Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2021

A bipartisan group comprising half of U.S. senators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. The act would expand coverage of Medicare telehealth services and make some COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities permanent, among other provisions. "The last year has shown us that telehealth works, it’s popular, and it’s here to stay," said Sen.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2021

Cerner has struck a deal in which it will let a life insurance industry data vendor access patient records. Under the terms of the deal, risk management and digital services vendor MIB will be able to offer life insurance industry players access to 54 million patient medical records, as well as 5,400 patient portals. The […].

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 30, 2021

Ztartup is part of Dubai SME, which falls under the government’s Department of Economic Development.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2021

Outcomes4Me Inc., developer of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered platform to empower cancer patients to navigate their care, today announced it has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Series A round. Funds will be used to extend Outcomes4Me’s platform beyond breast cancer to other cancers, grow the platform’s regulatory-grade dataset, and expand to more patients in Europe.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 30, 2021

PeriGen will continue its focus on a perinatal clinical decision support tool.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2021

Vocera Communications, Inc.?(NYSE:VCRA),?a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced it is acquiring PatientSafe Solutions based in San Diego, CA. PatientSafe Solutions consolidates secure messages, voice calls, alerts, and nurse call notifications with data from the electronic medical record (EMR) to enable care teams to quickly manage mission-critical workflows in one mobile smartphone app. […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2021

Happy Friday everyone and we’re back with another edition of Fun Friday! That’s right, we’re here to bring you a laugh and to point our the irony of life and healthcare. Well, at least that’s the goal. Hopefully, you can find at least a few pieces of humor in the following. Although, when you look […].

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 30, 2021

Users can get updates about the changing travel rules.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

By Laurel Hacche, Debra Cortner, & Dondi Pulse-Earle SQA Associates. SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #3, 2021. European Commission (EC) – Biologics. Commission Extends Transparency and Authorization Mechanism for Exports of COVID-19 Vaccines, 11 March 2021. The EC has extended until the end of June 2021 the transparency and authorization mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine exports.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 30, 2021

As of Friday afternoon, Dexcom’s stock has fallen 6.3% from about $422 to $395.

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Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2021

Spending on medicines, globally, will rebound this year and rise above pre-pandemic levels through 2025. Between 2021 and 2025, the annual growth global growth rate for prescription drugs spending is expected to range from 3% to 6%, a $1.6 trillion bill for the worlds’s total Rx medicines market. That relatively low single-digit growth rate is tempered by savings from biosimilars and the loss of brand exclusivity (that is, more generics coming to market).

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