Mobi Health News
MAY 1, 2018
Despite the fact that the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest healthcare system in the country, for a lot of veterans coming into to a clinic is difficult. It would be impossible for a clinic to be in every veteran's neighborhood — that’s where telemedicine comes in.
Health Populi
MAY 1, 2018
What if you went to visit a Vermeer still life with fruit, vegetables, and flowers, and the only image you saw in the famous painting was the flower and an urn? That’s exactly what happened to museum-goers visiting Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. These art patrons witnessed a museum guard literally pulling an apple out of a painting, to leave a barren portrait of an urn and little else.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 1, 2018
Seattle-based 98point6 today announced the launch of its on-demand primary care platform. Through the smartphone app, patients in 10 US states can easily receive remote care from a board-certified physician through the AI and machine learning-powered service.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
New questions are being raised following the release of a government report that found more than 6,000 active employees at Veterans Affairs medical facilities have not gone through the required background check process.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 1, 2018
Suki, a startup that makes an AI-powered and voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors, has just landed $20 million in a funding round led by Venrock, with participation from First Round, Social Capital, and Marc Benioff.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 1, 2018
Facebook is expanding its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, the company announced this morning at its F8 developer conference.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
Aetna has added 250,000 Medicare Advantage members on its way to a profitable first quarter as it looks to close a deal with CVS Health. The insurer reported $1.2 billion in net income thanks, in part, to an ACA exchange exit.
Mobi Health News
MAY 1, 2018
Health2047, a technology innovation enterprise focused on revamping healthcare, announced today a $27.2 million follow-on investment from the American Medical Association (AMA), its founding partner, and a slew of new hires spearheaded by the recent appointment of a new CEO.
Morning eHealth
MAY 1, 2018
Why clinicians need ‘explainable AI’ — Sign of hope for virtual diabetes prevention?
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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
MAY 1, 2018
The National Institutes of Health announced today that national enrollment for its All of Us Research Program — an ambitious effort to collect demographic, health, genomic, and other data from at least 1 million Americans for use in healthcare research — will open on May 6 for those aged 18 years and older.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
The consolidation trend that has impacted independent physician practices across the country has also proven true in the oncology field. Over the last decade, 1,653 community oncology clinics and practices have either closed, been acquired by hospitals, undergone corporate mergers or reported that they are struggling financially.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
MAY 1, 2018
Editor’s Note: Changes such as a Patient Drive Payment M odel would simplify complicated paperwork requirements for performing patient assessments by significantly reducing reporting burden, savings facilities approximately $2.0 billion over 10 years. This patient-centered care should be on every payer’s radar. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. .
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
In the latest drama between the two companies, a federal judge dismissed Envision's lawsuit against UnitedHealth, sending it to arbitration. The insurer has already announced it plans to end its contract with Envision starting next year, citing "egregious billing practices.
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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.
Insulin Nation
MAY 1, 2018
The following is a press release provided by JDRF. JDRF participates in new Research Project Hypo-RESOLVE to investigate Hypoglycaemia and its Impact in Diabetes –The international consortium aims to provide evidence-based classification of hypoglycaemia to achieve better treatments for people living with diabetes–. New York, May 1, 2018– Within the newly started European research project Hypo-RESOLVE, 23 leading international players from academia, industry and civil society have joined forces
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
The National Institutes of Health has set a start date for the full launch of its All of Us precision medicine research project. The program aims to gather data on 1 million participants in six years.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
MAY 1, 2018
Editor’s Note: Researchers are calling for a “time out” in the use of performance measures for physicians after finding that less than 40 percent of these physician performance metrics are valid. Schedule a call with a BHM adviser CLICK HERE and identify which metrics save payers the most. The study , led by Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD, a specialist in health care quality and Chief Value Medical Officer for Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, found that only 37
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has asked the Supreme Court to review a case that could affect as much as $4 billion in payments to hospitals for uncompensated care and alter the way the agency administers the Medicare program. The petition focuses on whether the agency can issue interpretive rule-making without a notice-and-comment period.
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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!
BHM Healthcare Solutions
MAY 1, 2018
Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of telehealth policy barriers that hinder their plans. Payers are rapidly becoming educated in telehealth and are keen on closing telehealth gap, but need to be mindful of Medicare requirements. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. .
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
Donald Trump's original HHS secretary has apparently flipped his position on the ACA's individual mandate. Tom Price says the Republican repeal of the mandate will lead to higher costs on the exchange market, but that's not what he said last year.
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