This isn't a second wave. It's a first wave that never really went away. That's what experts are saying about the current COVID-19 resurgence. And just as the virus isn't going anywhere soon, neither are the financial woes it's creating for hospitals and health systems. On this episode of HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock welcomes Healthcare Finance News Managing Editor Susan Morse and Associate Editor Jeff Lagasse to talk about the current state of affairs for hospitals. More related to this episo...
Jul 10, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard and Senior Editor Kat Jercich join host Jonah Comstock to recap what went down at the American Telemedicine Association's virtual conference last week. The team also discusses the state of telehealth more broadly, including the trends Kat observed at last week's congressional hearing. This episode is brought to you by AmWell. Subscribe to HITN's new Telehealth Connect newsletter here. Check out our first two editorial webinars here and here . More...
Jul 02, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
MobiHealthNews founding editor Brian Dolan, now founder and lead writer at Exits and Outcomes, joins the host Jonah Comstock, Managing Editor Laura Lovett, and Associate Editor Dave Muoio for a bit of a post-mortem on Proteus Digital Health, the sensor-enabled pill company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. More related to this episode: 'Digital pill' maker Proteus Digital Health files for bankruptcy Proteus parts ways with Otsuka as it pivots toward oncology, infectious ...
Jun 26, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Following up on last week's episode, host Jonah Comstock and MobiHealthNews Associate Editor Dave Muoio chat with Dr. Brennan Spiegel, Director of Health Services Research at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. As well as picking up on the thread of COVID-19's effect on the burgeoning field of virtual medicine, Speigel also talks about some of his own experiences with therapeutic VR, lays out his vision for the technology's future, and gives a preview of his forthcoming book on the subje...
Jun 19, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 19
VR researcher and advocate Dr. Robert Louis gives HIMSS Media insight on the current state of VR in healthcare, and how the virus has impacted his hospital's rollout of the technology. Digital health spectators have long eyed therapeutic virtual reality's progression from an interesting research concept to an evidence-backed treatment for pain, phobias and other conditions. But with COVID-19 throwing a wrench into healthcare's status quo, will the virtual technology be seen as a key resource, or...
Jun 12, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Following up on our episode from a few weeks ago, host Jonah Comstock sits down (virtually of course) with Dr. Gustavo Kinrys, medical director and vice president of Mental Health Services at Teladoc Health to discuss findings from a recent survey on COVID-19 and behavioral health as well as his own experiences seeing patients via telehealth during the pandemic. Here's a release from Teladoc about the survey....
May 29, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In Harry Glorikian's MoneyBall Medicine, he writes about various interconnected trends that have been shaping healthcare for the past few years: value-based care, precision medicine, cost transparency, digital health and big data. Some of those trends have been accelerated by recent seismic shifts in healthcare, others could still be slowed down by regulatory and reimbursement barriers. In today's episode, Glorikian joins host Jonah Comstock for a wide-ranging discussion of healthcare's future. ...
May 20, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Telehealth of all stripes has exploded since COVID-19, but one particular subset deserves further examination: telebehavioral health, an area in which the crisis has upended the norms of supply as well as demand as the crisis take's a toll on the world's collective mental health. In this episode, host Jonah Comstock, Managing Editors Laura Lovett and Susan Morse and Associate Editor Dave Muoio discuss some recent trends and developments in this space. Articles mentioned in this episode: Heal kic...
May 14, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
As healthcare systems around the world battle COVID-19, they haven't stopped fighting another battle: the constant struggle against hackers and other security threats. On this episode of HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock talks to Healthcare IT News Executive Editor Mike Miliard about cybersecurity in the age of COVID-19. They also catch up on the ONC info-blocking rules that dropped in March, and how the pandemic has illustrated the importance of those regulatory changes. Articles referenced in thi...
May 01, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Christopher Kerns, Advisory Board’s Vice President for Executive Insights, joins Jonah and the Healthcare Finance News team, Managing Editor Susan Morse and Associate Editor Jeff Lagasse, for a conversation about what this pandemic means for hospital bottom lines, how they're surviving, and how they should be preparing for a re-opening of elective and nonessential procedures. Articles mentioned in this episode: Hospitals furlough staff, reduce physician salaries waiting for CARES Act funds Hospi...
Apr 24, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Through its Healthbox subsidiary, HIMSS is facilitating peer-to-peer sharing of COVID-19 technology solutions and lessons learned on the COVID-19 Digital Think Tank. On today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock chats with Healthbox President Neil Patel about how to use the platform, how it came about, and what he's seen on it so far. Neil and Jonah also get to talking about the effect the current crisis has had on telemedicine adoption, and how that might look when this is all over. Check out the T...
Apr 14, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Even before today's big announcement from Apple and Google, it was clear that phone-based contact tracking was going to be an important weapon in the war against COVID-19. But might that weapon be a double-edged sword? In today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock is joined by the MobiHealthNews team — Managing Editor Laura Lovett and Associate Editor Dave Muoio, to discuss the various companies, researchers, and governments working on COVID-19 contact tracking and population mapping, and what priva...
Apr 10, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It's been turbulent times for the FDA. On the one hand, the U.S. regulator has found itself carefully unravelling its guidances to bolster COVID-19 testing and treatment – sometimes leading to confusion for companies searching for new ways to combat the global epidemic. On the other, the agency continues to push forward with broader initiatives to remap its processes so that novel software treatments won't be gummed up in regulatory red tape. Each of these challenges was on full display over the...
Mar 30, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Host Jonah Comstock talks to Dr. Steve Miff and Dr. Keith Kosel, authors of a new book from the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation. "Building Connected Communities of Care: The Playbook for Streamlining Effective Coordination Between Medical and Community-Based Organizations”. With each chapter addressing a different stakeholder, the book is a practical guide for making digital health technology work for improved population health and community care. Get the book here....
Mar 20, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The number of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 167, 515 globally, according to the World Health Organization . Cases in Europe and the United States are rising quickly. Health systems are looking for new ways to deal with the increase in cases. New initiatives including drive-thru testing, chatbot helpers and hotlines are among the solutions proposed. In today's HIMSSCast, we discuss how government and healthcare systems are responding to the pandemic, with host Laura Lovett from MobiHealthNews, an...
Mar 17, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Healthcare IT News Editor Mike Miliard, Healthcare Finance News Senior Editor Susan Morse, and MobiHealthNews Associate Editor Dave Muoio delve into ONC and CMS's new rules, how people are reacting, and what might happen next. Articles mentioned in this podcast: HHS publishes final regs on info blocking, interoperability ONC officials describe requirements of new API, information blocking rules With info blocking rules, concerns for patient privacy, small practices HHS finalizes rules requiring ...
Mar 10, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
COVID-19, perhaps still better known as coronavirus, is a dangerous and rapidly spreading disease that governments and healthcare stakeholders are working around the world to contain. But how is new technology shaping the narrative of this epidemic, and is it making it easier to manage than previous outbreaks? In today's HIMSSCast, we explore that question with host and Editor-in-Chief Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews's Laura Lovett, Healthcare Finance News's Jeff Lagasse, and MobiHealthNews/Healt...
Feb 21, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this grab-bag episode of HIMSSCast, MobiHealthNews Editor Laura Lovett chats with host Jonah Comstock about three recent in-person reporting experiences here in the Boston area, where MobiHealthNews is based. They included an office visit to the mindLab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Patient Safety in a Digital World symposium held at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the MassChallenge Health Tech Accelerator's Opening Night. Articles referenced in today's episode: As digita...
Feb 07, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 5
HITN and HFN editors Mike Miliard and Susan Morse join host Jonah Comstock for an on-site recap of the HIMSS Media Healthcare Security Forum, held in Boston this week. Jonah, Mike, and Sue talk trends, lessons, and how the world of healthcare security has changed over the years. Other coverage from the Healthcare Security Forum: What we learned at the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum Machine learning, AI, telemedicine and other technologies will pose data security risks, says Dr. John Halamka For...
Dec 12, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Members of the HIMSS Media editorial team discuss the top takeways from the Connected Health Conference in Boston, including the changing role of healthcare payers, the challenges of behavior change, worrying digital health adoption stats and more.
Nov 20, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The HFN team discusses some recent pieces of news from federal and state governments, and speculates on how these developments might fit into a more patient-centric healthcare future. Articles mentioned in this podcast: CMS releases final and proposed rules on price transparency bound to get provider and payer pushback American Hospital Association, provider groups to sue over final rule California bill may have ramifications for telehealth reimbursement Telehealth laws, especially for behaviora...
Nov 20, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The MobiHealthNews team breaks down the week's news from big tech. Why does Alphabet want to buy Fitbit? Why does Facebook want to help you get a check up? And what is Amazon up to with its latest acquisition? Articles referenced in today's episode: Alphabet makes offer to acquire Fitbit Facebook's new tool tells users what checkups they need, where to get them Amazon makes its second digital health acquisition with Health Navigator...
Nov 20, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 2
