Featured Report: Medical Practice Compliance Program in 4 Steps

iHealthBeat

Google’s Newest Search: Cancer Cells

Oct,29,2014

by: iHealthbeat Staff

On Tuesday, a Google executive said the company is working on a wearable device designed to help doctors detect cancer and other diseases earlier, theWall Street Journal reports.

Details of Device

According to the Journal, Google is developing small magnetic particles, called nanoparticles, that would find and attach themselves to cells, proteins or other molecules inside an individual's body.The particles could be delivered into the system via an oral pill. The wearable device then would monitor the nanoparticles by using a magnet to attract and count them. Read More

Health Data Management 

Physician-Patient Email Communication on Rise

Oct,23,2014

Greg Goth

A new study from Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) offers some early insights into the effects of increasing numbers of emailed communications on doctors, suggesting that reimbursement models and physician workflow may need to adjust to accommodate message management.The were published online in Health Affairs.
“BIDMC was one of the first hospitals in the country to create a patient web portal providing a secure platform for patients to view parts of their medical record and send emails to their clinicians,” said lead author Bradley Crotty, M.D. “The portal became available in 2000, so we were able to take a 10-year look at the data and examine the email traffic resulting from this new use of technology.” Read More

Physicians Practice

Medical Practice Compliance Program in 4 Steps

Oct,29,2014
by: Alicia Shickle, CPC, CPCO, CPPM

Identifying and correcting potential vulnerabilities in your practice through a compliance program optimizes claims payment, minimizes billing mistakes, reduces the chance of an audit, averts protected health information (PHI) breaches, and avoids conflicts with Stark and other anti-kickback statutes. If you haven’t already initiated a compliance program in your practice, here’s how to get started  Read More

Health Data Management

Surviving a HIPAA  Privacy/Security Audit

Oct,30,2014

by: Staff

The HHS Office for Civil Rights expects in 2015 to begin a random audit program to assess compliance with the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules. At the MGMA Conference, David Holtzman, a former senior advisor at OCR and now vice president of compliance services at security firm CynergisTek, walked through what providers selected for an audit can expect  Read More

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Featured Report: BYOD: Why the biggest security worry is the fool within rather than the enemy without

ZD Net

BYOD: Why the biggest security worry is the fool within rather than the enemy without

Oct,29,2014

by: Colin Barker 

The vast majority – 95 percent – of IT managers are prepared to admit that they are struggling to tackle all the potential security threats they face and 87 percent believe that the biggest threats came from mobile devices in the hands of careless employees, according to a new survey. Check Point's third annual security survey is focused this year on mobile devices. The company interviewed 700 IT professionals in the US, UK, Germany, Canada and Australia.  Read More

CIO Mobile

When it Comes to Mobile, IT is Out of Touch

Oct,29,2014

by:Matt Weinberger

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you!" warned Abraham Simpson -- of the Springfield Simpsons -- way back in 1996. It's true, and like it or not, mobile is the new gamemaker in business -- if you haven't adopted a mobile strategy that enables productivity on the go, rest assured that your competitors have. And even if you have, there's an arms race to build better, more user-friendly applications, faster. If that doesn't cause enough stress, a new study by app development platform Appcelerator and IDC Research suggests that IT departments may not be as in control of the mobile agenda as they thought, with developers and IT pros reporting drastically different experiences. Read More

Wireless Week

The Vague, Undefined Promise of 5G

Oct,27,2014

by: Andrew Berg

The term 5G is as yet completely meaningless aside from the fact that the moniker is the obvious successor to the current status quo of 4G. But it's also grossly obtuse because we don't even know on what criteria the ITU will base its definition of 5G. I spoke with Chris Pearson, President of 4G Americas about a recently published white paper that addresses first steps for the development of and investment in 5G technology. "It's a question I'm asked a lot, and more often than not people are asking whether 5G is about speed," Pearson said. "My answer is no. It's going to be about improving and enhancing what we have today with LTE-Advanced as we look at what the mobile requirements are out in 2020.  Read More

RCR Wireless Week

Researchers: Mobile phone data ‘unprecedented solution’ to tracking people in disasters, epidemics

Oct,29,2014
by: KELLY HILL 

A new study finds that mobile phone data can be used for human population mapping in situations such as disasters, conflicts and epidemics due to its high level of penetration around the globe. Researchers called the proliferation of cellphones “an unprecedented solution” to the lack of timely information about people’s movements during crises.The use of mobile phone data for epidemiological research has been increasing. The Economist recently called for call data records (CDRs) from west Africa to be released to researchers to provide them with some data to analyze in order to better inform the fight against Ebola. Even though cell phone penetration is relatively low in remote rural areas, the publication argued, “CDRs are nevertheless better than simulations based on stale, unreliable statistics.Read More

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Featured Report: How to Turn Web Visitors Into Actual Buyers

Mobile Marketer

Marketers’ use of mobile technologies does not match customer behaviors: Forrester

Oct,24,2014

by: Chantal Tode

Too few marketers are aligning their mobile strategies to how customers are actually using smartphones today, with the failure to take corrective action likely to have significant repercussions within two to three years, according to a new report from Forrester.  Only a small majority of marketers - 59 percent - know their customers’ usage and attitudes toward mobile phones, according to the report, “The State Of Mobile Technology For Marketers, 2014.” The failure to close the gap between how customers are using mobile and how marketers are using it will have real ramifications for marketers within two to three years by increasing opportunity costs, make brands irrelevant, leaving companies unprepared to evolve their business model, forcing them to stick with outmoded computing form factors and eating up budget.  Read More

Small business Trends

How to Turn Web Visitors Into Actual Buyers

Oct,26,2014

by: Annie Pilon

How often does your eCommerce business succeed in getting people to visit your site, but then fail to get them to actually buy something? Pretty much every online store experiences this sometimes. But if you have an overwhelming amount of visitors and very few shoppers, you may have a problem.The answer to that problem, according to some eCommerce experts, could lie in your website analytics. Scott Sanfilippo, co-founder of eCommerce consulting company Solid Cactus told BusinessWeek Read More

CIO

Mobile device and date use skyrockets, US gov't survey says

Oct,16,2014

by: Grant Gross

This smartphone thing may finally be catching on. U.S. mobile phone users are “rapidly embracing” smartphones and tablets, noted a report from the U.S.Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The report, however, is based on 2-year-old information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Still, the latest NTIA surveyof U.S. residents’ Internet and computer use shows some important trends and gives U.S policy makers “some valuable insights,” said John Morris, director of Internet policy at the NTIA. Read More

Click Z

Mobile, the Ultimate Shopping Assistant, Says Google

Oct,13,2014

by: Melanie White

The holiday shopping season has already begun. Who needs an in-store sales assistant when you can have your mobile?! Uh oh. It’s already happening. The fall leaves are yet to turn orange and yellow, but the red and green Christmas decorations are already making their way to stores. The holiday shopping season has begun and it's seeming to get earlier and earlier each year. But it isn’t just brick-and-mortar retailers that are getting into the festive spirit. Customers, too, are already thinking about what they’re going to buy their loved ones and they’re turning to online retail stores to do so. Read More

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Featured Report: Mobile EHR Users More Satisfied Than Desktop, Laptop Users

HealthDataManagement

Mobile EHR Users More Satisfied Than Desktop, Laptop Users

Oct,23,2014

by: Greg Slabodkin

A new survey of nearly 600 physicians reveals that those accessing electronic health records from mobile devices report higher levels of satisfaction and fewer challenges with their EHRs than non-mobile users. The annual survey, which EHR research firm  Software Advice commissioned polling firm Research Now to conduct, indicates that 58 percent of mobile users are "very satisfied" with their EHR versus only 28 percent of non-mobile users. In addition, mobile users are less affected by common EHR software challenges than non-mobile users. Just 39 percent of mobile users report that learning how to use their EHR system was challenging compared to 58 percent of non-mobile users.Read More

Modern Healthcare 

Castlight Health tool saves money for patients, JAMA study shows

Oct,22,2014

by: Darius Tahir 

Using Castlight Health's price discovery tool results in strong savings for customers shopping for the best deal in imaging—but not in clinician office visits or lab results, a study released in JAMA shows. The results provide an “early glimpse of the potential ability of greater price transparency to influence the choices patients make,” Princeton professor Uwe Reinhardt wrote in an accompanying editorial. The study, co-authored by two Castlight data analysts and Neeraj Sood, the director of research at USC's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics who also is a paid adviser to Castlight, examined 253,757 households insured by 18 large employers between 2010 and 2013 and using Castlight Health's price transparency platform.  Read More

iHealthbeat

Government Indifference Must Not Stand in the Way of Mobile Health Innovation

Oct,22,2014
by: Morgan Reed

Outdated elements of health care regulation pose a serious threat to innovation. Without substantial changes, new technologies that can improve the lives of patients and the capabilities of their caregivers will remain out of reach to most consumers. Scores of mobile health companies have shared stories about federal regulatory requirements that fail to keep pace with advancing technology. These companies are providing critical services to patients and providers in both consumer and enterprise settings. They have become frustrated with factions within HHS that stand in the way of mobile health innovation. Read More

Healthcare IT News

Wearable tech must get smart with data

Oct,21,2014

by: Mike Miliard

For wearable technology to live up to the hype, especially when it comes to healthcare, it will have to be "interoperable, integrated, engaging, social and outcomes-driven," according to PwC. One in five American adults already own a wearable device, according to PwC's new series, "The Wearable Future," a rapid adoption rate that's only expected to increase. But in a related report from PwC's Health Research Institute, "Health wearables: Early days," data suggests many of the fitness bands and step-tracking smartwatches flooding the market have "under-delivered on expectations." To wit: 33 percent of consumers who purchased a wearable technology device more than a year ago now say they no longer use it, or do so infrequently. Read More

Mobile Healthcare POP

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Featured Report: A Microsoft smartwatch could be here within weeks

ZD Net

A Microsoft smartwatch could be here within weeks

Oct,20,2014

by: Liam Tung

Microsoft's long-rumoured smartwatch could be announced within weeks, giving the company a device to square up to wearables from Apple and Google's Wear partners. According to Forbes, Microsoft could launch the device within the next few weeks, with a focus on health. According to the report, the device will passively track its user's heart rate, and give the company a platform for building health and other apps on. Read More

The VAR Guy

CompTIA: More Companies Taking Ownership of Branding, Marketing

Oct,20,2014

by: Michael Cusanelli 

IT channel companies are becoming more self-reliant on their own branding, marketing and sales activities, according to a new study by CompTIA. The increase of in-house marketing and sales activities is chiefly being driven by the rising importance of new services such as cloud computing, changing customer demand and a more varied lineup of competitors, according to the company. CompTIA surveyed 350 IT companies for its fourth annual State of the Channel study, which examined the size, shape and growth factors affecting the channel. Read More

Fierce Wireless

Verizon again leans on tablets for postpaid subscriber growth in Q3

Oct,21,2014

by: Phil Goldstein

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) added more postpaid subscribers in the third quarter than financial analysts had expected, and the growth was again largely driven by tablet activations, not phones. Just as it did in the second quarter, in the third quarter Verizon relied heavily on tablet activations for the vast majority of its subscriber additions. In the third quarter Verizon added 1.53 million retail net connections, including 1.52 million retail postpaid connections. Of those though, Verizon added just 457,000 postpaid phones and leaned heavily on 1.1 million postpaid tablet activations in the period. In the year-ago quarter Verizon had 483,000 postpaid phone adds. Read More

Wireless Week

Report: Lenovo Crafting Bid for BlackBerry

Oct,20,2014

by: Andrew Berg

BlackBerry stock got a nearly 8 percent bump in early trading Monday as new rumors surfaced that Lenovo may acquire the Canadian smartphone maker. According to Benzinga, which cited a source familiar with the matter, Lenovo could make a play for BlackBerry as early as this week. Lenovo is apparently eyeing a $15 per share price for BlackBerry but the deal could go as high as $18 per share, according to Benzinga. Read More

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Featured Report:Mobile ads pushing more purchases

Marketing Sherpa Blog

Marketing Strategy: What is your “Only Factor”?

Oct,17,2014

by: Austin McCraw

Warning: I am about to offend someone. It could be you. It might not be. Either way, I wouldn’t continue reading unless you’re up for having your notion of marketing challenged and you have the time to leave a ranting blog comment — just in case you end up feeling the need to. Let’s talk about marketing strategy for a moment. That’s right. Put down your proverbial to-do list, and let’s talk about the force behind the success (or failure) of all your marketing campaigns — your value proposition.   Read More

Mobile Marketing Daily

Mobile Said To Take Budget From Print, TV

Oct,17,2014
by: Mark Walsh

Marketers plan to increase mobile ad spending this year at the expense of print, television and digital display media, according to new findings  by research firm Advertiser Perceptions. More immune to mobile budget poaching were social media, digital video and search.Among the 300 agency and marketing “decision makers” interviewed online in July, findings revealed that print will suffer the most from growing mobile ad budgets, with 41% citing that category as a source for mobile ad dollars. Another 34% indicated they would shift money from TV advertising to mobile, while 32% will tap digital display budgets. Nearly four in 10 (38%) said an overall expansion in ad budgets would fund more mobile ad spending.  Read More

Dex Media

Local SEO: How to Know When You’re Winning

Oct,10,2014

by: Jeff B. Copeland 

You’re paying good money to a search engine optimization (SEO) expert or taking your own valuable time to do it yourself, so how is SEO paying off for your local business? No, we’re not asking if you’re top-ranked on Google; that’s increasingly tough to measure, as Google serves up more personalized results to its users and keeps changing the layout of its pages (for instance, one bit of prime real estate, the “7-pack” of local business listings, disappeared for many searches last summer). Read More

BizReport

Study: Mobile ads pushing more purchases

Oct,16,2014

by: Kristina Knight

Mobile devices have been shown to push more interaction from shoppers in-store - from product research to coupon downloading - but one new study indicates there is a shift in m:commerce. The study, from Marin Software, indicates mobile is shifting from influencer to converter.  New data out this week from Marin Software shows mobile devices are now pushing more conversions. According to researchers smartphones and tablets now account for about one-third of conversions on Google (30%) and Facebook (35%). Some interesting takeaways from the report include Read More

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Featured Report: Telehealth Use Growing Amid Pressure for Convenient, Affordable Care Alternatives

iHealthBeat

Telehealth Use Growing Amid Pressure for Convenient, Affordable Care Alternatives

Oct,14,2014

by: Lisa Zamosky

Delivery of care remotely with the use of telecommunications is a rapidly growing segment of the health care market.According to the American Telemedicine Association, there are about 200 telemedicine networks in the U.S., with 3,500 service sites. A host of private companies sell telemedicine services that offer around-the-clock access to physicians who can provide remote medical exams and prescribe medications.  Read More

Consultant Live

Good Medicine is What Does Work, Not What We Think Should Work

Oct,16,2014
by: Pat Bass III

Medicine is what helps or heals our patients, even if we, as a treating physician, do not believe in it or think it should have worked.To say I have not been an early adopter in the areas of complementary and alternative medicine would be an understatement.  My medical education did not cover any of these areas and in a busy practice and administrative life, I struggle to keep up with what I considered legitimate treatments, therapies, and diagnostic testing.  Read More

Modern Healthcare

Reform Update: Measure ranks docs on how much patients improve

Oct,15,2014

by: Melanie Evans 

Patients of top-performing doctors were cared for at less expense and left the hospital earlier and in better health than those treated by doctors at the bottom of a new measure of physician value. Demand for ways to rank individual doctors on results is growing and the measure, based on teacher evaluations, highlights the intensity of efforts to develop effective ratings. Read More

MobiHealthNews

RWJF initiative to explore health data in communities

Oct,16,2014

by: Jonah Comstock 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has begun an initiative to explore how health data can best serve not just individuals, but communities. The new initiative, called Data for Health, will be led by an advisory committee co-chaired by David Ross, director of the Public Health Informatics Institute, and Dr. Ivor Horn, medical director of the Center for Diversity and Health Equity at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Read More

Healthcare Mobile POP

Healthcare Providers,
As you know Healthcare IT is changing every day especially in the new m-health field. Where mobile devices like iPhones, Smartphones and tablets becoming how doctors react to their patients and staff. But with this changes comes new laws about how mobility should be used to work with patient data in a secure way. This is where our mobile app called "Healthcare POP" can help Healthcare POP brings all of your healthcare info into one web-based app that can that can work on every mobile, tablet and desktop. For more information on Healthcare POP visit our demo website at http://www.wireheadtec.com/MobileApp.html Then call us if you have any questions.

Best Regards,
Howard Lee
CIO
Wirehead Technology
Tel: 312-286-8416