Featured Report: Group Asks Sebelius to Lift Telemedicine Restrictions

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MobiHealthNews
In-Depth: Digital health APIs every health startup should know
Mar,07,2014
by+Jonah Comstock
One conversation topic that never seems far away at digital health industry events is the idea of data silos. Consumer health and fitness apps are letting people collect more health data about themselves than ever before. And increasingly connected electronic health records create a wealth of electronic data about patients. The real potential for that data, many people believe, will come when it can be combined with other data and integrated into other apps and platforms, rather than being locked away wherever it was originally collected.
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Modern Healthcare
Survey: Uninsured rate drops; health law cited
Mar,10,2014
by:+Associated Press
With just three weeks left to sign up under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, a major survey tracking the rollout finds that the uninsured rate keeps going down. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, released Monday, found that 15.9 percent of U.S. adults are uninsured thus far in 2014, down from 17.1 percent for the last three months — or calendar quarter— of 2013.
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Med City News
Can engaging primary care doctors reduce healthcare costs?
Mar,07,2014
by:+Stephanie Baum
A couple of the pain points driving up healthcare costs are poor adherence to care plans and self-referrals to specialists. Health IT startup Amplify Health wants to change that by getting primary care physicians to do a better job of engaging their patients. Chris DeNoia, the vice president of business development, told MedCity News that its platform is designed to give primary care physicians a better way to steer their patient populations and influence behavior.
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Health Data Management
Group Asks Sebelius to Lift Telemedicine Restrictions
Mar,06,2014
by:+Greg Slabodkin
The American Telemedicine Association has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to "lift unnecessary restrictions on health care delivery that prohibits millions of Americans from accessing quality medical care."
In a March 4 letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ATA urged her to allow Medicare providers paid under alternative payment methods the flexibility to use telehealth as a means to add value for Medicare and its beneficiaries.
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Featured Report: Women Log More Time Than Men On Mobile Apps, Web

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Social Media Examiner
Visual Storytelling: How to Use Visuals, Videos and Social Media to Market Your Business
Mar,07,2014
by+Michael Stelzner
Do you use visuals to market your business?
Are you wondering how you can tell a story with visuals? To learn how your business can benefit from visual storytelling, I interview Ekaterina Walter for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.
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Mobile Marketing Watch
Infographic: How to Make Boring Brands Come Alive on Social Media
Mar,06,2014
by:+ChristaH
You want to know the most beautiful thing about social media marketing? It has the potential to make even the most boring, non-sexy brands a hot commodity in digital marketing.
Of course, social networks don’t do all the heavy lifting. But with with some creative thinking and planning, social media can be effectively harnessed to bounce the boring right off of your brand.
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Business News Daily
How to Use Google Analytics
Mar,06,2014
by:+Sara Angeles
Google Analytics is one of the best website management tools a small business can have in its arsenal. It's a robust Web analytics and reporting tool that can provide key insights into how your website is performing and what you can do to meet your goals. You can track everything from how much traffic your website is getting to where that traffic is coming from and how visitors are behaving.
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Search Marketing Daily
Women Log More Time Than Men On Mobile Apps, Web
Mar,06,2014
by:+ Laurie Sullivan
Smartphone users spent 89% of the time spend on media through a mobile app in Q4 2013, but women spent nearly an hour-and-a-half more -- 30 hours and 58 minutes -- compared with men at 29 hours and 32 minutes, per Nielsen research released Wednesday.
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Featured Report: In the U.S. last year, some 95 million Americans were using mHealth technologies

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Healthcare IT News
In the U.S. last year, some 95 million Americans were using mHealth technologies
Mar,04,2014
by+Erin McCann
Over the next six years, the global mHealth market will continue to make a mark in a serious way, with the industry poised to exceed $49.1 billion by 2020, according to a new market report. According to research conducted by San Francisco-based market analysis and consulting firm Grand View Research, monitoring services are projected to remain the dominant and most rapidly growing market segment, with revenue topping $1.2 billion in 2012, and seeing a nearly 50 percent CAGR from 2014 to 2020.
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Modern Healthcare
Reform Update: Exchange enrollees confused over when their coverage starts
Mar,04,2014
by:+Sabriya Rice
Some physicians and other healthcare providers are experiencing new challenges associated with enrollees of the new health plans sold on the Obamacare insurance exchanges. Management groups working with providers are offering suggestions on how to be prepared, as HHS expects another enrollment surge ahead of the March 31 open enrollment deadline. One of the key issues is misunderstanding about enrollment versus actually being covered. It's confusing for both patients and providers, experts say.
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Fierce Mobile Healthcare
Kaiser docs use video to take a step forward into patients' homes
Mar,03,2014
by:+Judy Mottl,
Two Kaiser Permanente doctors are treating patients via video conferencing as part of a new free telemedicine program aimed at reducing costs, boosting improving patient care and luring new clients. The program--dubbed HouseCalls--is available in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Kaiser physicians are treating about 15 video-based patients daily, according to a Washington Post report. The goal is to provide the 20-minute telemedicine appointments to about 30 patients each day
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The Fiscal Times
Can ‘Docs in a Box’ Save the Health Care System?
Mar,05,2014
by:+BRIANNA EHLEY
Can long-distance virtual doctors stop U.S. healthcare costs from spiraling out of control? Better still, can these camera-ready physicians deliver an even better quality of care? Lawmakers in Washington think so, and they are pushing to expand the use of telemedicine and other technologies that will cut costs, ease doctor shortages and improve healthcare outcomes. Telemedicine--the technology allowing doctors to visit patients via a Skype-like program—is already being used widely across the country.
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