Mobi Health News
MAY 9, 2018
Google has unleashed a tidal wave of product and feature updates through the ongoing Google I/O developers’ conference, and it’s no surprise that the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare was a recurring spotlight among them. Through keynote speeches and simultaneously released online blog posts, the company highlighted a handful of tech-driven healthcare efforts that seem to be bearing fruit.
Clocktree
MAY 10, 2018
CBS This Morning aired a segment today spotlighting the emerging use of video appointments in place of in-office visits to identify and treat allergies. While telemedicine won’t replace all in-office visits, this is yet another example of a service that healthcare providers can administer through video just as effectively as they can in person — and with the added convenience benefits.
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Health Populi
MAY 10, 2018
The rolls of the uninsured are growing in America, the latest Gallup Poll indicates. The U.S. uninsurance rate rose to 12.2% by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3 percentage points from the year before. 2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 10, 2018
The VA finalized a long-awaited rule that will allow clinicians to treat patients across state lines using telehealth. Neil Evans, M.D., who spearheads the VA's telehealth initiatives, told FierceHealthcare the new regulation will give the system more flexibility to provide in-home care.
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Mobi Health News
MAY 7, 2018
Fitbit has announced a slew of new digital health apps and clock faces that were born out of partnerships with major players such as Dexom, Humana, and Walgreens. The apps, which were built on Fitbit’s software development kit, are aimed at helping people manage chronic conditions and improving overall health.
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Health Populi
MAY 6, 2018
Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines. Universal health care was covered in a section on 28 April 2018, and coverage on financial inclusion was bundled into the 5th May edition. While The Economist’s editors may not have intended for these two reports to reinforce each other, my lens on health and healthcare immediately, and appreciatively, connected the dots between healthcare
FierceHealthIT
MAY 9, 2018
A new report shows that more medical devices were recalled in the first quarter of 2018 than in any other quarter dating back to 2005. Attorney Bethany Hills tells FierceHealthcare that's likely to continue as more complex software is integrated into devices.
Mobi Health News
MAY 11, 2018
After Amazon inked a deal with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on employee health in January, it was clear the tech giant would be investigating the healthcare arena.
Clocktree
MAY 9, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy this week, to help improve access to high quality, affordable healthcare in underserved rural communities. One of the key components of the strategy is to advance telehealth and telemedicine. “Telehealth has been proven to be a successful tool to improve access to care and help meet the needs of rural areas that lack sufficient health care services.
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Mobile Health Matters
MAY 7, 2018
This week marks National Nurses Week in the U.S., both a celebration of the profession and an opportunity to educate the public about the role nurses play in healthcare and their communities. This year’s theme of “Nurses: Inspire, Innovate, Influence” highlights three concepts that overlap and reflect the innate role nurses play in patient care, as well as drawing attention to the personality types often drawn to nursing.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 10, 2018
UnitedHealth and AARP have been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the two organizations are diverting at least $400M a year to rebates. The suit says the rebates, disguised as "royalty" payments, violate Connecticut law.
Mobi Health News
MAY 11, 2018
Hello Heart — maker of an app-driven platform designed to help employees manage hypertension, heart rate, and cardiovascular health — has announced the release of a new service for diabetes management.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MAY 11, 2018
Telehealth Across State Lines Just last week, the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) announced a much-anticipated licensing rule that allows telehealth across state lines for specified practitioners serving VA patients. The new telehealth interstate practice rule now permits telehealth to be … Read more. The post Landmark VA Telehealth Rule Allows Interstate Practice: Telemental Health Across State Lines appeared first on TBH Institute Blog.
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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.
Christina's Considerations
MAY 10, 2018
There was a time when I could hardly squeeze toothpaste out of the plastic tube, but that was nothing compared to the metal tube of my favorite hand cream. So, I started thinking and researching. In the process I learned.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 7, 2018
It wasn't that long ago that sequencing a genome cost millions. But now, Geisinger officials told FierceHealthcare that the dollars make sense to invest in routine precision medicine. And they plan to pay for the tests.
Mobi Health News
MAY 9, 2018
A new overview of systematic reviews of published randomized control trials of mobile health apps found just 23 RCTs of currently-available apps have been conducted, and less than half of those showed a positive health effect from the app in question.
Morning eHealth
MAY 8, 2018
NIH genome study follows in pathway of Geisinger program — Investors make $7B takeover offer for athenahealth
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
MAY 9, 2018
April showers, daffodils and other flowers. Depending on where you went in April you could experience spring multiple times – each time buds and birds emerging. With them, much news about technology, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the smug – not sure that so much time to look at and listen to Mark Zuckerberg’s confession felt like a positive. It did make one wonder how long Facebook has known which of its “2 billion users” are the 87 million fake profiles – and are those counted in the data
FierceHealthIT
MAY 7, 2018
Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health announced Sunday at the annual HLHT conference in Las Vegas that it plans to make the testing a "routine" part of preventative healthcare at its facilities.
Mobi Health News
MAY 8, 2018
Buoy Health, which offers an AI-powered tool that serves to help people understand potential health problems, announced a partnership with CVS MinuteClinic.
Arizona Telemedicine Program
MAY 10, 2018
While the computer revolution of decades past seemed to favor only younger generations, the technology advances of this decade have developed on a completely different trajectory. Our gadgets and computers aren’t just more helpful; they’re becoming much easier to use, introducing users of all ages. A recent study shows that almost 70 percent of seniors use the internet and 80 percent own a cell phone—double the number of just a few years ago.
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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.
Christina's Considerations
MAY 7, 2018
Guest Blogger: Tim Hague The following is an excerpt from my book PERSEVERANCE - The Seven Skills You Need To Survive, Thrive And Accomplish More Than You Ever Imagined. I was just forty-six years of age when diagnosed with young.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 8, 2018
While the number of genetic tests is only going to grow, a new study found that many primary care doctors feel ill-equipped to talk to patients about them. Researchers say that needs to change.
Mobi Health News
MAY 7, 2018
Sleep management company Itamar Medical has just launched SleePath, a digital sleep apnea management tool that helps cardiologists monitor patients with atrial fibrillation. The platform allows doctors to check their patients’ sleep apnea management status and compliance with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices.
Morning eHealth
MAY 11, 2018
ONC wants to help patients put data wherever they choose — White House creates AI advisory committee
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Waracle
MAY 9, 2018
Data is at the heart of everything in technology, particularly mobile app development. Processing this data responsibly has always been crucially important and the introduction of The General Data Protection Act (GDPR) seeks to put more rigor around data management. Like all companies, we have been reviewing our data management processes ahead of GDPR coming into effect.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 8, 2018
The strategy, which highlights tactics such as improving access to telemedicine, is meant to avoid unintended consequences of policy and program implementation in rural health settings, officials said.
Mobi Health News
MAY 7, 2018
Encino, California-based healthcare messaging service mPulse Mobile has raised $11 million in a Series B funding round led by SJF Ventures, mPulse Mobile announced today at HLTH: The Future of Healthcare Conference. Other participants included previous investors HLM Venture Partners, EchoHealth Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Bonfire Ventures.
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