Featured Report: Newly approved telehealth guideline causes a stir

This Week's Healthcare Online News

Modern Healthcare
Newly approved telehealth guideline causes a stir
Apr,28,2014
by+Joseph Conn
The Federation of State Medical Boards approved a model telehealth policy this weekend that's made some providers of these services happy and others, well, not so much, because of its emphasis on using video rather than audio technology for a first patient visit.
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Information Week Healthcare
Healthcare Social Networks: New Choices For Doctors, Patients
Apr,29,2014
by:+Alison Diana
Like most people, healthcare professionals use mainstream social media networks to connect with friends and family. But almost one-third of them also join social networks focused exclusively on healthcare.
Within these communities, providers find medical advice and best-practices, job openings and career tips, research and product information, as well as the opportunity to securely communicate with peers.
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Boston Globe
Health agencies track outbreaks on social media
Apr,26,2014
by:+By Kathleen Miller
WASHINGTON — Whooping cough first sickened the Illinois high school cheerleaders. Then it struck the football players, the cross-country team, and the band. As it spread within the Chicago suburb of McHenry County in late 2011, another outbreak took place — on social media. A small business called Sickweather LLC said it detected the online flare-up on Twitter and Facebook postings in early October that year. That’s about two weeks before local health officials issued a public statement.
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Health Insurance Ezchange
Americans’ View of Obamacare Remains Mixed
Apr,29,2014
by:+BRIAN M. KALISH
Despite the Affordable Care Act exceeding its enrollment goals, Americans’ view on the law remains unchanged and a majority believe enrollment fell short of expectations.
A monthly tracking poll of 1,504 adults conducted April 15-21 — after open enrollment closed — by Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found that 54% believe enrollment fell short of the government’s expectations, while 21% believe it met expectations. Further, just 43% were able to identify that almost 8 million people have signed up for coverage.
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Featured Report: ATA: State policies hinder telemedicine

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Health Insurance Exchange
PCIP Deadline Announced
Apr,25,2014
by+ BRIAN M. KALISH
A program for sick Americans who were previously denied insurance coverage has been further extended, with individuals now given until the end of June to purchase coverage. The Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan was originally set to expire on Dec. 31, 2013 and has been extended monthly since.
The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Congressional Democrats included the federal high-risk pool in the law as an immediate stop-gap program for people who had been denied coverage by insurers and couldn’t wait four years for medical underwriting to be outlawed.
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Health Data Management
Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns
Apr,28,2014
by:+Staff
The ECRI Institute released its annual Top 10 list of patient safety concerns, in which health I.T. has a leading role. The list is based on the institute’s database of patient safety events voluntarily submitted by provider facilities, as well as custom research requests and root-cause analyses submitted to ECRI.
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Med City News
Survey: 90% of people will share health data, 26% don’t care about privacy
Apr,25,2014
by:+Stephanie Baum
A new survey suggests that consumers are getting more open-minded about sharing their personal health data. A whopping 90 percent of the 1,000 respondents to the Makovsky Health/Kelton Survey said they would have no problem sharing their healthcare data so long as the goal is to help researchers understand a disease or improve care or treatment options.
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Fierce Health IT
ATA: State policies hinder telemedicine
Apr,,25,2014
by:+Susan D. Hall
The American Telemedicine Association has suggested some changes to the Federation of State Medical Board's (FSMB) proposed regulation of telemedicine. Among the suggestions: Don't make remote consults more cumbersome than in-person treatment and clear the way for docs to practice across state lines.
Of the changes it seeks in the FSMB's "Model Policy for the Appropriate Use of Telemedicine Technologies in the Practice of Medicine," ATA said in an announcement:
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Featured Report: The 7 Worst Types of Headlines (And How to Fix Them)

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Data Byte: Mobile Marketers Aren't Pushing Push Notifications
Apr,23,2014
by+Perry Simpson
Though many mobile marketers continue to invest in push notifications, few actually use the medium for marketing messaging. All told, 62% of the top 100 online retailers prompt users to opt in to push notifications, 27% more than 2012, according to a recent study from mobile marketing platform OtherLevels. However only 31% of these retailers actually send push notifications to opt-in consumers.
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Hub Spot
The 7 Worst Types of Headlines (And How to Fix Them)
Apr,25,2014
by:+Ginny Soskey
Sometimes I get angry at headlines. I've written over 1,000 words on a subject, yet one 70-character phrase will most likely be the deciding factor in whether people view my writing or continue on their merry way. Just a few words could stand in the way between the piece of content being a success and a dud.
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Small Business Newz
Why Content, Social and SEO Marketing Should Be One Strategy
Apr,24,2014
by:+Sally Ormond
One strategy? Surely they’re three different disciplines, aren’t they? If you believe that, you may be experiencing issues with all three. Taking content marketing first, how did you get started with that? I’m guessing it was a blog. When you started out online, everyone and their dog were telling you that you had to have a blog. So, never one to turn down advice, you set one up and started churning out articles.
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Time
This Is the Absolute Best Day to Post on Facebook
Apr,23,2014
by:+Victor Luckerson
Businesses on Facebook are being forced to reevaluate their social media marketing strategies as their posts continue to reach fewer and fewer users. For a brand that’s looking to ensure that its posts get the most engagement possible, new data shows that Friday is the day when users are most likely to Like, comment or share posts that come from brand Pages.
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