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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

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Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient. Tracking and monitoring the program.

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Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

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According to McKinsey, “the cost to treat the diabetes of a patient with depression is, on average, almost $20,000 higher than for a patient without depression, due to factors such as medical complications, reduced access to preventive care, and challenges with illness self-management.” How can this be good for people being treated?

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

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In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Best Buy Health also offers on-demand social work services, including medication management.

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to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to hospitals Propella Therapeutics, Pittsboro firm with 5 employees, sold for $175M Winston-Salem’s clinical research organization Javara raises $9.43

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NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B

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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