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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare It News

"As we carefully considered our long-term strategic options, we determined that CVS Health is the ideal partner, given its focus on expanding access to health services and helping consumers navigate to the best sites of care," said Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Signify Health, in the announcement.

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

Healthcare It News

Today there's a huge push to integrate social determinants of health data into these larger datasets, but we remain in a situation where that data is either not collected or too general to be useful. This leads to death and preventable hospitalizations, among other terrible outcomes.

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

Healthcare It News

It was that digital alternatives were being adopted as viable solutions to meet increasing care demands. The classic example is the explosion in telemedicine, which was advanced by the need for remote care during lockdown. Patients, doctors like telehealth. And how do they determine the right models for engagement?”

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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

HIT Consultant

Imagine that a stroke victim could receive expert physician care from the back of an ambulance, or a doctor could monitor his patients’ blood pressure using an app on his mobile phone. It also prepares for the future of mobile apps, as the healthcare industry is making more and more use of remote care options.

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TytoCare Launches the Home Smart Clinic, the First Remote Primary Care Offering for the Entire Family

HIT Consultant

The Home Smart Clinic solutions include remote physical exams that work across primary care modalities and can be tailored to any cohort or population.

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CAPP Cites Six Key Findings from COVID-19 That Will Improve America’s Health Care System

Accountable Care Doctors

Learnings from COVID-19 must drive major changes in health care delivery, according to interviews conducted with physician leaders of the nation’s leading multi-specialty medical groups and health systems that participate in the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP). Remote Care Is Here to Stay.

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9 Major Patient Engagement Trends to Embrace in 2022

Health Care Success

However, I’d argue patient engagement also includes patients motivated to go beyond mere learning and instead take action in their own lives to make healthy lifestyle choices, prioritize wellness, and take advantage of preventive health services. This is about how we deliver quality care.”. Prevention. Continued self-care.