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September 2016

Pomona City Councilmembers Urge Hospital to Recognize Workers’ Vote to Improve Patient Care, Join Union (09/20/2016)

NueHealth, GeneNews agree to three-year deal to improve screening for colorectal, lung, prostate cancer (09/19/2016)

Mymetics, Texas Biomedical continue development of HIV vaccine (09/19/2016)

Could these opioid alternatives treat pain and prevent addiction? (09/19/2016)

What if lifestyle apps give users incorrect, imprecise health data? (09/19/2016)

ACOs Using Lightbeam Health Solutions Net $84 Million in Savings for CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program, Doubling Average Savings of Other ACOs (09/19/2016)

Elamipretide can improve mitochondrial, skeletal muscle function in seniors (09/19/2016)

Verscend Technologies appoints VP of client services (09/19/2016)

Feds tell researchers to get speedier on data sharing (09/19/2016)

Could Microsoft Band help predict, prevent epilepsy? (09/19/2016)

Stop this one protein and possibly stop breast cancer's spread (09/16/2016)

Psychiatry visits now available on Amwell app (09/16/2016)

Yale New Haven Hospital will perform HIV-positive organ transplants (09/16/2016)

MyTelemedicine launches Spanish program for Latino patients (09/16/2016)

5 approaches for using technology to communicate with physicians (09/16/2016)

Phoenix VA Health Care System Deploys Germ-Zapping Robots to Enhance Veteran Safety; Xenex Robots Destroy Pathogens that Pose a Risk to Patients, Staff & Family Members (09/16/2016)

Elderly patients need help recovering from the ICU—while they're still there (09/15/2016)

HHS awarding $87 million for IT enhancements at health centers (09/15/2016)

Mental hospital investigation reveals weaknesses that led to escape (09/15/2016)

CMS’s Slavitt defends ACA markets, hints at risk corridor settlement (09/15/2016)

Accenture encourages developing technology through HealthTech Innovation Challenge (09/15/2016)

Antibiotic gel treats middle ear infections with a single dose (09/15/2016)

Some hospice patients aren't actually dying (09/15/2016)

New strategic plan for ‘future of nursing science’ released (09/15/2016)

Chantix maker defends drug's safety to FDA skeptics (09/15/2016)

Comparing the value of surgery, radiation, monitoring for early prostate cancer (09/15/2016)

African countries embrace eHealth, telemedicine to deliver care to diffuse populations (09/15/2016)

Integer Announces Planned Departure of Chief Financial Officer (09/15/2016)

Cleveland Clinic submits plan for London location (09/15/2016)

Higher ACA exchange enrollment limited out-of-pocket spending (09/14/2016)

Blue Willow Systems brings wearables to seniors (09/14/2016)

Allergan, Medicines360 launch single-handed IUD inserter LILETTA (09/14/2016)

Exchange news: ConnectiCare staying, N.J. co-op to close for 2017 (09/14/2016)

FDA human trials of Parkinson's drug from Inhibikase Therapeutics (09/14/2016)

Hospitals try new measures to prevent MRSA (09/14/2016)

5 things to know about the state of employer-sponsored health coverage (09/14/2016)

AMA Awards Research Grants to Advance the Study of Women in Medicine (09/14/2016)

CHIME announces new appointments to leadership positions (09/14/2016)

Average Annual Workplace Family Health Premiums Rise Modest 3% to $18,142 in 2016; More Workers Enroll in High-Deductible Plans with Savings Option Over Past Two Years (09/14/2016)

49 states have reduced hospital readmissions since 2010 (09/14/2016)

eHealth Technologies Expands Its Services at UVA Health System (09/14/2016)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO stepping down (09/13/2016)

The Medicare costs of tainted water systems (09/13/2016)

SONIFI Health to install patient engagement system in California medical center (09/13/2016)

FDA approves trial of renal denervation to treat hypertension (09/13/2016)

Twine takes interactive approach to managing chronic conditions (09/13/2016)

Children’s hospitals lose more on treating kids covered by Medicaid (09/13/2016)

Indiana fertility doc possibly impregnated patients with his own sperm (09/13/2016)

Simulation shows how, where virus invades healthy cells (09/13/2016)

Low-carb diet can be more effective than surgery, medication (09/13/2016)

The debate over delicensing anti-vaccination physicians (09/13/2016)

Lumiata Launches Its AI-Powered Risk Matrix that Improves Care Coordination and Risk Management (09/13/2016)

Health IT firm develops system to track, share info on hackers (09/13/2016)

Obama meets with exchange insurers ahead of open enrollment (09/13/2016)

Aphios to Develop HIV/AIDS Cure Using Combination Drugs in Targeted ‘Nanosomes’ Nanoparticles (09/13/2016)

Cerebain Biotech Presents Update on Its Medical Device Research and Development as It Continues Its Battle against Alzheimer’s and Dementia (09/13/2016)

AdvantageCare Physicians Appoints New President and Chief Medical Officer (09/13/2016)

DAS Health Partners with LinkedMD to Provide Chronic Care Management Services (09/13/2016)

Carolinas HealthCare app cuts wait times by 64 percent (09/12/2016)

Yelp, other online reviews sites help improve patient care (09/12/2016)

Productivity growth may define hospitals’ financial future (09/12/2016)

CMS requires new disaster preparedness standards for healthcare providers (09/12/2016)

Cone snails may hold the key to faster-acting insulin (09/12/2016)

Industry groups applaud MACRA ‘pick your pace’ options (09/12/2016)

Mobile app to provide tools for women with endometriosis (09/12/2016)

CMS: No risk corridor funding for 2015 (09/12/2016)

AdvaMed Welcomes APEC Commitment to Advance and Support Ethical Interactions with Third Parties (09/12/2016)

3M acquires Semfinder to help with rollout of EMR platforms (09/12/2016)

Obalon balloon system receives FDA approval (09/12/2016)

CMS rejects Ohio’s Medicaid waiver request (09/12/2016)

HCA to acquire tech developer Mobile Heartbeat (09/12/2016)

Quality Payment Program introduces choices for physicians in 2017 (09/09/2016)

Risk adjustment needed for joint replacement bundled payment model (09/09/2016)

Q&A: Lillian Dittrick on how predictive analytics achieve the triple aim of improving patient experience, cost and quality of care (09/09/2016)

How quality post-surgery care can achieve value in bundled payment models (09/09/2016)

CMS finalizes emergency preparedness rule (09/09/2016)

Out of service: Donated medical devices in the developing world (09/09/2016)

Lean processes decrease wait times, increase efficacy in VA (09/08/2016)

CMS won’t require full-year MACRA reporting in 2017 (09/08/2016)

New bills would offer exemptions to ACA’s individual mandate (09/08/2016)

Hospitals now own 1 in 4 physician practices (09/08/2016)

Smartphone app improves sexual health education in teen girls (09/08/2016)

More Medicare Advantage enrollees may decrease fee-for-service spending (09/08/2016)

eRAD Releases RADAR Nudge Messaging Tool (09/08/2016)

Children with asthma in rural areas receive quality care via telemedicine (09/08/2016)

Using patient experience scores to determine payment works within value-based purchasing (09/08/2016)

'Almost like a normal visit': How telemedicine is growing in rural areas, becoming a standard practice (09/08/2016)

Mobile app promises to deliver ECG, blood pressure data (09/08/2016)

21st Century Cures Act unlikely to move until after election (09/08/2016)

FAIR Health introduces app to increase health literacy (09/07/2016)

Q&A: NIH Director Collins, Sen. Durbin on securing medical research funding in an election year (09/07/2016)

Uninsured rate hits record low, but post-ACA gains are slowing (09/07/2016)

Metastatic breast cancer gene can turn itself on and off (09/07/2016)

Sensor detects E. coli more quickly, in more environments (09/07/2016)

House members ask HHS to ‘consider flexibilities’ on MACRA start date (09/07/2016)

New Study Shows Innovative Zip Skin Closure System Saves Time in the Cath Lab (09/07/2016)

What sectors of the market are embracing telehealth? (09/07/2016)

LA County Department of Health Services Selects Cerner’s Population Health Management Platform (09/07/2016)

PhD Students Take Groundbreaking Strides in Innovative Medical Devices (09/07/2016)

Which states have the best and worst healthcare systems? (09/07/2016)

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