...faster – continue to reduce the average time each patient spends in hospital. Do things differently – for instance, by expanding potential substitutes for hospital beds such as expanding virtual wards or nursing home beds. Do less – either by better meeting patient need, for instance by investing in primary care to reduce unnecessary emergency admissions, or by delivering less of some services, either explicitly by changing thresholds or implicitly by reducing supply. Knocking on to all of this is the staffing shortage which REAL Centre has chronicled which is a key factor in treatment, affecting patient backlog which rose... Continue Reading
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Wednesday news roundup: March telehealth claims down to 4.6%, state telehealth waivers expiring, UnitedHealth’s Optum bids for EMIS, Talkspace reportedly rejected Amwell, Mindpath bids
...unless covered by other regulations, for instance Medicaid. Last year, 26 states waived in-state licensure requirements; this year, only 12 states have these waivers. California and New Jersey are due to expire soon. NBC News with a hat tip to HISTalk. Optum bids to buy UK health software provider EMIS. The bid of £1.24 billion ($1.5 billion) was announced last Friday. A UK affiliate of Optum, Bordeaux UK Holdings II Limited, is the actual entity for the acquisition, recommended by the EMIS board. The offer is in cash and represents a 49% premium to the current share price. EMIS is... Continue Reading
Breaking: Hospitals sending sensitive patient information to Facebook through website ‘Meta Pixel’ ad tracker–study
...that when linked to other personal information, can constitute data as protected health information. Ad trackers like the Meta Pixel are used to target website visitors and also to track ads placed on Facebook and Instagram. Developers routinely permit these snippets of code as trackers for better performance and website tracking. For 33 hospitals, the Pixel tracker is picking up and sending back to Facebook information from users of the hospital’s online appointment scheduler: the user’s IP, the text of the button, the doctor’s name, and the search term. In testing the sites using a team approach facilitated by a... Continue Reading
Thursday news roundup: FTC now investigating Cerebral, Balwani’s Theranos trial rests at last, Proscia pathology AI $37M Series C, health data breaches pile up
...money. Reuters, FierceHealthcare Also of interest to the FTC will be the dodgy advertising claims about ADHD and obesity which ran on TikTok and Instagram [TTA 10 May]. The WSJ reported that their ad spend topped $65 million for this year–$13 million on TikTok alone from January to May this year, making Cerebral the third-largest advertiser behind HBO and Amazon, according to research firm Pathmatics. The FTC action follows the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of their prescribing of controlled (Schedule 2, high potential for abuse) substances such as Adderall and Xanax, CVS and Walmart refusing their prescriptions, the unceremonious... Continue Reading
DOJ investigates telemental Cerebral on over-prescribing of controlled medications
...Cerebral has also gained notoriety for dodgy advertising claims pertaining to ADHD and other conditions. In January, advertising on TikTok and Instagram was pulled for claims that obesity is “five times more prevalent” among adults with ADHD, and stated that getting treatment for the mental health disorder could help patients “stop overeating.” These followed inquiries by Forbes and NBC News. Also pulled was their Facebook advertising around prescribing Type 2 diabetes medications, GLP-1 agonists, as a “wonder drug” for weight loss. Will this put a damper on the burgeoning area of telemental health and remote prescribing? Stay tuned. Also Becker’s.... Continue Reading
Predictions, predictions for telehealth, digital health, and all those cybersecurity risks
...vulnerable patients. For payers and employers, this can add up to better outcomes and reduced cost of care. “Intelligent” remote monitoring also removes another layer of risk in providing the right care at the right time Continuation of relaxed interstate licensure requirements are needed to provide fast access to medical experts, particularly for primary care providers. Interview with Healthcare IT News Healthcare Dive has been running a series on industry trends, and this installment focuses on digital health. Healthcare will become more predictive and proactive, with insights fed by connected devices and analytics (commonly lumped under AI) that enable organizations... Continue Reading
Will ’22 digital health investment be historic? Or a question mark? The jury is out.
Some say historic, or will it be a historic question mark? It’s only January…Earlier this month, a Silicon Valley healthcare VC funding analysis [TTA 14 Jan] looked at 2021 funding — up over 150%–that was skewed to biopharma and health tech. It noted the SPAC slowdown, anemic post-IPO performance, and a decline in M&A value, while consolidation and buying for expansion will be the trend. Healthcare Dive spoke to some industry mavens, and came up with a split picture. Some see turbulence ahead due to rising interest rates, a fluctuating market, and political instability leading to tighter purse strings, others... Continue Reading
How Big Data failed public health during COVID
...to calculate contact rates, since it released only percent changes in movement or staying at home. The professors also didn’t figure on proprietary non-compatible systems and peculiarities stemming from business needs. Facebook, for instance, released data that mapped only eight-hour chunks in UTC which didn’t, of course, take into account normal bedtimes. Google would state that trends in staying home were up, versus Facebook data that indicated downward trends. Contact tracing, as Readers know, turned out to be a gigantic flop. While the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network has evolved into a broader project called Crisis Ready, with the goal of... Continue Reading
Does the digital telecom switchover threaten the lives of the most remote old and disabled? (UK, updated)
...backup batteries. Digital phone systems in the US are usually installed with a backup battery, which isn’t cheap but sustains about 24 hours of basic voice service. Older models had special ‘brick’ batteries that you ordered from your phone provider that were around $50, newer models are powered by 12 D cell flashlight batteries that at least you can buy at the supermarket. Apparently, BT’s backup units are not only unavailable due to a global shortage, but also cost £85, a substantial charge to a pensioner–unless you live in a ‘not spot’ area without mobile service, in which case it’s... Continue Reading
Theranos, The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes, ch. 13: a crescendo of ‘I don’t knows’ and ‘I don’t remembers’…and the defense rests! (updated)
...billion to investors, especially as the internal estimate was much lower and there were no contracts with pharma companies? Did she listen to her lab directors about problems with the tests? But regrets, she had a few. The WSJ investigation, for instance. And slapping pharma company logos on Theranos reports. It all comes down to who the jury believes. The prosecution either will close today or tomorrow (Wednesday). The defense will return to wrap up, either with Holmes or with expert witnesses such as Mindy Mechanic and, possibly, others. The defense will return to the 3 Ds–diffusion, deflection, and diminished... Continue Reading
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