Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When polled, 66% of Americans indicated that they would shop for care if prices were publicly disclosed. And in pursuit of competitively and transparently-priced services, some patients attempt to shop locally; more and more, however, consumers flock to medical tourism – a practice that is quickly rebounding to its pre-pandemic popularity.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2024

Nearly 8 in 10 (78%) of patients would use a virtual second opinion tool if their employer or health plan offered it , according to a report from The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic. Greenway Health and Luma Health partnered to create Greenway’s patient engagement portfolio. The good news? The bad news?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

The following is a guest article by Patrick Reetz, Chief Product Officer at LinkLive The pandemic was the catalyst for digital healthcare and transforming modern patient care. Providers continuously pushed themselves to invest in new tools and solutions — with one overarching aim — to enhance the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

Care delivery is increasingly shifting out of the four walls of the hospital, and the lack of necessary infrastructure to support this transition is breaking how providers operate. According to a 2022 study , inbound patient messages have increased 157 percent over the last three years. Healthcare is at an inflection point.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Precision medicine seeks to individualize medical care by first understanding a person's biological risk factors, as well as the way they respond to medications and treatments. WHY IT MATTERS. Participants can choose which health-related results they want, if any. Color will also provide the free clinical DNA tests.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Recently, millions of patients have realised how their health is dependent on access to a healthcare facility infrastructure. For the clinics and physicians, the pandemic brought a double challenge: providing access to care for COVID-19 patients and keeping chronically ill patients under control so that they can stay safe at home.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What You Should Know: – KLAS Research , a leading healthcare IT research and consulting firm, has announced the winners of its 2024 Best in KLAS Awards , recognizing the top vendors and service providers in the healthcare technology and services industry. Best in KLAS 2024 is based on information obtained from more than 26,000 evaluations.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

. – Signify Health’s clinicians and providers can have an even greater impact by engaging with CVS Health’s unique collection of assets and connecting patients to care how and when they need it. Advancing CVS Health’s Value-Based Care Long-Term Strategy. ” Post-Acquisition Plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Virtua Health is a nonprofit community health system with five hospitals, seven urgent care centers and 280-plus locations across South New Jersey and Philadelphia. It employs 14,000 people, including more than 2,850 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and has more than one million patient encounters per year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

A new Chilmark Research report out this week found that so-called omni-channel platforms aim to become the centerpiece of provider workflow – especially when it comes to integrating virtual care. At the same time, they may require costly additional services for custom patient care profiles, and many are not "turn-key VCM solutions."

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

a global platform for biopharma and medtech regulated digital health solutions, recently announced the expansion of its recently launched BrightInsight Ecosystem , a network of the world’s leading healthcare and technology companies collaborating to solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to drive digital innovation, adoption and engagement.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

Most of its patients fall below the poverty line, and most qualify for Medicaid. Most of its patients fall below the poverty line, and most qualify for Medicaid. These patients face difficult socioeconomic barriers that limit their access to care. THE PROBLEM. MEBS treats a vulnerable population.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 8, 2019

The role of mobile wayfinding solutions for hospital systems has quickly evolved from a novel service offered to an essential component of a patient-centric approach. The catalyst has been the growing importance of patient experience to meet both care and competitive standards. A wayfinding platform not only […].

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

– Published in NEJM Catalyst, TPMG recently implemented ambient AI scribes for 10,000 physicians and staff. By employing machine learning algorithms applied in real-time to conversations, these AI scribes transcribe clinician-patient encounters, converting speech into text without retaining audio recordings.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Clarissa Riggins , Chief Product Officer at Experian Health Patients have increasingly high expectations for easy and efficient tech-enabled solutions when it comes to accessing healthcare services. But providers’ motivation is not necessarily generating action.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The New Financing will Accelerate Adoption of Amenities’ Groundbreaking Digital Front Door Platform Designed to Help Health Systems Improve Patient Loyalty Amenities Health , a leading Digital Front Door platform, today announced the final closing of its Series A financing round. The company secured an additional $6.25

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HIT Consultant

JULY 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – A team of serial health tech entrepreneurs who sold their mobile EHR app to athenahealth has announced the launch of ed Fold Health , the first interoperable digital health tech stack for primary care. The First Digital Health Stack Transforming Primary Care.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2023

” The collaborative atmosphere spurred productive conversations about combining consumer and clinical data to address social determinants of health and the optimization of at-home care. .” Change can be made to address social determinants of health with policy engagement, risk-based models, and the use of innovation labs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2023

Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, part of the national non-profit Cancer Support Community network, and Equiva Health, a digital patient engagement company, are partnering to provide stand-alone devices configured for at-home use as part of an oncology-specific initiative to address health disparities through discounted broadband funded by a $14.2

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

Beyond the benefits listed above, I see the adoption of digital technologies as a way to improve the customer experience which strengthens patient loyalty and increases revenue. Improved security of patient records. Faster access to critical patient information. Digital transformation continues to dominate the headlines.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

” Trust and truth underpin health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer launched ten years ago. ” Trust and truth underpin health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer launched ten years ago.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent developments in the larger health/care ecosystem. “With b.well,” Dr.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They are not relying on referrals from the ER or PCPs to reach patients. Ophelia’s goal is to engage the about 80 percent of people with OUD who are not engaging with the healthcare system. They are also restricted in the number of patients they can treat — often only 30 patients at a time. Ophelia Care Model.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

When polled, 66% of Americans indicated that they would shop for care if prices were publicly disclosed. And in pursuit of competitively and transparently priced services, some patients attempt to shop locally; more and more, however, consumers flock to medical tourism– a practice that is quickly rebounding to its pre-pandemic popularity. .

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

patients, this effect is even more pronounced internationally. Lack of representation and relevant evidence on local populations leads to poorly informed treatment decisions and worse outcomes for patients around the world,” said Dr. Brigham Hyde, Co-Founder and CEO at Atropos Health. using its proprietary technology and approach.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2021

What You Should Know: – XIFIN enters the pharmacy market with the acquisition of OmniSYS to support the healthcare industry shift to more convenient, cost-effective care settings; provides a technology-driven connection between pharmacies, diagnostic providers, and payors. COVID-19 Pandemic Sparking Expanded Pharmacist Provider Status.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

What You Should Know: – Story Health , a health technology and services company that extends specialty care into patient’s homes raises $22.6M The round also included participation from new investor LRVHealth and existing investors Define Ventures and General Catalyst , bringing the company’s total funding to approximately $27M.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Once COVID-19 struck, the shift to video, telephone engagement and remote patient monitoring spiked seemingly overnight. This surging demand for virtual care resulted, in many cases, in increased provider efficiency, provider-patient interactions, and satisfaction. Federal agencies: catalysts of change.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Advances long-term strategy by providing platform for growth in value-based care. Signify Health is a leader in Health Risk Assessments, value-based care and provider enablement. times longer with a patient in the home than providers spend in the average primary care office visit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

This achievement significantly enabled the continuity of patient care and seamlessly unites our patients’ data in the ambulatory, inpatient and homecare settings. Mike Restuccia It's hard for me to believe, but I’ve been at Penn Medicine for 13 years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Telemedicine has been particularly important because of the large, multistate service region with many rural and frontier patients, mountain passes and snow that complicate travel, and limited numbers of pediatric subspecialists in the Rocky Mountain region outside of Denver. THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2022

DIABNEXT’s mobile app complements Glooko’s product portfolio and tracks diabetes data so that physicians can collaborate with their patients to monitor individual patient data and provide remote care. PointClickCare Technologies announce the closing of the acquisition of Audacious Inquiry , a connected care platform.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 10, 2022

. – Homeward, a new company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable primary and specialty care in rural communities launches with an initial $20M investment. – The organization is rearchitecting care for rural Americans who have a 23% higher mortality rate than those in urban communities. In the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Jasper Health , an NYC-based cancer care coordination and experience platform raise $25M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst. Jasper Health is a care guidance, navigation, and experience platform that streamlines and simplifies every aspect of cancer care. Cancer costs the U.S.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

What You Should Know: The digital health sector has encountered substantial declines in funding and deal volume; however, quarterly trends are now stabilizing within a fresh investment cycle, with investors directing funds toward startups engaged in exploring innovative treatment pathways and addressing nonclinical workflow challenges.

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