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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association's had offered a blueprint as a call to action to address the divide between the unprecedented levels of digital health funding, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions – and their underwhelming impact, thus far, on healthcare quality improvement. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Delivering Patient-Centered Care Means Decluttering the Digital Health Landscape

HIT Consultant

However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care. An integrated, systems and requirements-driven digital approach will put the whole patient back at the center of the digital ecosystem. A Way Forward.

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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

This brings up the concept of wearable digital health technologies for monitoring. In fact, people taking prescribed opioids should have naloxone available. The question is, how is someone who has stopped breathing able to administer naloxone to themselves?