InTouch Health
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Virtual Care Technology Continues to Advance, But Reimbursement Policies Still Have Room to Grow. With rising costs and increasing patient demand, the healthcare industry is at the cusp of significant change. As a generation gets ready to retire, healthcare providers need to find a way to maintain, if not lower, costs without curbing the quality of care.
Lloyd Price
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Introduction to Project Nightingale Project Nightingale is a data sharing project financed by Google and Ascension, a Catholic health care system comprising a chain of 2,600 hospitals, doctors’ offices and other related facilities, in 21 states, with tens of millions of patient records available for processing health care data. Ascension is one of the largest health-care systems in the United States with comprehensive and specific health care information of millions who are part of its system.
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Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Marc Helberg, managing vice president at the Philadelphia office, Pariveda Solutions. Data. It’s everywhere, and healthcare organizations know it can be theoretically useful in the modeling of predictive patient outcomes. This sounds promising enough.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The following is a guest article by Troy Foster, Senior Manager of Communications Infrastructure. As an IT professional in healthcare, I learned a valuable lesson early in my career. While working for a medical device company, I was involved in the rollout of new IT functionality that introduced the concept of passively monitoring various sensors […].
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
More and more patients are able to take advantage of remote consults and other virtual care options as health systems have begun pursuing telehealth programs in earnest, new HIMSS Media research shows. WHY IT MATTERS. That's not necessarily to say that many patients – and, indeed, many providers – don't still prefer old-fashioned, in-person, one-on-one doctor-patient consults.
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Health Populi
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. The story started with the scenario that, “Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed.” Here’s Ascension’s press release on the collaboration , described in the title as “healthcare transformation.”
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe Grace, partner, Chief Outsiders. While pharma companies have grown to become effective direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketers, hospital systems and other large providers continue to struggle with effective DTC marketing essential for growth. In fact, it’s their Achilles heel.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The following is a guest article by Andy Nieto, Global Healthcare Solutions Manager for Lenovo Health. As healthcare continues its digital transformation journey, providing care is becoming easier and more efficient for providers. But that convenience comes at a cost. Technologies like cloud computing and IoT devices carry inherent risks associated with cybersecurity.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
iOS users can now sign up for studies on women's health, movement and heart health, and the effects of noise exposure on hearing.
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
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
“What’s the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?” asks a report from the World Health Organization ‘s Europe region team (WHO-Europe). There’s a lot of proof supporting arts-as-medicine, WHO details in this paper, which synthesizes research published in over 3,000 studies. The first chart illustrates the logic model that bridges arts to health in three segments: “Components” of arts programs, including but not limited to c
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, and Sheba Medical Center, ranked by Newsweek at the 10th best hospital in the world, are partnering to create the first fully VR-based hospital, utilizing XRHealth’s technology throughout each department.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Today’s healthcare system is facing many challenges globally, including growing aging populations, a rise in chronic conditions and co-morbidities, and increasing constraints on the healthcare workforce. As the industry works towards achieving the quadruple aim to help address these issues – the goal of better patient outcomes and improved patient and clinician experiences, all at a lower cost – there is a great need to optimise resources and increase efficiencies.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
At the SFF x SWITCH conference in Singapore, healthcare representatives from the public and private sectors discussed some of the opportunities and regulatory challenges of digital health in the region.
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FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
When it comes to usability, doctors give electronic health record systems an “F”. And that poor usability correlates with physician burnout, according to a study published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. TigerConnect released its annual “State of Healthcare Communications” report, a survey of healthcare leaders and patients detailing the pervasive challenges in healthcare communications. The survey confirmed the fragmented state of communication in healthcare – with many organizations still heavily reliant on landline phones, fax machines, and pagers, and the adoption of modern communication techn
Morning eHealth
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Colorado opens up new front in PDMP privacy fight — Research data policies bloom
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
The home-based pilot program will see 20 children each receive a take-home kit that includes Neeuro’s brainwave-reading SenzeBand and a Samsung tablet with the preloaded CogoLand game.
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FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
When it comes to communication, it looks like the healthcare industry got stuck in a time warp. A new survey finds that healthcare organizations are still heavily reliant on 1970s technology, with 89% using fax machines and 39% using pagers.
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Paul Banco, CEO, etherFAX. Today, the average cost of a healthcare data breach is $429 per record. When organizations factor in the loss of productivity, the amount of civil complaints and fines levied, plus the public relations besmirching, the cost implications skyrocket.
Insulin Nation
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
For the average person, the flu might be no big deal — but for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the flu can be devastating. (This is why, by the way, you should get your flu shot! And if you don’t have diabetes, you should still get your flu shot to minimize your risk of passing it on to people with diabetes!). In addition to receiving your flu-shot, a new drug — Xofluza — has been approved by the FDA to treat patients in “high-risk” populations who get the flu.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
MobiHealthNews got a tour of the new technologies under development — including contactless monitoring, augmented reality for surgery and the NICU of "the future.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
As health plans have been given a longer leash to address the social determinants of health for seniors, Medicare Advantage insurers are eyeing loneliness as a crucial target.
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Millions of registered nurses face growing pressures on their professional and personal lives in the new decade because of increased demand for services, nursing shortages, and structural changes in the healthcare industry, according to a newly released survey of nearly 20,000 RNs by AMN Healthcare.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2019
A few months ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook made an amazing claim. During his September appearance on CNBC’s Mad Money, he suggested that while Apple’s hardly going to stop doing other things, healthcare may represent the brass ring. “If you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question: ‘What […].
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
A study being presented this weekend in Philadelphia is the latest data on Livongo's programs, which combine connected monitoring devices and digital coaching.
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FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Climate change is negatively affecting children’s health across the world, according to a new report. It called on health professionals to communicate those risks and make health impact part of the discussion on climate change.
Electronic Health Reporter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is acquiring Medfusion, Inc., a patient experience platform leader. The proposed acquisition is expected to close in early December 2019, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions, including the transfer of Medfusion’s data services business out of Medfusion.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Jim Higgins, Founder & CEO at Solutionreach. You can follow him on twitter: @higgs77 Love ‘em or hate ‘em, online reviews are here to stay. Perhaps nothing has changed the face of healthcare marketing the way online reviews have. Currently, 94 percent of patients say that they […].
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