Sat.Mar 10, 2018 - Fri.Mar 16, 2018

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Health IT and Vegas: Made for Each Other

Digital Health

I was in Las Vegas at HIMSS this last week, which, for the uninitiated, is a veritable orgy of health information technology (HIT). Someone from HIMSS leadership told me that over 42,000 people had shown up and they were expecting closer to 45,000. It’s a long way from 1998, I’ll tell you. Back then HIT […].

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Finnish university develops hardware-free smartphone a-fib detector

Mobi Health News

A smartphone app developed the University of Turku, Finland, detected Turku University Hospital patients’ atrial fibrillation with 96 percent accuracy, without the need for additional phone attachments, according to a study recently published in the journal Circulation.

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

Health Populi

The U.S. spent nearly twice as much as other wealthy countries on healthcare, mostly due to higher prices for both labor and products (especially prescription drugs). And, America spends more on administrative costs compared to other high-income countries. What do U.S. taxpayers get in return for that spending? Lower life spans, higher maternal and infant mortality, and the highest level of obesity and overweight among our OECD peer nations.

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No slowdown in consolidation trend: Hospitals acquire 5,000 independent practices in 1 year

FierceHealthIT

There’s been no slowdown in the trend toward physician employment, as new data shows that hospitals acquired 5,000 independent physician practices in a 12-month period. Those practices were bought up by hospitals between July 2015 and July 2016, according to data released by the Physicians Advocacy Institute.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Three Ways Technology Can Address Healthcare’s Growing Pains

Mobile Health Matters

Science and medicine continue to advance at an astonishing rate thanks to technological innovation. We have already seen digital health solutions that promise to transform patient care in our lifetime. While these advancements are indeed groundbreaking for the healthcare industry, there are still basic day-to-day care processes in hospitals across the country ripe for improvement by applying technology.

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Telemedicine is bringing our children back

Arizona Telemedicine Program

Adults with congenital heart disease have one thing in common: loss to follow up. Across the world, children born with congenital heart diagnoses often stop engaging with the medical system when they graduate from high school. A lack of understanding of the need for lifelong care, no longer having parents insist on appointments, a fear of learning that something new is wrong, and just the business of life: education, work, family are all touted as potential drivers of this precipitous drop-o

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Healthcare organizations struggle to find qualified candidates to fill vacant positions

FierceHealthIT

A new survey by Leaders for Today indicates hospital HR staffs are struggling to fill jobs and potentially hiring subpar people. Thirty-one percent of 200 leaders surveyed say they can’t find qualified candidates to fill a range of clinical and executive positions.

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Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv

Health Blawg

I attended HIMSS this year as a Social Media Ambassador. I spoke with quite a number of healthcare innovators and some of those conversations will be coming your way as internet radio broadcasts and podcasts via HealthcareNOW Radio , on Harlow On Healthcare. Here’s a ten-minute video for your listening and viewing pleasure, courtesy of HIMSS.tv (which debuted at HIMSS 2018)wherein I discuss the pros and cons of a strict approach to health data security with Dr.

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Texas surgeons perform first sinus surgery using AR

Mobi Health News

The uses of augmented reality have moved well beyond just catching Pokémon — now the technology has found its way into the operating room. Earlier this month surgeons from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center became the first in the country to use AR during a minimally invasive sinus procedure.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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VA-Cerner numbers skyrocket

Morning eHealth

Medicare, Medicaid Commissions report on telehealth — Jared and Seema forge ahead on health data

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Healthcare.gov is moving to the cloud; 2018 downtime was less than expected

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare.gov is planning to move to the cloud by April 2019, according to Bobby Saxon, the chief technology officer at the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight that oversees the exchange website. Saxon added that the agency used just 36% of it's scheduled downtime after the agency came under fire in September.

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Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv

Health Blawg

I attended HIMSS this year as a Social Media Ambassador. I spoke with quite a number of healthcare innovators and some of those conversations will be coming your way as internet radio broadcasts and podcasts via HealthcareNOW Radio , on Harlow On Healthcare. Here’s a ten-minute video for your listening and viewing pleasure, courtesy of HIMSS.tv (which debuted at HIMSS 2018)wherein I discuss the pros and cons of a strict approach to health data security with Dr.

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Google researchers find trained AI detects diabetic retinopathy on par with experts

Mobi Health News

In new study published in Ophthalmology, Google AI researchers found that they could improve their AI disease detecting software by using a small subset of images adjudicated by ophthalmologists that specialize in retinal diseases.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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Why We Stopped Paying Tuition for Our Son With T1D

Insulin Nation

My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2003, when he was six years old. We were told that a cure was “right around the corner—like, five years out.” Believing this, we faithfully attended all the walks and conventions in our area. Well, needless to say, we are still waiting on said cure, but we did receive a lot of advice about parenting a child with the condition.

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Senators slam Health Net for 'miserable' provider customer service, call on VA to intervene 

FierceHealthIT

A group of senators are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to take action that improves Health Net's interactions with providers in the Veterans Choice program. They said providers can face hourslong waits to get Health Net on the phone, and they're often behind on reimbursements.

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Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv

Health Blawg

I attended HIMSS this year as a Social Media Ambassador. I spoke with quite a number of healthcare innovators and some of those conversations will be coming your way as internet radio broadcasts and podcasts via HealthcareNOW Radio , on Harlow On Healthcare. Here’s a ten-minute video for your listening and viewing pleasure, courtesy of HIMSS.tv (which debuted at HIMSS 2018)wherein I discuss the pros and cons of a strict approach to health data security with Dr.

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Study: AI and a smartphone-based device help in identifying diabetic retinopathy

Mobi Health News

Worldwide there are 422 million people living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization estimates. The condition can lead complications, including diabetic retinopathy, which can result in blindness. However, a recent study suggests artificial intelligence can help identify diabetic retinopathy early.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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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FDA Approves Medtronic’s Predictive CGM

Insulin Nation

Medtronic’s stand-alone continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, Guardian Connect, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Unlike existing stand-alone CGM technology, this device is predictive. It can alert users of a high or low blood sugar between 10 and 60 minutes before the event occurs. sponsor. Currently, the FDA has only approved the device for use among users between 14 and 75 years of age.

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Hospital meals from around the world—in pictures

FierceHealthIT

What's in a hospital meal? Depends on where it's served. In the United States, it might include chicken pot pie and a chocolate chip cookie. In Russia, buckwheat pudding and cottage cheese are on the menu. A new campaign explores how meals around the globe look (literally) based on different countries' nutritional guidelines.

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Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv

Health Blawg

I attended HIMSS this year as a Social Media Ambassador. I spoke with quite a number of healthcare innovators and some of those conversations will be coming your way as internet radio broadcasts and podcasts via HealthcareNOW Radio , on Harlow On Healthcare. Here’s a ten-minute video for your listening and viewing pleasure, courtesy of HIMSS.tv (which debuted at HIMSS 2018)wherein I discuss the pros and cons of a strict approach to health data security with Dr.

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FDA clears Medtronic's smartphone-connected CGM for MDI users

Mobi Health News

Medtronic has finally received FDA clearance for Guardian Connect, its smartphone-connected standalone CGM for patients who use multiple daily injections (MDI) for their insulin. Medtronic's closed-loop system for pump users was cleared in 2016.

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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.

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Good news on VA Cerner deal

Morning eHealth

Bad news on Shulkin's future — Survey shows nagging cybersecurity hassles

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Pay gap widens for women physicians; earnings average $105K less than men

FierceHealthIT

The pay gap between male and female physicians is large and only growing, according to a new survey. It doesn’t matter their specialty or where in the country they practice, women doctors are earning less than their male colleagues, a survey of more than 65,000 full-time U.S. doctors by the online medical professional network Doximity found.

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Talking Healthcare Data Security on HIMSS.tv

Health Blawg

I attended HIMSS this year as a Social Media Ambassador. I spoke with quite a number of healthcare innovators and some of those conversations will be coming your way as internet radio broadcasts and podcasts via HealthcareNOW Radio , on Harlow On Healthcare. Here’s a ten-minute video for your listening and viewing pleasure, courtesy of HIMSS.tv (which debuted at HIMSS 2018)wherein I discuss the pros and cons of a strict approach to health data security with Dr.

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J&J gets $2.1B offer to sell Lifescan glucometer business

Mobi Health News

Platinum Equity, a Los Angeles-based global investment firm focused on mergers, acquisitions, and operations, has made a binding offer to acquire Johnson & Johnsons' Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania and Zug, Switzerland-based LifeScan business, which sells the OneTouch line of connected and non-connected glucometers. Platinum Equity will pay $2.1 billion for the business, which reported $1.5 billion in net revenue last year.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Shulkin shocker: Rick Perry in?

Morning eHealth

HHS cybersecurity center still unsettled — FCC and broadband matters

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Northwell Health wants to combine drones and telehealth to improve emergency care

FierceHealthIT

Northwell Health's next foray into telehealth could come by way of drone. In an interview with FierceHealthcare at the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, Northwell Health Chief Technology Officer Purna Prasad, Ph.D., explained how the New York health system plans to test the use of drones to supplement emergency response.

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HIPAA Marketing

Telebehavioral Health Institute

HIPAA Marketing Tips for Behavioral Health Professionals When it comes to HIPAA, marketing your behavioral health practice can be tricky. HIPAA marketing standards specifically dictate the kind of information that can and can’t be used in marketing efforts of all … Read more. The post HIPAA Marketing appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.

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