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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Achieving health equity presents an urgent challenge that demands attention from all stakeholders. However, actual medical care accounts for 20% or less of what affects population health. There is no readily available database on the disease burden by population segment.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. consumers and 277 Castle Connolly health care professionals.

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

Healthcare It News

Telemedicine has allowed specialists to deliver care for some patients who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing care. As a subset of telemedicine, RPM picked up steam in the past two years as more patients and providers were looking for more impactful and convenient ways to receive and deliver care.

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17 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch

HIT Consultant

As the healthcare world continues to rapidly adopt telemedicine, move toward value-based care, and combat rising pharmacy costs, HLTH 2022 will showcase digital health companies that embrace those trends: medication management solutions, telemedicine services, and population health analytics. In so doing, the U.S.

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Private Equity and Digital Health in 2023: Policy Updates and Trends to Watch

Sheppard Health Law

If finalized, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule on Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes will require payers to participate in electronic payer-to-payer data exchange and implement automated prior authorization processes. Particularly in the era following the landmark U.S.

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Disruption Is Healthcare’s New Normal

Health Populi

Just this week, JAMA features a Viewpoint column titled, How Disruptive Innovation by Business and Technology Firms Could Improve Population Health. And, a new survey from Reaction Data on the future of the healthcare market focuses on the theme of “healthcare disruption.”

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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. Overall, patient-generated data helps build a more holistic view of a patient’s condition and response to treatment. Greater Patient Accountability. De-prioritized self-care due to inconvenience.