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Millennials Overwhelmingly Avoiding Obamacare
To date, less than 25 percent of all Obamacare enrollees are between the ages of 18 and 34. Why does this matter? To be financially viable, the still-faltering national healthcare plan needs America’s youth to start paying up. Now. If this doesn’t happen, the consequences for Obamacare could be dire. Read More »
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Millions Of Consumers Face Sticker Shock When 'Open Enrollment' Begins In October
President Barack Obama’s ambitious goal that all Americans have access to health care will take a huge step forward this fall with the opening of federal and state insurance exchanges. But it is too soon to tell whether these bold creations of the Affordable Care Act will actually bring “affordable” care to consumers... Read More »
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MindReader, Matched Flicker, and 8 More Cool Startups at the Healthcare Innovation Summit
In addition to all the smart, insightful speakers talking about innovation in healthcare and all the entrepreneurs in the startup showcase at CONVERGE last week, there were more than 50 other startups at the event. Here are a few of the most promising ideas and growing companies we heard about in Philadelphia. Read More »
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MIT Media Lab Spinoff EyeNetra Raises $2M
Somerville, Massachusetts-based EyeNetra, which has developed a mobile-enabled eye diagnostic tool raised $2 million in funding last week, according to an SEC filing. EyeNetra hopes to serve the 2.4 billion people worldwide that don’t have glasses, but need them. Read More »
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MIT Sets Sights On Open-Source mHealth During Innovation Event
The MIT Media Lab’s eleven-day Health and Wellness Hackathon is not your average gadget exhibition. Bringing together eighty participants from around the world, the annual event, which was held in January, is designed to inspire new ways to fix an age old problem: how to use technology to prevent illnesses before they start. Read More »
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Money May Be Motivating Doctors To Do More C-Sections
Pregnant doctors are less likely than other women to deliver their babies via C-section, recent research suggests. Economists say that may be because the physician patients feel more empowered to question the obstetrician. Read More »
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More Changes In Health Care Needed To Fulfill Promise Of Health Information Technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor easy to use, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis. Read More »
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More Work Is Needed On The Safety And Efficacy Of Healthcare Information Technology
If one were writing about the improvement of gastronomy in America, one would probably not celebrate “over 300 billion hamburgers served.” But that’s very much the type of success Dr. Ashish Jha is celebrating in last week’s piece on recent US healthcare IT sales. [...] Read More »
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Most Docs Don’t Want You To See Your Full Electronic Medical Record
Most doctors in the United States think patients should be actively involved in updating their electronic health records, but they don’t want to give them full access to those records, according to a new study by technology consulting firm Accenture. Read More »
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Mostashari: Obama Reelection Points To Critical Role Of Data
Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national health IT coordinator, said that data and analytics played a critical role in the campaign and re-election of President Barack Obama – mirroring the growing importance of data in healthcare. Read More »
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My Big Idea For Healthcare: Pricing Transparency
Last December I wrote about what I thought would be the "Big Idea" for healthcare in 2013. "Show me the fees!" I said. Well, they have - in fact, much more than I would have ever imagined. 2013 has seen an explosion in pricing transparency in healthcare - or maybe better said, charging information in healthcare... Read More »
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My Name Is Rob. And I’m A Recovering Doctor.
Yeah, I am recovering…doing a lot better, actually. Things are tough, but they are a lot better since I left my destructive relationship with Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance companies. I’ve had to learn how to manage my own money (now that I can’t count on them to bail me out any more), but things are looking a lot better... Read More »
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N.H, Utah Hospitals Report Rise In Uncompensated Care
Granite State hospitals projected to spend $358 million on charity care; $305 million will go unreimbursed Read More »
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New Crowdsourcing Platform Can Save You Money On Medical Bills
The costs of health-care are often a huge burden to households in the US, especially when there’s an unforeseen injury or illness. Hoping to help people keep hold of more of their money and shed some light on medical costs is a website called Clear Health Costs that lets users know what others are paying for medical treatment. Read More »
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New House Bill Would Boost Digital Health Use In Federal Programs
A new bill (HR 3577) introduced by Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) calls for increased use of digital health technologies in federal programs as part of an effort to reduce health care costs, MobiHealthNews reports. Read More »
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