Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
A small study published in JMIR Mental Health found that 84 percent of surveyed patients living with mental illness were willing to use apps that would collect and share biomarkers.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Using digital health tech is a new normal for U.S. consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. That’s the consumer-demand side of the equation. But the tagline begs the supply side question: “Can the health care system deliver?
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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Nearly 100 percent of chief medical information officers (CMIOs) in U.S. hospitals believe medication management improvement initiatives are having a positive impact and that patient safety issues are less likely to occur today as compared to five years ago, according to a new survey from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS).
BHM Healthcare Solutions
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Editor’s Note: According to recent studies, fitness tracking such as wearables increase physical activity for the long-term in wellness programs while wearables monitor chronic conditions. Health plans encourage wearables, so why don’t more plans include wearables? Wellness programs help members develop healthy habits leading to lower expense pressures for chronic health issues for members and payers.
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Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
The market comprised $98 million in revenue during 2017, and is beginning to move away from stand-alone devices or apps.
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Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Richard Taylor, executive managing director, JLL Healthcare Solutions. Healthcare delivery is being transformed as we speak, from technological breakthroughs and regulatory change to changing patient demographics and consumer expectations. As the healthcare landscape evolves, forward-looking healthcare providers are seeing their real estate in a new light.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Investors continue to salivate over health tech. Rant on. So the first half of 2018 saw $3.4 billion in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) And even when investments or company rollups are specifically about the Medicare population – frothy writeups cannot bring themselves to use clear wording. Optum acquires DaVita Medical Group and Humana acquires Kindred Healthcare.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new system that lets young doctors in the field get support from experinced physicians via drones and AR glasses.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Most Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, a NORC AmeriSpeak survey found. Who’s responsible? Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). Fewer U.S. patients blamed doctors and pharmacies, although a majority of consumers still put responsibility for surprise healthcare bills on them (71% and 64% net).
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Tim Mullahy, executive vice president, Liberty Center One. Remote monitoring. Smart sensors. Better communication and overall patient care. The internet of things has some incredible applications for the health industry — assuming we can overcome the security challenges it brings with it.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Humana's “Studio H” will focus on a mix of old and new, including technology to manage provider workflows, telehealth and bringing voice recognition tools to members in their homes.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
New HIMSS Media research spotlights what innovations are needed most, top areas hospitals are prioritizing and sticking points to avoid.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Vacations and out of office messages – it must have been August. Some have said that there is no point in attempting a business meeting, even online, for August. Perhaps you were one of the 5 million visitors to Cape Cod, roaming the hillside vineyards in California or attending an antique car auction on the coast of Maine. Having managed to pull off two of those three in the same month, it’s not that crazy.
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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.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Kenneth Evans, content marketing specialist, Top App Development Companies. Mobile technology is amazing. With the available technologies, anyone can see a doctor using smartphones. The impact of app developers and mobile app developers is increasing in healthcare. They make this possible by developing and releasing telemedicine and telehealth apps.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Technology is changing the way doctors and patients interact, and the latest Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes have been updated to keep pace. The American Medical Association on Wednesday released the 2019 CPT code set.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
The funding round is led by Ark Applications and PAR, and joined by Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck.
Lloyd Price
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
While you might think that your mental health is known only to you, your health practitioner or those closest to you, you might be unwittingly revealing it to strangers online. A series of emojis, words, actions or even inactions can communicate how you feel at a given moment and when collected over time, comprise your “socionome” — a digital catalogue of your mental health that is similar to how your genome can provide a picture of your physical health.
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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!
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Ivenix, Inc., a medical technology company with a vision to eliminate infusion-related patient harm, was founded in 2012 to develop innovative solutions that transform infusion delivery. Designed from the ground up to streamline medication delivery and bring legacy technology into the digital age, the Ivenix Infusion System includes a large-volume infusion pump supported by a […].
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
The FDA on Friday issued new guidance to hospital purchasing departments and healthcare providers warning them to use enteral devices with connectors to avoid misconnections—a known risk for patient injury. Since 2011, the FDA has received reports of two deaths, 24 serious injuries and 32 device malfunctions related to enteral misconnections.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
US and China-based Driver boasts a network of more than 30 cancer treatment centers, and also offers a separate post-care management service.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
I presented these same slides at the FHIR DevDays. The overall goal is 15 Minute presentations that build first explaining general Document Sharing (XDS, XCA, etc), then Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD), and finally the Mobile Cross-Enterprise Document Data Element Extraction (mXDE) which orchestrates Query Element Data for Mobile (QEDm). The slide deck is also available to View and download.
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.
Health Blawg
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Healthcare stakeholders, including patients, want better health apps. But industry stalwarts that could create those apps don't have the financial incentives to do so, a new report says.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
LifeOmic's Chief Marketing Officer Justin Helmig will be presenting at Health 2.0 on how machine learning and cloud computing can be implemented in a healthcare setting.
Health Intersections
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
On a forum for FHIR Foundation members, I raised the subject of where FHIR is on the Gartner Hype Cycle (see Gartner write up , or Wikipedia ). FHIR Foundation member Wes Rishel ( @wrishel ), who’s a FHIR user, and also was a Gartner Analyst before he retired, graciously made this contribution that I could post here. From 2000-2014 I was the person positioning health IT standards on Gartner’s Hype Cycle.
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Health Blawg
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. These perspectives reinforce each other as she works to improve the regulatory landscape shaping security and interoperability in her role at CHIME overseeing congressional engagement efforts focused on effective use of health IT.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
A study published in Health Affairs on Tuesday shows that California was able to cut its maternal death rate in half even as the U.S. national maternal death rate doubled. Here are some of the actions they took that may have contributed.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
San Francisco-based Headspace announced that it would be acquiring voice-enabled AI system Alpine.Ai for an undisclosed sum this morning.
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