept downside risk to obtain waivers for a rule that requires a three-day inpatient stay before a referral to a nursing home.

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Shutdown losses continue

Morning eHealth

Live! It’s the JP Morgan hullabaloo!

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Healthcare Roundup—Johns Hopkins taps ex-prosecutor to head All Children’s Hospital Heart Institute probe 

FierceHealthIT

Johns Hopkins has named a former federal prosecutor to lead its investigation into safety concerns at All Children's Hospital's Heart Institute, plus more healthcare headlines.

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Three Trends Shaping the Future of Telehealth

Advanced Medical Reviews

The 1990s movie “Total Recall” stars Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a man who isn’t sure if the experiences he had on Mars were real or from memory implants. The movie includes some technology which at the time was futuristic. For example, body scanners like those utilized by the airport TSA were shown in the movie, and now you can find them in every major airport in the United States.

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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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SCTRC End of the Year Survey!

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Click Here to Begin Survey! The post SCTRC End of the Year Survey! appeared first on LearnTelehealth.

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How Virtual Reality Is Changing the Future of Healthcare Delivery

care innovations

As we enter yet another new year fraught with uncertainty for the healthcare industry, one aspect, at least, seems certain: As 2019 dawns, the potential of virtual reality in healthcare has never been greater — or more urgent, in the face of spending that, while moderated a bit from recent years , is still ballooned by general wastefulness and unnecessary costs.

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The Personal Health Record is the central pillar of Apple’s healthcare strategy

Lloyd Price

The market opportunity in healthcare is huge, and Apple sees healthcare and wellness as a core part of its app, services, and wearables strategies. Now the company is aiming to become your personal health record, jumping into research, medical devices, and more. As Apple CEO Tim Cook has said, the healthcare market makes the smartphone market look small.

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Payer Roundup—Democrats pass resolution to defend ACA against lawsuit

FierceHealthIT

The House passed a resolution to defend the Affordable Care Act against a lawsuit, plus other payer news.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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ACA Compliance Should Continue Despite Government Shutdown

ACA Times

2 minute read: As we enter the third week of government shutdown, we’re on track to surpass the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The shutdown affects many government agencies, including the IRS. While IRS enforcement may stop during the shutdown, employers must still comply with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions (ESRP), commonly referred to the Employer Mandate, to avoid IRS penalty assessments in the future.