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House-passed bill instructs Congressional Budget Office to take longer view when grading preventive health laws

Fierce Healthcare

Preventive care or healthcare innovation legislation promising decades-long savings benefits may soon get fairer appraisals from Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. | The bipartisan bill, passed Tuesday, would allow lawmakers to request a 30-year cost savings projection for healthcare legislation related to preventive care.

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VA, VHA, Verizon partner to increase rural veterans' telehealth access

Healthcare It News

To help conquer the digital divide preventing rural veterans from accessing the range of health and wellness benefits they are eligible for, the U.S. While the VHA provides millions of veterans healthcare at about 1,000 facilities, many of those patients face mobility hurdles that minimize access to in-person care.

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Healthcare’s Evolution: Important Healthcare Trends in 2024

GoMoHealth

By Cassandra Cousineau Manager, Strategic Content and Engagement , GoMo Health The healthcare industry is constantly evolving. These significant changes are propelling innovation and setting new healthcare industry trends in 2024.  Virtual technologies are set to revolutionize healthcare delivery. that doesn’t include AI.

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Rethinking Big Data in 2024: How Healthcare Can Leverage Workforce Intelligence to Improve Care

HIT Consultant

Charlie Lougheed, CEO of Axuall The future of healthcare innovation over the next decade will be shaped by insights from clinician big data and AI, otherwise known as workforce intelligence. How we shape healthcare’s workforce, peer networks, and processes comes down to how we use data to surface meaningful information.

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Healthcare Interoperability Has Arrived: 3 Ways to Harness the Potential

HIT Consultant

Shawna Koch Mishael, Head of Healthcare and Biomedical, RN, MBA, SenecaGlobal. While the healthcare industry has been extolling the virtues of data interoperability for years until recently it has remained one of the biggest obstacles to providing quality healthcare today. Yet, the tides are turning.

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Vita Health Secures $22.5M to Combat Suicide and Mental Health Crisis Nationwide

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Vita Health, the first provider of clinically validated suicide prevention through innovative care management, announced today the close of a $22.5M Series A funding round. The funding will support the rapid expansion of life-saving services targeting youth and adults nationwide. In 2021, there were over 1.7

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

Healthcare stakeholders are moving away from fee-for-service and towards value-based models to meet the demands of aging and millennial populations while also meeting an ambitious national healthcare agenda. The 21st Century Cures Act has accelerated healthcare innovation, technology advancement, and improved interoperability.