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

Healthcare It News

Home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care, and genomic data-driven personalised care are some of the emerging trends in care in the Asia-Pacific region. " Prof Lee also noted the "rapid advances" in wearable health technologies, which have allowed people to get a hold of their physiological data.

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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

Healthcare It News

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. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. But even more troubling, many Americans are unaware of their health status.

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

Healthcare It News

HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis and improve preventative care.

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Wearables Are Good For Older People, Too — The Latest From Laurie Orlov

Health Populi

For older people who are digital immigrants, they will remember their initial Zoom get-together’s with much-missed family, ordering groceries online in the first ecommerce purchase, and using telemedicine for the first time as a digital health front-door. For example, Devoted Health was the first MA plan to subsidize an Apple Watch.

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94% of Consumers are Satisfied with Virtual Primary Care

HIT Consultant

The study included findings around familiarity and experience with virtual primary care, virtual primary care and chronic conditions, current health and practices, and more. Fortunately, some health plans – like those affiliated with Elevance Health – include virtual primary care as a plan benefit.

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Is Gait The Most Overlooked Patient Vital Sign?

HIT Consultant

While healthcare providers of different fields are trained to measure and interpret these vital signs, cardiologists are trained to make advanced clinical decisions. Physical therapists are healthcare professionals trained to optimize health through movement and a critical component of their evaluation is assessing gait and mobility.

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How virtual health is transforming care delivery

Cloud Blogs

COVID-19 caused a massive acceleration in the use of virtual health services and has helped expand access to care at a time when the ongoing pandemic has severely restricted patients' ability to see their doctors. Virtual health has numerous advantages for patients and providers alike. six in ten adults in the U.S.