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From Alexa to COVID-19 tests, Amazon expands healthcare aspirations in 2021

Mobi Health News

Alexa made moves into health systems and elder care, a new Halo wearable was released and the Amazon Care virtual care service began its expansion this year.

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Wearables Are Good For Older People, Too — The Latest From Laurie Orlov

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a whole lot of digital transformation for people staying home. Note that by 2021, 3 in 4 people over 70 owned a smartphone, one-half had a smart (connected) TV, and 20% owned some form of wearable tech. For digital natives, that wasn’t such an exogenous shock.

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Changing Hands, Not Washing Them: CMS’ First Report on Nursing Home M&A Data

C&M Health Law

Ownership and operation of nursing homes, and elder care in general, have been of concern to government officials and others as a ripe area for oversight and neglect. Nursing home care is one of the largest segments of the health care industry, with more than 1.4

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Health Provider News – January 14, 2022

Hall Render

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule. 19% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state. 5 states facing the worst nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks. Nursing homes nationwide nearing COVID-19 infection records.

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President Biden Signs End-of-Year Legislation Including Telehealth, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Other Health Care Provisions

C&M Health Law

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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Health Provider News – August 26, 2022

Hall Render

COVID-19 emergencies linger throughout U.S. Despite Lackluster Operator Adoption, EHRs Positioned to Shape Behavioral Health Care’s Future. Alabama’s COVID-19 positivity rate begins to decline. Alaska’s COVID ‘superstorm’ experience of 2021 offers lessons for future pandemics, study says.

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Health Provider News – November 18, 2022

Hall Render

will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January. ‘Swarm’ of variants is driving up California COVID cases. Children’s hospitals in Colorado overwhelmed by surge in RSV, flu, COVID cases. DC hospital tracks ‘rapidly increasing numbers’ of flu amid RSV, COVID-19 cases.