Arizona Telemedicine Program

MARCH 27, 2019

Phase One: Using Simulation Labs to Teach Future Telehealth Providers. For 15 years, I was a home hospice nurse who went out on emergency nighttime visits to patients who were experiencing symptoms that terrified their family. The travel distance added to the anxiety and suffering of family and patients. I always thought that just because a family chooses to live in a rural area, they should not have to accept suffering as “the price they have to pay.”.

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KevinMD

MARCH 23, 2019

AI, artificial intelligence, is all the rage right now in medical news media. And this has many practicing physicians, even medical students, concerned. Will AI make diagnose heavy specialties such as dermatology and radiology obsolete? Can AI give rise to new medical specialties? How many tasks traditionally done by doctors will now be handled by […].

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2019

As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with. This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 28, 2019

A new report from PwC predicts that new and proposed FDA regulations could open up doors for pharmaceutical companies looking to develop digital tools.

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Continue Education Journal

MARCH 26, 2019

What comes to mind when you think about sexual harassment at work? You probably think of a male employee taking advantage of, making sexual remarks about, or making suggestive gestures at a subordinate female employee. The EEOC defines sexual harassment as “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” when submission to such conduct is a requirement for an individual’s employment, is used as a factor for decisions regarding the i

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2019

In the early 2000s, the state of Texas was in the midst of a widely recognized, multi-decade crisis from lack of mental health services for people in need. THE PROBLEM. Psychiatric facilities were above capacity, leaving patients in mental health emergencies with either jail or emergency rooms as their only options. The ones correctly identified as in need of emergency care were taken to an ER where they could wait for days or even weeks for an open psychiatric bed.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 25, 2019

The Eversense Bridge program is geared towards patients with high-deductible insurance plans or plans that don't cover the full cost of Eversense CGM, and allows them to purchase the system for $99.

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Clocktree

MARCH 25, 2019

Read about Clocktree on Geekwire. [link]. Seattle-area startup Clocktree offers a service for patients to find and receive therapy from mental health, relationship, addiction and nutrition counselors. Providers can connect through video and messaging with their patients, and the platform also gives counselors a HIPAA-compliant place to store notes, videos and documents.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 25, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It is not uncommon, in today’s age, to do large amounts of personal business online. This includes discussing or sharing medical records. You may think that any place that shares your medical records online would invest in intense digital security, but you would be surprised.

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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. There's one session titled, "From Preventative To Proactive: How Partnerships are Reimagining Telehealth's Role In Healthy Aging.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 27, 2019

Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the investigation found that children using the new system showed significant improvements in socialization skills.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MARCH 28, 2019

Nurses find that EHR functionalities such as integrating with outside organizations still are sorely lacking, however

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 27, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technology is the new creed that has literally touched almost every aspect of our life. Be it communication, traveling, or exercising, we are always interacting with technology. However, healthcare has always been considered a very conservative area in terms of technology deployment.

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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, Thailand began development of its telemedicine programme at 32 hospitals located in rural areas in eight provinces, according to an article by the Bangkok post. The eight provinces are Chiang Rai, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Kalasin, Phetchabun, Surin, Songkhla and Surat Thani. The telemedicine programme is a joint effort of the Public Health Ministry and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 26, 2019

Roughly half of the market will be within the US alone, although China and India are also poised for growth.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MARCH 26, 2019

The pairing of an analytics platform with changes to EHR tools has been part of a broader data-driven approach to reshape providers’ opioid prescribing behaviors

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 29, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Flock, chief healthcare strategist, TEKsystems. Healthcare professionals know that blockchain is coming, but there is still some apprehension associated with the technology. The cryptocurrency industry first pioneered this technology and its results have been highly impressive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

The new trend – tech/services for older adults, not just tech. When the 2009 Market Overview was completed a decade ago, there were gadgets galore, most introduced with maximum enthusiasm and a shoestring of cash. Today, perhaps due to pending boomer bulge, innovators and their funders may be having a somewhat easier time, at least in some market categories – health, home care, transportation come to mind.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 27, 2019

Ibex Medical Analytics, an Israel-based startup founded in 2016 which is developing their own AI-driven computational pathology cancer diagnosis system, recently completed an $11M Series A funding round led by aMoon Fund. Additional investors in the round include Kamet Ventures, an investment arm of AXA Insurance, one of the largest global health insurance providers, 83North, a global venture capital fund and Dell Technologies Capital.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 27, 2019

It all started when a Pennsylvania pediatric practice posted a video on its Facebook page urging parents to get their children vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can protect them from a variety of cancers. It then found itself under attack on social media, the target of anti-vaccine activists.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 27, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bill Kotraba, vice president, healthcare solutions and strategy, Information Builders. Data has long been a popular topic in healthcare and is even more so after this year’s HIMSS. The industry is buzzing about the joint CMS and ONC announcement, which proposes a framework to improve interoperability and support seamless and secure access of health […].

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Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist

If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.

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Health System CIO

MARCH 27, 2019

The way not to teach care providers how to show empathy and incorporate it into their workflow? By mandating it, says Sue Murphy, who believes it should be less about checking a box, and more about understanding what others are feeling. The word ‘audit’ has never conjured up a positive image. No one wants to be audited — especially nurses, who already face a tremendous burden being the front line of patient care.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 27, 2019

GreatCall CEO David Inns talks to MobiHealthNews about remote monitoring, predictive analytics and why wearables aren't for everyone.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 27, 2019

Details are finally out about a new artificial intelligence challenge aimed at creating tools to better predict patient health outcomes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on Wednesday it is launching the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge with the potential for projects to win up to $1.65 million.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 25, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A 2016 study revealed that medical errors as the third leading cause of death in America. In fact, medical errors take 251,000 lives every year which works out at almost 700 deaths per day. There is a duty of care expected from medical professional towards their patients and these figures clearly indicate the need for […].

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Morning eHealth

MARCH 29, 2019

CMS chief directed dollars to GOP-connected consultants — Americans blame pharma, insurers and providers for health care costs

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 28, 2019

Biolinq's new funding was led by JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 26, 2019

Ramping up value-based care initiatives and improving the patient experience are top priorities for health IT leaders in 2019. At the same time, IT executives say they are facing significant technology and operational hurdles to advance these initiatives such as the ongoing lack of system interoperability.

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