Featured Report:Technology Aided Info Sharing After Boston Marathon Bombings

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Med City News
What do seniors need? StartUp Health and AARP collaboration hopes to give startups better insights
Apr,17,2013
by+ Stephanie Baum
So many healthcare entrepreneurs have a story to share about a sick grandparent and how their recent experiences alerted them to certain shortcomings in the healthcare system. And although these epiphanies frequently produce good ideas for so many digital innovations everything from remote monitoring devices to patient engagement tools, the amount of time given over to how each person in will use the device was designed seems to vary. At the same time, everyone recognizes that the number of people in and approaching retirement is substantial. By 2015, people aged 50 and older will make up 45 percent of the population.
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ModernHealthcare.com
Wired witnesses helped feds in Sacred Heart case
Apr,16,2013
by:+Joe Carlson
Federal authorities say they were compelled to work behind the scenes in February to prevent a patient from getting a tracheotomy he didn't need at a Chicago hospital under investigation for Medicare fraud.
The government then rushed to build a case against the executives and physicians allegedly orchestrating the scheme in order to protect other patients from harm, U.S. Attorney Gary Shapiro said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
Shapiro spoke hours after federal agents arrested the hospital's owner and executed sweeping search warrants at several locations looking for documentation of a pattern of doctors referring elderly and indigent patients to Sacred Heart for unneeded but profitable emergency room care and procedures such as tracheotomies, intubations and heavy sedation.
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Government Health IT
Some states balk at enforcing health law's insurance protections
Mar,20,2013
By:+Kaiser Health News
Florida regulators won’t penalize insurance companies that violate new health law consumer protections that take effect in January but will report them to the federal government, according to an agreement between the state and federal officials.
Citing lack of money and legal authority, Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator hasn’t decided whether his agency can enforce the provisions, which include some of the most popular elements of the 2010 federal health law, such as requiring insurers to provide coverage to all applicants regardless of their health status, prohibiting insurers from charging more based on gender or health, and greatly limiting what insurers can charge for premiums based on age.
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iHealthBeat
Technology Aided Info Sharing After Boston Marathon Bombings
Apr,16,2013
by:+Staff
Technology helped facilitate communication after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, FierceHealthIT reports.
How Twitter Helped
Several emergency response teams and medical organizations used Twitter to provide information to the public following the bombings. For example:
The Boston Police Department sent tweets informing followers that officers were working to stabilize the situation;
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Association sent tweets advising concerned individuals to try texting friends and family members in Boston because text messages use less bandwidth than calling;
Tufts Medical Center used Twitter to provide updates on its patient count and to inform potential patients that anyone needing care should use the facility's emergency entrance (Bowman, FierceHealthIT, 4/15).
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Featured Report:Doctors and nurses have figured out LinkedIn, now we need more researchers

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Fierce Health Payer
Study: Employer-sponsored coverage dropped 10%
Apr,12,2013
by+ Dina Overland
In more evidence that the health insurance industry's landscape is transforming, a new study finds employer-based coverage, once the cornerstone of the market, has "eroded substantially."
Only 60 percent of Americans now receive coverage through their employer, a decrease of 10 percent in the last decade or 12 million fewer people, according to a study released Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Meanwhile, premiums have been increasing with the average family premiums costing more than $14,000 in 2011, a 125 percent surge from the $5,000 average in 2000.
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ModernHealthcare.com
Challenging gene patents Myriad ruling will impact personalized medicine
Apr,13,2103
by:+Jaimy Lee
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in the Myriad Genetics gene patenting case, whose outcome could have major financial consequences for healthcare providers and patients and help determine the future affordability of gene-based medical technologies and personalized medicine. The case is also likely to have broader implications for healthcare providers that are grappling with how to better understand and incorporate genomic medicine into day-to-day care.
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Med City News
Doctors and nurses have figured out LinkedIn, now we need more researchers
Apr,12,2013
By:+Veronica Combs
Simon Zhang, data analyst and former neurosurgeon, reports that there are now one million doctors and nurses in the US using the social networking site. What are they doing? Looking for a new job, commenting on particularly good insights from MedCityNews or complaining about long hours in one of these groups.
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ModernHealthcare.com
Emphasis on education Higher levels of health literacy critical to better healthcare outcomes
Apr,06,2103
by:+Maureen McKinney
When Dr. Ruth Parker travels around the country talking to providers about the need to focus on health literacy, she rarely encounters anyone who doesn't agree that it's an issue with serious implications for healthcare outcomes. That's in sharp contrast to a decade ago, she says, when few understood the scope of the problem or the way in which patients' poor understanding of health information could lead to more errors, worse adherence to treatment plans and higher healthcare costs.
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Featured Report: 5 Tips to Make Facebook Marketing Mobile-Friendly

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The Daily Muse
4 Things Your Brand Can Learn From the Best Business Blogs
Arp,10,2013
by+Alex Honeysett
A blog is a great—and free!—way to publicize your company and directly engage with your community. But if you have a business that isn’t exactly, well, sexy, you may wonder if a blog showcasing what you do can still be beneficial.
The answer is a resounding yes. In fact, a blog can arguably be more impactful for brands in not-so-exciting industries if you’re able to build a fun, exciting experience for your current and potential clients. You’d expect a fashion retailer to have a sassy blog, but an insurance company? Now that’s interesting.
No matter what you’re promoting, here are four easy tips to create a blog for your business that will surprise and delight your audience.
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Fast Company
Ideas, not products, are the key to innovation
Apr,09,2013
by:+Kaihan Krippendorff
The third-floor screening room in a hip Singaporean bar-lined neighborhood: black walls, tall ceilings, movie projector, and a roomful of globally minded entrepreneurs. This is the moment I will most remember from my last visit to Singapore. There is a shift underway in Asia, a bubbling up of self-made entrepreneurs. Asian commerce in the past five decades was dominated by larger-than-life conglomerate builders gathering assets under unofficial government protection. But this is changing. A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging, outthinking the old guard.
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Entrepreneur Magazine
Crowdfunding Industry On Fire: Trends to Watch
Apr,08,2013
By:+Catherine Clifford
The crowdfunding industry is already growing rapidly, and as that growth accelerates, several crowdfunding niches are expected to really take off.
Last year, 308 crowdfunding platforms across the world raised $2.7 billion, an 81 percent increase over the amount raised in 2011, according to the annual report released today from the Los Angeles based research firm, Massolution. The growth in 2012 represents an acceleration, up from 64 percent growth in 2011. Looking ahead, growth is expected to reach $5.1 billion raised in 2013, representing an expected 89 percent increase in the dollars raised, the report predicts.
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Social Media Examiner
5 Tips to Make Facebook Marketing Mobile-Friendly
apr,08,2013
by:+Jim Belosic
Do you know how your audience accesses Facebook? Do your Facebook fans see your updates on their mobile devices? According to Facebook’s fourth-quarter report, around 680 million of the company’s one billion monthly active users access Facebook from mobile devices.
It’s up to brands and businesses to make sure that any marketing efforts they add to Facebook are mobile-friendly, including custom apps, email, advertising, etc. Here are five things you can do until Facebook fine-tunes its mobile experience:
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Featured Report: Illinois- focus on consumer experience in Medicaid modernization

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iHealthBeat
Online Health Plan Brokers Could See Windfall Under ACA
Apr,09,2013
by+Staff
Online insurance brokers are positioning themselves to receive a potential windfall when the federal government distributes billions in insurance subsidies to help U.S. residents purchase coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the Washington Post's "Wonkblog" reports.
Background
In March, HHS approved partnerships between states and online insurance brokers but set strict standards on the information that the private websites must display.
According to HHS, the sites must "provide consumers with the ability to view all [health plans] offered through the exchange" and avoid giving people "financial incentives, such as rebates or giveaways," to sell a certain plan.
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Government Health IT
States focus on consumer experience in Medicaid modernization
Apr,08,2013
by:+Anthony Brino
Illinois
Medicaid issues in Illinois have been exacerbated by outdated Medicaid information systems, a lack of care coordination and long-running public financing problems.
Facing some $2.3 billion in unpaid Medicaid bills, on top of several billion in budget shortfalls and almost $100 billion in long-term unfunded public pension obligations, Illinois is perhaps the most striking example of Medicaid’s challenges — and the need for digital health technologies and consumer-focused services.
Although not as sweeping as state budget hawks would prefer, Illinois’ 2011 Medicaid reform law, in tandem with its budding statewide health information exchange, should go at least some way to crafting a more sustainable safety net program that reduces financial chaos for providers while improving patient experiences and outcomes.
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Health Data Management
Senate Committee to Examine Progress of Insurance Exchanges, Consumer Protections
Apr,08,2013
By:+ Joseph Goedert
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee on April 11 will hold a hearing to assess the progress at state and federal levels in creating health insurance exchanges and review reform-mandated consumer protections effective in January 2014.
The protections, which are changes in insurance rating rules, include prohibiting denial of insurance coverage based on pre-existing conditions, and limits to premium rates based on health status, gender or age.
Witnesses expected to testify at the hearing include Gary Cohen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at CMS; Kevin Counihan, CEO at the Connecticut Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchange); Sabrina Corlette, project director at Georgetown Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reform; and Chris Carlson, principal and consulting actuary at Oliver Wyman Consulting in Milwaukee.
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iHealthBeat
What Sources Are Used by Those Who Look Up Health-Related Information on the Internet?
Apr,03,2013
by:+staff
Of the U.S. residents who use the Internet to find health-related information, 59% have used WebMD, according to a recent survey conducted for The Atlantic in conjunction with pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
The survey found that 22% of online health information seekers have used Google, 17% have used the Mayo Clinic's website, 12% have used their health insurer's website and 8% have used NIH's website.
The survey involved a nationally representative sample of 1,000 U.S. residents, 638 of whom reported using the Internet to find health-related information.
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