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How Blockchain Technology Could Help Prevent Medical Fraud

by Kayla Matthews, Contributing Writer 07/10/2018 Leave a Comment

How Blockchain Technology Could Help Prevent Medical Fraud

Most people know blockchain as the transaction ledger associated with cryptocurrency transactions. However, evidence suggests a specific use for it that applies to health professionals — reducing medical fraud. Blockchain’s Innate Characteristics May Cut Down on FraudIndividuals think blockchain shows promise for minimizing fraud in medicine because of some of the features it offers. For example, many fraudulent practices in the health industry and elsewhere begin when people manipulate or
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DreaMed Diabetes Granted FDA Approval for Personalized Diabetes Decision Support Solution

by Jasmine Pennic 06/18/2018 Leave a Comment

DreaMed Diabetes Granted FDA Approval for Personalized Diabetes Decision Support Solution

DreaMed Diabetes, an Israeli-based developer of personalized diabetes management solutions, today announced that the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a De Novo request for DreaMed Advisor Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based diabetes treatment decision support software. Advisor Pro is indicated to assist healthcare providers in the management of people with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).The announcement marks the second
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Cureatr Appoints Richard Resnick as New CEO to Broaden its Offerings

by Jasmine Pennic 05/25/2018 Leave a Comment

Cureatr Appoints Richard Resnick as New CEO

Cureatr, a real-time healthcare information service provider, today announced the appointment of Richard Resnick as Chief Executive Officer and member of its board of directors. Under Resnick’s leadership, Cureatr is broadening its offerings to meet the evolving needs of providers and patients alike.Prior to joing Cureatr, Resnick serve as the CEO of VC-backed GQ Life Sciences, where he revitalized strategy to turn company around from a -44% to a 33% EBITDA margin and sold company for 10X EBITDA
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5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices

by Dan L. Dodson, President at Fortified Health Security 04/26/2018 Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices

Research shows us that security breaches can greatly impact a healthcare organization’s reputation. Unfortunately, healthcare leaders are stuck in the cross hairs of consumers and hackers. While consumers want transparency, access to information and assurance their personal information will remain safe, hackers are busy compromising patient information at a faster speed than ever before.As healthcare IT organizations strive to become more accessible and “open” to support patient engagement
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Why Most Hospitals Aren’t Smart Enough for Healthcare Consumers

by HITC Staff 03/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Why Most Hospitals Aren’t Smart Enough for Healthcare Consumers

Many hospitals are trying to be smart—optimizing the digitizing of all their needed data and even hospital infrastructure—but many are failing, and patients today need faster decisions based on complete data. MGM Solutions weighs in on how hospitals can get smarter faster.Hospitals globally are under tremendous pressure, facing factors such as reimbursement and cost pressures, while serving an increasingly aging population suffering from chronic diseases. Hospitals are seeking ways to improve
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Mint Health Unveils White Paper for Vidamint Tokens

by HITC Staff 12/20/2017 Leave a Comment

MintHealth Blockchain

MintHealth, a global decentralized health platform with a portable, secure, and self-sovereign personal health record (PHR) built on blockchain technology and designed to drive healthy patient behavior through the Vidamint™ token. MintHealth announces the immediate availability of the associated white paper behind a planned Vidamint (VIDA) token sale in Q1 of 2018. The company also announces the addition of Wyche “Tee” Green, III, founder and director of Greenway Health™, to the MintHealth Board
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What Dogs Can Teach Providers about Designing Care Plans

by Staci Porter, Regional Nursing Officer at Zynx Health 08/30/2017 Leave a Comment

Several studies have shown that if dog owners are told to walk their overweight dog more often to improve the dog’s health, the dog owners will comply, and also lose weight themselves. Their concern for their dog’s health makes the goal of increased exercise an easy one to follow. The regimen combines the pleasurable activity of spending time with a pet with a healthy activity–walking. In this way, the dogs become accidental health coaches for the human patients, encouraging them to be more
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Remote Physical Therapy Solutions – Mobility is Essential for Delivering Value

by Our Thought Leaders 03/09/2017 Leave a Comment

Breg Remote Physical Therapy Solutions - Mobility is Essential for Delivering Value

Editor's Note: Robert Haywood is the Senior Marketing Manager at Breg, a provider of premium, high-value sports medicine products and business solutions that advance orthopedic patient care.Game console therapy solutions were originally designed for use in skilled nursing and facility settings. Recently, their use has expanded to include pre-and post-operative therapy at home. Game console therapy involves performing exercises in front of a TV using an Xbox® or camera enabled laptop/tablet
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NHS’ Salford Royal Trust, Validic Partner to Integrate Patient-Generated Health Data Into EHR

by Jasmine Pennic 03/02/2017 Leave a Comment

NHS’ Salford Royal Trust, Validic Partner to Integrate Patient-Generated Health Data Into EHR

The Royal Salford Trust of the NHS and digital health integration platform Validic have announced a partnership centering around innovation with health data, research & remote care services. The partnership will enable the integration of patient-generated health data from in-home medical devices, wearables and consumer health apps into the EHR. The goal of this initiative is to identify how the integration of this data yields a measurable difference in patient care, outcomes and
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Black Book: 94% of Physicians Find Digital Health Data Overwhelming, Redundant

by Jasmine Pennic 01/04/2017 Leave a Comment

Increasing Patient Face Time by Decreasing Physician Screen Time

94 percent of physicians find all that digital health data overwhelming, redundant and unlikely to make a clinical difference, according to Black Book’s recent consumer survey. Conducted from September through December 2016, the survey asked 12,090 adult consumers to evaluate the technology they were exposed to, know of or interacted with as an active patient in the last twelve months.The report revealed that 94 percent of consumers with health or activity trackers said their physician informed
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