Mobi Health News
APRIL 6, 2018
Digital health-focused news from payers during the first quarter of 2018 generally focused on employee wellness and app-focused member engagement strategies, with a handful of similar partnerships or deals announced around the edges. These came from a number of major players, including UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Fitbit, and a variety of other payers and digital health companies.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
HHS Secretary Alex Azar appointed Landmark Health CEO Adam Boehler to lead the CMS Innovation Center. Long rumored to be the leading contender for the position, Boehler takes over an agency that is in flux, even as senior officials have voiced the need to shift toward value.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 6, 2018
In the last quarter the FDA gave the nod to 10 digital health devices. Innovations that aimed to help diabetes management were popular, ranging from the first integrated continuous glucose monitor, which was put out by Dexcom, to Glooko’s insulin titration tool.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon offered a brief look under the hood of the company's new healthcare venture with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway that left many underwhelmed by his proposals. Citing rising costs associated with chronic disease and the need to consumerize healthcare, Dimon said a "bipartisan group of experts" would help fix healthcare's problems.
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 6, 2018
An Arizona teenager died on Tuesday after battling Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) for several days. Alex DePriest was a senior at Desert Vista High School, who planned to attend Arizona State University in the fall. Having lived with Type 1 diabetes since fifth grade, she was inspired to study nursing. Her father told another news outlet that she passionately wanted to help others.
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Insulin Nation
APRIL 6, 2018
We recently reported on the tragic death of Arizona teenager Alex DePriest, who had been in DKA for several days. A friend of the family, Kim Hrvatin, talked to Insulin Nation about how this tragedy is hitting close to home. Not only was her daughter close friends with Alex, her son has Type 1 diabetes. In fact, he was hospitalized with DKA over the same weekend.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
In recent months, Ascension indicated its intent to pursue a new strategic direction in response to competition from nontraditional sites of care and mounting cost pressures.
CiscoHealth
APRIL 6, 2018
Thomas Yaw Berko rides an old bicycle 30km each way to reach some of the communities he works in as a volunteer health worker in southern Ghana. For the.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
The American Hospital Association urged the panel not to recommend the payment reduction. Here's how much of a cut standalone emergency departments could sustain.
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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.
TeleMed2U
APRIL 6, 2018
Despite widespread acceptance of antimicrobial stewardship programs, there remains an element of the healthcare infrastructure that questions the value of an infectious disease physician-lead antimicrobial stewardship program. Data such as this continues to support the concept that an infectious disease physician-lead antimicrobial stewardship program is the fundamental basis to dealing with multi-drug resistant organisms.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
A new study finds that the opioid crisis is hurting employers as spending for addiction services and overdoses jumped nearly 1,000% in just 12 years. More than half of that spending was directed toward an employee's child.
CiscoHealth
APRIL 6, 2018
Thomas Yaw Berko rides an old bicycle 30km each way to reach some of the communities he works in as a volunteer health worker in southern Ghana. For the 7,000 people in the district he serves, early detection and diagnosis can mean the difference between an infection that can be treated in the home and one that could mean months in a hospital and possible long-term disability [1].
Health Intersections
APRIL 6, 2018
Question: Where Can I found Fax number in PID Segment? Answer: If you look at a standard display of the fields in the PID segment ( this one , or this one ), there’s no fax number, just home and work phone numbers … in spite of the healthcare system being obsessed with faxing. So where is it? (and, while we’re at it, there’s no field for email either…).
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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.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
Kindred Healthcare received the go-ahead from shareholders to proceed with a takeover by Humana and two private equity firms. The vote came down a week after a Delaware judge dismissed a request for a preliminary injunction from one prominent Kindred stockholder that balked at the purchase price.
Insulin Nation
APRIL 6, 2018
Amanda Bowers talks to IN about the blessings and challenges of raising a child with both T1D and autism. This is the final piece in a three-part series on the topic. See also: Living With T1D and Asperber’s. When Diabetes is Just One Branch of a Tree of Needs. Q1. What is your child’s age and when did he receive each diagnosis? Kolten is 7 years old.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 6, 2018
The Patient is NOT the center of existing Health Information Exchange. Yet, the Health Information Exchange exists for the sole purpose of treating that Patient. These two factual statements are completely opposite. How can they both be facts? The patient does not feel like the center. It is all about Experience. In agile terms "User Experience". If the user does not feel the experience they want, then they are NOT happy.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
APRIL 6, 2018
HIPAA Risk Assessment Template When it comes to performing your HIPAA Risk Assessment, federal HIPAA guidelines can be confusing. With a HIPAA Risk Assessment template outlining the process your practice should follow, you can mitigate your chances of leaving something … Read more. The post HIPAA Risk Assessment Template appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
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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!
David Chou
APRIL 6, 2018
Here are my thoughts on Walmart's potential entry as a non traditional healthcare player. It is getting real now.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 6, 2018
The planned merger between Lahey Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center won approval from the Massachusetts Public Health Council this week. But its work is far from over.
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