Dutch Medical Startup to Develop MRI That Visualizes Soft Tissue and Bone
MRIGuidance, a med-tech company spun out of the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, has just been granted $1.9 million in seed investment for a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) software called BoneMRI that can analyze soft tissue and bone without radiation.MRI is traditionally used to image soft tissue, and x-ray-based technology is used for bone scans. However, this new software can use MRI scanners to generate three-dimensional images of human bone that are akin to CT-images in one single exam.The investment comes from Health Innovations, a coalition of Dutch financial and healthcare groups, and a â...
Source: radRounds - October 26, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
First Time ’s The Charm
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Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - October 22, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: Fall 2018 Hopkins Nurse bloodstream CLABSI healthcare costs Hospital infection innovation medical errors prevention Source Type: blogs
Mandatory Nurse Ratios – Good for Massachusetts?
On November 6th, Massachusetts will vote on mandatory nursing levels. Proponents cite burnout, injuries and patient safety as reasons to vote YES. Opponents claim ERs wait times will rise, small hospitals will close and patient bills will increase.
There is no better way to get a sense of what is on the minds of healthcare leaders than talking with fellow conference attendees. At the recent SHSMD18 event, I had the opportunity to attend a social gathering hosted by the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo). There was one topic that dominated the discussion – the upcoming vote on November 6th on m...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 18, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Digital Health Healthcare Human Resources Healthcare Labor Management hospital staffing mandatory nurse levels Nursing Source Type: blogs
Feed.fm Brings Music to Mobile Health with Launch of Health.fm: Interview with CEO Jeff Yasuda
Studies have shown that listening to music can have clinically-beneficial side effects from lowering cortisol hormone levels that cause stress and anxiety to correlating highly with verbal memory improvement in stroke patients when compared to patients not listening to music.
Seeking to leverage its existing music expertise and enter the mobile health market is Feed.fm, a San Francisco-based business with a platform for digital media solutions, which is launching Health.fm. Today, Feed.fm helps companies like Fitbit Coach, ASICS, and LA Marathon use music to increase user retention, social engagement, and workout motivatio...
Source: Medgadget - October 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Psychiatry Rehab Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
dayzz, An Evidence-Based, Personalized Sleep Training App for Employers, Interview with CEO Amir Inditzky
In addition to fatigue, high blood pressure, and weight gain experienced by individuals with chronically poor sleep, productivity and performance in the workplace are also known to suffer. Sleep deprivation, for example, can cost employers up to six lost working days and $2,762 in financial impact annually per employee. Today, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimates that 50-70 million adults in the U.S. suffer from chronic sleep issues or wakefulness disorder.
Medgadget has previously covered sleep management solutions seeking to help individuals achieve better sleep. An upcoming player in the market is startup da...
Source: Medgadget - September 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Medicine Net News Neurology Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs
How Doctors Turn Patients into Lobbyists
I recently spoke with a Washington Post reporter about a troubling practice. Physicians convince their patients to sign letters to influence public policies the patients often don’t understand. Here is the beginning of that piece. Check it out: A proposal … Continue reading →
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 18, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: PeterUbel.com Tags: Health Care bioethics health policy healthcare costs Peter Ubel syndicated Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Comcast Uses Web-Based Services to Support Employees and Restrain Healthcare Costs
A recent article about the cable giant Comcast made the surprising point that the often reviled company has been surprisingly innovative in terms of the health plan that it offers to its employees (see:You ’ll Never Guess Which Company Is Reinventing Health Benefits). Part of the strategy of the company is the use of various apps including Accolade to improve the healthcare delivery process and value for its employees. Accolade provides personalized healthcare advocacy which is explained in the following way on itsweb site:Imagine the power in having an independent team of nurses, doctors and clinical s...
Source: Lab Soft News - September 13, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Healthcare Delivery Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Consumerism Quality of Care Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Lay Health Workers Increase Documentation of Care Preferences
by Ben SkochReview of Effect of a Lay Health Worker Intervention on Goals-of-Care Documentation and on Health Care Use, Costs, and Satisfaction Among Patients with Cancer. A Randomized Clinical Trial. Patel MI, Sundaram V, Desai M, et al. JAMA Oncology July 2018. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.2446I ’m sure many, if not most health professionals who have spent time around an oncology unit have encountered patients receiving care in the late stages of their disease and had the thought, “Is this really helping?” Or possibly, “Has anyone asked this patient how they feel about this treatmen t?” As a palliative ...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 5, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: advance care planning journal article pallimed writing group skoch Source Type: blogs
Can CMS ’ Proposed ACO Changes Really Help Medicare Beneficiaries?
By REBECCA FOGG
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma proposed bold changes to Medicare’s Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), with the goal of accelerating America’s progress toward a value-based healthcare system—that is, one in which providers are paid for the quality and cost-effectiveness of care delivered, rather than volume delivered.
CMS has created a number of ACO programs over the last six years in an effort to improve care quality and reduce care costs across its Fee-for-Service Medicare population. In a Medicare ACO, hospital systems, physician pra...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medicare Patients ACOs CMS Source Type: blogs
Is Medical Imaging a Ricardian Derived Demand?
By SAURABH JHA
Medical Imaging and the Price of Corn
After the Napoleonic wars, the price of corn in England became unaffordable. The landowners were blamed for the high price, which some believed was a result of the unreasonably high rents for farm land. Economist David Ricardo disagreed.
According to Ricardo, detractors had the directionality wrong. It was the scarcity of corn (the high demand relative to its supply) that induced demand for the most fertile land. That is, the rent did not increase the price of corn. The demand for corn raised the rent. Rent was a derived demand.
Directionality is important. Getting dire...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: OP-ED Tech CT Angiograms derived demand Imaging Medical Imaging Source Type: blogs
As I ’ve always suspected, Health Care = Communism + Frappuccinos
By MATTHEW HOLT
Happy 15th birthday THCB! Yes, 15 years ago today this little blog opened for business and changed my life (and at least impacted a few others). Later this week we are going to celebrate and tell you a bit more about what the next 15 years (really?) of THCB might look like. But for now, I’m rerunning a few of my favorite pieces from the mid-2000s, the golden age of blogging. Today I present “Health Care = Communism + Frappuccinos”, one of my favorites about the relationship between government and private sector originally published here on Jan7, 2005. And like the Medicare one from last we...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt OP-ED 15th Birthday Celebration Commumism Frappuchinos Source Type: blogs
Genetics Blockchain Platform Shivom Partners with SingularityNET (Interview)
With an abundance of innovation already taking place in the field of genomics, the addition of blockchain technology opens the door to even more opportunities. Blockchain-based genomics platform Shivom and it’s partners are positioning themselves to step through that door. Last month, Shivom announced a partnership with SingularityNET, another blockchain-based platform and marketplace for AI. The goal of the partnership is to combine and maximize the value of each of the businesses’ networks and leverage each other’s engineering teams. Integration of the two platforms will allow SingularityNET to be ab...
Source: Medgadget - August 7, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Genetics Informatics Source Type: blogs
Making Money by Getting an MRI?
Usually it costs money to get an MRI. But sometimes, in order to save money, insurance companies pay patients to seek less expensive medical care providers. Here is an excellent news report on the topic from The News & Observer: … Continue reading →
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 6, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: PeterUbel.com Tags: Health Care health insurance health policy healthcare costs insurance companies Peter Ubel syndicated Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
5 Practical Use Cases Anchoring Blockchain in Healthcare
The following is a guest blog post by David Houlding MSc CISSP CIPP, Principal Healthcare Industry Lead at Microsoft Health working specifically on the Azure Team.
The hardest thing about blockchain is not the technology. To be clear, there are many technical challenges that must be addressed to be successful with blockchain, and these are not trivial. However, even harder is building the network of healthcare organizations and trust to a point where they are willing to participate, connect, and transact.
Existing B2B Healthcare Networks
It is faster to apply blockchain to an existing B2B network of healthcare organizati...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 1, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Health Care Healthcare Healthcare Interoperability HealthCare IT David Houlding Healthcare Anti-Fraud Healthcare Blockchain Healthcare Drug Supply Chain Healthcare Medical Device Tracking Microsoft Azure Microsoft Health Source Type: blogs
Is Medical Imaging a Ricardian ” Derived Demand ” ?
By SAURABH JHA
Medical Imaging and the Price of Corn
After the Napoleonic wars, the price of corn in England became unaffordable. The landowners were blamed for the high price, which some believed was a result of the unreasonably high rents for farm land. Economist David Ricardo disagreed.
According to Ricardo, detractors had the directionality wrong. It was the scarcity of corn (the high demand relative to its supply) that induced demand for the most fertile land. That is, the rent did not increase the price of corn. The demand for corn raised the rent. Rent was a derived demand.
Directionality is important. Getting direc...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
