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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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Covid Clinic Expands Its Services to Offer Treatment Options, Telemedicine Consultations & Prescription Access

HIT Consultant

. – In partnership with Driven Care, patients will now be able to easily access treatment options, including antiviral prescription services and consultations, through its newly launched telemedicine services. Why It Matters.

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Digiceuticals: Driving Growth Through Digital Health Services

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Subhro Mallik, SVP & Head of Life Sciences at Infosys. There was tremendous interest in telemedicine before 2020. For instance, digital-first healthcare aggregators had been testing programs for telemedicine but, since 2020, the demand for telehealth services has exploded across the globe.

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Top takeaways from HIMSS22: What CIOs need to know

Healthcare It News

The new Snowflake Healthcare and Life Sciences Data Cloud provides a data marketplace that enables users to get data from third-party sources. The platform also optimizes data types and formats commonly used in healthcare and life sciences, including unstructured data. Virtual care.

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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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Medable Secures $304M at $2.1B Valuation for Decentralized Clinical Trials Platform

HIT Consultant

The platform provides a unified experience for patients and clinicians, enabling recruitment, remote screening, electronic consent, clinical outcomes assessment (eCOA), eSource, telemedicine, and connected devices. Patients need the life sciences industry to continue innovating at this pace. Plans for Funding.

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3 Barriers to Decentralized Clinical Trials Adoption

HIT Consultant

According to a 2020 Consumer Healthcare Insights survey , up to 98 % of patients reported satisfaction with telemedicine. The results are clear; telemedicine is a welcome and perhaps critical addition to clinical trials. Telemedicine laws in the U.S. have become increasingly uniform across states recently.