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Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

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Doctors across specialties adopting RPM tools. The purpose of the survey, which measured across all ages and specialties, according to AMA, was to investigate physicians' motivations and requirements for onboarding digital health technologies and integrating them into their medical practices. in 2016 to 3.8 Email: afox@himss.org.

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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa

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What You Should Know: – TytoCare , an all-in-one modular device and examination solution for AI-powered , on-demand, remote medical exams partners with mPharma , a technology-driven healthcare company building Africa’s largest health management organization with a focus on making medications affordable and accessible to every African.

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

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The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely. They erected field hospitals in parking lots and converted nonclinical spaces into auxiliary ICUs to provide care to sick patients.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

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In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. The deal also provides CVS Health with a value-based care platform that connects payers to providers and providers to each other to lower costs and improve patient outcomes. Email: afox@himss.org.

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What will be the impact of COVID-19 on the next wave of health IT innovation?

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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of all kinds of healthcare information technology, from telehealth to artificial intelligence. Crunchbase estimates that healthcare technology companies have raised a record-breaking $36.6 As a result, the opportunities that exist for health IT companies are massive.

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Why Healthcare Innovation Needs Human-Centered Principles

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COVID-19 has no doubt been catastrophic, but let it also be the wake-up call we need to improve experiences for both patients and healthcare providers alike. So far, healthcare organizations and facilities have had to work quickly to deliver care on a functional level. Healthcare innovation must serve inclusion.

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Advocate Aurora Enterprises scoops up MobileHelp for RPM, personal emergency response

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Advocate Aurora is building out its portfolio of technologies and services for its aging patients, including home health and hospice care. That will allow its providers to create customized RPM plans for personalized care at home – boosting care coordination and helping manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.