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Google Cloud to power virtual care delivery at Manipal Hospitals

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Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience. Since 2020, Amwell has been Google's preferred telehealth partner to expand access to virtual care delivery worldwide. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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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. in 2022, with the largest growth in remote care tools. Use of remote monitoring devices grew from 12% to more than 30% of physicians surveyed over the six years. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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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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5G’s Role in Improving Quality and Reach of Healthcare

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Robin Manke-Cassidy, Director, Solution Marketing at Cradlepoint In the world of healthcare, new technologies aren’t just about being on the cutting edge of the latest trend. It’s about how technology can improve care and expand the reach of quality care through unprecedented methods. billion by 2030.

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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others

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It's a new year, and healthcare technology vendors are rolling out their latest innovations, market approvals, acquisitions and staffing shake-ups. In October, Optum, UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy services company, merged with data clearinghouse Change Healthcare. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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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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Telehealth summit debrief: staffing shortages, wider acceptance but expansion barriers

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Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.