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Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The index of Healthcare & Life Science equities tracked by Stout was down 16.8% – Healthcare & Life Science M&A activity plummeted to 338 deals in Q2 2022 versus 535 in Q2 2021 and a record 565 deals in Q4 2021. The proposed changes would reduce the conversion factor by 4.4%

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. We covered, The theory that telemedicine should increase health equity — where are we and what are the barriers to getting there? Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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The Desire for Cost Savings Driving Key Trends in Healthcare Market

HIT Consultant

John Calcagnini, Managing Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Stout. The healthcare market underwent significant changes during the pandemic as patients rethought how they received care, including opting for more telehealth and deferred elective procedures, but patient care is now normalizing as patients return to the office.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. In 2019, J.D. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. Describing that low-utilization in their report, J.D.

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Location, Location, Location – Understanding Health Consumers’ Evolving Definition of Convenience

Health Populi

Since then, the firm expanded internationally and covers every industry segment — including healthcare, per se, but also sectors immediately adjacent to medical services such as life sciences, senior housing technology, retail, and hospitality.

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Enabling better health care, everywhere – my conversation with Microsoft

Health Populi

Molly and I then segued into how the health system incumbent players — hospitals, plans, clinicians, and life science companies — can (and should be) part of the telehealth ecosystem and solutions to deliver care, everywhere.

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Care Access Acquires IBPClin to Expand Decentralized Clinical Trial Capabilities to Latin America

HIT Consultant

IBPClin has conducted 160+ industry-sponsored research studies, enrolling over 7000 participants across 12 Brazilian states, and offers telemedicine, remote monitoring, and home care assistance for patients. Acquisition will Globalize Clinical Trials.