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Equiva Health, Gilda's Club, healthcare providers leverage affordable broadband funding

Healthcare It News

Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, part of the national non-profit Cancer Support Community network, and Equiva Health, a digital patient engagement company, are partnering to provide stand-alone devices configured for at-home use as part of an oncology-specific initiative to address health disparities through discounted broadband funded by a $14.2

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Leveraging Personal Health Nurses to Connect the Dots Across the Care Continuum

HIT Consultant

A New Approach Many forward-thinking companies are taking a different approach to employee health by focusing on high-risk individuals who incur the most significant costs. These individuals are then assigned a personal health nurse (PHN) who acts as a partner in the employee’s health journey.

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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

Healthcare It News

This solves a critical problem for nurses and doctors, who currently spend most of their time in administrative and clinical information gathering and still lack access to the most appropriate clinical guidelines or an updated 360-degree view of patient information.

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The changing nature of global healthcare consumerism amid COVID-19

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Tan encouraged the community to currently focus on tapping on AI and machine learning to enable population health to educate, provide, summarise and simplify information for the public "rather than continuing to invest too much to augment our healthcare and healthcare providers."

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AHA says OCR's online tracking tool rules need to go

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Hospitals and health systems are caught between OCR's "unlawful rule" governing the use of online tracking tools and third-party vendors and are not able to provide "the most reliable health information available," AHA said.

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Curana Health, Innovaccer Partner to Accelerate Value-Based Care for Seniors

HIT Consultant

Last year Innovaccer announced that Curana Health had chosen Innovaccer’s Best in KLAS data and analytics platform, care management solution, and point-of-care physician engagement solution to create a new technology platform purpose-built for senior living communities.

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Digital front doors' advantages when meeting population health needs

Healthcare It News

Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. What are some of the challenges facing successful population health management programs today? More and more organizations are looking for ways to improve the health of the populations they serve.