What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer releases new report, “COVID-19: What it
Means to American Healthcare: Trends, Impacts, Predictions, and the Road Ahead”
that uncovers a two-fold strategy for healthcare organizations to predict the
utilization trend of resources and maps the route from immediate COVID-19
challenges to steps needed to address these barriers.
- The report probes how virtual care and telemedicine IT
solutions rose as the ray of hope in the wake of an unprecedented outbreak
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Arcadia Launches New COVID-19 Recovery Toolkit for Health Systems
What You Should Know:
- Arcadia launches COVID-19 Surveillance and
Engagement Toolkit with data and resources to help health systems in
value-based payment arrangements meet the demands of the pandemic.
- Since the introduction of Arcadia’s COVID-19 Surveillance
and Engagement Toolkit, more than a dozen health systems have used Arcadia Analytics
to reach patients via text message outreach and symptom screening tools, an
increase
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FCC Surpasses $100M in Approved COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications
What You Should Know:
- FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 305 healthcare providers in 42 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $105M in funding.
The Federal Communications
Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 67 funding applications
for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare
providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $16.87M in
funding to
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ChristianaCare Deploys Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program
What You Should Know:
- ChristianaCare develops telehealth Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program that allows employers to take proactive, responsible step to ensure workforce safety as they open for work.
- The program relies on ChristianaCare’s COVID-19 Virtual Practice and its award-winning CareVio care management program for daily bi-directional, secure text messaging.
- Currently, 12 employers in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Arizona are
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UCLA Health’s COVID-19 Swab Shortage Solved With 3D-Printed Swabs
What You Should Know:
- With COVID-19 numbers rising in California, an innovative project has solved UCLA Health's testing swabs shortage with 3D-printed swabs.
- In just over a month, and after conducting rigorous clinical testing of several 3D-printed swab prototypes on patients with COVID-19, UCLA Health was granted permission from the Food and Drug Administration to use the most promising design.
An innovative effort launched in April and led by a fellow in the UCLA
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CHI Texas Health Network Partners with Innovaccer for FHIR-Enabled Data Activation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with CHI Texas Health Network to boost provider performance and population health to leverage its FHIR®-Enabled Data Activation Platform.
- CHI Texas Health Network is driving improved physician performance, care coordination, and patient health outcomes.
- CHI Texas Health Network is a nonprofit, faith-based health system that strives to fulfill its mission each day by creating and nurturing healthy communities across the
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COVID-19 Chronic Condition Patient Population Report
What You Should Know:
Wellframe report finds patients want access to virtual
solutions to help manage their chronic conditions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a
significant effect on the chronic condition population by delaying access to
care and exacerbating mental health challenges.
Wellframe, a
provider of Digital Health Management solutions, announced the findings of its COVID-19
Chronic Condition Patient Population Report
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Welldoc Awarded 8th FDA Clearance for Bluestar Medical Device for Diabetes
What You Should Know:
Marks 8th FDA clearance for BlueStar, the only
reimbursable software as a medical device for diabetes that integrates with all
of a patient's existing devices.
Welldoc, revolutionizing digital health with the first FDA-cleared Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) for diabetes, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an additional feature for the digital health product BlueStar Rx which supports individuals using long-acting
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Fitbit Unveils FDA-Approved Low-Cost Emergency Ventilator to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- Today, Fitbit announced that it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for a new emergency ventilator named Fitbit Flow to help respond to the COVID-19 global health crisis.
- Fitbit plans to make the design available via open-source software to promote further collaboration and reach more people across the globe.
- Fitbit’s R&D, engineering and design teams worked quickly to apply their collective expertise in advanced sensor
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Maven Acquires Bright Parenting App to Close Gaps in Care
What You Should Know:- Women’s and family health-focused digital health company Maven acquires Bright Parenting, the leading app that helps parents of children ages 2-10 learn and use proven behavioral health techniques and skills that contribute to strong parent-child relationships.- Maven is moving beyond the typical scope of telemedicine with this integration of personalized care, content and community within its virtual clinic. Through this expansion, Maven will close the gaps in care
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