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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare It News

In fact, digital health companies only account for less than $10 billion of that $4 trillion in spending. As a computer scientist going through medical training, I felt trapped doing repeatable tasks that could be automated instead of delivering compassionate care to every person who needed it.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

State leaders play a critical role in convening key internal and external partners, implementing engagement and input processes that foster shared ownership and accountability toward goals at the state and community levels.

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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them 

HIT Consultant

These biases erode quality of care and access for underrepresented patients, in turn leading to a lack of trust in, and even fear of, the healthcare system as well as lowering participation by POC in their healthcare journey. Uneven quality and experience: Stark differences in the quality of care exist between races.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.