Featured Report: Who owns health data? Supreme Court may try answering that question

Modern Healthcare

Who owns health data? Supreme Court may try answering that question
Dec,18,2014
by:  Lisa Schencker
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering hearing a case that could have implications for self-funded insurers nationwide and as many as 16 states that have passed laws creating healthcare data collection programs.  The case, Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., asks the question of whether self-funded insurers should have to hand over certain information to state databases upon request or whether those insurers don't have to under federal law. 
The state of Vermont argues that it needs such data—on claims, member eligibility and other issues—to help it improve the cost and effectiveness of healthcare. The insurance company, however, counters that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, exempts it and its third-party administrator from having to submit the information to state databases. Read More

Med City News

A mobile health startup uses doctor moms for medical query business
Dec,18,2014
by: Stephanie Baum

A mobile health startup using doctors who are mostly stay-at-home moms to respond to medical queries by text message has raised $6 million in a Series A, according to a company statement. In a phone interview with MedCity News, First Opinion co-founder and CEO McKay Thomas said the platform was designed to eliminate the needless visits to a physician, which it reckoned accounts for seven out of 10 office visits The investment round was led by first time investor Polaris Partners, with additional contributions being made by existing investors, including True Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Scrum Ventures and Monashees Capital. Thomas said the funding would be used mainly for developing strategies and partnerships. Thomas emphasized that it wasn’t interested in collaborating with insurers. Read More

Fierce Health Payer

Payers take steps forward with mobile apps in 2014
Dec,18,2014
by: Dori Zweig

In a busy year for the healthcare industry, payers tried to move beyond the technical glitches and court rulings associated with the Affordable Care Act and focus instead on the ACA's aim to make healthcare more accessible and personal.

To play into this idea of the consumerization of healthcare, payers have been busy exploring mobile applications that keep their members healthy and temper rising healthcare costs.

Of course, this has been no walk in the park--consumers have been slow to adopt insurers' mobile apps, while healthcare still hasn't been able to effectively harness data in a way to make it useful. Read More

Fierce Health IT

Study: Nearly half of patients would withhold data from providers
Dec,18,2014
by: Susan D. Hall
Nearly half of patients participating in a trial looking at patient control of the medical records withheld clinically sensitive information from some or all of their care team.

The Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Eskenazi Health (formerly Wishard Health Services) conducted the six-month trial involving 105 patients at a primary care clinic. Patients were allowed to designate who could see their records, including information on sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or mental health.

Patients were able to hide some or all of their data from some or all providers--and 49 percent of them did. However, healthcare providers were able to view the hidden data, if they felt the patient's healthcare required it, by hitting a "break the glass" button on their computer screens, according to an announcement. Read More

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Featured Report: Revised federal data show U.S. healthcare spending growth hit 53-year low in 2013

Modern Healthcare

Revised federal data show U.S. healthcare spending growth hit 53-year low in 2013

Dec,03,2014

by: Melanie Evans

 U.S. healthcare spending apparently grew more slowly last year than at any time in the past half-century—including the Great Recession—as Medicare squeezed outlays, millions of Americans continued to go without health insurance and those with health plans spent at a slower pace on hospitals, clinics and pharmacies.  The nation spent $2.9 trillion on healthcare last year, an increase of 3.6% from the prior year and the weakest growth since 1960, after federal actuaries and economists revised recent estimates. That spending remained weak in 2013 was not surprising: U.S. health spending growth fell below 4% in 2009 with the recession that stripped private health insurance from millions of individuals. But newly revised numbers show an acceleration in 2012 to 4.1% before a slump last year. Read More

MobiHealthNews

MDs may be more interested in DIY health services than patients are

Dec,04,2014

by: Brian Dolan

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute (HRI) published a report on top trends for the health industry in 2015, which was based on findings from a survey of 1,000 consumers in the US and additional interviews with healthcare executives. “With consumers leading the way, bearing more costs and making more decisions, change is erupting throughout the health industry,” Kelly Barnes, PwC’s US health industries leader said in a statement. “Established healthcare companies and new entrants are rapidly developing cost-efficient products and services tailored directly to consumers.”  Read More

Fierce Mobile Healthcare

Report: To succeed, wearables need more than fitness focus

Dec,01,2014

by: Judy Mottl

Unless mHealth wearable makers want innovations to go stale the way some fitness devices have, they'd better start making more appealing and relevant products, says a new Juniper Research report.  "The key is making the devices provide meaning as well as data--counting steps is all very well, but will not keep consumers interested unless that information can be contextualized and made useful for them," James Moar, a research analyst with Juniper, told FierceMobileHealthcare in an email interview. Read More

iHealthbeat

Can the U.S. Health Care System Realize the Promise of Digital Health?

Nov,20,2014

by: Kate Ackerman

NEW YORK -- Embracing digital health is key to curbing out-of-control health care costs, increasing access to care, improving care quality and encouraging patient engagement. But the current regulatory and policy landscape could get in the way of the U.S. realizing the full potential of health IT. That was the message from speakers and attendees at the New York eHealth Collaborative's fourth annual Digital Health Conference in New York City this week. Read More

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Featured Report: Get on Shoppers' Holiday Wish Lists by Using These Search Advertising Tips

WIX Blog

10 Gmail Tricks that Will Turn Your Life Around

Nov,24,2014

by: Staff

How many emails do you get a day? Five, fifty, one hundred? Whatever the number, there’s a good chance that a big chunk of your communication is by email. With so many mails bombarding your inbox daily, it can be hard to stay on top of it all. If your email inbox gets cluttered faster than a teenager’s bedroom, we’ve got some handy tips to make things a little more manageable. Here’s our list of our favorite Google Labs & shortcuts to make you the master of your inbox.  Read More

Media Daily News

Global Media Viewing Up, Mobile Consumption Doubles

Nov,22,2014
by:Wayne Friedman
Global media consumption rose over six hours per week in 2013 versus a year ago — with still-surging digital media a main factor. Worldwide media usage grew 2.8% to 43.78 hours a week -- up six hours, 15 minutes, and 16 seconds versus 2012, according to media researcher PQ Media.  Digital media usage grew 13.2% to 5.79 hours per week, with Gen-Xers (those born between 1965 and 1979) averaging 7.36 hours a week.  Read More

Marketing Proofs

Get on Shoppers' Holiday Wish Lists by Using These Search Advertising Tips [Infographic]

Nov,22,2014
by:Verónica Maria Jarski
More than half (51%) of shoppers plan to purchase holiday items online, according to the following Yahoo infographic. Moreover, 88% of shoppers have researched a product online then purchased in a store. So if you want to get on holiday shoppers' wish lists, use the infographic's search advertising tips. One big tip: make sure your site is optimized for mobile. "Some 76% of smartphone owners plan to use their device for holiday shopping," states Yahoo.Also, be mindful of the busiest days of the season, such as Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Green Monday: "On these days, search advertisers should expect clicks to spike 119% compared to the daily average or the quarter," advises Yahoo. Read More

Mobile Shop Talk

45% Frequently Use Shopping Apps, 90% Use Phones in Bed
Nov,20,2014
by: Chuck Martin

While mobile has changed how people shop, it doesn’t mean retailers have kept up with the transformation. And shoppers aren’t stopping there, with ever increasing desires for more mobile services from retailers. The majority (60%) of smartphone owners say having a mobile device has changed how they shop, according to a new study. And when it comes to mobile shopping, apps don’t rule, based on the 2014 Digital Impact Survey.  Read More

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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: 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,
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CIO
Wirehead Technology
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Featured Report: Are You Sabotaging Your Business Website?

Wall Street Journal

For the Few Who Do Use Mobile Payments, They Like NFC

Sept,12,2014

by: BRIAN R. FITZGERALD

Mobile payments have been around for years, offered by the likes of Google GOOGL -1.28%, Amazon and Square. But none of the various technologies have been adopted broadly.

Apple AAPL +0.73% is hoping to change that with its own service, Apple Pay, that relies on near-field communication, which involves waving a device in front of a reader. Of U.S. adults who have embraced mobile payments with their smartphones, 37% have used NFC, according to a recent survey by Nielsen that was charted by Statista. Read More

Dex Media

Are You Sabotaging Your Business Website?
Sept,08,2014
by: Marion Jacobson

It’s essential for your business to have a website, but if you’re making these mistakes, you might be hurting your business more than helping.

Visual Mistakes

You can drive people away from your website in a nanosecond with:

• Flash or animation that begins to play automatically
• An extremely busy design
• A very dull, vanilla design
• Tiny text that is hard to read
• Missing, hard-to-find, or hard-to-read contact info

Read More

QuickSpout

One Insanely Actionable Content Marketing Strategy That Will Generate You 74% More Search Traffic

Sept,15,2014

by: NEIL PATEL

Are you tired of your competition outranking you? Or even worse, seeing them rank for keywords that you don’t even show up for? In this post, I will teach you, step by step, how to identify keywords your competition is ranking for and how to create content that will outrank them. This approach is so effective that by leveraging it on Quick Sprout over the last 12 months, I’ve been able to increase my search traffic from 160,773 visitors to 280,428 visitors a month. That’s 119,655 more visitors a month. Or 74% more search traffic per month. Read More

Site Pro News

Google+ Social Media Strategies – What You Need to Know

Sept,15,2014

by: Tina Courtney-Brown 

No social network invokes the fear, confusion, and outrage that arises when someone mentions Google+. It’s the most controversial platform out there these days, in part because so many business owners can’t seem to quantify if it’s worth the time and effort. Most concur that businesses need to have a presence on the flailing social space, for no other reason than Google wants you to, and Google owns the search stratosphere. SEO value aside, it’s a tough space to unravel.

Rest assured, however, that if you’re crafty, committed, and well-prepared, Google+ can indeed be a marketing boon for your business. There are metrics available now that help decipher what was once an intensely mysterious space. You no longer have to “trust it’s working.” Google+ experts ‘CircleCount’ recently released an interesting and highly valuable infographic and report that helps marketers capitalize in a space that few have truly mastered. Heed their advice, and you’re light years ahead of the pack  Read More

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Featured Report: Mobility "like a drug" says CEO of property buyer's agent

ZD Net

Mobility "like a drug" says CEO of property buyer's agent

Aug,22,2014

by:  Angus Macaskill

Ben Handler, co-founder and CEO of property buyers' agent Cohen Handler, provides insights from his organisation's experience of implementing mobility tools.  Handler discusses the client service and collaboration benefits that accrued, and advises other businesses to get on the mobility train before it leaves the station. "The phone is like a drug, people are addicted to their phone…and if you can't work out a way to get to your phone, to connect with your customers, to be connecting with your group, then you've missed the boat."  Read More

Fierce Wireless

5 reasons cable operators are building public Wi-Fi networks

Sept,08,2014

by: Mike Dano

It's no secret that the nation's cable companies are making a serious investment in public Wi-Fi networks. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and others are building out hundreds of thousands of public hotspots that their customers can access for free. Moreover, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable already enable roaming across 250,000 of their individual hotspots via the "CableWiFi" initiative, without requiring the use of Hotspot 2.0/Passpoint technology. Read More

Media Post

Kids Have Opinions About Smartphones; Tablets, Too

Sept,09,2014
by: Aaron Baar

Although they’re not generally the target consumer for high-end electronics, kids are using smartphones and tablets in increasing numbers and are showing a clear preference among brands. According to advertising consultancy Communicus, one-third of American pre-kindergarten-age children have a tablet specifically used by them, while two-thirds of kids regularly use tablets. Among those that don’t have tablets, 50% ask their parents to buy them one.  “It’s certainly an opportunity area” for device manufacturers, Jeri Smith, president and CEO of Communicus, tells Marketing Daily. “[Kids] don’t dictate the brand, but they can use the ‘pester factor’ to get what they want.”  Read More

Wireless Week

Smartphones, Apps Lending Intelligence to Cars

Sept,09,2014
by: Tom Krisher

With a thumb swipe on a smartphone, your car one day will be able to drive into a parking deck, find an open spot and back into a space — all by itself. Technology being honed by French auto parts maker Valeo uses a dozen ultrasonic sound-wave sensors, 360-degree cameras and a laser scanner to safely park within a few centimeters of other vehicles. Then, when you're done with dinner or a business meeting, the car will return to you after another swipe of the thumb. The potential benefits are plenty. More orderly parking means less congestion. Drivers are spared the time and frustration of the hunt for a spot. Parking lots can squeeze more vehicles into limited space.  Read More

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