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Epic rolls out new feature to make it easier for patients to share medical records with health apps

Fierce Healthcare

Medical records software giant Epic has rolled out a new feature that makes it easier for patients to release their medical records to the health or wellness apps they use. | The new capability is part of a wider effort by the healthcare industry, facilitated by new health tech policies from the federal government, to advance data-sharing at scale.

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venBio Raises $528M for Fifth Life Sciences Fund

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – venBio , a leading life sciences venture capital firm, announced the successful closing of its fifth fund, venBio Fund V, with over $528M in capital commitments. – The new fund will focus on investing in biopharmaceutical companies developing innovative treatments for unmet medical needs. venBio Fund V Focus With a strong track record of successful investments in companies such as Labrys Biologics, Aragon Pharmaceuticals, and Seragon Pharmaceuticals, venBio ha

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Retail Health Update for Pharmacy – Mail Order Beats Brick & Mortar, J.D. Power Finds

Health Populi

People have been undergoing their own human kind of digital transformations, turbocharged during the pandemic for many who never used Zoom or Amazon Prime or Uber. That consumer-borne digital transformation has shaped people as health consumers, many having used telehealth and appointment-scheduling online. And peoples’ relationships with pharmacies are also changing, with more health consumers finding greater satisfaction with their mail order pharmacy experiences than with moat retail br

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Are drug prices too high or too low?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

This is a common question I receive, often with the implicit assumption that prices in the US are too high. One key question to consider is, what are we trying to optimize? Tyler Cowen has a very good and brief post talking about drug prices and makes the case that (i) the supply of new drugs is elastic and (ii) we want to expand the number of new, high-value drugs that come to market.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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VSee and Ava Robotics Develop AI-Powered ICU Robot

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – VSee Health , a telehealth services provider, and Ava Robotics , a developer of intelligent robots, announced a strategic partnership to develop innovative telepresence solutions for the inpatient intensive care unit (ICU) market. – The collaboration aims to create a VSee-powered Ava robot capable of autonomous navigation within the ICU environment.

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Quotation of the Day

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Sometimes I hear tech people saying they are building machines that think like people. Then I report this ambition to neuroscientists and their response is: That would be a neat trick, because we don’t know how people think. David Brooks, “ Many People Fear A.I.: They Shouldn’t ” NY Times.

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7 Strategies to Modernize The Healthcare Payment Ecosystem

HIT Consultant

Steve Rowe, Healthcare Lead at 3Pillar Global Submitting and paying claims is the financial underpinning of the U.S. healthcare system, a system plagued with inefficiencies that create disconnects between health plans and health systems. As a result, revenue cycles and claims systems are clogged, the patient and member experience is disrupted, care quality is suffering, and innovations in care delivery are constrained.

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Morning Headlines 8/5/24

HIStalk

Criminal Division Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program The Department of.

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Free Speech versus Public Health: The Role of Social Media (Part Two)

Bill Of Health

by Claudia E. Haupt In addition to the conflict between free speech and public health in connection with social media , the role of social media as a public health hazard in itself has gained attention. Social Media’s Public Health Harms In a New York Times essay published on June 17, 2024, the Surgeon General proposed a warning label for social media platforms.