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CMS proposes nixing pain management questions from HCAHPS in response to opioid epidemic

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning to eliminate a set of questions on pain management from its nationwide patient experience survey, just months after rolling out updates to the questions.

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XRHealth Acquires Immersive, Digital Therapeutics Company RealizedCare, Creating the Largest AI-Driven Therapeutic XR Platform Globally

Healthcare IT Today

This transformative approach will expand global access to high-quality therapy, empower clinicians with unparalleled tools, and ultimately reshape the way patients experience and engage with their own healing journey. For more information visit XRHealth | Virtual Reality Therapy for Professionals and Patients.

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AI is the New Health Literacy Challenge for Patients and the Health/Care Industry

Health Populi

As to the specific medical condition of pain, the bar chart here illustrates the demographic differences of U.S.

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Patients Have AI-Disconnect When it Comes to Their Health Care – Pew Research Center Insights

Health Populi

For pain management and chatbots for mental health? consumers who are aware of AI applications, over one-half view robots that can perform surgery as well as AI tools that can detect skin cancer represent major advances in medical care. Not so much major advancements as minor ones which one-third of consumers perceive.

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Oncology Patients experience a personalized journey with interventions and education for better care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

We felt it would be valuable to extend TapCloud to our general oncology patients because we had seen such a positive response using it for those with high symptom burden and advance disease. We believe many patients and caregivers will benefit from having this tool available to use” Patient Experience.

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Retail Health Ends 2018 With Big Plans for 2019

Health Populi

I brainstormed retail health yesterday with Patrick Freuler, CEO of Audicus (developer of hearing aids sold direct-to-consumer over-the-counter) and Shai Gozani, CEO of NeuroMetrix, maker of the Quell device for pain management.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the support of a new five-year VA grant in 2020, the research team is expanding the VA's teleneurology program, telepain program to provide chronic pain management via telehealth, and what the institute calls tele-GRACE to extend the reach of geriatric home and community-based care management via telehealth.