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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

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In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. "The Signify deal coincides with the ongoing trend of healthcare shifting from the hospital to the home, and as technology plays a bigger role in remote care models."

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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

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Imagine that a stroke victim could receive expert physician care from the back of an ambulance, or a doctor could monitor his patients’ blood pressure using an app on his mobile phone. Even standard everyday care is seeing these benefits. However, those long wait times aren’t the fault of providers.

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings

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While general interest in telehealth remains somewhat lukewarm, the proof of viability for clinically-driven remote patient monitoring (RPM) is undoubtedly there and will become table stakes as positive results and legislation continue to progress. Ensure that you have a versatile value-based care model in place .

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What the Telehealth Expansion Act means for tackling social determinants and boosting health equity

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The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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How Digitizing AP Can Pay Dividends to Healthcare Organizations

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Innovations in telehealth and other forms of remote care have dominated the tech focus of many healthcare organizations over the last year. But behind the scenes, business process automation has also been a big area of attention as CFOs look for new ways to reduce costs without impacting patient care.

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Newsletter, September 2023

Patient Safety Movement

The APSF president, Daniel Cole, MD, chose to focus this year on “Emerging Medical Technologies—A Patient Safety Perspective on Wearables, Big Data and Remote Care.” C Advance Interoperability of Healthcare Data and Assure Free Access to the Tracking of Harms and Use of Evidence-Based Solutions.