Arizona Telemedicine Program

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Telemedicine might sound like a strange fit for an industry that depends on human touch. For most of us, it's hard to imagine seeking treatment from a doctor using a screen or digital portal, rather than face-to-face in an office. But it’s been catching on for several years in many fields, including long-term care. That’s because telemedicine provides solutions for several longstanding problems, including accessibility to care; the limited mobility of some patient communities including the disa

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

People dealing with chronic conditions are keener to share personally-generated data than people that don’t have a chronic disease, Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of U.S> Health Care Consumers learned. This and other insights about the patient journey are published in Inside the patient journey , a report from Deloitte that assesses three key touch points for consumer health engagement.

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KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Increasingly, we see functions executed by machines that were formerly performed by living breathing human beings. Examples range from the mundane to the preternatural. Order food and drink from an iPad. No server needed. Driverless auto travel. This may lead to a resurgence in prayer. Pilotless air travel. Hard times ahead for the Airline Pilots Association.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

As innovation becomes a constant process in the enterprise, it’s important to make sure resources are being used as effectively as they can be.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For the latest installment of our Big Interview series where we catch up with some of the world’s most exciting business leaders, The Drum makes an appointment with Ali Parsa – founder and chief exec of digital health startup Babylon – to find out about his plans to become the Google of healthcare. “I was in Brussels for a speaking engagement when I got very ill, with a high temperature.

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KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The announcement that the next iteration of the Apple Watch can both monitor the wearer’s heart rhythm and, if a suspicious reading emerges, perform an electrocardiogram, could be a boon for users and their doctors. Or it could be a massive headache for the health care system. The new watch continuously monitors the wearer’s heart rate. It. Read more.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Triage and patient engagement chatbots are on the rise, but speakers at the upcoming Connected Health Conference are describing additional implementations viable in the near future.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Joel Syder, business analyst, Academic Brits. There are many uses of information technology in healthcare. In the previous years, these implementations have developed more than anyone could anticipate. They boost efficiency, improve the quality of care and security and control costs.

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Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CFR 42 Part 2 still up in the air — Immigration rule could lead to corrupt EHRs

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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

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KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Ironically, the same electronic health records (EHRs) initially designed as a tool to help physicians diagnose diseases have largely evaded diagnostic scrutiny. Talk to physicians who utilize them on a daily basis, however, and it becomes abundantly clear that today’s EHRs are ailing. They are adding hours to the physicians’ workday, siphoning attention from patient care, and sowing the seeds of demoralization across the profession of medicine.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Palantir, which is best known for its work in other industries, will deploy software able to automatically aggregate research data from public and private sources into a single interface.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Somatix is a leader in wearable-assisted gesture detection for real-time health intervention and well being enhancement. Elevator pitch Somatix is a leader in wearable-assisted gesture detection for real-time health intervention and well being enhancement. Somatix derives physical and emotional symptoms from simple hand gestures, utilizing sensors built into a range of wearables to remotely detect, […].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Consider the Apple Watch fall detection age default. Rant on. By now, and for most, no big deal, you may know that the Series 4 watch has fall detection. The setup includes your ‘emergency contacts’ acquired from your Medical ID, assuming you have Wrist Detection turned on. Still with me? And perhaps you have also turned on the Health app (somewhere) and entered your birthdate.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The global dialysis market is massive and expected to grow with the increasing prevalence of diabetes. But a new wave of companies says they are seeking to address what they say are major gaps in care for chronic kidney disease patients and make money from helping those individuals avoid in-center dialysis.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

After landing a De Novo for its AI diagnostic that can detect diabetic retinopathy, the company raised new money in order to expand diagnostic services.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Zingbox, provider of healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform, announced new research demonstrating that hackers are leveraging error messages from connected medical devices — including radiology, X-ray and other imaging systems — to gain valuable insights. These insights are then used to refine the attacks, increasing the chance of successful hack.

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Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

On the Hill today: Senate rural health hearing — White House quantum meeting skips over health

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Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Expansion and non-expansion states saw a sizable difference in coverage gains post-ACA, and the expansion states that improved the most contain large rural populations. Will rural states that haven't expanded follow their example?

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Cardiogram has teamed up with insurers Amica Life and Greenhouse Life Insurance Company to give users free life insurance to collect data.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Karim Babay, CEO, HealthSapiens. We can all agree the healthcare system in the United States is in dire need of an overhaul. Technological advances propel us into the twenty-first century, but the way data is created, maintained, and shared is archaic and confusing (and deliberately-so.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s the latest in a series of interviews with outstanding speakers we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston. Register here. And see this blog’s #SPM2018 series for more about, or by, the speakers and activities. Attending a participatory medicine event means that you yourself participate.

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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.

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Overtreatment is a pervasive problem in healthcare. But hospitals wouldn't have to invest much to tackle the issue, a group of physician experts said on Thursday as they addressed the issue in Washington, D.C. In fact, all it might take is adding a few more chairs in the hospital room to make sure doctors are sitting down to have real conversations with patients about their treatment goals.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A recently-launched Physician Innovation Network and a forthcoming Digital Health Implementation Playbook are two new initiatives.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Inga Shugalo, healthcare industry analyst, Itransition. Following the wind of change, we find that healthcare is on the way to transferring most of its processes to the cloud. According to IDC, hospitals now tend to prefer keeping custom medical software from EHRs to AI and data analytics on cloud servers instead of in-house management.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Here’s the latest in a series of posts by and about the outstanding topics we’ve lined up for the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston, attached to the prestigious Connected Health conference. Register here. (Our #SPM2018 series has more about the speakers and activities.). We know that researchers need access to good quality data.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

A class-action lawsuit filed in a Pennsylvania district court claims Express Scripts charges a $75-$90 flat fee for medical records requests. It's the third such lawsuit filed against the PBM.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A robust investigation published in Diabetes Care looked at 18 top-selling meters, making up 90 percent of the market.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. After more than two days of thought leadership discussions during its 30th Anniversary Annual Forum, executive participants of the HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG) voted on and ranked the 2019 HCEG Top 10 critical challenges, issues and opportunities they expect to face in their organizations in the coming year.

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