American Well

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for roughly 130,000 deaths each year. Every minute counts following a stroke because every minute that passes puts stroke patients at a higher risk of suffering long-term or even permanent effects. For rural hospitals or hospitals without a neurologist on staff, evaluating, diagnosing and treating stroke patients quickly and effectively is difficult.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A collection of 29 approvals and clearances by the US Food and Drug Administration include several novel products.

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Mobile Health Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Over a year ago, we predicted that 2019 would be the era of health IT M&A , with the transition to value-based care as a primary driver. The M&A activity in the first half of 2018 is proof of this momentum – healthcare-related M&A increased 23% compared to the second half of 2017. Regulatory changes such as value-based care often force organizations to become more competitive to remain profitable.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This is the first FDA clearance for Apple and pushes the Watch further into health than ever before.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

After today’s Apple Watch Series 4 announcement, CNBC reporter Chrissy Farr reported, “ Apple stressed a lot today that this isn’t a physician replacement.”. But Intelligent guardian for your health is pretty damn close. It’s a product that’s smart, always there and it has your back. Kind of like doctors used to be. I’m pretty certain that the Apple intelligentsia spent months wordcrafting this choice little descriptor.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

LGBT patients can easily fall through the cracks, and the Department of Veterans Affairs has built several programs aimed at bringing these veterans into its health system.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

AI company physIQ landed FDA clearence for its atrial fibrillation detection analytics software.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Some of the country’s biggest names in healthcare are joining forces to improve diagnostics. More than 40 groups have signed on to the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, which aims to promote better education and best practices that reduce patient harm.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Formerly Voxiva and Sense Health, Wellpass has a long history with text messaging for health.

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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.

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It’s that awful time – the hurricane season. The time when the national hurricane center repeated forecasts, repeated ad nauseum, are destined to frighten everyone, no matter how far from affected regions. The same broadcast can dwell on cones and paths, and almost as an aside, remind those in beach areas that the evacuation instructions are meant for them.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Speaking today in Boston, Luminary Labs CEO Sara Holoubek urged listeners to embrace ethics-focused practices within their organizations.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Cigna is expanding its reach in the venture world, launching a $250 million venture capital fund called Cigna Ventures. The fund will invest in startups and growth-stage companies that are "unlocking new growth possibilities in health care and will bring improved care quality, affordability, choice, and greater simplicity to customers and clients.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Former iHub employees talk consolidation, patient engagement, and transparency in digital health innovation.

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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.

Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

I have always been fascinated with the processes involved in our healthcare system and how to go about improving them. It’s no secret that our system is flawed, maybe even broken. It’s confusing, frustrating, overly complex and largely inefficient. Why? The U.S. spends almost double what other countries spend in healthcare as a percentage of [ ] The post Fixing the American Healthcare System appeared first on Iris Telehealth.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The new digital therapeutic is being developed at a UCSF, and will join Akili Interactive Labs' pipeline of other video game-based therapeutics.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Unveiling early results from its annual survey, Mercer projected that per-employee healthcare costs in 2019 will increase about the same pace at this year.

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American Well

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for roughly 130,000 deaths each year. Every minute counts following a stroke because every minute that passes puts stroke patients at a higher risk of suffering long-term or even permanent effects. For rural hospitals or hospitals without a neurologist on staff, evaluating, diagnosing and treating stroke patients quickly and effectively is difficult.

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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!

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Those states are finding their efforts hit by heavy opposition, according to a perspective piece published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.

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Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Cybersecurity in medical devices an FDA focus — Comments season continues

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Cigna announced a corporate venture fund Wednesday morning, with a pot of $250 million ready to be invested in promising startups. The new fund brings all of Cigna's venture projects under a single management umbrella while searching for novel solutions to healthcare pain points.

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In Hand Health

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Curious about new technology to grow your business but strapped for time? As a clinician, your most valuable resource is your time. There are only so many hours in a day to see patients, complete your documentation, and keep up on the day to day tasks that are part of clinic life. You don’t want to waste any of that precious time scanning copies, printing exercises, or playing phone tag trying to communicate with your patients.

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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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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Consumers who do not buy a plan this year can claim a hardship exemption without obtaining an exemption certificate number when they file their taxes next spring, according to a document released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The complexity of the U.S. healthcare system erodes Americans’ health literacy, Accenture asserts in their report, The Hidden Cost of Healthcare System Complexity. And that complexity costs , Accenture calculated, to the tune of nearly $5 billion in administrative cost burden to payors. Accenture developed a healthcare system literacy index to quantify the relationship between peoples’ understanding of how health insurance works and what a lack of understanding can cost the system.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to ramp up reimbursement for remotely delivered services, and the many success stories of its successful implementation continue to dominate industry headlines , remote health management has become one of healthcare’s most widely discussed buzzwords. And with good reason: The remote delivery of healthcare management as exemplified by RPM platforms like Care Innovations® Health Harmony has been shown to help organizations and faci

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ACA Times

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

2 minute read: It’s September. For many of our friends and neighbors, it’s a time to reflect on our summer as we transition into cooler fall weather. For those of us who are involved in Affordable Care Act compliance for our organizations and clients, it’s time to start getting ready for annual filings of ACA information with the IRS. Upcoming filing dates are as follows, subject to further announcements updating this information by the IRS: February 1, 2019.

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Waracle

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Over the next 20 years Scotland is facing a ticking time bomb with regards to health and social care as the population is set to increase by 8 – 9% which in real terms equates to an additional 450 – 475k people. The fact is we’re all likely to live longer due to major improvements in care and breakthroughs in the treatment of conditions and this puts huge pressure on an already struggling infrastructure.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Arkansas officials announce early results from Medicaid work requirements, plus more payer headlines from around the web.

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