KevinMD
APRIL 15, 2019
Telehealth, using video to have an acute medical care visit, puts some of the power of choice back into our patient’s hands. To best frame telehealth and its use cases, the National Quality Forum published a report in 2017, outlining the following four buckets which I find especially useful with evaluating programs and interventions: access […].
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 15, 2019
About one in five physicians currently use telehealth to care for patients up from about 5% in 2015 — and that figure is expected to soar within the next few years, a new survey from telehealth company American Well found. By 2022, more than half of physicians (61%) who are not currently using telehealth indicated they are either very likely or likely to start using telehealth.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
WHO released 10 guidelines for how countries can use digital health tools to improve patient care.
Health Populi
APRIL 17, 2019
Consider the voice of a patient before the advent of the Internet in the digital 1.0 world, and then the proliferation of social networks in v 2.0. One patient could talk with another over their proverbial neighborhood fence, a concerned parent at the PTA meeting with others dealing with a children’s health issue, or a recovering alcoholic testifying in person at an AA session.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 15, 2019
As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. WHY IT MATTERS. The opportunities and challenges for healthcare stakeholders include standards, governance and workflows as telehealth, which "has passed the tipping point of market momentum," gains traction nationwide, according to the ATA’s report Telehealth Interoperability: Driving Cho
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 19, 2019
Digital health innovators look to the wrist, the ears and the wall for new ways to keep seniors safe.
Health Populi
APRIL 18, 2019
What will telemedicine look like in 2030? imagined Kaveh Safavi, Accenture’s Senior Managing Director and Health of Global Healthcare Practice. Kaveh was brainstorming the future of telehealth a decade from “now,” with three innovators attending #ATA19: Deepthi Bathina of Humana, Matthew Holt of Catalyst Health (and Co-Founder of Health 2.0), and Kim Swafford of Providence St.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 16, 2019
Sidney Regional Medical Center is a critical access hospital in Sidney, Nebraska, that serves a seven-county area in the western Nebraska panhandle. Like so many rural hospitals, Sidney struggled with connectivity issues. THE PROBLEM. The hospital provides a wide array of services, including those not traditionally found in a rural community. This includes access to acute care, critical care, 24-hour emergency room, physicians’ clinic, walk-in clinic, surgical services, home health and hos
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 16, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Augusta HiTech announces the launch of One Med Chart, the first blockchain-powered patient-controlled electronic medical records (EMR) platform bringing real-time EMR sharing between patients and emergency medical services (EMS). One Med Chart is a user-driven universal medical record and health information repository designed to give individuals the ability to monitor, improve, and keep track of
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 17, 2019
WHO released 10 guidelines for how countries can use digital health tools to improve patient care.
Health Populi
APRIL 14, 2019
“ATA” is the new three-letter acronym for the American Telemedicine Association, meeting today through Tuesday at the Convention Center in New Orleans. Ann Mond Johnson assumed the helm of CEO of ATA in 2018, and she’s issued a call-to-action across the health/care ecosystem for a delivery system upgrade. Her interview here in HealthLeaders speaks to her vision, recognizing, “It’s just stunning that there’s such a lag between what is possible in telehealth and what is actually happening.”.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 17, 2019
FinTech – are these tools for seniors? Some trendy terminology transformations in recent years, for example Voice First and IoT, refer to tech that is relatively new or recently revived. FinTech, a concatenation of Financial Technology, may be similar. The category has been generally described as software "designed to be a threat to, challenge, and eventually usurp entrenched traditional financial services providers with the purpose of being more nimble and serving an underserved segment, o
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
A recent study found that patients with diabetes and hypertension who use digital health activity trackers such as Fitbit or Apple Watch are more likely to take their medications as prescribed.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2019
Consumer spending in health and fitness apps also tripled during this time, according to numbers from App Annie.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Don Brown, CEO, LifeOmic. Amazon recently announced the availability of a HIPAA-eligible development environment for Alexa-enabled devices. This environment allows select developers to create healthcare “skills” or applications that enable voice-based access to personalized health information.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
APRIL 17, 2019
The study is part of a broader effort to better understand the effects of shift lengths on young doctors and their patients
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 16, 2019
The U.S. economic burden of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and cancer has reached about $3.8 trillion in direct and indirect costs—or nearly one-fifth of GDP, according to a new report from Fitch Solutions, a unit of Fitch Group.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2019
In a small study published in JMIR, patients were more willing to share health data, such as activity and sleep trackers, than personal data, like call logs and location.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 18, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A foundational research roadmap for artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging was published this week in the journal Radiology. The report was based on outcomes from a workshop to explore the future of AI in medical imaging, featuring experts in medical imaging, and hosted at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
APRIL 18, 2019
Northwestern researchers describe ancillary system to support return of pharmacogenomic results to EHR
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 16, 2019
First-year residents, or interns, spend 87 percent of their work time away from patients, half of which is spent interacting with electronic health records and documentation, according to a new study.
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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
Mobi Health News
APRIL 18, 2019
The Israeli Innovation Authority and the Helsinki Business Hub will fund Israeli and Finnish startups who find ways to work together.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 17, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By James D’Arezzo, CEO of Condusiv Technologies. While advancements in data collection, analytics and electronic health records can lead to better healthcare, it also creates challenges for the healthcare sector’s IT departments. That’s because serious obstacles exist in terms of systems management and capacity.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 16, 2019
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FierceHealthIT
APRIL 17, 2019
Only Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia have yet to launch an official value-based care model, according to a new study from Change Healthcare.
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Mobi Health News
APRIL 15, 2019
Now consumers are turning to the web for their health products—whether it is to get a pharmacy prescription, a urine test or an “embarrassing” sexual health product.
Continue Education Journal
APRIL 17, 2019
This past year with the formation of Plan S, a multitude of changes are happening in the world of scientific publishing. Outcomes such as the University of California, a major customer, terminating their license with Elsevier are becoming commonplace. It’s imperative to stay up to date to ensure that your journal is prepared to face the inevitable. What is Plan S ?
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 19, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Abhinav Shashank, CEO, Innovaccer. What causes two patients of the same age and with the same disease but from different regions to respond differently to a certain treatment? Even if these two patients appeared similar on paper, their lifestyles are very likely to differ — socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, family structure and education. […].
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