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Limited funding hinders uptake of RPM, DTx in Australia

Healthcare It News

Healthcare providers in Australia have been "slow" in their uptake of remote care technologies, such as remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics. However, those with Type 2 Diabetes cannot access subsidies even where continuous glucose monitoring may improve outcomes and prevent diabetes complications."

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Telehealth has grown by leaps at doc practices, with wide variance in usage patterns

Healthcare It News

used telehealth to provide care to patients with acute disease and 34.3% used telehealth for preventative care visits. "There was a great deal of variation within specialty, with large shares of physicians who didn't provide any remote visits the prior week.

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81% of Health System Leaders Plan to Bump Up Their Investment in Remote Care Technology

Home Health Care

As the regulatory landscape continues to incentivize home-based care, health system leaders plan to beef up their investments in the space. Along these lines, 81% of decisionmakers intend to increase their investment in remote care technologies in the next 12 months. A similar 62% reported patient satisfaction.

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Force Therapeutics and Xealth Integrate to Drive Remote Care Management

HIT Consultant

The partnership integrates the Force platform with a provider’s electronic health record, enabling care teams to view clinically relevant metrics within the patient’s chart and make more informed decisions for their recovery. Remote care management data now available on EHRs.

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

Healthcare It News

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. Providers now can get reimbursed for educating patients on how to use remote care management platforms.

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

Healthcare It News

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. " B.J.

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CVS Health to purchase Signify Health for $8B

Healthcare It News

"As we carefully considered our long-term strategic options, we determined that CVS Health is the ideal partner, given its focus on expanding access to health services and helping consumers navigate to the best sites of care," said Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Signify Health, in the announcement.