CareWire

MAY 31, 2017

Giving a patient a lengthy list of all of the things that they can and cannot do weeks before an upcoming surgery or operation is overwhelming. Begin to Ease Patient Preparation with text messaging. In the time leading up to a surgery, patients are likely becoming increasingly anxious and preoccupied by stress about the procedure, concerns about how they will complete day to day tasks afterward, and a myriad of other issues that they will have to work through prior to their procedure or surgery.

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Health System CIO

MAY 19, 2017

By applying a structured, scalable approach, NewYork-Presbyterian was able to build NYP OnDemand from a concept into one of the most comprehensive telehealth programs in the country, says Daniel Barchi.

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eVisit

MAY 31, 2017

Technology is playing a larger role in how healthcare providers interact with their patients. This new consumer-driven healthcare model caters to the type of freedom and flexibility that mobile computing and Web connectivity have provided to patients in their everyday lives.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 16, 2017

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps are getting to be semi-regular accessories at beauty pageants. A contestant in the 2017 Miss USA pageant wore her Dexcom CGM onstage this May. In doing so, she joined two Miss America contestants who wore Type 1 diabetes gear in competition in recent years. sponsor. Krista Ferguson (“Miss Michigan”) decided to wear her CGM on her arm during parts of the competition because she wanted to raise awareness about diabetes.

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Docnotes

MAY 31, 2017

UPDATE: Here are the public records for the case. More details there about the original complaint. Excerpt: @eClinicalWorks to pay $155M fine: [link]. But what’s it mean? Certification. The purpose of any certification program is to create a method for the purchasers of a product to have confidence that the product safely and reliably does what it is supposed to do.

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CareWire

MAY 4, 2017

Care managers play a vital role in patient engagement, treatment plan adherence, and more – what tools can help them to perform these vital tasks more efficiently? Care managers organize patient care , handle insurance matters, investigate treatment plans for patients, and so much more during the course of their day. Great care managers perform these tasks with a sense of empathy and a desire to improve patient care – ensuring that their patients are informed about their treatment plans and next

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Health System CIO

MAY 24, 2017

There’s a whole lot that goes into crafting the right response to regulatory requirements, and for HIMSS' Tom Leary, it’s one of the most enjoyable parts of the job.

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eVisit

MAY 31, 2017

Telehealth company provides a SaaS platform and mobile app for doctors to treat their patients online.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 22, 2017

In Scotland, a 13-year-old with Type 1 diabetes was barred from a long-planned school field trip, and her mother is saying the school purposely waited until the last minute to tell her about the decision. sponsor. According to a report in the Press and Journal, Aaliyah Thomson had been planning to leave for a May 14th field trip with her Elgin High classmates.

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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.

American Well

MAY 30, 2017

Mental Health Awareness Month has a nearly 70-year history of informing the public about one of the biggest medical issues affecting the country. And while the mental health field has made great strides to destigmatize its services, the numbers prove that a trip to the therapist’s office is still out of reach for many patients in need of care. The Journal of the American Medical Association found that one-third of adults that screen positive for depression have never received treatment.

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CiscoHealth

MAY 2, 2017

Welcome to the second installment of the Extending Care blog series, a discussion of what’s possible in telehealth. When care isn’t constrained by physical boundaries, a world of opportunities opens up. Healthcare providers are now turning to video communications to help close gaps in patient care and management. Both patients and providers can save time […].

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CareWire

MAY 11, 2017

Empower Patients and Family Caregivers. Patients with chronic or complicated conditions often have an entire support network that healthcare providers and care managers never actually interact with, even though this team is often vital to patient success. These family or personal caregivers help patients manage their daily activities, their medications, monitor treatment plans, coordinate appointments and more.

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ACA Times

MAY 18, 2017

Earlier this month, Warren Buffett appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and had several things to say in his interview; especially about Trump’s American Health Care Act. While many speculated that Trump’s proposed bill to repeal and replace Obama’s Affordable Care Act would only help the wealthly, Buffett confirmed the suspicions. “If there’s one clear-cut message that comes out of that bill it is we’re going to cut the hell out of income taxes for the rich on investment income,

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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.

eVisit

MAY 31, 2017

The verdict is in: studies show that physicians are burned out big time.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 9, 2017

Less than a month after an Ohio woman was arrested and accused of giving her daughter an insulin overdose, another Ohio woman pleaded guilty for giving her daughter with Type 1 and other special needs a fatal amount of insulin. sponsor. According to a News-Herald report, Sandra Speck of Eastlake, Ohio pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2016 death of her daughter, Mindy.

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American Well

MAY 30, 2017

Mental Health Awareness Month has a nearly 70-year history of informing the public about one of the biggest medical issues affecting the country. And while the mental health field has made great strides to destigmatize its services, the numbers prove that a trip to the therapist’s office is still out of reach for many patients in need of care. The Journal of the American Medical Association found that one-third of adults that screen positive for depression have never received treatment.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 18, 2017

We have discussed in years past that Australia had a Privacy Consent where break-glass was not allowed. We understand that has changed to allow break-glass. Thus we didn't know of a case where a Consent forbid break-glass. I have been made aware of Utah HIE that has a checkbox on their Consent to forbid break-glass. This is a consent only for HIE, not for within a hospital environment; but it is relevant to our FHIR consent (and CDA consent) work.

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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!

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Hinduja Global Solutions

MAY 17, 2017

The 7 Qualities of a Great Healthcare BPO Partner. By Anand Natampalli, HGS SVP, Sales and Business Development, Healthcare Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) used to be a strategy organizations in many industries implemented primarily as a way to cut costs. Today, lift and shift is no longer the primary driver of BPO in healthcare. Instead, it’s the overwhelming need to keep up with a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

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ACA Times

MAY 16, 2017

As the newly revamped AHCA has been given House approval and moves onto the Senate floor, a new study shows how the revamped bill’s effect on Medicaid Expansion could prove dangerous. Per a study conducted by the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, there is much more at stake than may have been assumed. The new bill aims to “fix” Medicaid Expansion through means such as cutting healthcare funding to those already receiving substantial government subsidies.

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eVisit

MAY 31, 2017

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Insulin Nation

MAY 19, 2017

A new mealtime insulin that has been shown to improve glycemic control for people with Type 1 Diabetes is once again before the FDA for approval. Novo Nordisk announced March 29th that it had resubmitted Fiasp, billed as a faster-acting bolus insulin than what is on the market, for FDA approval. The company expects to receive feedback from the agency in the last quarter of 2017. sponsor.

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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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American Well

MAY 25, 2017

Original article posted on KevinMD.com. At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”. I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a doctor’s daughter.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 17, 2017

Public Comment opens for Provider Directory and File Manager both using FHIR STU3 IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplements Published for Public Comment The IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee has published the following supplements to the IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework for public comment in the period from May 17 through June 16, 2017 : Mobile Care Services Discovery (mCSD) Non-patient File Sharing (NPFS) The documents are available for download at [link] Comment.

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Medicine and Technology

MAY 31, 2017

It's truly exciting to see how augmented reality (AR) is becoming incorporated into medical education. While virtual reality (VR) headsets are also gaining some notable traction, I see the use of AR growing much faster. AR interfaces can be built right into the clinical workflow and can even be used at the bedside. People can get a taste of AR using their mobile devices, so they don't need to purchase any sophisticated equipment.

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ACA Times

MAY 8, 2017

While the country still awaits the final cues for the U.S. Senate’s take on healthcare reform, more updates arrive for the coming year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule relating to the stabilization of the ACA Exchange for 2018. To facilitate such stabilization, the final rules seek to provide more “incentives” for individuals to maintain coverage while dis-incentivizing those who enroll only after discovering the need for medical services.

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New Age Healthcare

MAY 10, 2017

A 23yr old young and vibrant engineer living in a southern state of India was under constant stress when he underwent a surgery to get a cancerous growth scooped out of his left hip. The prognosis of the surgical procedure was good and doctors predicted a full recovery within 6 months. But little did he know that the next step towards complete recovery is regular physiotherapy sessions that he has to undergo, which in itself is a painful ordeal.

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Insulin Nation

MAY 25, 2017

Opinion. Whether you have a child with Type 1 diabetes or you have it yourself, you quickly realize that this is a very expensive condition. If you are fortunate enough to have good health insurance, the costs may be doable; if your insurance is minimal or you don’t have any health insurance, then your costs can be catastrophically high. sponsor. In my opinion, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the greatest things to have happened for those with chronic medical conditions.

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American Well

MAY 25, 2017

Original article posted on KevinMD.com. At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”. I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a doctor’s daughter.

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