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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“The promise of AI is undeniable…could AI help clinicians deliver better and more humanistic care?” This question is asked and answered in a JAMA viewpoint published January 1/8 2019 titled, Humanizing Artificial Intelligence. This theme motivated a conversation held over a dinner convened by Philips hosted by Frans Van Houten this week at HIMSS19.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Humana's chief medical officer said that healthcare already has the tools it needs to anticipate patients' needs and close gaps in care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Primary topic: HIMSS19 Primary Topic: Connected Health Additional Topics: Technology Telehealth Telehealth Technology Specific Terms: Connected Health Custom Tags: Connected Health Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Sponsored: How video improves communications among healthcare workers Featured Decision Content:

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Just as we experienced “e-business” departments blurring into ecommerce and everyday business processes, so is “telehealth” morphing into, simply, health care delivery as one of many channels and platforms. Telehealth and virtual care are key education topics and exhibitor presences at HIMSS19. Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Last year (2018) the government collected over $27million in fines levied on health care providers and other covered entities for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy violations. At The Health Law Firm, we often receive questions about possible violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations.

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In the health care world, it is now commonly accepted that genes contribute less than half of the influence on peoples’ health status. Other issues play starring roles in overall well-being, including environmental factors, health care services, and social determinants of health (SDOH). These inputs include education, personal economics (like job security and financial stability), physical built environments (think: transportation access, safe and healthy housing), food and nutrition, and

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As consumers start to drive their healthcare experince, concerns about healthcare spending savvy and information overload come to light.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Tatyana Shavel, technology analyst, Iflexion. The essential purpose of virtual reality or VR is to shut down the real world and immerse a person into a different environment, be it a fantasy or just a place far away. While it is mostly used in entertainment, this technology gets wide adoption across other industries, including construction, […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. On Feb. 12, 2019, CMS Administrator Seema Verma held a session with some members of the healthcare media (this reporter attended the session) at HIMSS19 in Orlando in which she previewed her keynote remarks at the conference. During the briefing, and later during the actual keynote, Verma provided insight into the recently released Interoperability Proposed […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Brian Wells, chief technology officer, Merlin International. I hope healthcare organizations delivered lots of TUMS and Advil to their beleaguered cybersecurity teams as a holiday bonus in 2018 – and maybe even a masseuse! With an overload of alerts, attacks and system compromises, it’s safe to say that working in a security operations center […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. As of 2019, the voters in 33 American states have passed some form of legislation allowing the use of medical marijuana. 10 of them have gone so far as to legalize the recreational use of the drug. In late 2018, the U.S. government re-classified hemp — the subspecies of cannabis lacking significant concentrations of the […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

At Hoag Hospital in California, the same technology is paying dividends for patient engagement and surgical outcomes.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Georgia Tech Professor Ayanna Howard talks robotics and how gamifying therapies could help kids living with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

At HIMSS19, the electronics company is discussing its partnerships for digital brain health tools and its long-term efforts toward data-driven health insight.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

From at-home STD testing kits to behavioral health platforms, this year’s HIMSS Pitch Competition came from a variety of fields.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Analysts speaking at HIMSS19 argue that without major initiatives focused on adoption and platform creation, senior care technologies will remain low-impact point solutions.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Georgia Tech Professor Ayanna Howard talks robotics and how gamifying therapies could help kids living with cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The program launched in Pakistan, Brazil, India and Bangladesh and will soon expand to the US.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A recent article from the HIMSS Insights global eBook looked at the use of digital technologies in healthcare in the developing world.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Patient engagement and the consumerization of health also held court this week in Orlando.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Mendelian, a UK healthtech startup, has received a £500,000 grant from Innovate UK to build platforms that will help GPs to identify NHS patients with potentially rare or hard-to-diagnose conditions and diseases more quickly.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Geisinger CIO Karen Murphy says complexity in healthcare can hide providers’ underlying empathy.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

An updating collection of news released during this year's global health IT conference.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Business Finland is setting up a four-year programme to support the country’s companies and research organisations create novel services for health and wellbeing and expand internationally, offering a total of €80m-€100m in funding for research, development and innovation projects. It is the agency’s second initiative in this space, following a programme that aims to create new opportunities for international business and innovation around individualised healthcare platforms.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Apple's partnership with the VA will bring the mobile personal health record platform to more than 9 million veterans.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Mick Ebleing, founder of Not Impossible Labs, talked about his journey from video producer to healthcare innovator at HIMSS19.

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