Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 25, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Anne Dabrow-Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN and Dale Schumacher, MD, MPH When nurses are armed with the latest evidence-based nursing procedures at the point of care and real-time step-by-step guides for clinical decision making at the bedside, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program scores go up.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 5, 2018

Apple has followed up on its launch of Apple Health Records at 39 health systems with the announcement today of a Health Records API, which will allow developers to create apps that can, with permission, use data from patients’ electronic health records to help people manage care, medications, nutrition, and more.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2018

“The world today is mostly deaf,” the Pontiff observes in Pope Francis: A Man of His Word , Wim Wenders’ documentary on this religious leader who likes to quote Dostoevsky, joke about mothers-in-law, and advocate for the sick, the poor, the disenfranchised, and Planet Earth. He is, I realized while watching this film and hearing this man of words, a public health advocate.

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Health Blawg

JUNE 11, 2018

It is always a pleasure to speak with David Goldsmith ( @dsgold ), Chief Strategy Officer at WEGO Health. As he describes it, WEGO Health is working with clients in the life sciences – including pharma, digital health startups and others – to bring patient voice and expertise into their organizations in order to build more patient-centered solutions.

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 21, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 4, 2018, the Florida Board of Medicine announced upcoming changes and new requirements for healthcare providers prescribing controlled substances. House Bill 21 , the Controlled Substances Bill, will go into effect on July 1, 2018. Chapter 2018-13, Laws of Florida (House Bill 21) provides the following new requirements for prescribing controlled substances: All licensed physicians registered wi

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CMS.gov

JUNE 20, 2018

Working Together for Value. lisa.sokol@cms…. Wed, 06/20/2018 - 16:17. Seema Verma. Administrator, CMS. Topic. Billing & payments. Leadership. Fraud, waste, & abuse. Legislation. Physicians. Quality. Over the past year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has engaged with the provider community in a discussion about regulatory burden issues.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 6, 2018

Yesterday’s announcement that Apple would open the API for Health Records in iOS 12 will likely spawn a whole host of integrations with digital health companies in the coming months. But one company has the distinction of being named in the announcement, and of having its Health Records integration already complete: Medisafe.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

Less can lead to more for so many things: eating smaller portions, lowering sugar consumption, and driving less in favor of walking or cycling come to mind. When it comes to healthcare utilization, doing less can also result in equal or even better outcomes. Groundbreaking research presented at this week’s ASCO meeting found that some women diagnosed with certain forms of cancer do not benefit from undergoing chemotherapy.

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Health Blawg

JUNE 11, 2018

It is always a pleasure to speak with David Goldsmith ( @dsgold ), Chief Strategy Officer at WEGO Health. As he describes it, WEGO Health is working with clients in the life sciences – including pharma, digital health startups and others – to bring patient voice and expertise into their organizations in order to build more patient-centered solutions.

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 18, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The process of obtaining a nursing license can be challenging and time consuming. When seeking initial licensure or applying for a license in another state, you should be aware of delays in the application process due to the investigation of credentials and past practice, as well as the need to comply with licensing standards.

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CMS.gov

JUNE 11, 2018

CMS Opioids Roadmap. keya.joy-bush@…. Mon, 06/11/2018 - 12:04. Topic. Initiatives. Medicaid & CHIP. Opioids. Prescription drugs. Although some progress has been made in efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate the crisis is not slowing down. However, it is important for our beneficiaries across the country to know that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is exploring all of our options to address this natio

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 6, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Abhinav Shashank, co-founder and president, Innovaccer. Consider a situation where healthcare is not just an industry term — a situation where EHRs are not an integral part of physicians schedule but just a support to providing care. All considered, imagine a situation where patient-centric care actually involves the patient, and patient engagement is not […].

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 7, 2018

A drug no longer needs to be a tangible object, according to panelist at the BIO 2018 convention in Boston. The way the pharma industry looks at medication is evolving and may be including new tech-focused treatments, such as digital therapeutics.

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2018

The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released , for the first time, data that quantifies Americans’ spending to treat 261 medical conditions, from “A” diseases like acute myocardial infarction, acute renal failure, ADHD, allergic reactions, anxiety disorders, appendicitis and asthma, to dozens of other conditions from the rest of the alphabet.

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Health Blawg

JUNE 11, 2018

It is always a pleasure to speak with David Goldsmith ( @dsgold ), Chief Strategy Officer at WEGO Health. As he describes it, WEGO Health is working with clients in the life sciences – including pharma, digital health startups and others – to bring patient voice and expertise into their organizations in order to build more patient-centered solutions.

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 11, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On May 10, 2018, the Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana jury’s finding that CVS Pharmacy Inc. (CVS) owed $1 million to a doctor. The plaintiff, Dr. Anthony Mimms, claimed the pharmacy defamed him when it refused to fill his patients’ prescriptions in 2013.

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CMS.gov

JUNE 5, 2018

A New Era of Accountability and Transparency in Medicaid. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Tue, 06/05/2018 - 08:53. Seema Verma. Administrator, CMS. Topic. Initiatives. Leadership. Demonstration projects. Medicaid & CHIP. In his first 500 days in office, President Donald J. Trump has achieved results both at home and abroad for the American people, working to ensure government is more accountable to the American people.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 1, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Intiva Health is the first truly integrated career platform for healthcare professionals. It redefines the medical credentialing process by making it faster, more efficient and more secure. Elevator pitch Intiva Health provides healthcare professionals with a single place to manage their credentials,continuing education, new job opportunities, secure messaging needs and more.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 25, 2018

Two years after originally announcing it, Medtronic and IBM Watson have launched their joint platform the Sugar.IQ, a digital diabetes assistant.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2018

Consumers have health goals across many dimensions, topped with eating well, getting fit, reducing stress, sleeping better, feeling mentally well, and improving personal finances. That’s an ambitious health-and-wellness list, identified in the Health Ambitions Study , the first such research Aetna has published. Six in ten people are looking to food and nutrition for health, whether as “medicine” to deal with chronic conditions, for weight loss or general wellness, which is a f

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Health Blawg

JUNE 11, 2018

It is always a pleasure to speak with David Goldsmith ( @dsgold ), Chief Strategy Officer at WEGO Health. As he describes it, WEGO Health is working with clients in the life sciences – including pharma, digital health startups and others – to bring patient voice and expertise into their organizations in order to build more patient-centered solutions.

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 8, 2018

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Health care professionals retire, sell or move their practices or they quit their jobs for more lucrative opportunities. In doing so, it is common to focus on the new position or the next step that seems more exciting or satisfying. However, it is a mistake to neglect the details of closing or relocating the existing practice or exiting the old position.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 21, 2018

Glucose-monitoring contact lenses have been a continuing area of interest from developers all over the world. Most recently a team of researchers at Purdue University has announced that they have developed a new silicon-based, sensor-carrying contact lens that can monitor glucose levels as well as be used for ocular pain relief and drug delivery.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 6, 2018

When it comes to the challenges of raising an up-and-coming young company into a major player in its industry, former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley is no spring chicken. A serial entrepreneur and investor across numerous industries ranging from consumer technology to data management to telecommunications, Sculley has set his sights on the healthcare and currently serves as the chairman of hopeful PBM disruptor RxAdvance.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 11, 2018

Fitbit has officially launched the Fitbit Ace, the company's first activity tracker designed for children, specifically kids ages 8 and older. The band was first announced in March.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 6, 2018

It's not uncommon for doctors to tell patients that they need to relax, but now one company is aiming to develop a digital meditation product that can be prescribed by physicians. Headspace, maker of a mindfulness and meditation app, announced that it is a digital health subsidiary called Headspace Health. The goal of the subsidiary is to create a new prescription meditation app by 2020.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 6, 2018

Stakeholders across healthcare are beginning to weigh the benefits and challenges digital therapeutics could bring to their businesses, and pharma is no exception. During an afternoon roundtable session held yesterday at BIO 2018 in Boston, a panel of digital medicine and pharmaceutical representatives discussed the impact that these novel medicines has had, and could have, on drugmakers, regulators, and those prescribing the medications.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 4, 2018

Consumer-grade wearables may not have the same precision as their medical-grade counterparts, but they certainly seem to by favored by patients.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 19, 2018

Walmart’s ongoing investigation of blockchain technologies seems to have intersected with its growing interest in joining the healthcare space, according to a patent application released earlier this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 12, 2018

Switzerland-based MindMaze announced today that it has received FDA clearance for the MindMotion Go, a gamified neurorehabilitation therapy platform for medium and light severity impairments able to be deployed in the patient’s home. Using motion capture technology based on the Microsoft Kinect, the Go engages patients with a range of activities set in displayed 3D environments that promote motor and task functions.

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