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Healthcare's newest pivot: consumer identity as the cornerstone of digital health

Healthcare It News

Healthcare has never been "consumer" focused, driven by a "follow-the-money" approach fed by a fee-for-service model that rewards increased consumption of healthcare services. This is akin to how consumers set up media preferences and shopping choices on advanced platforms such as the New York Times and Amazon.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Clinical pharmacy service provider Aspen RxHealth launched its payer platform. DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems. DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems.

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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

HIT Consultant

In the race to roll out telehealth offerings and digital patient engagement tools during the height of the pandemic, many providers and health plans inadvertently created a rag-tag assortment of patient portals, health apps and clunky websites that can be impossible to navigate and even more difficult to integrate with existing tech infrastructure.

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Beyond telehealth: the virtual care technology trends that will transform healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The good news for telehealth is that the reimbursement environment has improved, with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services bringing telehealth and eVisits on par with in-person visits for the duration of the pandemic, along with a relaxing of rules for virtual consults across state lines. The future of telehealth seems assured.

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Health Provider News

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To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T