KevinMD
MARCH 20, 2018
At the start of the transition to electronic health records (EHRs), I was totally on board as one would expect of a millennial doctor. I, along with my fellow millennials, grew up alongside the internet. We can type with our eyes closed, navigate pop-ups in a jiffy and intuitively know how to manipulate electronic charts to serve our purposes. But, I did find myself in a unique position in the millennial.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 23, 2018
Just about everyone agrees in the basic vision for telemedicine: When a person gets sick, instead of jumping in the car to drive to a doctor’s office or urgent care center, they can pick up a phone or tablet instead, and get in touch right away with a doctor.
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Health Populi
MARCH 20, 2018
There’s a potential large obstacle that could prevent the full benefits of the current go-go, bullish forecasts for artificial intelligence (AI) to help make healthcare better: a decline in consumers’ willingness to share their personal data. Along with the overall erosion of peoples’ trust in government and other institutions comes this week’s revelations about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica , and the so-called Deep State.
Digital Health
MARCH 19, 2018
Although his dad was a prominent politician who eventually became Speaker of the House, AliveCor Founder Dave Albert always knew he wanted to a career in medicine – it was the passion he discovered for engineering and entrepreneurship that took him, and his career, by surprise. While Dave chose a very different path than his […].
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FierceHealthIT
MARCH 22, 2018
A new study finds that antibiotic resistance adds more than $1,000 to the cost of treatment for a single patient. Multiply that by the estimated number of antibiotic-resistant infections, and costs run well over $2 billion per year. The study’s authors urge policymakers to support the development of new strategies to prevent infections and to support innovative antibiotic drug development.
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Health Populi
MARCH 22, 2018
In healthcare, we use the word “toxicity” when it comes to taking a new medicine, especially a strong therapy to cure cancer. That prescription may be toxic as a harmful side effect on our journey to getting well. The concept of “ financial toxicity” for cancer patients was raised by concerned clinicians at Sloane-Kettering Medical Center, who discussed the topic on 60 Minutes in 2014 and have published papers on the issue.
VSee
MARCH 21, 2018
Mark Carol, MD is the CEO of SonaCare – a radical surgery technology company. He started as a neurosurgeon and became widely known as the “father of IMRT” as well a a household name in Radiation Oncology. Dr. Carol is also an avid soccer player. Dr. Carol joined our TFSS video podcast from Charlotte, North.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill Wednesday that would increase subsidies offered to people buying insurance on the ACA exchanges and would impose tighter controls on private payers. "So long as private health insurance exists, there is no reason to allow our healthcare to be held hostage by insurance companies that refuse to do better," Warren said.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 19, 2018
When it comes to collecting health and wellness data and sharing with physicians, more than half of patients -- and nearly three quarters of doctors -- are comfortable with the prospect, according to a survey conducted this year by EY and announced at HIMSS. The group, formerly known as Ernst & Young, surveyed 2,455 consumers, 152 physicians, and 195 health executives.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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Health Blawg
MARCH 19, 2018
While at HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Lidia Fonseca, SVP and CIO of Quest Diagnostics about a broad range of issues: the evolving role of the CIO; design thinking; big data and analytics; and presenting information in meaningful ways to multiple audiences, including patients, providers and payors. Last year, Fonseca won a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in recognition of the QuestQuanum suite of information and analytics tools.
Morning eHealth
MARCH 23, 2018
Verma previews Medicare agenda — Calls for MACRA reform fall on deaf ears
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 19, 2018
After seeing a demonstration for a new asthma app launched at the beginning of the year, a top cardiac surgeon at Nemours Children's Health System lobbied the IT team to speed up development of the app and a suite of digital tools aimed at newborns with a rare but often deadly heart defect that requires constant monitoring.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 20, 2018
Data from a team of Dutch researchers presented this weekend at the Endocrinology Society’s annual meeting in Chicago demonstrated how vital monitoring wearables could identify Type 1 diabetes patients’ hypoglycemic events by measuring heart rate.
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Health Blawg
MARCH 19, 2018
While at HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Lidia Fonseca, SVP and CIO of Quest Diagnostics about a broad range of issues: the evolving role of the CIO; design thinking; big data and analytics; and presenting information in meaningful ways to multiple audiences, including patients, providers and payors. Last year, Fonseca won a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in recognition of the QuestQuanum suite of information and analytics tools.
Society for Participatory Medicine
MARCH 20, 2018
An important post from long-time SPM member (and former board member) Jane Sarasohn-Kahn ( @HealthyThinker ), cross-posted from her widely read Health Populi site. (The screen capture above is from this BBC article , which came out hours after Jane’s post below.). There’s a potential large obstacle that could prevent the full benefits of the current go-go, bullish forecasts for artificial intelligence (AI) to help make healthcare better: a decline in consumers’ willingness to
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2018
Critics of a proposed merger between Aetna and CVS have said the deal will hurt competition and cut local services. But Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said the $69 billion deal doesn't change the fact that the healthcare industry is moving toward a renaissance of community-based care. “Everything is going back to community," he said at an event this week.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 19, 2018
A team of researchers from Stanford University are the latest to demonstrate how virtual reality can give specialists a better look into the bodies of their patients.
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Health Blawg
MARCH 19, 2018
While at HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Lidia Fonseca, SVP and CIO of Quest Diagnostics about a broad range of issues: the evolving role of the CIO; design thinking; big data and analytics; and presenting information in meaningful ways to multiple audiences, including patients, providers and payors. Last year, Fonseca won a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in recognition of the QuestQuanum suite of information and analytics tools.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 23, 2018
This is the second part in a three-part mini series on Type 1 diabetes and autism. Read Part One here. Cari Bridges’ son, Westin, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2011 at age two. As individuals familiar with this condition know, diabetes requires a lot of daily regimens, particularly surrounding meals. But shortly after Westin turned 3, he became very methodical in other activities, as well.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 22, 2018
Congress unveiled its 2018 omnibus spending bill Wednesday night, and it covers several healthcare priorities, including additional funding for research and the opioid epidemic. Absent, however, are proposals to stabilize the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 23, 2018
University of Stanford spin-out PhysioWave has just received FDA clearance for its pulse wave velocity (PWV) cardiovascular analyzer scale, which measures the stiffness of the vessels transporting blood from the heart to the body. The new technology will come in the form of a scale.
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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.
Health Blawg
MARCH 19, 2018
While at HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Lidia Fonseca, SVP and CIO of Quest Diagnostics about a broad range of issues: the evolving role of the CIO; design thinking; big data and analytics; and presenting information in meaningful ways to multiple audiences, including patients, providers and payors. Last year, Fonseca won a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in recognition of the QuestQuanum suite of information and analytics tools.
Insulin Nation
MARCH 22, 2018
Note: This interview was conducted in two rounds over email. The Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance (JDCA) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for a “practical cure” for Type 1 diabetes to become widely available in the next 15 years. A practical cure is defined on the organization’s website as “a lifestyle that frees people from a majority of the burdens of the disease.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 19, 2018
Physicians say they face long wait times for insurers to process prior authorizations—which can negatively impact patient outcomes. In addition, the number of prior authorizations required, and the paperwork needed to submit them, bloats physicians' already substantial administrative burden, a new survey found.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 21, 2018
Smartwatches were able to detect atrial fibrillation when paired with a deep neural network, according to a study published today in JAMA. While the technology had the ability to passively detected atrial fibrillation, there was some loss of sensitivity and specificity against the gold-standard ECG.
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Health Blawg
MARCH 19, 2018
While at HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Lidia Fonseca, SVP and CIO of Quest Diagnostics about a broad range of issues: the evolving role of the CIO; design thinking; big data and analytics; and presenting information in meaningful ways to multiple audiences, including patients, providers and payors. Last year, Fonseca won a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in recognition of the QuestQuanum suite of information and analytics tools.
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 19, 2018
An analysis of IRS data by The Wall Street Journal shows that roughly 2,700 leaders at large charitable organizations earned at least $1 million during 2014. The club’s roster largely comes from the healthcare industry, which employed 75% of the high-paid nonprofit executives. And based on total compensation, six of the top 10 earners worked at healthcare organizations.
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