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L'Oréal launches wearable sun exposure monitor through Apple

Mobi Health News

Last week, L'Oréal announced that its La Roche-Posay My Skin Track UV—the first battery-free wearable electronic to measure UV exposure is available for sale through apple.com and select U.S. Apple Store locations.

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4 Tips For Attracting and Keeping New Patients

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Christine Alfano, senior director of marketing, Vyne. Most practices are looking for ways to keep their chairs full by attracting new as well as continuing treatment with existing patients. Keep in mind that all of the things we’re going to discuss in this article, also apply to your existing patients.

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Data Privacy and Healthcare Access: Top Issues Shaping Consumers’ Societal ROI

Health Populi

Organizations that address consumers’ data privacy and access to healthcare create greater social brand equity, inspiring people to say nice things about the companies, recommend them as good employers, and be welcomed as businesses operating in peoples’ community. In The Societal ROI Index: A Measure for The Times We Find Ourselves In , Finn Partners and The Harris Poll measure U.S. companies’ reputations for social good, the project’s press release explains.

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Pear Therapeutics, Novartis announce commercial launch of reSET

Mobi Health News

As the first prescription digital therapeutic approved by the FDA, the treatment will be distributed and supported by a specialist-staffed service center.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Medtronic acquires AI-powered nutrition platform Nutrino

Mobi Health News

The acquisition will allow Medtronic to integrate Nutrino's predictive glycemic response algorithm into its technology.

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Inside Health Villages, Finland's multimodal digital push to bring healthcare to the home

Mobi Health News

Clinician involvement is the key to bringing the three-pronged digital health initiative to life, organizers say.

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Nicklaus Children's deploys image-based clinical collaboration app from WinguMD

Mobi Health News

With integration provided by Dicom Systems, the app will allow nurses and doctors to easily share and upload clinical smartphone images.

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Proposed framework lessens FDA's regulatory requirements for prescription drugs companion apps

Mobi Health News

The agency's proposal would classify the majority of software released by pharmas as "promotional labeling" that would not require premarket review.

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Convincing C-suite to fund cybersecurity

Mobi Health News

Shakira Brown, CEO of SMB Strategic Media, says that to get executive buy-in for cybersecurity funding, you must focus on business value, such as lowering costs, improving productivity, and increasing revenue.

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Report: VA turns to Apple to develop patient-facing mobile EHR

Mobi Health News

According to emails reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the technology could help patients find care centers near them and share medical test results.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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NHS highlights trusted healthcare apps

Mobi Health News

Hazel Jones, NHS Digital's Apps & Wearables program director, talks about the wide range of healthcare apps that were put through a stringent assessment process before being showcased in the UK's NHS apps library.

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ClinMAPS app launched to help better assess and treat burn scars

Mobi Health News

The first known digital scar assessment app will soon be available for clinicians and therapists working with burns patients. Senior Occupational Therapist with the Adult Burn Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in Australia, Ms Tanja Klotz, said the ClinMAPS PRO app will be used for patients and in research to accurately assess the severity of burn scars at any point in time.

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Despite potential, mental health app usage remains low, study shows

Mobi Health News

A recent study published by JMIR Mental Health showed only about 10 percent of mental health patients surveyed used apps.

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Ascensia's diabetes management app, glucometer integrate with Apple Health

Mobi Health News

Once prompted, data from the Contour Diabetes app and Contour Next One glucometer will automatically populate within the Apple feature's Blood Glucose section.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Clinician's path toward innovation

Mobi Health News

Dr. Shafi Ahmed, CMO, Medical Realities, says that clinicians can be inventors and embrace change by ensuring the patient voice remains prominent when developing innovative strategies at a leadership level.

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AI-powered kidney disease diagnostic Renalytix AI lands $29M

Mobi Health News

This latest funding news coincides with the company's announcement that it will now be publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange.

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CDC recognizes Livongo's DPP, eGYM raises $20M, and more digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Duke freshmen to receive free smartwatches for sleep monitoring program; FallCall Lite emergency fall system supports Siri Shortcuts.

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Post-Google, what does the glucose-sensing contact lens landscape look like?

Mobi Health News

Dutch company NovioSense's eyelid sensor shows promise; other efforts are academic.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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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Be Thankful by Engaging With Grace and Talking About Your End-of-Life Wishes With Loved Ones

Health Populi

“Thanksgiving.” Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the word, first, as “the act of giving thanks.” Second, it’s “a prayer of expressing gratitude.” And, third, the word means a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness. We each have our own stories about how a loved one’s life has ended. If we’re lucky, that beloved person had a good death: in sleep, perhaps, or simply of old age with no hospital events or trauma.

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In the wake of layoffs and cuts, Novartis doubles down on digital

Mobi Health News

A new innovation center called the Biome and numerous internal efforts paint a picture of a digital-focused game plan.

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Merck KGaA, Palantir's new joint venture looks to tear down cancer research data silos

Mobi Health News

Boston-based Syntropy will create a digital platform that allows cancer researchers to share and analyze data from numerous different organizations.

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AI-enabled cancer screening platform Ezra snags $4M in seed funding

Mobi Health News

The New York-based startup also launched a beta version of its prostate cancer screening program.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Chilean women's attitudes toward Pap screening reminder texts vary by age

Mobi Health News

A study in JMIR mHealth and UHealth investigated the barriers preventing Chilean women from being tested for cervical cancer.

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Peerfit's fitness benefits platform is now courting consumers

Mobi Health News

The platform, which allows users to redeem tokens for fitness classes, previously was only available to employers.

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Humana supports Florida seniors with Papa, Cognoa's developmental tool screens for LEARN Behavioral, and more digital health deals

Mobi Health News

Also: MaxQ AI's software to be distributed with Samsung NeuroLogica medical imaging hardware; Boston Children's Hospital's specialists staff 2nd.MD virtual platform.

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Sensyne Health signs EY agreement, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation board members revealed, and more UK digital health news briefs

Mobi Health News

Oxford-based Sensyne Health announces partnership with EY. Former UK science minister Lord (Paul) Drayson’s Sensyne Health has signed a Strategic Advisory Services agreement with EY to scale up the business and build on its business model.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

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Working on the snoring problem, one innovation at a time

Mobi Health News

Innovation Factory’s Alaa Chalabi talks using wearables to detect sleep disorders and snoring habits at WISH in Doha, Qatar last week.

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