Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Global Care Administrators announced that its deep learning health intelligence platform will go to market under the name Global Care Analytics (GCANA). According to company president, Scott Guilfoyle, the platform gives healthcare management a tool for key management insights within claims-and-cost and clinical data, and solid predictive analytics from local and/or global data via the desktop.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2019

Expansion of telehealth coverage and reimbursement at the state level has grown since 2017, according to the latest American Telemedicine Association. The report indicates that while states are realizing the many benefits of telehealth and are implementing policies that advance utilization, some states still lack the authority or resources needed to fully deploy telehealth across the state.

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Health Populi

JULY 15, 2019

Today is July 15, and my email in-box is flooded with all flavors of Amazon Prime’d stories in newsletters and product info from ecommerce sites — even those outside of Amazon from beauty retailers, electronics channels, and grocery stores. So I ask on what will probably be among the top ecommerce revenue generating days of all time: “What could health care look like when Amazon Prime’d?

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2019

The company's executives lauded the CGM system, which saw a 72.9% increase in organic sales during the last quarter, and hinted at implementations of the tech beyond diabetes alone.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Patrick Yoder, PharmD, co-founder and CEO, LogicStream Health. Prescription drug shortages are an epidemic across the U.S health care system. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), shortages continue to increase. They have grown more persistent and long-lasting (some active drug shortages have lasted for more than eight years), and the intensity […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. THE PROBLEM. Guam has an extremely high rate of TB: In 2017, the case rate of TB in Guam was 50.2 per 100,000 residents, compared to the mainland U.S. rate of 2.8 per 100,000 residents. Directly observed therapy, or DOT, is the practice of watching a patient take every dose of medication.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 15, 2019

With a background in biomedical science and rich experience in medical device venture capital investment, Tomoko Inoue possesses the technical, operational and business knowledge of what makes medtech startups successful – a role perfectly suited for her current role as the CEO of Omron Ventures. She believes that in a hyper aging society like Japan, there is a big need for smart infrastructure in order to make healthcare deliverable remotely by transcending time and space, something that natio

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 13, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Artificial intelligence is a topic that should interest us all – as it revolutionizes the world with every second and in unimaginable ways. And the healthcare system is one of the areas that AI has already started to revolutionize. These are the main ways in which that is happening.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate & MIPS Consulting. Just as the Meaningful Use (MU) EHR Incentive program brought potential audits to providers, so it will be with the MIPS program. Both programs were enacted by Federal legislation, and while there are differences, they are also similarities. The MU program […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 15, 2019

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Ver2 Digital Medicine using telehealth to improve humanitarian aid Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Europe/UK

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Mobi Health News

JULY 17, 2019

Women’s health has been historically under-studied and has only recently come to the foreground of healthcare technology, with investment in femtech initiatives rising significantly in the past few years.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 16, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It’s no secret that a career in healthcare is a secure and lucrative option for many people. If you have a desire to enter healthcare to help people, you have plenty of options available that pay well. Healthcare is an industry that’s projected to grow a whopping 18 percent between 2016 and 2026.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Dan Kazzaz, CEO, Secure Exchange Solutions. Healthcare is being consumed by runaway cost increases due to (the predicted) shifts in demographics and new treatment options. There is the incessant push to move from fee for service into various other payment methods such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment […].

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HealthStream

JULY 17, 2019

Virtual Care Technology – Challenges & Solutions The Outlook for Virtual Healthcare Technology Virtual care technology may be one of the major ways we can change how healthcare is delivered to meet the growing needs of the U.S. population. Here are some its challenges and opportunities, as well as predictions for the future.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 18, 2019

Chinese healthcare ecosystem platform Ping An Good Doctor has reached strategic cooperation with nearly 50 hospitals across China, including the Aviation General Hospital of China Medical University, Sichuan Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, to jointly develop a new “internet hospital” model, the company recently announced.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 15, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Vidya Murthy, vice president of operations, MedCrypt. Type 1 diabetes is a way of life. It is a chronic condition in which the pancreas creates little to no insulin. Those living with the condition, or type 2 insulin treated diabetes, must diligently monitor their carbohydrate intake, at a per-gram precision, to calculate and manage […].

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2019

Of the $401 billion that will flow through retailers for consumer technology products, many of the fastest-emerging categories will play a role as platforms for health and medical care at home and in wearable tech. This is my tea-leaf read from reviewing the projections in the report, U.S. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts, July 2019 , from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2019

SPH Analytics, a top-ranked Population Health Management vendor, announced today that the SPH Analytics’ population health line of business will merge with SA Ignite, forming an expanded population health and quality measurement- focused subsidiary within the SPH portfolio. SA Ignite is a recognized leader in delivering solutions that help healthcare providers achieve top performance scores and financial incentives […].

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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

JULY 17, 2019

While the less pricey Withings BPM Connect is now available in both regions' Apple and Withings storefronts, the US launch of the ECG-enabled BPM Core is on hold as the company awaits FDA clearance.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 19, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Cerebral palsy is a neurological condition caused by damage to the brain during, or soon after birth. This damage stops the brain from developing properly during the first few years of a child’s life resulting in developmental issues. Many parents don’t start suspecting their child has cerebral palsy until they start progressing from newborn, to […].

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Health Populi

JULY 18, 2019

The rate of deaths due to unintentional injuries in the U.S. grew by 40% between 1999 and 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Three mortality line items make up this overall statistic: Deaths from motor vehicle traffic injuries. Deaths from unintentional drug overdoses (that is, not including suicides which are defined as “intentional”), and.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2019

The annual EXPO.health event was created to break down the silos that separate people, organizations and companies in Health IT. The event brings together smart, forward-thinking and hard-working Health IT professionals for 3 days of collaboration, sharing and conversation. The central theme is: practical innovation – technologies, methodologies and best practices that help healthcare organizations […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 15, 2019

Mahmee already services a network of more than 1,000 providers, but will expand its team with Serena Williams, Arlan Hamilton and Mark Cuban's support.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It’s hard to understate how much the internet has benefited society. It distributes knowledge to the world, it allows us easy access to myriad services, and it makes it easy to communicate with people the world over, bringing us all closer than ever before.

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HealthStream

JULY 19, 2019

The first step in preventing adverse patient events is to ensure that there is a culture of safety in hospitals and organizations. Adverse events need to be viewed as both a learning opportunity and a new opportunity to use a systems approach to patient safety and error prevention.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2019

It’s Friday and so we like to have a little more fun here at Healthcare IT Today. This week’s Fun Friday comes from the entertaining (and sometimes brutal) @EpicEMRParody account. If you’re not familiar with the Epic EMR Parody account, it’s an account that highlights many of the funny, ironic, challenging, frustrating, etc things about […].

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Mobi Health News

JULY 19, 2019

Much has happened in the healthtech landscape in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in the first half of 2019 – according to Galen Growth Asia’s latest report for that period, APAC healthtech funding hit $2.5B across 140 deals. In this article, MobiHealth News looks at the healthtech landscape in APAC for the first half of 2019 across three broad areas: healthtech accelerators, notable funding rounds of healthtech startups/companies and government-funded healthtech projects/collaborations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 18, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Rhapsody announces that the company will merge with Corepoint Health, the supplier of the Best in KLAS healthcare integration platform. The transaction will bring together two companies at the forefront of interoperability and create a dynamic combination of technology, talent, services, and trusted customer relationships to address the most complex healthcare interoperability challenges.

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HealthStream

JULY 19, 2019

To establish a baseline for COI compliance programs, HCCS surveyed 281 U.S. healthcare compliance leaders about their programs. Using the results, here are three suggestions HCCS offers to improve COI Management effectiveness across the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2019

I came across this relatively old Twitter thread from the amazing Eric Topol about genomics. The following tweet in this thread really stood out to me. In retrospect, it was naïve to think that we could understand the uniqueness & medical essence of human beings just by knowing their genome sequence. There's many more important […].

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