Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Outpatient revenue is crossing the curve of inpatient income. This is the new reality for U.S. hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. hospitals. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? The line chart illustrates Deloitte’s top and bottom line: “The shift toward outpatient is happening and will likely have a tremendous impact on ope

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. But in a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine , commercially-insured adults were found to have visited primary care providers (PCPs) less often, and 1 in 2 had no PCP visits in one year.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Should you get a mammogram at age 45? Should you start taking a statin? Is now the time to get a hip replacement? You can go down rabbit holes trying to research these online, talk to friends about their experiences, or have a few too many opinions thrown at you in online communities. And when […].

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brigham and Women's iHub leaders will talk about creating a roadmap for digital implementation at HIMSS20.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We’re working on a full article about this, but most of you have probably seen that Judy Faulkner and her company, Epic, have asked their customers to send a letter to HHS asking for them to stop the health data blocking rule that’s about to be finalized. There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion […].

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Digital Health

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

After escaping the revolution in Iran, Sean Khozin found his way to the United States, harmonizing his passion for patients and data into a career that’s led him into startups, the FDA, and most recently J&J, where he’s now Global Head of Data Strategy – all while pursuing his love of music. The phrase “it’s […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Patients are now front-line payors in the U.S. health care system. As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens. To manage personal health finances, patients-as-payors are increasingly willing to face trade-offs and change personal behaviors to lower health care costs, b

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, California, is soon to become one of the first 5G enabled health facilities in the world, with portions becoming operational this week, according to statements VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said at State of the VA speech Feb. 5 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The 5G networking capabilities will provide means of delivering telesurgery services to Veterans, he noted, giving the VA the capacity to allow their physicians to consult during surger

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The hearing loss statistics are daunting. The number is sizable – 38 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. But probably the most startling one is related to older adults – half of those age 75+ difficulty hearing. Of those age 70 and older with hearing loss, only 30% have hearing aids. How is this the status quo? Even though age is the single greatest predictor of hearing loss, many people wait 7 or more years before attempting to address it.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

False alarm on DEA's special registration rule — Swalwell touts precision medicine to cut health care costs

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As the cases of COVID-19, increase, we are seeing a rise in digital epidemiology tools, chatbot helpers, EHR guidance tools and rapid response test kits.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Key lawmakers are fed up with what they see as poor VA leadership over the roll-out of a Cerner EHR system and vowed to take tighter control of the project. Here's when the VA says it expects the go-live date for its first site will be.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Most employers and their workers see the benefits of digital health in helping make health care more accessible and lower-cost, according to survey research published in Health on Demand from Mercer Marsh Benefits. Interestingly, more workers living in developing countries are keener on going digital for health than people working in wealthier nations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The Early Stage Of Dementia. In the early stages, families will worry. A family member may say or forget things that make them wonder if it’s dementia or just a normal part of aging. They should consider persuading their loved one to get an evaluation from a professional. If their loved one is hesitant, a self-assessment could be used to encourage a visit to a professional.

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

You have probably never heard the term “insulin fibrillation” before or have even the slightest idea of what it means. But, if you are a type 1 pump user, odds are, this little-known chemical process affects you on a daily basis. And that is why the announcement that a new insulin compound that does not fibrillate is such a big deal. This newly synthesized insulin analog called ‘glycoinsulin’ has shown the same glucose-lowering effects of native insulin but without the complications caused by fi

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

According to a paper titled Pain Management in the Elderly Population: A Review published in The Ochsner Journal in 2010, pain may be underreported because some elderly patients incorrectly believe that pain is a normal process of aging. In addition, caregivers and relatives are often the most reliable source of information. However, assessing pain levels is usually not straightforward – it can be subjective and inaccurate.

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Executives are bullish on the potential of artificial intelligence to improve healthcare. But they say adoption is not happening quickly enough and called out several reasons why, according to a survey by KPMG.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years. Rural U.S. hospitals are in poor fiscal health. “The accelerated rate at which rural hospitals are closing continues to unsettle the rural healthcare community and demands a more nuanced investigati

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

With value-based care on the rise, the adoption of digital tools is rapidly progressing, yielding better diagnoses and outcomes. THE PROBLEM. Today, most physicians know some form of digital transformation is essential to their future. Yet adopting technologies like telehealth continues to become more daunting, especially for small practices. HIMSS Media research found that digital adoption, including telehealth, is a top priority for healthcare professionals, but thus far, fewer than 10% have e

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I’ve written about telehealth for more than a decade. I’m familiar with VR and most of its cousins as well. And most everyone knows what a clinic is. But until today, I’d never heard of a vendor mashing up telehealth and VR and calling it a clinic. A few months ago, I wrote up a […].

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

FDA gets a snapshot on AI regulation — Verma acknowledges diabetes program concerns

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

An interview with Professor Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Clalit Health Services and founding director of the Clalit Research Institute in Israel.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Florida-based AdventHealth plans to replace its Cerner electronic health record system with rival Epic's. Anonymous Reddit posters expected the change months ago, saying the health system was frustrated with Cerner’s ambulatory and revenue cycle solutions.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. The paper, Health Insurance Affordability Concerns and health Care Avoidance Among US Adults Approaching Retirement , explored the perspectives of 1,028 US adults between 50 and 64 years of age between November 2018 and March 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

At Columbia, South Carolina-based Prisma Health, "we’re on a journey pursuing aspects of digital health," said Dr. Mark Wess, the health system's vice president and chief health information executive. "The asynchronous virtual visit for primary care is one of those." For Prisma Health – which is now the biggest not-for-profit health organization in the state, following the 2017 merger of Palmetto Health and the Greenville Health System – virtual care rep

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Welcome to the 6th edition of the HIMSS Mix Tape. The year’s mix has selections from new contributors (many of whom you’ll recognize) and returning friends. Everyone who sent in a song put a lot of thought into answering this important question: What song best represents healthcare right now? This mixtape started as a way […].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2020, focus sharpens on technology market categories of aging and caregiving. AARP published a new report that showed growing interest in technology among those aged 70+. CES 2020 saw several exhibit areas and innovations focused on older adults and what they need. This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving.

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