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Swiftarc Ventures Launches $75M Telemedicine Venture Fund

HIT Consultant

. – The telehealth fund is aimed at harnessing breakthrough innovation opportunities currently emerging from key legislative changes in healthcare delivery within the United States and globally. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated everything in healthcare. Investment Thesis. In the past, the three-pillared U.S.

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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

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WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. ON THE RECORD "We want to shift from patients to people, from healthcare to health, from hospital to home.

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How mobile health can save a baby’s life

Healthcare It News

As a result, many healthcare workers still assess the severity of jaundice by simply looking at a newborn’s skin colour, which is unreliable. Mobile health technologies are in a unique position to respond to the challenges of building sustainable healthcare systems and providing equal access to care.

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Tech can help address the behavioral health crisis, says AMA

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Crisis in the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Why It’s Time to introduce AI

HIT Consultant

healthcare workforce, 4 resulting in staffing shortages in hospitals. This has impacted the well-being of the remaining healthcare practitioners 5 as well as their patients – many of whom are deferring care that is vital to disease management and overall maintenance of health, 6,7 or who do not have access to timely emergency care.

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Modern Healthcare Delivery – The Difference Between Digital Therapeutics and Telehealth

GoMoHealth

This is certainly true in our personal lives, as we have turned to and become reliant on FaceTime, Zoom and other e-connections to stay connected to family and friends, and even more so when it comes to healthcare management, with the COVID-19 pandemic forever impacting the way healthcare is delivered. What Are Digital Therapeutics?

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Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction

Healthcare It News

Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.