The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare. The fastest path to widespread adoption of these technologies is the application to the most pressing public health needs.

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Health System CIO

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

If a new Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital was going to succeed where its predecessor failed, it would mean a willingness to leverage technology and extend care outside of the four walls, says Sajid Ahmed.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

sponsor. A person with diabetes knows that managing this chronic condition can take up a large chunk of one’s personal budget. It’s a bit harder to picture how much diabetes costs the entire U.S. economy, but the thought exercise is eye-opening. Here are some statistics to put the enormity of managing diabetes into perspective. According to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, the national health care expenditure, in total, for 2014 was $3 trillion, growing 5.3 percent for the year, a

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American Well

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Steps to Telehealth Success. Organizational Readiness. By: Albert Ferreira. A day does not pass where a healthcare provider, a technology vendor or a media outlet shares a heartwarming story that demonstrates the impact telehealth has on patient care. That was not always the case…. Not long ago, advocates were on the front lines promoting the value and benefits of telehealth to healthcare stakeholders.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

My last article was regarding if XUA (SAML) was useful in a Service-to-Service SOAP exchange. The same question came to me regarding FHIR and http REST. It was not as well described, as it was in a phone call. But essentially the situation is very similar. There are two trading partners that have an agreement (Trust Framework) that one will be asking questions using FHIR http REST interfaces of the other party.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

For most, the holiday season involves at least one big family meal. It can be hard to get through those meals without relatives asking a lot of questions about your Type 1 diabetes. If you find your patience wearing thin the seventh time you have to explain the difference between blood sugar and table sugar, we’ve provided five memes about Type 1 diabetes and your relatives*. sponsor. sponsor.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Steps to Telehealth Success. Organizational Readiness. By: Albert Ferreira. A day does not pass where a healthcare provider, a technology vendor or a media outlet shares a heartwarming story that demonstrates the impact telehealth has on patient care. That was not always the case… Not long ago, advocates were on the front lines promoting the value and benefits of telehealth to healthcare stakeholders.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In March, the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York issued civil investigative demands to three prescription drug makers seeking information relating to their relationships with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Two of the three drug makers, Merck and Janssen, are world leaders in diabetes research and the marketing of diabetes medications and devices.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Independent contractors have gone from side help for employers to the backbone of many companies. The “gig” economy as it’s now called, includes any of said contractors who work within corporations, providing service that is presumably not available through employees. This has since shifted in paradigm, considering many companies simply utilize most as freelancers and contractors for handling work.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Early last month, New York Presbyterian signed a deal with American Well to integrate online doctor visits with the health system’s NYP OnDemand digital health platform. Powered by American Well’s software development kit, patients can access physicians within the NYP network and have a virtual interaction. “It was really important to us to offer our patients a single digital storefront where they could access all of our services,” Peter Fleischut, CEO at NYP, told MobiHealthNews.

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American Well

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Early last month, New York Presbyterian signed a deal with American Well to integrate online doctor visits with the health system’s NYP OnDemand digital health platform. Powered by American Well’s software development kit, patients can access physicians within the NYP network and have a virtual interaction. “It was really important to us to offer our patients a single digital storefront where they could access all of our services,” Peter Fleischut, CEO at NYP, told MobiHealthNews.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Each month we re-visit some of the most recent announcements, news and events in the telehealth. From success stories, to legislative updates, research findings and product updates, we’ll share some of the latest updates you can’t miss. Subscribe to Updates. A Bright Future for EHRs and Telehealth.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

As we’re nearing the end of 2016, big changes appear to be on the horizon. Our President-Elect Donald Trump has been selected as the 45th President and while his plans for the fate of healthcare remain unclear, there are some glimmers of hope. While previously Trump voiced his general discontent for the Affordable Care Act and claimed he plans to repeal it, he has since gone on record as saying he will keep some vital elements, alluding to the idea that it may not be repealed in its entirety aft

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

As we await a Donald Trump administration, political observers have been forced to read the tea leaves of what changes the president-elect might make to current policy. Many people with diabetes have voiced concern on social media about Mr. Trump’s plans for the Affordable Care Act known as the ACA, with those concerns centering on whether the law’s clause barring insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions will survive.

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 1, 2016

It remains unclear whether Trump and the Republican-majority Congress will repeal and replace the ACA. Shortly after loudly pledging that he will repeal and replace the ACA, just three days after he was elected and after meeting with President Obama and hearing his views on the ACA and just two days after a record breaking 100,000 applications for coverage on the Healthcare Exchange, Trump immediately walked back on his pledge to announce that he is also considering simply to amend the ACA.

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