Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

Recently, a gathering of the world’s health technology assessment regulators in Adelaide agreed – among other measures – that the patient voice was severely lacking in the approvals process for lifesaving medicines and health technologies.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed.

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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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It embarked on a journey to foster disruptive innovations by establishing Inception Health as an independent vehicle to drive innovation and digital transformation, focusing on digital health technology. Artificial intelligence is at the heart of some of its most disruptive innovations. To do that, we need to evolve.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2025

Justin Kozak, Risk Management Expert and Biotech Industry Lead atFounder Shield The health technology landscape is a rapidly evolving ecosystem where innovation and risk coexist. Developers and manufacturers must balance technological advancements with a rigorous approach to risk management.

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Clearwave Inc

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Blakely Roth | February 26, 2025 Concord Orthopaedics, a leader in orthopaedic care across New Hampshire, implemented a patient estimations strategy in response to Good Faith Estimate regulations from the No Surprises Act.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The answer to this question depends, not only on how well AI tools work, but also on how AI technologies are regulated by the FDA. Scott Gottlieb has some thoughts on preferred regulatory approaches in his recent article in JAMA Health Forum. CDSS is exempt from much of the regulation that medical devices must undergo.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 21, 2025

States are leading the way, with more regulations expected to come out as people become more familiar with the consequences around AI use-cases in healthcare. In addition to new regulations, our industry-best standards and recommendations will evolve.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Different health technology assessment bodies use different discount rates. That is true for some regulations. But other regulations are beneficial for such investments: for example, regulations that incentivize investment in clean energy sources or semiconductors. ICER uses 3%. NICE uses 3.5% , but allows for a 1.5%

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In 2025, we will see a proliferation of sleep sub-segments such as #EG-tracking tech for sleep and stimulation; audio-based sleep aids (taking, say, the Calm app’s bedtime stories complemented by novel sonic pulse technology); circadian rhythm regulation; and, of course, devices and applications to address sleep apnea and snoring.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 11, 2023

Funding to Lead to Broadening of Amino Health’s Horizons in Attempt to Improve Healthcare Guidance Amino Health has dedicated the last decade to developing a digital navigation experience that intuitively guides members to high-quality, cost-effective care through their unique health plans and benefits.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2023

. – The insights were the consensus amongst top African and American health AI experts who participated in a recent webinar about the impact of GenAI on healthcare hosted by Vantage Health Technology , a social enterprise focussed on health equity globally.

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Bill Of Health

AUGUST 18, 2021

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) health apps, such as apps that manage our diet, fitness, and sleep, are becoming ubiquitous in our digital world. These apps provide a window into some of the key issues in the world of digital health — including data privacy, data access, data ownership, bias, and the regulation of health technology.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By supporting decision-making on the development, authorisation and surveillance of medicines, a wide range of stakeholders will benefit, from patients and healthcare professionals to health technology assessment bodies and the pharmaceutical industry. The DARWIN EU advisory board members are listed here.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

One key item of note was that use of digital health technologies prior to COVID-19 was highly heterogeneous across European countries.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Patrick is a proven and effective leader who has the board’s full support to lead InnovAge and to quickly address the issues that have arisen with CMS and our regulators in California and Colorado,” InnovAge Board Chair Andrew Cavanna said in a press release. “We

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Medical GPS

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

From the exam room to the home, technology is transforming every facet of healthcare at a pace that’s both exciting and overwhelming. 1) We may not have Star-Trek’s hand-held bone or dermal regeneration tech, but with healthcare technology advancing at its current rate, we can’t be far from it.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Navigating varying regulations and license requirements is critical, and as companies grow rapidly, executives may be unaware that they’re not compliant with regulations. For instance, Pennsylvania has active Patient Compensation Funds (PCF) that include MCARE, a special state fund, which is an additional required filing.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

What You Should Know: – Kipu Health , a leading provider of behavioral health technology solutions, has announced the acquisition of Hatch Compliance. These solutions are specifically designed to meet the rigorous standards set by The Joint Commission, CARF, and various state regulations.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2024

By incorporating social features and encouraging positive interactions within health-focused gaming communities, digital health platforms can leverage the power of social connections to enhance the therapeutic benefits of game-based interventions. Financial rewards in games could be directed toward supporting digital health tools.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Ameet Sarpatwari , Alexander Egilman , Aviva Wang, and Aaron S. Kesselheim.

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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.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Contributing factors to this included larger trial sizes, the need to assess health technology, the requirement to provide data on comparative drugs’ effectiveness, and most importantly the high failure rate. A study in 2020 concluded that the estimated median capitalized research and development cost per product was $985 million.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Michael Dersham Founder & CEO, Apierion The inability to access appropriate care close to home has been a long-standing cause of health inequity in the United States and around the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic made the detrimental effects of this more apparent.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues relevant to current or potential future work in the Division. 2023 Aug 17:e2314414.

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Health Advances

MAY 4, 2022

A large and aging population advanced IT infrastructure, and a single national healthcare system are among the features that will make Japan and South Korea ideal candidates to adopt digital health technologies at scale. Telemedicine in Korea is regulated by Medical Service Act and Personal Information Protection Act.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2022

In recent years, digital health technologies (DHTs) have significantly changed the way we collect data within clinical trials. Mark Mentzer, Senior Director, Business Development, Connected Devices and eCOA, IQVIA.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 5, 2022

pain intensity, shortness of breath), functioning, events, or other aspects of health from the patient’s perspective. Often PROs are collected through questionnaires, but increasingly are being collected using digital health technologies (DHTs). Reports come from someone other than the patient or a health professional (e.g.,

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Bill Of Health

JULY 28, 2023

Kesselheim Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. By  Ameet Sarpatwari , Alexander Egilman , and   Aaron S. JAMA Netw Open. Lancet Oncol.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Health Aff (Millwood). Ameet Sarpatwari , Liam Bendicksen , Alexander Egilman , and ? Kesselheim.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

The integration of medical and behavioral health technology for healthcare providers on college campuses can help relieve many issues, including fatigue and burnout, playing a critical role in fusing healthcare and technology that addresses these critical staffing shortages.

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Triage Health Law

JUNE 20, 2023

Qualifying health care providers must submit a signed affidavit attesting under penalty of perjury that the provider is in compliance with the health records storage requirements of the Act when they submit their initial and renewal license application. health data) to foreign jurisdictions.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

New reimbursement codes for virtual patient monitoring may soon be incorporated into Medicare’s fee schedule, signaling the continued expansion and reach of digital health technologies catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic. By Adriana Krasniansky.

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Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These realities are consequences of an inequitable global health and economic system that is rooted in a history of colonialism and extractivism.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S. consumers’ adoption of digital health technology stalled. One of the driving forces was found to be privacy concerns about health data protections.

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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. It’s all about the money, money, money. For insurers, this means contracting is always a question.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S. consumers’ adoption of digital health technology stalled. One of the driving forces was found to be privacy concerns about health data protections.

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