Fri.May 11, 2018

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Amazon rumored to start Alexa-focused 'health & wellness' team

Mobi Health News

After Amazon inked a deal with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on employee health in January, it was clear the tech giant would be investigating the healthcare arena.

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The Best Way To Keep Your Patients Data Private

Clocktree

With all the recent headlines of data and privacy breaches, it is more relevant than ever to use secure platforms when conducting business in the healthcare sector. This is especially important when you are storing private patient information, particularly while communicating through any media platform. Data is said to be the new oil, since it fuels technological and overall company development.

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Hello Heart adds diabetes management, activity tracker to cardio health app

Mobi Health News

Hello Heart — maker of an app-driven platform designed to help employees manage hypertension, heart rate, and cardiovascular health — has announced the release of a new service for diabetes management.

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Landmark VA Telehealth Rule Allows Interstate Practice: Telemental Health Across State Lines

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Telehealth Across State Lines Just last week, the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) announced a much-anticipated licensing rule that allows telehealth across state lines for specified practitioners serving VA patients. The new telehealth interstate practice rule now permits telehealth to be … Read more. The post Landmark VA Telehealth Rule Allows Interstate Practice: Telemental Health Across State Lines appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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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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Peerfit's new chief strategy officer and other digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Peerfit, a digital platform for fitness benefits, announced recently the appointment of Jason Parry as the company’s chief strategy officer. Parry has more than two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, analyst, consultant, and executive, and most recently held a role at GuideWell/Florida Blue.

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White House hosts summit, looks to AI for R&D, innovation

Mobi Health News

AI has been the buzz word this year across multiple industries and now top government officials are starting to take notice. Yesterday the White House hosted a summit on Artificial Intelligence for American Industry, where it announced a new AI task force. Though the details about the task force are scare, the summit highlighted the use of AI in healthcare.

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Not all of industry loves FDA software reg plan

Morning eHealth

ONC wants to help patients put data wherever they choose — White House creates AI advisory committee

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Are open APIs the be-all, end-all for healthcare?

Mobi Health News

Adam Culbertson, HIMSS innovator-in-residence, and MobiHealthNews Editor Jonah Comstock discuss the possibilities tied to open-source development and look at a few of the innovations that are driving change in healthcare.

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UnitedHealth: Bundled payments led to $18B savings, major drops in readmissions

FierceHealthIT

The insurer said its bundled payments program also led to improved patient outcomes including reduced readmissions and complications.

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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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From HITECH to open APIs: How healthcare is becoming more connected

Mobi Health News

Josh Mandel, health IT ecosystem lead at Verily, talks with Health 2.0 co-founder Matthew Holt about the evolution of healthcare applications and their broad adoption by EHR vendors.

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More Medicare Part D beneficiaries reaching catastrophic phase, likely setting up calls for reform

FierceHealthIT

A new analysis from Avalere shows that more Part D enrollees are reaching their catastrophic phase, and the consulting group told FierceHealthcare such growth in spending is likely to lead to future reforms.

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How Cleveland Clinic is leveraging APIs to advance interoperability

Mobi Health News

HIMSS Innovator in Residence Adam Culbertson and Brent Hicks, senior director of clinical solutions at the Cleveland Clinic, discuss the opportunities and challenges to tying EHR data with new applications.

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VA Interstate Licensing Rule for Telehealth

Telebehavioral Health Institute

VA Finalizes Interstate Licensing Rule That Will ‘Open the Aperture’ for Telehealth The Department of Veterans Affairs finalized a much-anticipated rule that allows providers to treat patients across state lines using telehealth, a critical element of a virtual care initiative … Read more. The post VA Interstate Licensing Rule for Telehealth appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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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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OSU tech could make smart textiles cheaper, more durable

Mobi Health News

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt.

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Celebrating America’s Nurses

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

Leaders, clinicians, advocates, scientists. These are just some of the roles that today’s nurses play. As we celebrate Nurses Week 2018 from May 6 to 12, the people of Kaiser Permanente give heartfelt thanks to America’s nurses — especially the 58,000 we’re proud to call KP nurses. Dedicated to providing excellent and compassionate care for every patient, every time, they improve the health of our communities and nation.

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Trump unveils 'American Patients First' plan to bring down drug costs 

FierceHealthIT

President Donald Trump has unveiled the administration's policy plan to tackle the rising cost of drugs. The "American Patients First" blueprint builds on the president's 2019 budget proposal and calls for changes in Medicare Part D alongside a focus on price transparency.

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Nurses Are Awesome

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

. At the Center for Total Health, we think the world of nurses and the outstanding work they do every day to make lives better. To help celebrate Nurses Week, some very important experts were asked to tell us what they think about nurses. Watch the video here. The post Nurses Are Awesome appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health.

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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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Trump's drug pricing plan pushes for increased price transparency, greater use of generics 

FierceHealthIT

A key element of the Trump administration's plan to lower drug prices is pushing for greater use of generics and biosimilars. "We're also increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market quicker and cheaper," President Donald Trump said Friday.

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Trump targets Medicare, PBMs in plan to lower drug prices

FierceHealthIT

The Trump administration has its sights on major changes to Medicare in its quest for lower drug prices, with proposed changes to Part D formularies and increased scrutiny of PBM rebates.