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5 Key Challenges Preventing Innovation in Digital Health

HIT Consultant

These demographic trends are causing shifts within the healthcare sector and resulting in increased expenditure associated with the costs of treatment and prevention in old age. Both a lack of clinical engagement and inadequate resources are two often-cited areas that prevent better integration of otherwise promising digital solutions.

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COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation

Bill Of Health

However, the deep wounds of the pandemic remain, compelling those concerned about this pandemic and future health emergencies to account for catastrophic failures by those in power. Public health emergencies aren’t entirely preventable. Emergencies will happen. But when they do, responses that uphold human rights need to be the norm.

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How AI and machine learning can help predict SDOH needs

Healthcare It News

Care managers and social workers, working within accountable care organizations, and physician provider networks now incorporate a short series of SDOH interview questions with patients identified as high-risk for poor healthcare outcomes or unnecessary future healthcare expenditures.

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Mitigating Serious Fall Risks and Associated Costs and Injuries with AI-Driven Motion Sensor Technology

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According to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society , non-fatal falls cost an estimated $50 billion in medical expenses, while fatal falls account for an estimated $754 million. Due to this fact, the frequency and severity of fall injuries have made prevention a priority.

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Considerations in payer coverage of digital therapeutics

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The Digital Therapeutics Alliance defines a digital therapeutic (DTx) as “evidence-based therapeutic interventions that are driven by high-quality software programs to prevent, manage, or treat a medical disorder or disease.” A paper by Gomez Lumbreras et al. 2024) held virtual focus groups with 21 US payers to find the answer.

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Conclusion to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill Of Health

Without adequate guidance for how to comply with human rights in the context of public health emergencies, the authors therefore noted that States commonly “exceeded permissible derogations from the ICCPR” and faced “little accountability for their actions whether on domestic or international levels.” Ahmed et al.

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Digiceuticals: Driving Growth Through Digital Health Services

HIT Consultant

The new normal has thrown up opportunities as well as risks for pharmaceutical companies. Nevertheless, there is a downward trend in the consumption of prescription medicine due to lower spending, apart from increased competition from generics and rising instances of pharmaceutical fraud and counterfeiting that lead to consumer distrust (2).