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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the healthcare burden on the government, and contributes to economic growth. By one estimate, healthcare improvements accounted for one-third of the economic growth of developed nations over the last century. It’s not just large-scale initiatives that will help.

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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

Growing Acceptance of Telemedicine by Patients. The third way in which the health landscape has been permanently changed over the last year is the positive acceptance of telemedicine, where the patient is in one location and the medical provider is in another, bridged by technology. About Arik Ben Ishay.

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

Health Populi

Abner then went to Mexico and witnessed the emergence of telemedicine there. which was under-served by the nation’s health care system, realizing the promise of virtual care could have a positive impact for these patients. For example, Abner now sees that every Medicaid RFP has health equity embedded in it.

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Q1 2023 Digital Health Funding Reaches $3.4B Across 132 Deals

HIT Consultant

After only six digital health raises over $100M across Q3 and Q4 2022 combined, Q1 2023 logged six megadeals from Monogram Health ($375M), ShiftKey ($300M), Paradigm ($203M), ShiftMed ($200M), Gravie ($179M) and Vytalize Health ($100M)—accounting for 40% of the quarter’s total digital health funding.

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The 5 Key Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring

Twistle

Over the past year we’ve experienced the important role of telemedicine in monitoring and managing patient health and wellness. Greater Patient Accountability. The more patients are connected to their care, the more accountable they are to the results.

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How patient-facing apps can help support specialists – who are in short supply

Healthcare It News

population is over the age of 65, but they account for nearly one-third of healthcare spending, much of which is going into specialty care. Telemedicine has allowed specialists to deliver care for some patients who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing care. Roughly 16% of the U.S. These numbers leave the U.S.

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July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HIT Consultant

For instance, while 25% of the observed telemedicine companies received 10.0x Note that point estimates such as the mean or median can often be misleading on their own, as they do not convey the level of variability which can be very high such as in the Telemedicine and Population Health sectors. revenue at exit.