Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

"These technologies also must be designed and deployed in ways that advance health equity," he added. Doctors across specialties adopting RPM tools. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Email: afox@himss.org. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 19, 2023

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. Historically, a lack of patient empowerment has been a struggle in healthcare. According to the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 13, 2023

In a home visit, nurses wear the VR headset and are guided virtually by a doctor in a remote location. "Patients recover much better at home, but that’s only possible if we’re providing them with high-quality healthcare services right at their doorstep. Its rollout for home visits will follow soon.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

” The DiGA initiative, created under the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG), means doctors can prescribe apps to the 73 million German citizens covered by public health, with costs reimbursed through health insurance. All healthcare is really within the responsibility of the members states. ON THE RECORD.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. Elsevier first conducted research among doctors and nurses for the Clinician of the Future report in 2022, following up this year’s survey research online among 2,607 clinicians working around the world: Elsevier polled 365 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

Kayt Leonard, Global Health Care and Life Sciences Strategic Advisor at SAS We hear it every day, right? Articles and headlines touting “the healthcare industry is constantly evolving and changing” to be more consumer-focused and patient-centric. Getting information from one doctor to another? But is that really all that true?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Digital diabetes management tools are failing to deliver meaningful health benefits to patients, according to a new evaluation by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI). – The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 5, 2022

Advocate Aurora is building out its portfolio of technologies and services for its aging patients, including home health and hospice care. Remote patient monitoring is moving into the mainstream as more patients have acquainted themselves with virtual care during the pandemic and connected health technologies mature and evolve.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The latest report from Philips Future Health Index series attests to that, and to clinicians’ general recognition that telehealth has been crucial in the early phase of the crisis. Collaboration is a top priority for doctors. 53% of younger doctors said AI would have improved their pandemic experience.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are no longer nice-to-have technologies for healthcare providers. They are mission-critical tools for addressing significant challenges many health systems and hospitals face today — from volatile patient volumes to ballooning labor costs and staffing shortages to low operating margins.

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Nordic

JUNE 15, 2023

Headlines screaming “Technology is ruining doctors’ lives” are hard to miss. Despite this, the use of digital tools in healthcare continues to rapidly expand. Gone are the days when the average physician could leave discussion of the design and implementation of health technology in the hands of the few tech-savvy colleagues.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S. public health, as well.

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Healthcare Leadership

MARCH 2, 2023

Human factors has been largely ignored by healthcare information technology over the past few decades. However, as staff challenges rock the healthcare industry, greater attention is being paid to the impact that technology has on staff. No where is this more the case than in healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Health equity and technological innovation are top priorities for the healthcare industry – with new standards, technology and policy driving the way. Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.

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Medical GPS

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

From the exam room to the home, technology is transforming every facet of healthcare at a pace that’s both exciting and overwhelming. 1) We may not have Star-Trek’s hand-held bone or dermal regeneration tech, but with healthcare technology advancing at its current rate, we can’t be far from it.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 5, 2023

These technologies — which generally encompass electronic devices, software, and other technology relating to women’s health — are designed to address disparities in reproductive healthcare and health outcomes by empowering individuals to assert greater control over their reproductive lives.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2019

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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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

No one would argue that a crisis is looming for healthcare professionals and their employers. We asked 22 healthcare and health sciences leaders for their thoughts; here’s what they said. Angie Franks, CEO at ABOUT Healthcare Inc. The lines between front- and back-office healthcare operations have blurred.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

Research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that the number of people who spend $100,000 or more each year on healthcare increased by 50% between 2013 and 2021. Nearly half of all annual healthcare spending in the U.S. Nearly half of all annual healthcare spending in the U.S. billion per year.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips surveyed health care professionals and consumers living in 15 countries, from North America to Asia, and found that these health systems share one over-arching objective: to provide quality care with improved experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“Seeing is not believing” when it comes to people seeing health information on social networks. Four in five people seeking healthcare information online in social media are concerned about the accuracy of that information served up. healthcare system and use of connected health technologies.

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2023

Most consumers are bullish on the benefits that digital health technologies can play in their health. Furthermore, clinicians see the potential for digital health tech’s to address and improve health disparities, access and equity in improving personal and public health.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

Laurie Orlov, tech industry veteran, writer, speaker and elder care advocate, is the founder of the encyclopedia Aging and Health Technology Watch website, takes this propitious moment to assess The Future of Wearables and Older Adult in a new report. For example, Devoted Health was the first MA plan to subsidize an Apple Watch.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Cristina Varner, Newfront, SVP National Life Science & Healthcare Practice Gone are the days when healthcare information was only available to us at the doctor’s office or through the office’s online portals, and that’s in part due to the rapidly growing popularity of wearable technology devices.

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Healthcare Leadership

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

One of the things I get to do is mentor and coach healthcare entrepreneurs. Lately, I have seen a lot of companies building technology to help people stay safe and recover at home. However, to make care-at-home possible, technology is needed to allow clinicians and care teams to monitor and connect with patients in their home.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Together, they will design a comprehensive package of technology and services to empower patients and support healthcare organizations as they operate their own chronic condition management programs. ROM is commercially available to healthcare institutions.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

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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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

That AI-powered counsel can emanate from the digital health technologies, apps, and algorithms that people are increasingly using — choosing to do so on their own, as well as adopting new tools based on health care provider and wellness coach recommendations (or “prescriptions”).

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sondra Pepe, SVP of Product Management, at AiCure The imperative to enhance access to quality care and research is a central concern gripping both the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. I know a lot of healthcare providers who are already getting into trouble with their administrations for spending too much time with a patient.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2023

In healthcare, where human interaction is critical, AI continues to ingrain itself within the patient-clinician relationship at a breathtaking pace. Now, we are seeing what many in healthcare view as an alarming trend: an increase in the automation of tasks previously done by human hands.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2023

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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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like CVS Health and Signify. Big tech will make noise, not real change, with their forays into fixing healthcare. Big tech companies have not worked to improve healthcare from the inside out. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative. has highlighted the huge demand for health technology solutions. CTA’s new Public Health Technology Initiative promises to be an important, impactful effort as a public-private partnership.

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