Health System CIO
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Although the concept of telemedicine isn’t exactly radical, one could argue that the way it’s being applied at organizations like NewYork-Presbyterian to improve the patient experience are quite innovative, says CIO Daniel Barchi.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Commentary. It’s time once again for Insulin Nation’s “Naughty and Nice” list, where we play Judge Santa with some of the Type 1 diabetes newsmakers in 2016. The coal-and-candy-cane winners are: Naughty. 1. The Dollar Store. In September, this retail chain for cheap stuff was fined a lot of dollars (275K of them) after it had fired a cashier for treating a bout of hypoglycemia with orange juice while on the clock.
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American Well
DECEMBER 4, 2016
Steps to Telehealth Success. Preparing for 2017. By: Albert Ferreira. As the year comes to a close and healthcare organizations prepare for 2017, telehealth success initiatives are expected to remain high on the list of priorities. There are many indicators that this activity will continue: Numerous states with legislative bills currently on the table.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
DECEMBER 9, 2016
I have gotten into multiple discussions on the topic of TLS 1.0. The result always seems to end up in no change of anyone position. There are a few agreed to points: SSL is fully forbidden. TLS 1.2 is best TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not as good as 1.2 Bad crypto algorithms must not be used (e.g. NULL, DES, MD5, etc) However some people are taking a policy decision that TLS 1.2 is the ONLY protocol.
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ACA Times
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Over the past year, Form 5500 has gone through changes and proposed modifications in an effort to streamline healthcare information reporting on the part of employers. The Department of Labor , The Department of the Treasury , The IRS , and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have joined forces for quality control and data mining when it comes to annual reporting.
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American Well
DECEMBER 8, 2016
If you’ve heard of American Well, you know we are a Boston-based digital health company and a leader in the telehealth space. However, many may not realize that our American-born company was founded by two Israeli brothers who still maintain close ties with the Israeli innovation community. Massachusetts has long been a draw for Israeli companies looking to expand operations in the U.S. and recently, there is even greater interest from Israeli-led healthcare and technology firms in moving to the
Healthcare Exchange Standards
DECEMBER 6, 2016
I have changed employer. From GE Healthcare to By Light. Both companies offer their employees Health Insurance through United Healthcare I 'figured' that I could continue to use my existing United Healthcare web login account to access both the old and new insurance account. Turns out this is not the way they do it. They want me to create a new web login for the new insurance account.
ACA Times
DECEMBER 6, 2016
President-Elect Donald Trump’s plans for the fate of our healthcare remains a work in progress. During the 2016 election, Trump stated that he fully intended to repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act, yet as of late appears to have changed his tune. It’s a matter that begs a “wait and see” response. However, one major aspect of Trump’s own healthcare reform is that of Health Savings Accounts or HSAs.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Okay, if you’re looking for a serious story about an experimental diabetes treatment, this ain’t it. If, instead, you’re looking for a story about something really weird in nature that may, or may not, benefit people with diabetes down the road, read on. sponsor. According to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation News report , Australian researchers have somehow (don’t ask me how) discovered that platypus harbor a special form of the hormone GLP-1 in little spurs in their hind legs.
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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 8, 2016
If you’ve heard of American Well, you know we are a Boston-based digital health company and a leader in the telehealth space. However, many may not realize that our American-born company was founded by two Israeli brothers who still maintain close ties with the Israeli innovation community. Massachusetts has long been a draw for Israeli companies looking to expand operations in the U.S. and recently, there is even greater interest from Israeli-led healthcare and technology firms in moving to the
Healthcare Exchange Standards
DECEMBER 3, 2016
This is a use of the IHE published De-Identification Handbook against a use-case. The conclusion we came to is an important lesson, that sometimes the use-case needs can't be met with de-identification to a a level of 'public access'. That is that the 'needs' of the 'use-case' required so much data to be left in the resulting-dataset, that the resulting-dataset could not be considered publicly accessible.
ACA Times
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Donald Trump recently announced his pick of Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) quickly followed by his announcement of picking Seem Verma to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is the part of HHS that oversees Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Commentary. It’s time once again for Insulin Nation’s “Naughty and Nice” list, where we play Judge Santa with some of the Type 1 diabetes newsmakers in 2016. The coal-and-candy-cane winners are: Naughty. 1. The Dollar Store. In September, this retail chain for cheap stuff was fined a lot of dollars (275K of them) after it had fired a cashier for treating a bout of hypoglycemia with orange juice while on the clock.
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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.
American Well
DECEMBER 8, 2016
If you’ve heard of Amwell, you know we are a Boston-based digital health company and a leader in the telehealth space. However, many may not realize that our American-born company was founded by two Israeli brothers who still maintain close ties with the Israeli innovation community. Massachusetts has long been a draw for Israeli companies looking to expand operations in the U.S. and recently, there is even greater interest from Israeli-led healthcare and technology firms in moving to the state.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Commentary. In the midst of Time Magazine’s 6,000-word “Person of the Year” profile of Donald Trump, the president-elect said, “I’m going to bring down drug prices…I don’t like what has happened with drug prices.”. Those 16 words were enough to make our most recent November 16th coverage on Donald Trump and drug prices (“ Trump May Not Take on Insulin Prices After All ”) out of date.
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