Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mike Kijewski, CEO, MedCrypt. Advancements in medical device technology has allowed for services, initiatives and changes in healthcare delivery to evolve at a break-neck pace. Smartphones are increasingly integrated into patient care planning, providing internet connectivity to share data to healthcare delivery organizations (HDO), doctors and researchers.

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eVisit

APRIL 3, 2019

Disaster strikes! Is your health system prepared for the inevitable hurricanes, the nameless twisters of spring, the floods and wildfires that seem to happen anytime and anywhere, or this thing called a Polar Vortex? How are you measuring up?

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 3, 2019

An exploratory whitepaper dropped yesterday lays out a framework that the FDA hopes to present in a future draft guidance.

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Clocktree

APRIL 2, 2019

US News just released a summary of a study done by FAIR Health which looked at telehealth trends based on insurance claims in the year 2017. Here are some of the highlights: In the single year from 2016 to 2017, telehealth usage as measured by claim lines grew 53 percent – a rate greater than for any of the other venues of care studied. Telehealth has been growing more rapidly in urban areas than in rural areas.

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Health Intersections

APRIL 4, 2019

Last week I spoke at the CSIRO e-Health consortium. During my presentation, I said: Open source products are the worst thing in the market. Seth Godin. You might find that to be a shocking claim. I certainly did the first time I heard it (which was from Seth Godin giving a keynote at EclipseCon in about 2007 – I can’t find no link now).

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 4, 2019

Developed by providers, payers and other stakeholders, each of the new voice-based services is designed to conveniently bring health knowledge and management into the home.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Perry Price, CEO and president, Revation Systems. Amid the latest security breaches at well-known companies like Facebook and Marriott, cybersecurity has never been at the forefront of conversation more than it is today. No other industry knows the dangers of information vulnerability better than the healthcare sector, where confidential patient data is stored and […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 5, 2019

Home genetic testing kits have been popular for a while and with a variety of retail services now available, it is easy for anyone to get a glimpse at their genetic makeup. But understanding that information and the potential health issues it might indicate is a different story. Genome Medical, a national telegenomics technology company, and Renown Health, a northern Nevada health system, have partnered in a trial program to connect patients who've had genetic testing with experts who can he

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

Spending on medical care costs crowded out other household spending for millions of Americans in 2018, based on The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis , a survey from West Health and Gallup. Gallup polled 3,537 U.S. adults 18 and over in January and February 2019. One in three Americans overall are concerned they won’t be able to pay for health care services or prescription drugs: that includes 35% of people who are insured, and 63% of those who do not have insurance.

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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.

Mobi Health News

APRIL 2, 2019

The Loop System continuously collects and analyzes health data to warn providers of potential deterioration. The company says it has already inked a deal with a major health system.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 2, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Manan Ghadawala, founder, 21Twelve Interactive. The healthcare system seems to become better every day. The growth and development of digital platforms have provided a unique dimension for this particular industry to grow tremendously and provide an excellent service to the seekers.

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Morning eHealth

APRIL 2, 2019

Health tech funding slows slightly — Telehealth caucus comments roll in

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

Today, April 2nd, is National Employee Benefits Day. Who knew? To mark the occasion, I’m mining an important new report from MetLife, Thriving in the New Work-Life World , the company’s 17th annual U.S. employee benefit trends study with new data for 2019. For the research, MetLife interviewed 2,500 benefits decision makers and influencers of companies with at least two employees. 20% of the firms employed over 10,000 workers; 20%, 50 and fewer staff.

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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.

Mobi Health News

APRIL 4, 2019

As part of the deal Advantia Health will now be able to offer its members video chats with lactation specialists and registered nurses.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 1, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marvin Luz, senior director of revenue cycle management transformation, Greenway Health. The move to value-based care not only impacts the approach providers take to serving their patients, but it also changes the way they document, account for, and bill patients — quickening billing cycles and creating a need for better cost containment.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 5, 2019

Amazon announced Thursday that its voice assistant technology Alexa now has medical skills that are HIPAA-compliant, signaling the company's ongoing push into healthcare technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2019

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018. Telehealth Leadership Group programme lead Patricia Kerr says the group is still doing a detailed analysis of results, but initial findings show there has been a general increase in the

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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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Mobi Health News

APRIL 3, 2019

AIA, the largest public listed pan-Asian life insurance group and Singtel, the largest mobile network operator in Singapore, yesterday announced a partnership to promote consumer wellness.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 5, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Amazon announced that a version of their virtual assistant technology, Alexa, is now HIPAA-eligible. This means it’s available for applications that are subject to the data privacy and security requirements of HIPAA. The new HIPAA-eligible version of Alexa, specifically the Alexa Skills Kit, is now available to a limited number of developers by invitation only.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 4, 2019

There are two trends going on in healthcare. More care is taking place in outpatient settings than physician offices and there’s a higher price for those services, according to an HCCI analysis.

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Christina's Considerations

APRIL 1, 2019

I recently learned about "ghosting patients" - a term used when patients find their physician (or other provider) has left a practice/clinic/medical group/hospital/etc and they don't know how to find them. This often happens due to some sort of separation.

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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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Mobi Health News

APRIL 4, 2019

China Maternal and Child Health Care Association and Wuhan University Landing AI Cytology Diagnostic Centre recently launched a cervical cancer screening AI cloud diagnostic platform. The platform can be accessed worldwide as of April 1, 2019 and women, especially those from countries along Belt and Road Initiative, will be able to benefit from a high-quality, low-cost cervical cancer screening services.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 1, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nearly two-thirds of healthcare providers rate themselves as being behind the curve on their digital health initiatives, citing clinician resistance and interoperability of legacy systems with digital/mobile technologies as the top barriers, according to new research from Unisys Corporation.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 4, 2019

Advantia Health, a women’s health group with locations in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest, has acquired Pacify, a telehealth company that provides virtual care for new and expectant moms and parents.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

Should we expect change from aging-related tech policy initiatives? The answer is yes. Many are chosen, ideas are circulated from a long list of participants -- good ideas are collected and then the initiative is disbanded. Maybe it is because the government changes a year later, but the net result is that recommendations appear, but measurements of status or success may not.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 3, 2019

Giblib, a medical education streaming service with offerings including both VR and traditional videos of medical lectures and surgeries, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, with participation from some notable strategic investors. Those include Mayo Clinic, the Venture Reality Fund, Wavemaker 360, USC Marshall Venture Fund and Michelson 20MM.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 3, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, co-founder and CEO, Innovaccer. U.S. healthcare is nowhere near what technology made us dream of a decade back. Healthcare technology was meant to act as a means of reducing costs, eliminating burnout, and making care delivery patient-centric.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 3, 2019

While black and Hispanic patients are now receiving almost an equal amount of deceased donor kidney transplants as white patients, there is still a race and ethnicity discrepancy when it comes to gaining active status on the transplant list for patients who are highly sensitized.

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