Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The resulting integrated platform will be known as “GetWell Loop,” and will include support for care pathways, remote patient monitoring, virtual check-ins and other capabilities.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
While overall adoption of meditation and yoga in the U.S. substantially grew between 2012 and 2017, many more women than men use these holistic medicine approaches. In 2017, 14.3% of American adults 18 and over did yoga, 14.2% meditated, and 10.3% saw a chiropractor. Use of meditation grew over 300% over the five years, and use of yoga by 50%. Using a chiropractor marginally rose by 10%.
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Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe will now be HIPAA eligible.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
While both voluntary and mandatory bundled payment models have the potential to advance value-based care, mandating participation provides HHS the most information about what works, said Secretary Alex Azar.
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Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The digital platforms are expected to help customers manage anxiety and depression.
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Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The AI tool helps clinicians prioritize patients in need of immediate diagnosis, but does not render these decisions on its own.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
As industry stakeholders look to drive down rising healthcare costs, a consistent trend emerges: Geography matters. Tracking those trends can lead to more effective solutions, according to a new report.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The digital platforms are expected to help customers manage anxiety and depression.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
October – autumn leaves drift down and large events gear up. Traversing the trade show world, so much tech, so little time. And other shows await, including Aging 2.0 Optimize in California , GSA in Boston , Innovations in Longevity in DC (see you at there!) all ahead in the remains of the year of 2018. For each of the trade show events, look for startup garages and innovation sections grouped at the back or on the side of convention centers.
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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.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The new funding will help the company expand its teams and raise awareness of its product.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Today, Catholic hospitals are much less likely to be run by nuns as they are by lay executives who don’t serve as a human embodiment of religious roots. The shift has been noticed.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The new funding will help expand the company's oncology benefits management capabilities and invest in new technology.
Morning eHealth
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Medicaid expansion a hit — Research roundup
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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
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Most doctors and other clinicians did okay in the first year of MIPS. In fact, 93% of the doctors and clinicians who participated received a positive—albeit modest—positive payment adjustment for their performance in 2017.
Lloyd Price
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Female biology may not be rocket science, but keeping track of menstrual calendars is not always the easiest thing either. Raise your hand if you agree with me, or so asked the tech world before plunging itself headlong into a field now termed ‘femtech’. Femtech, in simpler words, is an assertion that the female reproductive system is often a complex, moody thing and technological assistance can go a long way in helping us understand it.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Medication safety—or lack thereof—among seniors is placing an unnecessary strain on our healthcare system, especially when you consider the correlation between aging and the increasing number of medications taken annually.
Lloyd Price
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The U.S. government is taking a closer look at how to stop hackers from taking control of medical devices like pacemakers. An inspector general's report last month found the Food and Drug Administration's "plans and processes were deficient for addressing medical device cybersecurity compromises." The FDA disputes that and says it "has worked proactively" on the issue.
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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!
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Winters in Norway can be inhospitable—temperatures drop into negative double-digits, winds whip and snowstorms pummel anyone brave enough to venture outside—but they can bring some important lessons.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The Eversense CGM system consists of an implanted sensor, a removable transmitter, and a smartphone app. CGM adoption has been slower than expected with less than 30% of T1D people using CGM devices even though they have been available for a decade. Perhaps the biggest issue is that adherence and persistent use are disappointing among people once they buy a CGM.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Back when the Affordable Care Act first introduced new mandates for individuals and employers, critics predicted businesses would respond by cutting workers' pay and giving them fewer hours. According to a recent report by the Urban Institute, those fears have not materialized.
David Chou
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Due to the rapid technological advancements in society, it is nearly impossible to operate a successful business without a digital presence. From software to internet marketing, the digital elements of society are an integral part of business operations. This has led to larger numbers of technology experts in organizations, guiding operations and policy to navigate technology advancements.
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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.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Voters decided to expand Medicaid in Idaho, Nebraska and Utah via ballot initiatives last week. Gubernatorial elections in two other states have major implications for expansion as well.
CMS.gov
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 1 Performance Results. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 16:46. Seema Verma. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Topic. Data. Physicians. Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 1 Performance Results. Earlier this year, we released preliminary participation data on clinicians eligible to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) under the Quality Payment Program (QPP).
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Just over 370,000 people signed up for health plans on Healthcare.gov during the first week of open enrollment, which began on Nov. 1. Those numbers are lower than last year, but after accounting for timing, analysts are bullish that some insurers could see double-digit growth.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
A Massachusetts General Hospital doctor said flight attendants repeatedly questioned her medical certification while assisting another passenger on a recent flight.
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FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
A split Congress is good news for healthcare investors, plus more healthcare headlines.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The Trump administration wants to give states more freedom to states overseeing Medicaid managed care and ease network-adequacy standards. Part of a proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday would allow states to include telehealth providers are part of networ- adequacy standards and strengthen federal oversight payments.
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Democrats may not have ridden a blue wave as big as the one they hoped for, but the party's reclamation of the House majority for the first time in eight years has a major implication for the healthcare industry: predictability.
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