Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The cornucopia that is the annual HIMSS conference and tradeshow – healthcare technology’s biggest event – is behind us, but what’s left in the wake is wonderful, inspiring even, if not a bit overwhelming. The reactions to this year’s event have been overwhelmingly positive. Interoperability in the form of data sharing and a ban on […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Talk to me, patients are demanding in unison. Most health consumers expect providers to communicate about routine health care and prevention; this is especially true among those patients trying to manage chronic conditions we learn from 10 Ways to Fulfill Patients’ Communication Wish List , a report based on a consumer survey from West, the communications and network infrastructure company.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Speaking during a panel session at the recent AFR Healthcare Summit , Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) President Dr Harry Nespolon said the way remote healthcare and telehealth is offered has changed little since the 1960s. “Doctors still need to see patients in front of them to dispense care. It hasn’t changed much over the last 50 years.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Dexcom announced a slew of announcements this morning including an integration with Google Fit, a feature that lets users share their readings with 10 people and a technical inquiries feature.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Good points. Without HIPAA, healthcare organizations would have no strict standards to adhere to in terms of PHI security. A change in HIPAA regulations are most certainly welcome but we need to make sure the current rules are enforced more closely.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law At The Health Law Firm, we often receive questions about possible violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Regulations. Most often, the questions that we receive concern breaches of confidentiality of medical records and medical information.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Consumers put food front-and-center when thinking about their health. Viewing food-as-medicine is going mainstream for health consumers, who look beyond the “medicine” in that phrase toward a broader concept of personal well-being. This is the theme of a new report from the FMI Foundation called The Power of Health and Well-Being in Food Retail.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Marshfield Clinic has introduced a tablet-based telehealth program in partnership with software specialist Health Recovery Solutions. It's geared to patients enrolled in Marshfield’s Heart Failure Improvement Clinic, according to the Wisconsin health system. The service enrolls approximately 1,500 patients with congestive heart failure, and Marshfield will select patients who have experienced an exacerbation requiring IV diuretics to participate in the first stages of the telehealth pr

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The device's secure alert can be triggered automatically or manually, and uses location tracking services to pinpoint the wearer's exact location to family members or caretakers.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

If you were to ask someone on the street what they consider the most impactful digital health innovation over the last five years, there’s a good chance their response would be, “telemedicine”. Not only is it easily understood–the value in using digital tools to communicate with a care professional remotely instead of battling traffic for the privilege of waiting an hour only to be told to rest and increase fluid intake isn’t lost on many–versions of telemedicine are actually available and used

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 19, 2018, the federal government filed suit against a Florida pharmacy for allegations of illegal kickback schemes involving industry marketers. The US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida alleges that Oldsmar Pharmacy was involved in illegal schemes that resulted in the federal Tricare program paying more than $21 million in reimbursements for prescriptions and False Claims

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The blockchain is a ledger, a database that keeps everything in one place and cannot be changed without leaving a mark in the ledger in the event of information changing. According to Jacob Kostecki of Blockhead Factor, blockchain makes it perfect for the recording of both research and treatment information, as well as medical histories. […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Across generations, from younger to older patients, cost, transparency and convenience drive consumer satisfaction, Accenture’s latest health consumer survey found. I had the opportunity to brainstorm the study’s findings in real-time on the day of survey launch, 12 February, with Dr. Kaveh Safavi, Brian Kalis, and Jenn Francis at HIMSS19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Grady Eye Center had a backlog of 14,000 patients to see, and most of these were diabetic screenings. THE PROBLEM. The center did some research and realized it had more than 20,000 diabetics in Grady Health System and only 20 to 25 percent were being adequately screened for retinopathy. In addition, the burden of acute onset blindness from diabetes – vitreous hemorrhage, neovascular glaucoma, tractional retinal detachment – presenting to the emergency room was extremely high.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Along with new deals with BCBS, Humana and Logisticare, the rideshare service is also adding automated calls and other senior-friendly features to its web-based Concierge platform.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Dariya Lopukhina, content director, Anadea. Mental health affects everyone at some point in our lives. A commonly quoted statistic in the UK is that one in four people suffer the impact of mental ill health. In the U.S., 80 percent of workers experience stress at some point every day, and anxiety and depression cost […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Lauren Adley, writer and editor, UK Best Essays. The healthcare industry has traditionally relied on the pen-and-paper archiving system, creating huge but impractical data libraries. However, the situation is changing in the last couple of decades with the introduction of electronic health records (EHR).

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By George Mathew, M.D., chief medical officer for the North American Healthcare organization, DXC Technology. In mid-February, nearly 45,000 health information and technology professionals, clinicians, executives and suppliers gathered to explore healthcare’s latest innovations at the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Florida.

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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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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. It’s an understatement to say that AI and machine learning were among the forefront of conversation drivers recently at HIMSS19 in Orlando. One session actually diving into the ethics of AI while leaders from Microsoft, the American Medical Association and the Cleveland Clinic spoke of the need for organizations to develop the right framework for […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Robert S. Kaufmann, MD, FACP, The Kaufmann Clinic. Primary care physicians are at the frontlines of our nation’s health. The average family doctor cares for 2,300 patients with visits varying from acute conditions to chronic diseases. Treating patients with the highest quality of care is a fundamental goal of every physician.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Leslie Swanson, president and CEO, eXalt Solutions. We are quickly moving to a patient-centric world in healthcare where treatment is coming to the patient, the patient is treated more like a customer, and medical facilities of all types must use technology from the business sector.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Mobile apps for doctors help organize their workflow, learn more about medicine, and interact with patients. For example, one of the most popular types of apps for physicians is doctor on demand app. It helps patients find doctors and consult with them online anytime and anywhere. Apps for doctors can be a library with a […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. When you are reaching senior age, there are various challenges that you may need to face. As you get older, you will be at more risk of developing an illness. With that in mind, there are plenty of tech health devices that can keep you active, fit and out of danger. Here are a few […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. During her trip to HIMSS19, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Service administrator Seema Verma spoke with registered members of the media to preview her keynote speech and answer questions about her department’s newly released proposed interoperability rule. The rule dictates that data generated by patients while in the scare setting is theirs to own, transfer […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information. The rules, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), would increase choice and competition […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Health Wizz is an electronic file cabinet for your health records on your smartphone. We help provide the tools to help people aggregate their medical records, organize them, and format them so that they can be shared easily, seamlessly and securely on a blockchain, such as Ethereum.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. HIMSS today shared insights on what’s next in health on the heels of the HIMSS19 Global Conference & Exhibition. This year’s event – which saw more than 43,000 attendees from 90 countries around the world and featured nearly 500 education sessions on 24 education topics – highlighted current industry priorities and offered a glimpse of […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize all fields, and healthcare isn’t exempted. This technology, which involves machine and deep learning, enables computers to gain the capacity to better understand and process complex forms of data. Essentially, they would have the ability to learn through examples.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Following the release of its proposed new rules designed to improve the interoperability of electronic health information, members of leadership from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a call to provide additional detail about the proposed rule, and to answer questions from the media.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brad Spannbauer, senior director of product management, j2 Cloud Services. When it comes to cybersecurity, healthcare organizations are up against a constantly shifting threat landscape. New technologies and techniques, employed by increasingly advanced criminals, require organizations to be proactive in their defense efforts, or they risk being outsmarted by those who seek to expose […].

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