Welltok’s Aaron Sklar explains why personalized healthcare is so important and what it takes to really connect with today’s consumers and tap into meaningful change.In a world gone mobile, personalization is the natural next step for healthcare. However, it’s not as easy as tallying “likes” on Facebook or favored filters on Instagram. Personalized healthcare isn’t just about personal preference—it’s about using personal preference in parallel with deeper insights to connect patients with ways to
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Physician Perspective: Solving EHR Integration & Interoperability
In this second installment of this Q&A series, Health2047’s CEO Dr. Doug Given talks about what’s missing from the equation when it comes to taking on EHR integration and Interoperability.Now is the time to tackle EHR integration and interoperability in healthcare—but can these latest efforts from HHS or from the FDA achieve that? In part one of this series, we discussed how healthcare providers need to play a larger part in creating HIT solutions with Health2047’s Dr. Doug Given. In this
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Health2047’s CEO Dr. Doug Given Talks Integrated Innovation
Conquering EHR interoperability is high on the to-do list of many in healthcare—from the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) draft guidance for developers to Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) calling on large EHR vendors to pledge improved data sharing. But is all this talk about tackling interoperability just that? Where is the substance? Better yet, where are the healthcare providers?To achieve interoperability, it’s going to take more than health-tech developers to play by the rules and
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Dear Silicon Valley, Healthcare Is Not an App!
It takes more than the tap of an app to practice quality healthcare, virtual or otherwise. Carena’s CEO Ralph Derrickson explains. We may be in the midst of a breakout moment for telehealth services in the U.S., especially in the wake of CMS’ Next Generation ACO Model. But don’t let the ambient glow from a screen distract you from what’s going on behind it. According to Carena’s CEO Ralph Derrickson, creating convenience and greater access with virtual healthcare services doesn’t always lead to
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Dr. Leslie Saxon Talks USC’s Virtual Care Clinic
Can virtual healthcare close the care gaps? Dr. Leslie Saxon gives us a glimpse of what’s to come via the latest in telehealth technology. Virtual care is quickly becoming a tangible reality. All over the word, fingertips are tapping onto screens and into data streams, leaving digital footprints in their wake. But where is this trail of telecommunications leading us? According to Dr. Leslie Saxon, we are headed for real progress in creating access to healthcare by plugging deeper into its
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Medical Device Interoperability: Is the FDA’s Move for Draft Guide the Right One?
Now is not time to put the demands of medical device interoperability on developers. AirStrip’s Dr. Matthew Patterson explains.
Interoperability has become a hot-button issue in U.S healthcare. So much so, the FDA has recently unveiled draft guidance in the hopes of indoctrinating the medical device industry with the task of tackling it head on. But will applying pressure to the shoulders of the innovators be the answer to hurdling interoperability in healthcare?
The guidance calls on
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Why EHR Integration is Crucial for Digital Health Innovation
Catalyze’s Travis Good talks about why there’s more to EHR integration than the API
Last year digital health funding reached $5.8 billion, leaving no question that the potential is aplenty for ambitious health-tech innovators. Still, it takes more than seed funding to bear fruit in this market. While innovating in digital health may truly be something, integrating in digital health—well, that’s everything.
According to Catalyze’s cofounder and CEO Dr. Travis Good, establishing
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Why Telemedicine Is Not A “Internet of Things” Solution
Medullan’s Dutch Dwight talks about the state of telemedicine and the virtual direction its headed in healthcare.
As telemedicine teeters on the edge of an explosive state of expansion, so many questions come to mind, including how it will transform healthcare delivery as we know it. With value-based reimbursement and a push to serve the underserved growing in the U.S, telemedicine stands to gain a lot of traction and quickly. Still, it’s important to remember the flesh and blood human
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CMS’ Next Generation ACO Model: The True Cost of Healthcare’s Transformation
Will providers taking on more risk produce create cost savings and better healthcare for the underserved? Healthcare experts April Wortham Collins and Dutch Dwight weigh in.
The ACO. It was hailed as the care delivery and payment model that would cure healthcare’s inefficiency ills and financial woes. While we’ve seen some quality improvement from Medicare’s Shared Savings Program, the U.S government has yet to see actual savings. Now, CMS has unveiled a more enticing model for providers to
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CVS Health Executive Talks Integration of Digital Health Tools for Pharmacy
Prescription adherence just got a whole lot easier. Chief Digital Officer Brian Tilzer fills us in.
CVS has been a dominate force in the retail pharmacy market for some time—but could the popular retail chain become the next major player in the digital health movement? According to its Chief Digital Officer Brian Tilzer, it’s getting there.
With the success of the MinuteClinic under its belt, the major drugstore chain is now offering a number of digital tools for its pharmacy customers.
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