Amino, a digital health startup connecting people to doctors, today announced that it has achieved Qualified Entity (QE) Status under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) data sharing program and will be the first for-profit company to receive a complete set of national, physician-level claims data from Medicare parts A, B, and D.
These CMS claims will be added to Amino’s expanding database – already more than 5 billion health care interactions representing 188 million
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Archives for 2015
49% of Consumers Prefer Doctors to Use Their Health Apps Data for Care
Expectations that smartphones and apps will change how people manage their health have risen to 69%, according to recent results of Apigee Institute’s 2015 Digital Impact Survey. Since Apigee’s first Digital Impact Survey in 2013, more than 42 million additional Americans now report that smartphones and apps have changed the way they manage their health and wellness, representing a 70 percent increase in adoption.
According to the survey, 60 percent of adult smartphone owners in the U.S. -
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BlueLight Launches Apple Watch App for Emergency Response
Safety toolkit for the digital age provider BlueLight has launched a new Apple Watch app for 911 emergency response that allows users to contact emergency services and share their location with contacts in seconds.
70% of 911 Calls Comes from Mobile Phones
Today, more than 70% of 911 calls come from mobile phones, but according to USA Today, 911 may have as low as a 10% chance of getting a fix on caller location ranges. Between the margin of error and the high possibility of routing the call
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Castlight Health Talks Where Predictive Analytics Is Heading in 2016
It’s been hailed as the next “big thing” in healthcare. Predictive analytics promises to aid in every aspect, from creating administrative efficiencies to improving outcomes. But beyond the algorithmic buzz, predictive analytics isn’t just going to help providers make better decisions, according to Castlight Health’s Chief R& D Officer, Jonathan Rende.
Turns out, predictive analytics has the potential to reveal a lot more for patients, including the competitive costs of procedures and how
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Pharma Deals Vital to Offsetting $2.5B Drug Development Cost
With the average cost of getting a novel drug to market at almost $2.5 billion, and few products achieving blockbuster status, deal-making is becoming increasingly vital for pharmaceutical companies to offset rising Research and Development (R&D) costs, says business intelligence provider GBI Research.
The company’s latest CBR Pharma report* states that pharmaceutical companies are considering various strategies to overcome the current challenges, which also include shifts in patent laws
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FDA Launches precisionFDA, Platform for Genomic Sequencing Data
Today, the FDA announced the beta release of precisionFDA, a community platform for NGS assay evaluation and regulatory science exploration. The online , cloud-based, portal will allow scientists from industry, academia, government and other partners to come together to foster innovation and develop the science behind a method of “reading” DNA known as next-generation sequencing (or NGS). precisionFDA is the FDA’s answer to its role under the White House’s Precision Medicine
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OpenNotes Pulls In $10M to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50M Patients
Cambia Health Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are teaming up to jointly fund the three-year, $10M expansion of the OpenNotes movement. The funding will be used to accelerate access to clinical notes to 50 million patients nationwide.
For the next three years, the new $10M funding will support OpenNotes’ ability to assist providers with adoption, to reach a wide range of consumers, and to evaluate the impact
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Federal Court Denies Texas Medical Board Motion to Dismiss Teladoc Lawsuit
On Monday, December 14, Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, denied the Texas Medical Board’s (TMB) motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by telehealth provider Teladoc. The decision marks the seventh occasion in the last four years that various Texas courts have sided with Teladoc against the Texas Medical Board’s repeated attempts to limit access to affordable, quality health care in the state.
In May, Judge Pitman blocked a TMB rule that would
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Report: Value-based Care Driving Remote Patient Monitoring Adoption
The healthcare industry's transition to value-based care and the regulatory penalties associated with readmissions are driving the adoption of remote patient monitoring. According to a recent report from Frost & Sullivan, remote patient monitoring is increasingly becoming a critical tool to support the new value-based care environment. As a result, the remote patient monitoring market is expected to grow at a rate of 13.2 percent through 2020.
Defining Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote
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Report: Hospitals Not Effectively Integrating Workflows Across Departments
The healthcare industry has traditionally lagged behind other industries in technology adoption, but regulatory guidelines have prompted a wave of change. This week, Ricoh announced new research it commissioned from IDC Health Insights, which highlights the current technology needs of hospitals and how technology upgrades can help hospitals achieve meaningful use and accountable care benefits. The study reveals 83% of hospitals reporting opportunities to integrate workflows across departments,
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