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APAC to double down on home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care

Healthcare It News

" Prof Lee also noted the "rapid advances" in wearable health technologies, which have allowed people to get a hold of their physiological data. In managing volumes of data that health systems can now tap into, empowering patients to become transparent with, as well as knowledgeable about their condition, is imperative.

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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

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Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health.

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AI roundup: HEALWELL AI buys LLMs, Forward to roll out staffless health kiosks

Healthcare It News

These are just some of the AI health tech announcements we're watching unfold this week. The addition of Pentavere’s data abstraction and structuring capabilities will broaden HEALWELL’s therapeutic and disease indication spectrum offered to WELL’s healthcare providers, the company said in its announcement Wednesday.

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How health systems can better protect patient privacy

Healthcare It News

Some know they have a "target" on their backs and remain tight-lipped with their healthcare providers, said Liederman. According to one 2014 survey, 10% of patients distrusted health technology, Liederman said, but another recent survey found 87% of patients are unwilling to divulge all their medical information.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

John Vivoda, Senior Director of Patient Strategy at Wolters Kluwer Health, Technology has drastically changed the way we consume information in our daily lives. That goes for healthcare information, too. Using this hashtag, approachable doctors dispense advice on everything from weight loss to cancer treatments.

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Leveraging Personal Health Nurses to Connect the Dots Across the Care Continuum

HIT Consultant

Conifer VBC is uniquely positioned as a partner to employers & unions, risk-bearing healthcare providers and health plans. She is a recognized subject matter expert in pay-for-performance programs, hospital and physician alliances and healthcare reform.

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Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC

Health Populi

This is consistent with a previous survey by PwC’s firm Strategy& conducted several years ago which asked consumers what industries they would trust to help them manage their health. Equal proportions (39-40%) of people said, “large retailers,” “digitally-enabled companies,” and “healthcare providers.”

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