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Limited funding hinders uptake of RPM, DTx in Australia

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Healthcare providers in Australia have been "slow" in their uptake of remote care technologies, such as remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. Practitioners are also unlikely to recommend remote care due to dearth of reimbursement incentives.

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Remote therapeutic monitoring is reimbursable – here's what you need to know

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Providers are acknowledged for the time they spend connecting with patients outside of the office. With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for: Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform. Monitoring a platform's alerts and patients' use of remote education.

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Urgency-driven innovation in healthcare

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The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely. They erected field hospitals in parking lots and converted nonclinical spaces into auxiliary ICUs to provide care to sick patients.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

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In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. The deal also provides CVS Health with a value-based care platform that connects payers to providers and providers to each other to lower costs and improve patient outcomes.

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5G’s Role in Improving Quality and Reach of Healthcare

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Robin Manke-Cassidy, Director, Solution Marketing at Cradlepoint In the world of healthcare, new technologies aren’t just about being on the cutting edge of the latest trend. It’s about how technology can improve care and expand the reach of quality care through unprecedented methods. billion by 2030.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

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One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

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We have to be careful with our data. That’s why the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard was established. FHIR is a data transfer protocol that’s designed to help developers provide information safely, securely, and efficiently. The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources.