Babylon's AI passes mockup of UK's GP exam, goes head-to-head with doctors
Mobi Health News
JUNE 27, 2018
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Babylon's total funding.
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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer
Lloyd Price
JUNE 27, 2018
Introduction to Rwanda Rwanda has made remarkable socioeconomic progress in the past decade with real GDP growth averaging 8.2% annually. This has translated into improvements in the health situation. Major health reforms took place, including the health insurance improvement, which aims to guarantee access for all to health care; and experience from Rwanda has shown that it is possible to achieve universal health coverage in a country with 90% of its population in the informal sector.
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Fresca Medical lands de novo authorization for Curve positive airway pressure system
Mobi Health News
JUNE 27, 2018
On Monday, the FDA granted connected health company Fresca Medical a de novo authorization to market its Curve device, a positive airway pressure delivery system that treats obstructive sleep apnea.
Enhancing Student Wellness through School-Based Telemedicine
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
JUNE 27, 2018
The School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) program is collecting data that supports the feasibility and success of offering real-time telehealth services in rural School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs). STAR, the first effort of its kind in the state, is funded by a four-year, $1.2 million HRSA grant in a partnership between the Center for Distance Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Department of Education.
HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?
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Pfizer announces winning pitches for its UK-based startup innovation competition
Mobi Health News
JUNE 27, 2018
Pfizer has announced the three winning startups it has selected to participate in the second year of Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London, a foster program for innovative startups able to demonstrate clear benefits to patients or clinicians.
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5 lessons on innovation from Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals
Mobi Health News
JUNE 27, 2018
At Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the approach to fostering internal and external innovation is deliberate, thought out, and informed by years of experience. At HXD 2018 in Cambridge yesterday, Julia Jackson, managing director of Massachusetts General’s Healthcare Transformation Lab and Josie Elias, program manager for Brigham’s Digital Health Innovation Guide, broke down some of the most important lessons they’ve learned. 1.
Coalition of ACOs, IT organizations throw support behind a CMS data-sharing mandate
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
More than 50 ACOs, providers, payers and patient advocacy groups signed on to a letter calling for CMS to include data sharing as a requirement to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The letter said the shift "represents an important first step in forcing change to a system that has been too slow to evolve.
Telehealth Talk: Resources for Advancing Health IT and Quality (Episode 20)
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
JUNE 27, 2018
Episode 20 features Matt Quinn, Senior Advisor of Health Technology, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Listen as Mr. Quinn discusses resources for advancing health IT and Quality through HRSA. During his presentation, you will learn: How HRSA is structured and serves communities. HRSA’s involvement with health IT and quality.
Highmark reaps $260M in savings from value-based payment program
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
The Pittsburgh-based insurer estimates it saved millions in avoidable care costs through a new primary care focused value-based payment arrangement, continuing the success of such payment models under private insurers.
The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications
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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.
VA Connected Care Chief: Telehealth Is 'Going to Become Health Care'
care innovations
JUNE 27, 2018
For advocates of remote patient monitoring , virtual visit technology , and other technology-based care methods, telehealth isn’t just a current trend to be navigated, but something much more integral and long-term, reflecting the very future of healthcare delivery in the United States. “This is going to become health care,” says Dr. Neil Evans of telehealth.
Mount Sinai finds improved outcomes, patient experience in 'hospital at home' model
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
A "hospital at home" model can improve outcomes while also making for a better patient experience, according to a new study. Mount Sinai Health System is working to expand its program across the country.
VA will have 3 Cerner-powered hospitals by 2020
Morning eHealth
JUNE 27, 2018
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Supreme Court ruling deals blow to public unions
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that nonmembers of public sector unions are not required to pay the cost of collective bargaining, a decision that could have significant implications for workers at public health systems.
Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications
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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.
SPM’s comments on important proposed CMS interoperability rules
Society for Participatory Medicine
JUNE 27, 2018
This is the first of two posts about this important policy issue regarding portability of our medical records. The second is by Michael Millenson, who did the lion’s share of this work, as noted below. Our Society’s Advocacy and Policy chair Vera Rulon @VRulon has submitted our comments on the proposed rules that have been discussed at great length on social media.
Patient-centered medical home program saves CareFirst $1.2B, pays off for doctors
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
It’s quite literally paid off for primary care physicians who have participated in CareFirst’s patient-centered medical home model and demonstrated both quality care and cost savings.
How Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, Apple Watch improvements and Privacy updates could solve some Healthcare headaches
Lloyd Price
JUNE 27, 2018
Improved privacy controls was a big news story from the WWDC 2018 keynote. With iOS 12, Safari will prevent Share buttons and comment widgets on webpages from tracking users without your permission. The Safari update also will make it harder for advertisers to track a device's "fingerprint" to retarget ads. Health Records data is encrypted on iPhone One announcement related to data and health didn't make it to the keynote stage: Apple has made it easier for people to share their health d
Health IT Roundup—Microsoft recruits former Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO; Connecticut alters telehealth prescribing
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
The former CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System has been tapped for a senior level position at Microsoft, which appears interested in building up its cloud offerings for providers. Meanwhile, Connecticut passed a new law that will allow providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth.
The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report
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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!
How our 'digital footprints' are changing mental healthcare
Mobi Health News
JUNE 27, 2018
Every patient experiences mental illness differently, but as technology becomes more ingrained in people’s lives, it’s easier to track behavior and how that correlates to mental health, John Torous, MD, co-director of digital psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said today at Mad*Pow's Health Experience Design (HXD) Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Parting thoughts as CareFirst’s Chet Burrell readies for retirement
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
Chet Burrell, president and CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, is counting the days to his retirement. He weighs in on the company's status in ACA marketplaces and the joint insurance venture between JPMorgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway.
Patrick Yount, CIO, Lincoln Community Hospital and Care Center, Chapter 2
Health System CIO
JUNE 27, 2018
Rather than having to eliminate staff positions when implementing an EHR, CIO Patrick Yount is redefining those positions to help the organization become "more efficient, more patient-facing, and more service-oriented.” In today’s complex healthcare environment, pushing any initiative forward isn’t merely complex. In fact, it’s like “hitting a moving target with a bow and arrow from 1,000 yards away — while blindfolded,” says Patrick Yount.
Policy experts blame provider consolidation, lack of price transparency for skyrocketing medical costs
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
Health policy experts blamed hospital consolidation and a lack of price transparency as some of the key drivers of ballooning healthcare costs. "Every single thing that happens in healthcare in America, we pay twice [or] three times more than what other countries are paying,” Harvard researcher Ashish Jha told members of the Senate HELP Committee on Wednesday.
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.
Medicaid Expansion Supports ACA Popularity
ACA Times
JUNE 27, 2018
2 minute read: It’s not a mystery that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is complex. Since its passage in 2010, the landscape of the healthcare industry and marketplace has changed in many ways. A big piece of the ACA’s structural integrity relies on the expansion of Medicaid. Currently, 33 states and the District of Columbia have taken advantage of the ACA regulations that allow them to expand Medicaid to individuals with up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL) to have an opportunity to enrol
Medicare Holds Out Promise of Health Record Access Revolution
Society for Participatory Medicine
JUNE 27, 2018
This is the second of two posts about this important policy issue regarding portability of our medical records. The first provided background, with link to a PDF of the comments SPM submitted, largely authored by Michael Millenson, who provides this essay for context. The Trump administration is proposing to use a powerful financial lever to push hospitals into making the patient’s electronic medical record interoperable – that is, readable by other care providers – and easily available to patie
Trump's pick to lead VA testifies he opposes privatization in first Senate confirmation hearing
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2018
Robert Wilkie went before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday for the first of his confirmation hearings, and he told senators that he would oppose efforts to privatize the VA health system.
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