KevinMD
MAY 22, 2018
Modern technology needs to do better. This is the message delivered by every CEO after every Silicon Valley scandal in recent memory. This time, they should really do it. Medicine can show them how. Let's have the professionals building our future abide by industry-wide standards, just as doctors do. As both a startup founder and a physician, this idea makes intuitive sense to me.
Health System CIO
MAY 23, 2018
With the major pieces — legislation, technology, and consumer expectations — all starting to fall into place, the time to start thinking about telehealth is now, says Bill Russell.
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South Central Telehealth Resource Center
MAY 25, 2018
Episode 19 features Rosalyn Perkins, MNSc, CNP, WHNP-BC, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Director of Operations for the Center for Distance Health ANGELS Telemedicine program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Listen as Mrs. Perkins discusses how a childhood injury inspired her career as a nurse and ultimately her role in caring for pregnant women in the most rural areas of Arkansas through telemedicine.
Mobi Health News
MAY 24, 2018
Boston-based health outcomes and tech company OM1 has just announced that it raked in $21 million in a Series B financing round led by Polaris Partners with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst and 7wire Ventures. This brings the company’s total financing to $36 million, according to Crunchbase.
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KevinMD
MAY 23, 2018
Say we met ten years ago. And you asked me: Would health care delivery be more complicated in the future? I would've said, "No, it would be simpler!" Pointing you to technology trends, I would’ve told you that health care transactions will indeed become more automated, much simpler. Repeatable administrative tasks would be tech-enabled and algorithm-driven.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 24, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Babyscripts is a virtual care platform for prenatal care powered by mobile apps that drive better patient decision making, IOT devices for remote monitoring, and a host of population health tools to give providers access to patient data in real time. Founders’ story It seems unlikely that two childless bachelors, with no healthcare experience, would […].
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Home care technology company ClearCare has launched Home Connect API, a new technology that will allow home care agencies to connect directly to health plans and hospitals for referrals, care management, and billing.
Morning eHealth
MAY 23, 2018
Funding, other congressional matters — Athenahealth corporate maneuvering continues
FierceHealthIT
MAY 23, 2018
There's plenty of work to be done in informing patients about precision medicine, according to a new survey from the Personalized Medicine Coalition. But when patients are given more details, they're embracing the treatment options personalized healthcare can provide.
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
Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 22, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. In 2017, a new type of pill bottle was invented that could save $300 billion and 125,000 deaths a year. This is the estimated cost of people forgetting to take their medication. Remembering to take your daily prescription is difficult for anyone, but for people living with decreased memory function, it can be almost impossible.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a slew of new bills that seek to increase access to telemedicine treatment for patients with substance abuse disorders. The proposed bills, three of which are telehealth-focused, are expected to be wrapped into a larger legislative package by the Senate Finance Committee and then undergo the markup process in the near future.
Morning eHealth
MAY 21, 2018
Scholars say health IT can increase gap between haves and have-nots
FierceHealthIT
MAY 25, 2018
Every three minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukemia or lymphoma. Despite the growing use of transplant to cure blood cancers and other blood disorders, CMS continues to dramatically underfund the cost of cell acquisition and transplant for Medicare patients.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 21, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Helen Waters, executive vice president, MEDITECH. What would you do if you won the lottery? Regardless whether or not you play, you’ve surely pondered the question. Recently, during the frenzy around one mega jackpot or another, I had an interesting conversation with a friend. She told me if she were to win she’d replace everything […].
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
This morning CareZone, a platform for managing chronic illness and organizing health information, announced that it landed $50 million in a series D funding round led by NEA, with participation from McKesson Ventures, and Marc Benioff. This brings the company’s total funding to $150 million.
Morning eHealth
MAY 24, 2018
Disappointing results for CMS value-based-care scheme — Elsewhere in Congress
FierceHealthIT
MAY 25, 2018
When a shooting happened right outside Mount Sinai Hospital's doors in Chicago in the summer of 2017, administrators scrambled to figure out the best way to determine what went wrong and assure both staff and patients of their safety. Those lessons learned were tested earlier this month when they faced the worst again: another shooting.
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Arizona Telemedicine Program
MAY 24, 2018
Thanks to the rise of telemedicine, medical professionals are more able than ever to meet with patients, even when those patients are unable to leave home. This revolutionary practice has been especially effective when specialists are needed, including when patients present with less common conditions. There has been success with telemedicine in the United Kingdom as a way to manage lung cancer treatment.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
Buoy Health, an online platform that uses an AI chatbot as a gateway into healthcare treatment, has teamed up with Circulation, a technology startup that helps connect patients in need of medical transport
Society for Participatory Medicine
MAY 22, 2018
Join us Tuesday, May 29 for the next SPM Learning Exchange, sponsored by our member companies Accenture and Vocera. Registration details at bottom. We are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic – even among people who don’t live alone – that affects millions, whether you’re married, single or somewhere in between, young or old, an urban dweller or live in a remote village.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 22, 2018
Emergency doctors are warning that hospitals aren't ready for disasters or mass casualty incidents, especially given ongoing shortages of crucial drugs and supplies. About 93% of respondents to a survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians said their hospitals were not "fully prepared" for a disaster.
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.
David Chou
MAY 22, 2018
We had our second annual healthcare transformation summit with our invite only list of delegates. Listen to what we are talking about regarding the 3Cs and provide me with your feedback.
Mobi Health News
MAY 23, 2018
New York and Palo Alto, California-based MemoryMD have recently received FDA clearance for a disposable 19-channel EEG headset, called the NeuroCap.
Health System CIO
MAY 22, 2018
Although some CIOs might dread conversations with clinical leaders asking for new EHR functionalities, J.D. Whitlock welcomes it — because it’s much better than the alternative. When J.D. Whitlock started at Dayton Children’s Hospital back in January, it may have been his first CIO role, but he’s no stranger to healthcare IT — or to leadership roles.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 24, 2018
His first thought was to write a book. But then John P. Williams, M.D., quickly gave up on that old-school idea and instead went to work creating a website to help educate breast cancer patients.
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
MAY 22, 2018
For a Chief Medical Officer, what role does technology play? Recently there was an opportunity to query executives in senior care, including Dr. Arif Nazir, Chief Medical Officer, Signature HealthCARE, who was asked about the technology impact on long-term care jobs. The insights quoted here could be generalized, not just to Skilled Nursing Facilities, but to all types of care delivery – and are particularly notable in the context of last week’s New York Times article: " How Tech Can Turn Doct
Mobi Health News
MAY 21, 2018
Eye telemedicine company Simple Contacts announced it raked in $16 million in Series B funding at the end of last week. The latest round, which was led by Waypoint Capital Partners with participation from returning investors Goodwater Capital, Steven Cohen, executives from Flatiron Health and a number of ophthalmologists, brings the company’s total funding to $26 million.
VSee
MAY 21, 2018
Telehealth lawyer Nate Lacktman recommends that when negotiating a telehealth reimbursement contract from private payers, make sure to use the language of payers (e.g. member vs. patients), and to have a plan ready for showing them how telemedicine will benefit the payers such as by saving money or having healthier members. Here are 3 recommendations.
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