Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Outside of some tele-stroke and behavioral health virtual care there wasn't any robust programming for patients to participate with Franciscan Alliance providers through telemedicine. The state of emergency and stay-at-home orders introduced the need to keep at-risk patients out of healthcare facilities and at home whenever possible.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 29, 2023

Reduce Healthcare Inequities with Patient Engagement Technology Addressing healthcare inequities is no simple task. There are opportunities, though, to bridge gaps in healthcare by leveraging patient engagement technology. The causes are complex, from environmental to socioeconomic factors, and aren’t easy to address.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And that is what FirstHealth of the Carolinas has done, using telemedicine technology. "We strive to provide each patient the right care at the right time, and this program serves that purpose. We typically see patients who are candidates for this program who have unmanaged hypertension and diabetes.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2023

They typically need to pay closer attention to their health and benefit from monitoring, support and easy access to care. Family members may have to take them to and from appointments or doctors may have to travel to their homes, which can become a burden on family and caretakers. Rural communities across the U.S.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 25, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Personal home care providers have begun to ditch blanket approaches, instead opting for more patient-by-patient specificity. Going further to meet individual client needs enables home care to make a greater impact, while also increasing client satisfaction.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

After the pandemic quickly mainstreamed telehealth and prescheduling technologies, patient wait times were significantly reduced. How can physicians work to mitigate long patient wait times by using prescheduling tools? Whether they were checking in from their car or home, prescheduling instantly became the norm.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 9, 2023

RTM, which is reimbursable , lets patients connect with their doctors and nurses via care management apps on their smartphones to report non-physiological data, ask questions, watch videos and report outcomes to get better – anytime, day or night. Please explain what remote therapeutic monitoring is and how it has come to the fore.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2022

One type of automation is chatbots and related technology that can automate the triage and symptom intake process, along with surfacing education and discharge materials. Care navigators also commented on the additional peace of mind they had as a result of being able to see patients responding through the chats.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2023

Most in the healthcare industry would say provider organizations have an obligation to offer better care to underserved populations. The question is how. Dr. Graham Gardner is a cardiologist and CEO and cofounder of Kyruus, a patient scheduling and payments technology and services vendor.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In 2019, Cleveland-based University Hospitals saw an opportunity to use automation and digital care technologies to improve patient engagement, clinical care and outcomes. The organization wanted to offer its patients tools and options that support their personal healthcare journeys in these ways.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before the widespread adoption of telemedicine technology, there were several problems that hindered the delivery of healthcare services for most healthcare organizations. Many people lacked convenient access to medical care and providers, making it difficult for them to receive the care they needed.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

City of Hope, based near Los Angeles, is a research and treatment organization for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. With every visit, the organization's team evaluates whether patients are best served by a virtual or an in-person appointment. THE PROBLEM. Then COVID-19 emerged. " PROPOSAL.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

is the Founder & CEO of Rimidi While the pandemic has slowed, there appears to be no end in sight to the diabetes epidemic. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to serious complications like heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, and even amputations. population – more than 37 million people – live with diabetes.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 13, 2023

From the comfort, ease and safety of their own homes, patients are seeing doctors of all stripes. Andrew Zengilowski is CEO and cofounder of CoachCare, vendor of an RPM platform designed to decrease patient costs, increase care efficiency and reduce staff burnout. healthcare system?

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Healthcare It News

JULY 17, 2023

Commonwealth Care Alliance is a healthcare services organization that offers health plans and care delivery programs designed for individuals with significant needs. CCA specializes in managing complex care for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as those who narrowly miss the threshold for Medicaid.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

While moving health care to the home will involve quite different workflows and disruptions to current general medical practice, it is clear that physicians in the U.S. An aging U.S. Note that this framework has been developed by the AMA, the largest professional organization of doctors.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

Not known for its salubrious qualities, Las Vegas will nonetheless be a locus for health, medical care, and well-being inspiration next week when the Consumer Technology Association convenes the annual CES featuring innovations in consumer technology.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 13, 2024

The House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Tuesday focused on enhancing access to care-at-home in rural and underserved communities. The topic of the hearing is especially pressing because individuals living in rural communities often face barriers that prevent them from receiving adequate care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 30, 2023

Gary Rothenberg, Chief Medical Officer of Podimetrics talks about how healthcare technology can help support a focus on social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance the relationship between the patient and physician/care team. Being an effective healthcare provider is still a human skill to practice and perfect.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is a bipartisan bill recently passed in Congress that allows citizens with high-deductible health plans and health savings accounts access to telehealth and other remote care services permanently, without having to meet their minimum deductible first.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics. households owning this form of technology. “Space Tech?”

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 4, 2022

If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding the world, consider this: The pandemic has turbocharged widespread acceptance of at-home digital health solutions. adults – one-third of the population — either have or are at risk of developing diabetes. And, in fact, the number of U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

health , a new San Diego, CA-based virtual diabetes clinic delivering personalized, affordable and kind care directly to consumers, today announced the launch of its unique virtual care platform, which provides comprehensive, affordable and compassionate care to people living with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

Mary Bacaj, President, of Value-Based Care, Conifer Health Solutions Our nation is getting sicker. The Impact of Health Literacy Often, employees who garner the highest healthcare costs are unaware of the benefits available to them and don’t fully understand how to navigate our nation’s highly complex healthcare system.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 24, 2022

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States, with more than 34 million individuals living with the condition. It’s hard enough to manage this condition on a daily basis — and it gets even harder with the realization that diabetes doesn’t just exist in isolation. People with diabetes are 2.7

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2023

Most consumers are bullish on the benefits that digital health technologies can play in their health. So assesses the Consumer Technology Association in the report, Driving Consumer Adoption of Digital Health Solutions , To paint this profile, CTA engaged Ipsos to poll 1,000 U.S. CTA sizes the market at $29.5

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2022

“Partnerships, including JVs and alliances with other healthcare organizations and with new entrants, are just one way to access new capabilities, unlock speed to market, and achieve capital, scale, and operational efficiencies” in health care transformations. Providers, payers, and pharma comprise the bulk of revenue.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2024

Lilly Partners with Amazon Pharmacy to Deliver GLP-1 Medications Directly to Patients Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and Amazon Pharmacy announced a strategic collaboration to improve patient access to GLP-1 medications for diabetes, obesity, and migraines. Providers using Epic®’s EHR system can search and request Sunoh.ai

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 1, 2023

recently celebrated the three-year anniversary of its hospital-at-home program. In 2019, Mayo Clinic CEO Gianrico Farrugia stated that high-acuity home care would be part of not only Mayo Clinic’s future, but the health care industry’s at large. Home Health Care News recently caught up with Maniaci.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As predicted by many at the onset of the pandemic, home health providers gained a larger share of post-acute referrals in recent years than they did prior to COVID-19. A new report from the post-acute technology company WellSky shows that by May 2022, home health referrals were at 123% of what they were in 2019.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

At the end of each year since I launched the Health Populi blog, I have put my best forecasting hat on to focus on the next year in health and health care. For this round, I’m firmly focused on the key noun in health care, which is the patient – as consumer, as Chief Health Officer of the family, as caregiver, as health citizen.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 30, 2022

The in-home companionship company Papa went from a scrappy startup to a nationally recognized brand partnering with some of the largest payers in the country in a very short period of time. I don’t like the idea of thinking about whether I would have done something differently,” Parker told Home Health Care News. “I

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2023

Data Personalization: 38% of consumers want more personalized and inclusive healthcare options. There are 76 million baby boomers who will be 65 by 2030, and they want a better, easier way to receive health care where they prefer it most — in their homes. Nate Maslak, the co-founder/CEO of Ribbon Health.

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CiscoHealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

Follow along with our new blog series #HealthcareNow and #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate. . And , they needed security built into the platform to meet strict HIPAA requirements for patient priv acy.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Home is where the health is, we know in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this post, I’ll weave my favorite themes of consumer health engagement for self-care at home for ourselves and the people we love.

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