June 2017

SI-BONE, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance and Full U.S. Commercial Launch of the iFuse-3D™ Implant, a Patented, 3D-Printed Next Generation Member of the iFuse Implant System® ()
Teledermatology decreases wait times, costs ()
AMA 2017: Delegates take aim at Trump with new policies ()
Getting physicians to fall in love with EHRs ()
American Diabetes Association criticized for restricting photos at conference ()
Researchers warn of inconsistency in asthma data in EHRs ()
AHCA could lead to 725,000 fewer healthcare jobs ()
Democrats’ bill would make reinsurance permanent for ACA exchanges ()
Virtual reality helps patients manage pain, anxiety ()
TempTraq detects rise in temperature 3 hours before conventional care ()
AMA 2017: Outpatient services to drive profitable growth for health systems ()
Judith Salerno, MD, MS, named as next President of The New York Academy of Medicine ()
AMA 2017: New president urges physicians to rise above ‘hyper-partisan political climate’ ()
AHA to CMS: Suspend hospital star ratings, eCQM reporting ()
3D-printed patch treats smaller ischemic blood vessels ()
Drones could quicken AED delivery during heart attacks ()
Centene expanding ACA exchange participation ()
Trump calls House’s ACA repeal bill ‘mean’ ()
Miele acquires majority interest in Steelco ()
Researchers to test telemedicine in treating delirium in elderly ()
CMS actuary: AHCA could cause individual market to collapse ()
New report outlines practical options for Texas communities facing rural hospital closure ()
Wearable lab on a chip could ID bacteria, cancer ()
AMA 2017: Barbara McAneny wins AMA presidential election ()
CHS hospitals accused of shorting charity care benefits ()
App improves survival of advanced cancer patients by 5 months ()
ACA enrollment fell by nearly 2M by mid-March ()
4 things to know about major medical groups’ anti-AHCA events ()
Quest Diagnostics to Form Precision Oncology Center of Excellence Through Acquisition of Two Texas Laboratory Businesses to Serve Oncologists Nationwide ()
Mississippi's Medicaid division notifies 5,000 of potential breach ()
Patients satisfied with cost effectiveness, convenience of telehealth ()
FDA lists reusable medical devices requiring new validation ()
Johns Hopkins President Ronald Peterson to retire at end of 2017 ()
OIG: CMS should try to recover $729M in erroneously paid EHR incentives ()
AMA 2017: ACA repeal dominates leaders’ speeches ()
AMGA names Ryan O’Connor as interim president, CEO ()
Home glucose monitoring fails to improve control of type 2 diabetes ()
GE Healthcare's John Flannery taking over as CEO of General Electric ()
Targeted food subsidies could delay, prevent 150,500 CVD deaths in US ()
eClinicalWorks Introduces Telehealth Solution on healow™ Mobile App ()
Microsoft develops deep learning tool to combat SIDS ()
Hospitals improving on bedsore and injury prevention—but progress is ‘too slow’ ()
AMA 2017: Medicaid changes in AHCA could limit healthcare delivery innovation ()
Clinical Data Shows Surefire Technology Provides 80% Complete Response Rate for Bridge-to-Transplant Primary Liver Cancer Treatment versus 52% for Standard Microcatheter ()
Daily texts help patients manage type 2 diabetes ()
Apple hires Stanford digital health director ()
HHS Secretary contradicts Trump’s budget chief on cuts to Medicaid ()
New alarm system challenges auditory standards ()
Philips announces the relaunch of its Pioneer Plus catheter, the only re-entry device with intravascular ultrasound guidance ()
10 costliest claims conditions account for $1.3B from 2013 to 2016 ()
What AMA delegates will vote on at 2017 meeting ()
40% of adults enrolled in high-deductible insurance plans ()
Online reviews of physicians don't equate to real-life quality of care ()
Former CMS data chief to lead Health Care Cost Institute ()
100 employees to be laid off at MedStar Washington ()
Relief of back pain won’t come from a smartphone app ()
Kenzen Raises $5 Million to Fuel Precision Health Platform Featuring Smart Wearables ()
At-home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70% of the time ()
Med groups to CMS: Include Medicare Advantage patients under Advanced APMs ()
$155M cancer pavilion expansion begins at Henry Ford Health ()
House Republicans: Community rating waivers need to remain in Senate’s ACA replacement ()
LexisNexis Risk Solutions and American Medical Association Launch Verify Health Care Portal to Help Keep Provider Directories Up-to-date ()
Salus Telehealth’s VideoMedicine Mobile Platform Connects Touring Recording Artists with their Personal Physicians Anytime, Anywhere ()
Trump keeps Francis Collins as NIH Director ()
Anthem leaving Ohio ACA marketplace ()
6 findings from HIMSS 2017 Precision Medicine Study ()
Minorities more likely to receive low-value care ()
AstraZeneca Select ArisGlobal LifeSphere Safety - Risk Management™ ()
June vote on AHCA possible, but bill could be destined to fail ()
HHS releases report on impact of WannaCry ransomware attack ()
New transplant technique could improve outcomes for type 1 diabetics ()
New York public hospitals eliminating 476 positions ()
Increasing complexity in aortic dissection reduces complications, improves outcomes—but mortality remains constant ()
‘Medicaid for all’ bill heads to Nevada governor ()
Cerner wins Veterans Affairs EHR contract without competitive bidding process ()
Healthcare professionals must be bold on digital health ()
Pediatric Emergency Telemedicine Links RWJUHSomerset Patients with Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital Physicians ()
Electronic patient-reported outcomes extend lives of those with metastatic cancer ()
Patch for at-home use detects sleep apnea ()
mHealth platform reduces major depressive disorder symptoms by 42% with memory game ()
Telehealth program for autistic children reaches rural communities to reduce wait time ()
Q&A: Duke's Daniel on the challenges of moving pharma, device companies toward value-based payment ()
HHS announces Move Health Data Forward Challenge winners ()
Racial disparities in surgical mortality are shrinking ()
Want to control in-hospital infection? Keep your hands to yourself ()
Association recognized for intranet-based digital workplace, developed with assistance from West Monroe Partners ()
UPMC names new CMIO ()
Insurers favor value-based contracts, but few are available ()
$12M patient may have contributed to insurer’s exit from Iowa ()
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Executive Appointed to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) ()
Control V: 46 percent of EHR info is copy and pasted ()
Texas Children’s to expand outpatient network into Austin ()
Succeeding in an ICD-10 World ()
mHealth app predicts influenza outbreak a month before national surveillance ()
EDs may charge 12.6 times Medicare prices—with higher markups than other departments ()
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia won’t cover ER visits it considers unnecessary ()
Wearable system gives visually impaired patients a new view ()
eClinicalWorks to pay $155M to settle claims it faked certification ()
Aetna moving its HQ out of Connecticut, considering ‘several states’ ()