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MedTech Advancements Supporting Mental Health Treatments

Electronic Health Reporter

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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Cost and Convenience Underpin Patient Demands As Health Consumers

Health Populi

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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Patients' Google search histories could help link them to appropriate care

Mobi Health News

A new study found that many emergency department patients are willing to share both their health and search data, and that their search behaviors often change in the days leading up to presentation.

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Marshfield Clinic launches tablet-based telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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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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Telemedicine Is the Solution Both Patients and Providers Need

Electronic Health Reporter

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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How Genomics Can Battle Killer Bacterial Infections in the Hospital – Talking With Philips at HIMSS19

Health Populi

When you think “genomics,” your mind probably pictures a human DNA strand. Well, my mind did, prior to meeting with Dr. Joseph Frassica and Dr. Felix Baader at HIMSS19 to discuss Philips’ approach to the tragic problem of healthcare-acquired infections that kill patients. Ever since that conversation, my mind’s eye is filled with images of MRSA cells like those shown here.

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Retina telemedicine tech helps save vision at Grady Health System

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Prescription Drugs Are Ground Zero for AI Innovation In Patient-Centric Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

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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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018. Rock Health has gauged consumes’ digital health adoption fo a few years, showing year-on-year growth for “Googling” health information, seeking peer patients’

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Patient data: Who owns it? Who can improve it? What's it worth?

Mobi Health News

As the patient moves into the consumer role in healthcare, more questions emerge around their role in data exchange.

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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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Telehealth delivers better remote care, improving outcomes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary topic: HIMSS19 Primary Topic: Mobile Health IT Additional Topics: Engagement Technology Telehealth Specific Terms: Mobile Health IT Patient Engagement Custom Tags: Mobile Health IT Patient Engagement Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Telehealth delivers better remote care, improving outcomes Featured Decision Content:

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Top Medical Apps For Doctors

Electronic Health Reporter

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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Comment on How would you like to change HIPAA? by Cohen Healthcare Law Group

Health Blawg

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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Novo Nordisk's new insulin pens will integrate with Abbott's Freestyle Libre system

Mobi Health News

Abbott joins Dexcom, Glooko and Roche as a data-sharing partner for the as-yet-unlaunched device.

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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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DOH Says Thousands of Florida Doctors, Dentists Skipped Required Opioid Training

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 5, 2019, state officials announced that about one in four Florida health care providers failed to take a required two-hour continuing education (CE) course on prescribing controlled substances. The deadline for the mandated course was January 31, 2019.

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Tech Health Devices for Seniors to Consider

Electronic Health Reporter

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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National Health Spending Will Reach Nearly 20% of U.S. GDP By 2027

Health Populi

National health spending in the U.S. is expected to grow by 5.7% every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs. For context, note that general price inflation in the U.S. was 1.6% for the 12 months ending January 2019 according to the U.S.

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Hot flashes decrease by 50 percent in VRHealth pilot study

Mobi Health News

In a small pilot study, participants that used the VR system reported experiencing a decrease in hot flashes and stress.

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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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Alaska Board of Pharmacy Sends out Letter to its Pharmacists Sending Mixed Signals Over Filling Opioid Prescriptions (Part 1 of a 5 blog series)

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law. The "Opioid Crisis" in the US. We all know that there is an "opioid crisis" in the US It is probably prevalent in every state. In Florida we have been suffering under it for the past ten to fifteen years. So it is nothing new to Florida.

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Audio: CMS Administrator Seema Verma Speaks To the Healthcare Media at HIMSS19

Electronic Health Reporter

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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Apple’s health strategy: Democratizing health information

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Ben-Gurion University introduces AI platform for monitoring and predicting ALS progression

Mobi Health News

BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University (BGU), today unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for monitoring and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases for the purpose of identifying markers for personalised patient care and improved drug development.

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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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Ways Technology Can Benefit Your Health

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. In one way or another, almost every person is depending on technology for something. Technology has improved almost every aspect of our lives, including our health. It has made a huge difference in the health sector today. The use of technology has improved diagnosis and how treatment is administered into our bodies.

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How to Help College Grads Transition Into Medical Careers

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Jennifer Lockman, freelance journalist and blogger. If you know a student who will soon be graduating with a degree in any kind of medical discipline, this article is for you. Young people thrive in environments where they feel supported and valued. The help you give can make the difference between making the right career […].

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Leveraging Virtual Care Technology for Efficient Transitions of Care

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Lee Horner, CEO, Synzi. Care transitions, such as pre- and post-admissions and pre- and post-surgery, are pivotal points for ensuring adherence to the care plan and improved outcomes. However, organizations have historically struggled to keep patient engaged and compliant with the care plan during these transitions – leading to costly re-admissions and poor satisfaction. […].

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Cancer Research Has a Data Crisis: Let’s Face It and Fix It

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Carla Balch, CEO, Transmed Systems. Cancer research appears to be at an inflection point as we swing toward immunotherapy. It’s a time of great promise for patients, physicians and researchers, but also of great frustration. Too often patients are unable to access treatment options that could save their lives.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Attorney Matthew Fisher Discusses Proposed HHS Interoperability Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Matthew Fisher, attorney at Mirick O’Connell, a Massachusetts-based law firm, spoke to Electronic Health Reporter during HIMSS19, following the release of a new proposed rule by HHS. The proposed rule outlines potential sanctions and penalties placed upon healthcare organizations and physicians that keep information from patients, known as information blocking.

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Shimmer unveils wearable sensor platform for clinical trials

Mobi Health News

The Verisense platform is designed to address problems created by consumer devices in the clinical research world.

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Pfizer, Ochsner Health team up for clinical trial innovation

Mobi Health News

The pharma company and health system are looking to create digital tools to help make clinical trials easier for patients, clinicians and researchers.

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FDA grants De Novo clearance to interoperable insulin pump

Mobi Health News

The Tandem Diabetes Care t:Slim X2 can work in tandem with other blood sugar management devices, or on its own.

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Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)

In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.