Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
Eye telemedicine company Simple Contacts announced it raked in $16 million in Series B funding at the end of last week. The latest round, which was led by Waypoint Capital Partners with participation from returning investors Goodwater Capital, Steven Cohen, executives from Flatiron Health and a number of ophthalmologists, brings the company’s total funding to $26 million.
Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 21, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Helen Waters, executive vice president, MEDITECH. What would you do if you won the lottery? Regardless whether or not you play, you’ve surely pondered the question. Recently, during the frenzy around one mega jackpot or another, I had an interesting conversation with a friend. She told me if she were to win she’d replace everything […].
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Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
This morning, the employee wellness and health engagement platforms Virgin Pulse and RedBrick Health announced that they are merging under the Virgin Pulse name. The merger comes after Marlin Equity Partners' acquisition of RedBrick Health last week and Virgin Pulse today, both for an undisclosed sum.
Morning eHealth
MAY 21, 2018
Scholars say health IT can increase gap between haves and have-nots
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Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
The British government is now turning to artificial intelligence as an avenue for early cancer and chronic disease detection. This morning, Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to invest in AI technology development for the healthcare sector as part of her industrial strategy. The plans aim not only to improve healthcare but to grow the country's AI industry.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
In the first year of CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), CareCloud, an EHR and practice management software company that offers a MIPS Success Guarantee Program to its users, is reporting that 100 percent of its physicians are avoiding penalties under the program — and nearly half are receiving additional bonus payments.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 21, 2018
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has convened some of healthcare's heavy hitters to accelerate improvements to patient safety, including taking on medical errors, the co-chairs tell FierceHealthcare.
Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
The American Heart Association, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and healthcare tech company Royal Philips have partnered to finance a new $30 million venture fund, according to a statement. Called Cardeation Capital, the fund will be managed by Aphelion Capital, a healthcare and medical tech VC firm, and focused on promoting innovative technologies targeting heart disease and stroke care.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 21, 2018
Aetna is suing two Texas laboratories for using in-network hospitals as "pass-through" providers to bill the insurer $50 million in fraudulent claims. One pass-through hospital filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.
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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 21, 2018
Patient engagement and care coordination technology company CipherHealth has raised approximately $37.6 million in funding, according to a recent SEC filing. The funding was led by JMI Equity.
VSee
MAY 21, 2018
Telehealth lawyer Nate Lacktman recommends that when negotiating a telehealth reimbursement contract from private payers, make sure to use the language of payers (e.g. member vs. patients), and to have a plan ready for showing them how telemedicine will benefit the payers such as by saving money or having healthier members. Here are 3 recommendations.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 21, 2018
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed dozens of bills recently to fight the opioid crisis, with many focusing on Medicare and Medicaid, including planned demonstration programs and better access to telehealth services.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
MAY 21, 2018
During the GDPR discussions at the HL7 workgroup meeting in Cologne , we uncovered a potential 'nice to have' in the general information technology space, an 'Erasure Receipt'. The idea is that GDPR includes Article 17 the Right to Erasure ( Recital 65 - Right of rectification and erasure ), which is similar to the 'Right to be Forgotten' ( Recital 66 - Right to be forgotten ).
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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
MAY 21, 2018
Athenahealth's largest shareholder, Janus Henderson Group, has come out in support of exploring a sale, and sources tell FierceHealthcare they aren't the only ones. Pressure from the company's top investors may force shareholders to take sides in what could become a contentious takeover following Elliott Management's bid to buy the EHR vendor.
KB Dental Consulting
MAY 21, 2018
Many dental professionals travel around Australia in order to provide basic dental services to vastly sparse rural and farm communities in drought-stricken regions. Historically, drought has been a problem in many regions of the world including Australia and the consequences for the farming community has been disastrous. One of the first warning signs of dehydration is dry mouth which in turn is not producing saliva and becomes an ideal breeding ground for bacteria putting oral health at risk.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 21, 2018
Boston-based Iora Health closed a $100 million funding round on Monday that it will use to support its technology. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court sided with Epic in a case on arbitration agreements, and Cerner expanded its share repurchasing program.
Health Populi
MAY 21, 2018
Be the change you wish to see in the world, Gandhi has been attributed as saying. This sentiment was echoed by Lauren Singer last Friday 18th May as we brainstormed the social determinants of health and the factors that underpin healthy communities. Our Facebook Live session was convened by the Aetna Foundation, which sponsored research on the Healthiest Communities in 2018.
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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
MAY 21, 2018
These are the tests the World Health Organization has called essential, plus other healthcare industry news from around the web.
Health Populi
MAY 21, 2018
Be the change you wish to see in the world, Gandhi has been attributed as saying. This sentiment was echoed by Lauren Singer last Friday 18th May as we brainstormed the social determinants of health and the factors that underpin healthy communities. Our Facebook Live session was convened by the Aetna Foundation, which sponsored research on the Healthiest Communities in 2018.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 21, 2018
The CMS has rejected one state's request to end the individual mandate; also, is it cheaper to cover people under Medicaid or through the ACA exchanges?
ACA Times
MAY 21, 2018
2 minute read: As the current White House and Congressional Republicans continue to snipe at the Affordable Care Act, some states are taking action to shore up the federal healthcare law through a variety of approaches. California state legislators may have offered the most daring approach to healthcare in recent months. The proposed California Health Care Price Relief Act would form an independent state agency, the California Health Care Cost, Quality and Equity Commission.
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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