Healthcare It News

JUNE 9, 2022

Primary care in the U.S. On one hand, the value of primary care physicians has never been higher. The evidence of that is in the tens of billions of dollars of investment in healthcare – more than $39 billion invested in the sector last year alone, with a notable focus on primary care.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

Nearly one-third (32%) of people already say they would be comfortable with artificial intelligence leading a primary care appointment, according to a new survey from Outbreaks Near Me – although fewer (25%) would be comfortable with AI-led therapy Twelve percent of adults in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 18, 2024

Color Health, a genetic testing company, is using OpenAI's newest, less expensive, large language model to equip doctors with pretreatment workup expertise that could speed up prior authorization requests for cancer screening diagnostics and get patients into treatment faster.

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Healthy Debate

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) have an important role to play in the health-care system. We need a pilot project to assess the viability of ND integration into team-based primary care models.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 21, 2024

In today's interview, we talk with Kwiatkowski, who holds a pharmacy doctorate, about some of the AI tools being used at the health system. Specifically, he shows how Cedars Sinai Connect, an AI-powered primary care app, is addressing AI biases and training on datasets that reflect diverse populations.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 28, 2022

Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 28, 2024

This week more vendors announce integrations with artificial intelligence-driven tools and platforms that better connect patients and doctors during visits, find and lower specialty medication costs and access care resources at home or on the go. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Nearly 300 primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham (MGB) have petitioned to unionize. | The group, if approved, would join the Doctors Council, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union representing attending physicians nationwide.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

What’s wrong with healthcare Americans are increasingly spending more on healthcare as premiums have risen 20% over the past 5 years, often significantly outpacing inflation – yet one in four insured Americans avoid going to the doctor because they aren’t sure how much it will cost. The mainstream model in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2022

San Francisco-based One Medical is a technology-focused primary care organization offering in-person, digital and virtual care services that it says are designed to improve the healthcare experience for its customers. going forward.

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Healthcare Success

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This podcast is a must-listen for healthcare leaders and primary care practitioners seeking innovative ways to enhance patient access, optimize care delivery, and address challenges like burnout. Lee Aase: And our, and this is in in collaboration with a high school classmate of mine who's a primary care, doctor.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

Concurrently, the healthcare workforce is facing significant attrition; approximately 20% of doctors are planning to leave the profession and more than 170,000 healthcare workers departed their roles in 2021, according to JAMA. ", "What doctor can help me with my foot pain?",

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Healthcare Success

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As a result, healthcare providers still heavily rely on positive relationships with their referring doctors and other healthcare professionals (HCPs). It was like, can we go out and just talk to primary care doctors? I know they know all the doctors all of that. Go order pizza for the doctor's office.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 24, 2024

What You Should Know: – PeopleOne Health , a pioneer in value-based primary care, has secured up to $32.3M – The funding will accelerate PeopleOne Health’s mission to transform primary care by providing a comprehensive, patient-centric, and cost-effective health benefit.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – K Health , a leader in AI-driven primary care raises $50M in funding led by Claure Group with participation from investors including Pablo Legorreta (founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma), and existing investors Mangrove Capital Partners , Valor Equity Partners , and Atreides Management, LP.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. We began by helping people tackle hair loss and sexual health, as these are common conditions that cause social anxiety and can be embarrassing to talk about with someone, even a doctor. First we launched primary care.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CenterWell Senior Primary Care – a part of Humana Inc. It announced Wednesday that, in select Georgia and Louisiana locations, patients would be able to receive at-home primary care services under its “CenterWell Primary Care Anywhere” program. CenterWell is Humana’s senior care services arm.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. Defaulting to in-person visits takes up a lot more time and money for both patients and doctors.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app. They can refer them to a hospital or change their medication.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What You Should Know: – New Jersey’s leading health network, Hackensack Meridian Health, is set to revolutionize primary care access with the upcoming launch of HMH 24/7, an AI-driven platform that seamlessly integrates virtual and in-person care.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. All of those pages and pages of forms you get at a doctor's office? With prescheduling, doctors are able to populate your medical record before you get there.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Jacob DeWitt, MD, U H SM Ambassador and Founder, Integrative Direct Primary Care In an era when healthcare costs continue to soar, a deviation from the status quo is becoming increasingly necessary. were compelled to forgo medical care in 2022 due to exorbitant costs.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Hint Health , a direct primary care (DPC) provider raises $45M led by Banneker Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures , bringing the company’s total funding amount to $60M. To date, Hint Health is available nationally and powers over 2,400 DPC providers and 1,600 clinical locations across the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

What You Should Know: – Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023. Virtual Primary Care Offering.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – A team of serial health tech entrepreneurs who sold their mobile EHR app to athenahealth has announced the launch of ed Fold Health , the first interoperable digital health tech stack for primary care. The First Digital Health Stack Transforming Primary Care.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In fact, fewer individuals than ever visit their primary care doctor on a regular basis – even if they have insurance. Compounding this issue is the physician shortage – Americans are having a harder time securing an appointment with a doctor than 10 years ago. Chances are they’ll choose to act on it.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company. "How do you identify that someone is socially isolated, does not have an adequate supply of nutritious food, is experiencing domestic abuse or is not able to take their medications as directed by their doctor?,"

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 6, 2024

THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016. With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The increase in telehealth adoption by physicians and patients alike continues to allow UPMC to develop new digital health tools that offer greater access to high-quality care from the comfort of their own home. UPMC launched a virtual-first, full-service primary care clinic offering a complete spectrum of care to patients aged 18 and above.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

Crotty: In the United States, advancing technology has moved care more toward hospitals, doctors’ offices or advanced facilities. This has created multiple chokepoints – access can be limited and wait times are long for many doctors, and frankly there aren’t even enough primary care providers.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – Primary care is continuing to decentralize with more decisions made outside of primary care offices, according to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer. However: – 70% Millennials anticipate a move to new care settings. Gen Z and Gen X trail closely at 66% and 65%.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced plans on Thursday to acquire the primary care provider One Medical (Nasdaq: ONEM) for a price tag of $3.9 Once the acquisition closes, it will give Amazon a large primary care capability to potentially pair with its growing home-based care business, Amazon Care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced the launch of the Home Smart Clinic, a multi-pronged offering delivering health plans and providers a comprehensive range of elements required to launch a truly successful virtual care program without compromises.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"Many of our patients struggle with transportation issues, whether it is available or accessible public transportation or physical disabilities that make a trip to the doctor's office difficult," Stone said. " PROPOSAL.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. Implementing systems that improve effectiveness and efficiency are the top draw here among clinicians, followed by meeting with the doctors to gain an understand of their needs. BDO notes that only 2 in 3 U.S.

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