KevinMD

MAY 18, 2018

When I was a cardiology fellow back in the 1980s, I learned about a variety of early tools for evaluating heart health that had been displaced by the modern standards of electrocardiography (ECG, or EKG for the Deutschephiles) and echocardiography. One such technique – ballistocardiography – stuck with me, and may be making a comeback. Ballistocardiography is based on the observation that the mechanical action of the heart leads to subtle.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 14, 2018

Telemedicine technology has been improving steadily over the past several years, and as the tech gets better, so does its reputation.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

One-third of Americans are following a specific eating pattern, including intermittent fasting, paleo gluten-free, low-carb, Mediterranean diet, and Whole 30, among dozens of other food-styles in vogue in 2018. It’s mainstream now that Americans are shopping food for health, with eyes focused on heart health, weight, energy, diabetes, and brain health, according to the 2018 Food & Health Survey from IFIC, the International Food Industry Council Foundation.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 14, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Rahul Patel, EVP of digital products and services, Persistent Systems. There is a growing interest among healthcare organizations to leverage actionable analytics solutions to derive valuable insights from data. Advanced, AI-driven predictive modeling is working to build healthier populations that meet the demands of value-based care, and new digital experiences are reaching providers and […].

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KevinMD

MAY 16, 2018

Blockchain technology has the potential to dramatically transform health care delivery by facilitating data exchange between providers and electronic health record (EHR) systems. A decentralized and transparent platform, blockchain technology provides an authenticated platform that applies a consensus-driven approach to facilitate the interaction of multiple entities through a shared ledger.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

Disparities in Americans’ health vary among people living in each of the 50 states. These differences in health status generally fall into two regions: north and south, found in the Commonwealth Fund’s 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance. The map shows this stark geography-is-health-destiny reality: the worse-than-average states, the Fund found, run from Nevada southeast to Arizona, through New Mexico and Texas all the way to Atlantic Ocean and the Carolinas, then north

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 15, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Tim Scott, chief operating officer, American Medical Software. So you are having some difficulty deciding between cloud-based and client-server based EHR software – don’t worry, you are not alone. If you look at them side-by-side, they both certainly have their ups and downs. The determining factor ought to be how your practice operates.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

Nemours Children's Health System has cleared the final hurdles to opening a pediatric residency program, and it's already drawing plenty of interest from potential recruits. Its first class is set to begin training in July 2019.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 14, 2018

Many players in the healthcare industry are closely watching how Apple Health Records are performing in this rapidly changing market.

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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.

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

American saw the greatest number of deaths from suicide and alcohol- and drug-induced fatalities was recorded in 2016. That statistic of nearly 142,000 equates to deaths from stroke and exceed the number of deaths among Americans who died in all U.S. wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 17, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Thanh Tran, CEO, Zoeticx. Federal healthcare organizations, such as CMS, have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 18, 2018

Nearly a year and one VA secretary later, Cerner has finally inked a 10-year, $10 billion contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs. But the contract could still face legal challenges and formal protests, and one analyst wonders whether it will ultimately distract Cerner from developing other business lines.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 16, 2018

Verily Life Sciences has filed a patent application for a “smart diaper” carrying a sensor for detecting and differentiating between feces and urine. The diaper would also contain a transmitter capable of wirelessly communicating whether waste is present to a separate device via Bluetooth, WiFi, or other means.

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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.

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

Too much road noise, no self-driving information. So how safe are self-driving cars for us, those pesky consumers who are also the victims of this tech for tech's sake ? Ask yourself – how would you know? Even the NTSB doesn’t want you to know details of accidents involving Tesla’s Autopilot. Let’s remember the so-called problem being hustled into the market -- to reduce deaths from auto accidents.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 16, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Rich Krueger, CEO, Hospital IQ. With digital information flowing from countless sources, including electronic health records (EHRs), wearable devices and digital maps that monitor global disease outbreaks, the healthcare industry is taking a big data approach to improving patient outcomes and enhancing the daily lives of countless others.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 18, 2018

Sarah Behnke, an Aetna actuary that accused CVS Caremark of engaging in a massive fraud scheme, was placed on paid administrative leave days after her suit was unsealed. Behnke's attorney told FierceHealthcare Aetna placed her on leave requesting she destroy documents.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Sanofi’s approach to digital health is broad, but focused, Rachel Sha, the company’s vice president of digital business development and licensing, told MobiHealthNews in an interview ahead of next week’s BIO 2018 conference in Boston, where Sha will be speaking on a range of digital health-related topics.

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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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Morning eHealth

MAY 15, 2018

NIH looking for new chief data scientist — Elliot still waiting for response to athena takeover offer

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Society for Participatory Medicine

MAY 14, 2018

Posted today on our SPM Connect member forum by SPM vice-chair Joe Ternullo. Join me in cheering on SPM members Lorraine and Gene Sacco, founders of the Reid R. Sacco Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Alliance. ( @AYACancerAllian ) The Chronicle Episode “ Beyond the Cure” [above] featuring the work of the Reid R Sacco AYA [Adolescents and Young Adults] Cancer Clinic and Program at Tufts Medical Center, has just been nominated for an Emmy.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 14, 2018

Big Data is one of the driving forces behind the transition from volume to value, experts say. Here's why patient-centrism should is among the most important.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Yesterday, startup LifePlus exited stealth mode to reveal what it claims to be the first noninvasive continuous blood glucose monitoring multi-sensor wearable, called LifeLeaf. Although details are scare on exactly how the technology works, the company said the product is being tested in five clinical trials around the world.

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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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Morning eHealth

MAY 14, 2018

VA finalizes telemedicine expansion rule — HHS will go easy on regulation for MyHealthEData

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 18, 2018

I just finished a very long week in Cologne at the HL7 workgroup meeting and FHIR Connectathon. I had the idea that I could host a discussion of how to use FHIR in a GDPR compliant organization. So I created a FHIR Connectathon track. This track was hopeful that we could do testing with various parts of the FHIR specification. We ended up talking more about generally how to use the various capabilities that exist in FHIR to meet the various Articles in GDPR.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

So your patients want to be friends on social media. That’s just one of the challenges physicians can face when it comes to the world of social media.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 16, 2018

Charlottesville, Virginia-based connected monitor company CareTaker Medical has closed a $3.4 million investment. The funding round was led by IrishAngels, KOFA Healthcare, and Jaffray Woodriff, with participation from other new and existing investors. The company’s new funds will be used to accelerate global commercialization of the device, according to a statement.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

MAY 14, 2018

The following is a list of legislative activities compiled by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) for telehealth and telemedicine within the South Central region (AR, MS, and TN). Please Note: CCHP has a pending legislation/regulation web page located at the following link: [link]. LEGISLATION. Dead Legislation/Session Ended. State Bill Number Status Summary.

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Morning eHealth

MAY 18, 2018

How EHRs could improve price transparency — House advances opioid bills

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 17, 2018

A new venture capital fund brings together three organizations from different areas of the healthcare industry to focus on grassroots solutions for cardiac care. "I don’t know of any other fund that has quite the same convergence of partners," AHA CEO Nancy Brown tells FierceHealthcare.

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