Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In the U.S., “Health care is complicated because complexity is profitable.” So explain Bob Kocher, MD, and Anuraag Chigurupati, in a viewpoint on Economic Incentives for Administrative Simplification, published this week in JAMA. Dr. Kocher, a physician who is a venture capitalist, and Chigurupati, head of member experience at Devoted Health, explain the misaligned incentives that impede progress in reducing administrative spending.

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KevinMD

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The current COVID pandemic has brought into stark contrast the woeful state of medical data collection and data sharing in the United States. It has been a central goal of Health and Human Services (HHS) to at first encourage and later mandate sharing clinical data across multiple electronic health records. Unfortunately, progress has been slow. Read more….

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The new app helps to give doctors a "unified view" of patient data on their phone.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The COVID-19 pandemic forced patients and healthcare providers alike to accept new ways to stay in touch, communicate, and to ask and give advice – which, in turn, catalyzed adoption of digital tools. Although patients […]. The article Tech That Empowers Providers To Level Up On Patient Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on governing health futures 2030: growing up in a digital world has placed children and young people centre stage of the report, as this demographic is seen as the most likely to have the highest exposure to digital technologies. There is an urgent need to orient digital health priorities towards the establishment of strong health and wellbeing foundations from an early age.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, will give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry. This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.

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KevinMD

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The current COVID pandemic has brought into stark contrast the woeful state of medical data collection and data sharing in the United States. It has been a central goal of Health and Human Services (HHS) to at first encourage and later mandate sharing clinical data across multiple electronic health records. Unfortunately, progress has been slow. Read more….

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Also: Vida Health announces new value-based pricing structure.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Arlene Maxim, senior clinical officer, Axxess. I’ve heard from several home healthcare agency administrators that they are preparing to don their scrubs for the first time in years to enter the front lines. This […]. The article Telehealth Technologies: A Short-Term Solution That’s Been A Long Time Coming appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The American Telemedicine Association announced this week that it was launching a new initiative aimed at evaluating telehealth's potential as a tool to address and eliminate health disparities in the United States. The CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities, comprising more than 30 executives from a range of payer, provider and tech organizations, issued a framework alongside the announcement that will serve as the foundation of ongoing strate

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 14, 2021

UnitedHealth Group boosts guidance as it posts $4.1B in profit for Q3. pminemyer. Thu, 10/14/2021 - 07:25.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Before the coronavirus emerged, the top causes of death in developed countries were heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and accidents. Then COVID-19 joined the top-10 list of killers in the U.S. and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Telehealth comes with a number of important challenges. COVID did teach us that none of those challenges can’t be overcome. However, it’s not hard to see that many healthcare organizations are slipping back into old habits. You’ll often hear me talk about the powerful force that is “how we’ve always done it.” However, in the […].

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

IntelliSite is designed to streamline workflows, enhance diagnostic confidence, facilitate collaboration, integrate AI and increase the efficiency of pathology labs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rebecca Love, chief clinical officer, IntelyCare. The news media has done an excellent job of covering the country’s ongoing nursing shortage since the pandemic began. But one problem I have with the coverage is […]. The article Nursing Shortage Began Well Before Pandemic; Problems Are Deeply Rooted appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The fitness company CrossFit announced earlier this month that it was launching a new primary care service aimed at providing an individualized approach to health. The company says it will also offer personalized, precision health and preventive medicine in addition to virtual primary care. "You deserve healthcare as effective as your CrossFit training," said CrossFit CEO Eric Roza said in a statement.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Women's digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care. hlandi. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 12:56.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Years before we knew how to spell “coronavirus,” I gained Italian citizenship while retaining my U.S. citizenship. My family’s plan was to, soon thereafter, split time for work and life between the U.S. and the E.U. Then, COVID-19 emerged as a pandemic the world over, and the move to Brussels in January 2020 was quite short-lived. Now, the plan is in play and I’m writing this post from our home in Brussels, Belgium.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Best Buy has signed an agreement to acquire Current Health, a leading care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations. Bringing quality healthcare into the home has become an increasingly important part of the healthcare system, often allowing patients better access and quality of […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Series E round brings BetterUp’s valuation to $4.7 billion and its total raise to $600 million.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include vaccine and administration codes for pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center, whose health system serves a large geographical area and offers complex quaternary care, telehealth has been an innovative solution to several care delivery problems. These can be categorized in three areas: patient/staff safety, communication and logistics. THE PROBLEM. Patient and staff safety, which are primary concerns, were especially critical after the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mandatory shut-downs nationally.

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FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Devoted Health closes $1.15B series D funding round. pminemyer. Fri, 10/08/2021 - 14:49.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 11, 2021

COVID-19 exacted a toll on health citizens’ mental health, worsening a public health challenge that was already acute before the pandemic. It’s World Mental Health Day , an event marked by global and local stakeholders across the mental health ecosystem. On the global front, the World Health Organization (WHO) describes the universal phenomenon and burden of mental health on the Earth’s people… Nearly 1 billion people have a mental disorder.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Today I’m sure that many of you have seen that Facebook was down. Ok, it wasn’t just down. It basically disappeared. Plus, it wasn’t just Facebook, but also Facebook owned Instagram and Whatsapp. That’s a really big deal and a massive outage. In fact, Whatsapp might be the biggest one since in many countries outside […].

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In the third quarter of 2021 alone, digital health companies scored $6.7 billion across 169 deals.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Brendan Watkins, chief analytics officer, Stanford Children’s Health. Regardless of industry, the purpose of analytics is to better utilize data to improve organizational understanding, which leads to better decision-making. In health care, this is […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Cigna announced this week that it is expanding access to telehealth services via the virtual care company MDLIVE. The announcement follows the acquisition of MDLIVE earlier this year by Cigna health services subsidiary Evernorth. "With MDLIVE now part of Evernorth, we've fast-tracked our ability to offer a broader suite of differentiated, future-state care solutions that make the patient experience easier and more convenient," said Eric Palmer, president of Evernorth, in a statemen

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