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Unite Us Partners with Paralyzed Veterans of America

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Serving veterans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico from its 70 offices, the organization develops training and career services, works on accessibility in public buildings and spaces and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities.

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Evolution: Why It’s Time to Look at Digital Health ROI Differently

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That’s why we call on the industry as a whole to shift their perspective of digital health ROI and to view it through a holistic lens that encompasses not only financial returns but also improvements in patient outcomes, operational efficiencies, and clinician well-being over longer timeframes.

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WVU Medicine uses $781K grant to greatly boost telehealth to rural patients

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McAllister, assistant vice president of population health and telemedicine. "Less than 1% of all ambulatory services were completed virtually prior to 2020, and only a few providers offered the service," recalled Shannon R.

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Assisted Dying is as Much an Economic as an Ethical Issue

HIT Consultant

Professor Derick Wade, an Oxford-based consultant in neurological rehabilitation estimates that managing one person in a vegetative state for 10 years costs the NHS the equivalent of saving five avoidable deaths in other people. Although rarely stated explicitly, every healthcare system operates within a fixed budget.

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Enhancing Physical Therapy With Artificial Intelligence

HIT Consultant

Population-level data also offers insight into overarching trends in various populations, which can then be used to implement population health strategies or new treatment protocols and monitor intervention efficacy.

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‘Microwave Cooking Of Health Care’: Amid Shift To Value, Providers Caution Against Telehealth

Home Health Care

Lifespark is a Minneapolis-based senior care provider with both home health and senior living operations. American Health Partners is a Franklin, Tennessee-based post-acute care organization that offers home health and hospice services. The company’s other services lines include home care, hospice and primary care.

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Inside Health Care #99: Dr. Eric Wei and Dr. Ted Long and the Crisis of Health Worker Burnout

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Edward Juhn After that, Inland Empire Health Plan Chief Quality Officer Dr. Edward Juhn talks about “algorithmic bias,” a software-based anomaly that may adversely affect population health metrics that drive research on equity. The post Inside Health Care #99: Dr.