Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The following is a guest article by Meredith Kirchner, COO and Client Success Leader at Curae The medical debt crisis in the U.S. is worsening, with healthcare costs now deterring millions of patients from seeking essential care. Soaring medical costs are forcing millions of Americans to make impossible choices: pay for essential care or risk financial ruin.
GlobalMed
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the healthcare landscape, thrusting telehealth into the mainstream as a critical means of delivering care. To facilitate this rapid shift, the federal government enacted a range of waivers and provisions, eliminating barriers that had long hindered the adoption of telehealth. These measures spurred unprecedented growth, enabling providers to expand services and allowing patients to access care with greater convenience.
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Health Populi
DECEMBER 16, 2024
One in two U.S. adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. Specifically, 41% of givers are looking to buy a dedicated health monitoring device, and 31% a product covering connected sports or fitness.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Beadle-Ryby, co-founder, AKASA. As we approach 2025, healthcare and health IT are on the cusp of transformation, driven by advancements in generative AI (GenAI). To understand where the industry is heading, we spoke […] The article The Healthcare Theme of 2025 Is Generative AI 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.
Xealth
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Effective Jan. 1, 2025, Medicare will pay for certain digital therapeutics (DTx) for mental health treatment. Its a small but important step forward in addressing unmet needs by increasing access to technology products proven to improve outcomes in multiple clinical trials, and providing prescribing access to a broad group of health practitioners. In a recent Xealth customer session, four experts unpacked whats covered under these new billing codes, what it took to get them in the 2025 Medicare
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Digital health leaders reveal the year's noteworthy events, including the rise in AI valuations, spike in demand for emergency contraception, realizations pertaining to LLMS and more.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 18, 2024
What would $5 trillion be valued around the world or on the stock market? The economy of Germany was gauged around $5 trillion in 2024. India could be the world’s 3rd largest economy by 2026 valued at $5 trillion. Nvidia could be a $5 trillion company in 2025, as could Amazon. But today we report out the latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that national health spending in America reached $4.9 trillion in 2023.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 19, 2024
An Australian biotechnology company is building what could be the first AI-driven hospital in Vietnam. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The MedArmor AI Hospital will pursue a preventive healthcare model, emphasising early disease detection and timely interventions. It will be underpinned by AI and virtual care technologies. The hospital will primarily run on virtual technologies, such as video conferencing, to deliver care.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Charting: It’s a word that can make even the most seasoned clinician’s shoulders tense. In my journey as the nurse practitioner charting coach, I’ve uncovered the shared struggles clinicians face with charting overload, which is why I now teach nurse practitioners actionable strategies to regain control of the charting process and restore their work-life balance.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The "game-changer" acquisition will integrate the Auckland-based company's healthcare data capabilities with AI.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2024
It still needs to pass, but an end-of-year package for healthcare is looking probable. The legislation includes PBM reform, telehealth extensions and more.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Integrating emerging technologies can make a huge difference in your organization. New technology can ease the clinical burden on your staff, which can be the difference between your staff facing burnout or not. Access to providers and healthcare can be increased with technology which can be the deciding factor for a patient to choose your organization over others.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 15, 2024
On Movember, a month dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health issues, it’s crucial to highlight the significant strides being made toward improving outcomes for those affected. Movember’s mission to “change the face of men’s health” aims to create awareness and transform how we understand and treat conditions such as prostate cancer.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The monitor aims to simplify clinical workflows, automate patient engagement and allow for patient-reported outcomes collection.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Pharmacy benefit manager reform is included in a larger-than-anticipated healthcare package, but the PBM lobby is fighting the legislation at the eleventh hour. | With a deal closer than ever, the PBM industry is hoping to sow doubt over provisions in an end-of-year healthcare package.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2024
ThoroughCare , a leader in care coordination solutions, has successful ly clos ed its $5 million Series A funding round, led by Empactful Capital. This investment will support ThoroughCares continued focus on product development, strategic account management, and expansion into new markets. The funding marks a major milestone for the company as it continues its mission to simplify patient care through innovative, workflow – integrated digital solutions.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 14, 2024
Like most physicians, I’m cautiously optimistic and sometimes skeptical about the AI-powered tools coming to health care. As a dermatologist, I understand the dire need in our profession to address administrative burdens that can be soul-crushingthe constant barrage of documentation needs, non-clinical paper shuffling, and ever-changing reporting requirements, to name a few.
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 16, 2024
It has comparable safety outcomes to coronary artery intervention guided by expensive 3D imaging.
DigitalHealth
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to implement MEDITECHs Expanse electronic patient record in its 20 locations around London.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Health AI company Suki rolled out two new features to its Suki AI Assistant powered by Google Cloud. | Suki AI released new features Thursday that brings its technology closer to a general AI assistant for clinicians from just an ambient AI scribing tool. The company touts that it is the first to release a patient summarization and search feature.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Investment from Zetta Venture Partners, LionBird, PsyMed, BoxGroup, Arkitekt Ventures, SCB, and others Drives New Era in Clinician-Led, AI-Augmented Therapy Jimini Health , a digital health company setting a new standard in mental healthcare with its unique, clinician-led therapy model augmented by responsible AI, today announced its launch with $8 million in pre-seed funding, including from Zetta Venture Partners , LionBird , PsyMed, BoxGroup, Arkitekt Ventures, SCB, and others.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The company touts that it recently surpassed 2.5 million rings sold and has seen its member base and revenue more than double over the past year.
DigitalHealth
DECEMBER 18, 2024
NHS England has launched a review of digital clinical safety standards, requesting input from NHS stakeholders and IT manufacturers.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2024
AppliedVR continues to build out clinical evidence to support the use of immersive therapeutics to address chronic pain. | The company's flagship virtual reality device for chronic lower back pain delivered meaningful reductions in pain intensity for patients, particularly for high-impact chronic pain patients, according to a recent clinical study.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Were delighted to share that Upheal has raised a$10M Series A round to help create better balance for mental health professionals. The round was led by Headline with participation from Credo Ventures and Kaya Ventures , bringing our total funding to $14.35 million. The burden on mental health professionals is a heavy one. Providers must remain fully engaged with their client, while regularly dealing with traumatic narratives and overbearing documentation requirements.
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Digital health leaders comment on the year's significant events, including the shuttering of Walmart Health, the CrowdStrike outage, concerns about off-label advertising and more.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The prominent Michigan health system Henry Ford Health recently held a two-day digital health summit titled, "Advancing Health Equity: Bridging the Telehealth Divide." Day one was held at Henry Ford Innovations located on the campus of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The second day of the summit took place at nonprofit health equity organization Focus:HOPE in the Hope Village neighborhood of the Motor City.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Medicare Advantage has steadily grown over the past decade, and now encompasses more than half of all seniors eligible for Medicare. | Medicare Advantage has steadily grown over the past decade, and now encompasses more than half of all seniors eligible for Medicare. However, over the past year, the industry has faced significant headwinds that have stymied some of their expansion plans.
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