Health Populi
MARCH 10, 2020
Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling?
Mobi Health News
MARCH 31, 2020
German-based Ralf Jahns, MD at Research2Guidance explains the role of different stakeholders in fighting COVID-19.
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Health Populi
MARCH 31, 2020
As people conform to the #StayHome lifestyle to #FlattenTheCurve of the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming peoples’ home lives for working, playing, and socializing. The Consumer Technology Association has conducted the COVID-19 Impact Study assessing the use of technology at home , exploring U.S. households’ changing behaviors for consuming content, stocking the pantry, engaging with social media, and using online health and fitness tools.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 19, 2020
This news comes amid the shortage of testing kits in the U.S.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 19, 2020
As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health. Telemedicine is making a very positive contribution to healthcare during the pandemic, and is being used in a variety of ways.
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Insulin Nation
MARCH 3, 2020
For a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic, there is nothing scarier than having your blood sugar bottom out. One minute you’re fine, the next you’re sitting in a pool of your own sweat trembling and struggling to put a coherent thought together. But as you go through the years with this condition, you start to realize that as bad as suffering through those hypo symptoms are, not having them is a heck of a lot worse.
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2020
The hashtag #StayHome was ushered onto Twitter by 15 U.S. national healthcare leaders in a USA Today editorial yesterday. The op-ed co-authors included Dr. Eric Topol, Dr. Leana Wen, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Dr. Jordan Shlain, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Andy Slavitt, and other key healthcare opinion leaders. Some states and regions have already mandated that people stay home; at midnight last night, counties in the Bay Area in California instituted this , and there are tightening rules in my area of greater Phi
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MARCH 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted instant behavior and tech changes. And not just about hand washing and social distancing. For the past two days, it’s apparent that the seemingly forever slow growth of telehealth adoption has entered a new, “When can I have that? Yesterday?” phase. This applies to caring for and treating the 2.5 million in senior living communities, including nursing homes.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 26, 2020
The massive $2 trillion economic stimulus package includes several smaller provisions that could have a big impact on hospitals and insurers. Find out what you may have missed.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 17, 2020
WakeMed Health & Hospitals is based in the heart of a dynamic, fast-growing market – an area known as the Triangle, which includes Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, and surrounding communities. This area has made a name for itself – renowned universities, constant opportunity, cutting-edge technology, and an impressive range of health services and healthcare options.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 26, 2020
Yesterday MassChallenge hosted a summit on innovation in the age of the coronavirus crisis, and panelists discussed how providers are implementing new digital programs into their toolbox.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 17, 2020
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the news that enforcement of HIPAA penalties around telehealth, patient communication, and remote communication technologies will be suspended during the Covid-19 National Emergency and will go into effect immediately. Here’s the official wording from the announcement: OCR will […].
Health Populi
MARCH 12, 2020
With President Trump’s somber speech from the Oval Office last night, we wake up on 12th March 2020 to a ban on most travel from Europe to the U.S., recommendations for hygiene, and call to come together in America. His remarks focused largely on an immigration and travel policy versus science, triaging, testing and treatment of the virus itself. Here is a link to the President’s full remarks from the White House website, presented at about 9 pm on 11 March 2020.
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eVisit
MARCH 3, 2020
COVID-19 is spreading rapidly. Evidence of this is being reported across the United States from Washington State to Rhode Island. The numbers of confirmed cases in the US changes daily, and so far it’s in the wrong direction.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 5, 2020
HIMSS canceled its global health conference. HIMSS organizers said the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition was called off due to the coronavirus outbreak and the "unacceptable risk to bring so many thousands of people together in Orlando next week.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 5, 2020
Digital tools such as telehealth, remote patient monitoring, data analytics and even consumer-facing AI-based chatbots could play a key role in containing the outbreak of COVID-19 and help people who think they've been exposed to the novel coronavirus – but experts warn that such tools are not a cure-all. For example, AI-based algorithms could be most helpful in providing information about patients who have already been diagnosed with COVID-19 or who are suspected of being infected.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 4, 2020
"SweynTooth" impacts several microchip and medical device manufacturers, and could allow bad actors to wirelessly crash or access these products, according to the agency.
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Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 30, 2020
This weekend we covered some of the billions of healthcare funding that was included in the CARES Act. One area of CARES Act funding we didn’t highlight for healthcare was $200 million in COVID-19 Telehealth funding that will be administered by the FCC. Here are the most relevant details from the announcement: About the COVID-19 […].
Health Populi
MARCH 12, 2020
Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 10, 2020
When you were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you were probably told that a cure was “just around the corner.” And that “corner” likely came and went years or decades ago. While a true cure isn’t exactly just a few years away, there are several remarkable efforts towards eliminating the need for ‘exogenous’ insulin in people with type 1 diabetes. One of the most notable efforts is ViaCyte’s Encaptra “cell delivery system.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 10, 2020
Consumer uptake of wearables and mobile health apps has stalled. One-third of U.S. consumers are not using any digital tools to manage their health. The use of wearable technology has decreased from 33% in 2018 to just 18% in 2020. Find out what is turning consumers off from digital health.
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 23, 2020
Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer. Surafeal Asgedom How do you play pool when one hand is paralyzed?
Mobi Health News
MARCH 23, 2020
Nurx and Carbon Health have officially halted their mail-order testing kit services. But at least one startup is still moving to secure an Emergency Use Authorization for its at-home rapid serology diagnostic.
eVisit
MARCH 31, 2020
Multiple Point Products for Virtual Care is Problematic. Many healthcare systems are solving consumer virtual care demands by implementing a variety of telemedicine point solutions across different departments and service lines. This is often the case when virtual care programs in your hospital have grown organically as individual projects. They are generally not supported or governed by a centralized telehealth team.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 5, 2020
Update: HIMSS has published a HIMSS Cancellation FAQ We’re sorry to report that the HIMSS 2020 annual conference in Orlando has been cancelled. Here’s the email that was sent out by HIMSS. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we have continued to monitor the situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus). Made apparent by recent reports […].
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Insulin Nation
MARCH 31, 2020
2020 is set to be an exciting year for anyone interested in switching to or upgrading their hybrid closed loop pump. Not only does Medtronic have a slew of improvements and advanced features planned for their next-generation AID system, but Tandem just launched its first hybrid-closed loop system, Control IQ, in partnership with Dexcom last month. Now, Dexcom is making headlines again for their most recent partnership with Insulet, the company behind the trusted tubeless system, Omnipod.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 26, 2020
Medical researchers at the University of California and Scripps Research are using Oura smart rings and Fitbits to study whether data from wearables can identify the early onset of COVID-19 and help stop its spread.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 20, 2020
As healthcare organizations ramp up efforts to treat COVID-19 patients, their health IT vendors are looking to provide them with tools to manage cases, analyze data and assess patients remotely. The nation’s largest vendors of electronic health records systems have augmented their existing systems over the last three months to give users of its systems more tools to cope with the crisis.
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