Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis and improve preventative care.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Osteoboost: A Breakthrough Wearable for Non-Invasive Bone Health Management Bone Health Technologies, a healthtech company based in Redwood City, has introduced Osteoboost, a wearable medical device designed to address low bone density.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. Elsevier first conducted research among doctors and nurses for the Clinician of the Future report in 2022, following up this year’s survey research online among 2,607 clinicians working around the world: Elsevier polled 365 U.S.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Studies continue to demonstrate how a healthy lifestyle led by a balanced diet, sufficient exercise, and emotional regulation can improve overall health, and prevent disease. My Whole Person Care Journey to Redefine Health When I started my career in family medicine, I was quickly consumed by this broken system.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

That a pharmaceutical company executive is speaking on the main stage at CES speaks to digital health’s mainstreaming beyond elite athletes and smartwatches that track activity. As Ford is quoted in the CES 2022 press release, “CES is the ideal stage to spotlight how technology is allowing people to take control of their health.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative. has highlighted the huge demand for health technology solutions. CTA’s new Public Health Technology Initiative promises to be an important, impactful effort as a public-private partnership.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

For older people who are digital immigrants, they will remember their initial Zoom get-together’s with much-missed family, ordering groceries online in the first ecommerce purchase, and using telemedicine for the first time as a digital health front-door. For example, Devoted Health was the first MA plan to subsidize an Apple Watch.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today House Rx, a health technology platform that empowers oncology and rheumatology physician practices with medically integrated dispensing, announced they’ve secured $30 million in financing. Medically Integrated Dispensing: A Remedy for Patients and Providers.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 21, 2024

What You Should Know: – Digital diabetes management tools are failing to deliver meaningful health benefits to patients, according to a new evaluation by the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI). – The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

That AI-powered counsel can emanate from the digital health technologies, apps, and algorithms that people are increasingly using — choosing to do so on their own, as well as adopting new tools based on health care provider and wellness coach recommendations (or “prescriptions”).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the Pew survey, 3 in 4 consumers re comfortable sharing their personal health information with apps pre-approved by doctors and hospitals, consistent with the general trust of health care providers as trusted data stewards. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Having early insight into abnormal blood sugar activity or body functioning can help individuals prevent health conditions from worsening. Understanding Exposures and Mitigating Risk Users of wearable technology rely on doctors and healthcare experts to provide recommendations.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In the Pew survey, 3 in 4 consumers re comfortable sharing their personal health information with apps pre-approved by doctors and hospitals, consistent with the general trust of health care providers as trusted data stewards. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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MARCH 1, 2018

The targeted prevention programs channeled through schools and churches as well as on-line, increasing engagement in the at-risk population and resulting in a 20% decline in teen pregnancy over 3 years. This report was published just-in-time as we convene to meet at HIMSS 2018, the largest annual health technology conference.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients. The second chart details the key barriers preventing clinicians from sharing data with patients.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 2, 2024

BroadReach leverages AI and machine learning to equip healthcare workers, leaders, and institutions with the tools they need to manage resources effectively and drive better health outcomes. This allows for prioritizing outreach to high-risk patients and monitoring the effectiveness of interventions.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health. Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. Healthcare organizations will be pushed to leverage technology that can be incorporated into their patients’ daily lives.

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JULY 21, 2023

Physical therapists are healthcare professionals trained to optimize health through movement and a critical component of their evaluation is assessing gait and mobility. About Alaina Victoria Alaina Victoria, PT, DPT, is a Clinical Content Manager for OneStep , and a doctor of Physical Therapy with a passion for digital health technology.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Americans face high costs and hassle factors in health care. But more people are taking care into their own hands, and welcome a growing role for technology to play in enabling self-care, supporting prevention, and improving treatment of diagnosed conditions, according to The Future of Connected Health , a consumer survey from ResMed.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

PwC’s research found that many consumers would prefer a virtual care visit over an in-person doctor visit, varying by age group: More younger patients under 35 years of age prefer virtual care compared with people over 55 — but even among older people in the U.S.,

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 23, 2021

COVID-19 caused a massive acceleration in the use of virtual health services and has helped expand access to care at a time when the ongoing pandemic has severely restricted patients' ability to see their doctors. Virtual health has numerous advantages for patients and providers alike. six in ten adults in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2023

Health technology. Health and drivers of wellbeing cross these six trends, and the plethora of services quantified in the on-demand segmentation revealed in the first chart. Digital therapeutics, “new ways to manage health conditions;” and, Fitness tech. Metaverse and Web 3.0 Transportation and mobility.

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 23, 2021

COVID-19 caused a massive acceleration in the use of virtual health services and has helped expand access to care at a time when the ongoing pandemic has severely restricted patients' ability to see their doctors. Virtual health has numerous advantages for patients and providers alike. six in ten adults in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

Despite years of investment in health technology and infrastructure, healthcare systems still rely heavily on patchy legacy systems that are not always up to the task of supporting evidence-based decision-making and advanced analytics. Getting information from one doctor to another? And it’s 2023!

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CiscoHealth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I’m really grateful that the medical center has the technology because it would have just been another week of wondering what was going to happen.”. By enabling immediate follow-up, patients and doctors can make decisions about next steps in care. Technology enables real-time diagnosis from everywhere. 1] Breastcancer.org, U.S.

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Cloud Blogs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Trends As we move forward and the digital transformation of healthcare continues to accelerate, I see three significant trends that will influence the future of health and wellness. Virtual care has the capacity to personalize, accelerate, and augment treatment and prevention, saving time and money while improving outcomes.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Our homes should nurture our health. In addition to nutrition and good food, positive relationships, clean air and water, and the basic needs that bolster whole health, technology is playing a growing role to help us manage health at home. At feeding time, the Avent line of products has designs for nutrition and feeding.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2022

The not-for-profit Philly-based health system is using Yext’s Find-a-Doc search and Stericycle’s Intelligent Scheduling Solution powered by InQuicker™ to enable patients to self-serve their healthcare search and appointment booking needs through Main Line Health’s website. Venture Capital Funding.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This article addresses key harms and biases associated with the SDOH technology movement, and provides suggestions to address these issues going forward. The Age of SDOH Technology. These needs are often documented within a screening tool developed by the health system or a technology vendor responsible for the SDOH referral platform.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Trust is a critical factor to healthcare engagement that is often overlooked but contributes significantly to health inequities by preventing individuals who don't trust healthcare providers from engaging with preventive care and chronic condition management.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2020

Deloitte conducted an additional 1,510 interviews with consumers in April to gauge peoples’ perspectives on the pandemic, health and well-being. In the Great Lockdown phase during the pandemic, consumers were forced to stay and work from home when possible, quarantining to prevent the spread of the infection.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

The heart has been a digital health focus at CES for several years as sensors got added to wristworn activity trackers and mobile apps married to medical technologies that were once only available for use in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic. Home as hospital.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

There is an opportunity to adopt and scale the use of innovative care delivery models, team-based care, and health technology solutions to drive efficiency and alleviate clinician burnout by improving clinical workflows. A doctor’s time is sacred. Every moment a doctor spends on administration within an EHR is a sacrilege.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. While technology is embedded in this list, the headlines have more to do with social, mental, and behavioral health than pure-play technology and devices.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The study included findings around familiarity and experience with virtual primary care, virtual primary care and chronic conditions, current health and practices, and more. Fortunately, some health plans – like those affiliated with Elevance Health – include virtual primary care as a plan benefit.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Here you have the latest data from The Commonwealth Fund detailing cost-related problems for people who were under-insured or lacked continuous coverage resulting in not filling prescriptions, skipping recommended tests or treatments, avoiding seeing a doctor when sick, or not getting specialty care when needed.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This brings up the concept of wearable digital health technologies for monitoring. Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. Some infections can be prevented through their respective vaccinations. Why is this so important?

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