What You Should Know: - Hospitals and health systems that launched or accelerated digital health capabilities during the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic are failing to commit fully to the digital and consumer-centered transformation required to deliver care when, where and how consumers want to receive it, according to Kaufman Hall’s 2021 Healthcare Consumerism Survey. - The survey found only 7% of participating organizations performed in the first tier of the Kaufman Hall Healthcare
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Laguna Health Launches App-Based Digital Care For Post-Hospital Recovery at Northshore
What You Should Know: - Laguna Health today launched a full app experience to bridge the care gap between discharge and recovery. Currently, in a clinical trial with NorthShore University Health System, Laguna Health marries a proven clinical treatment model with a digital-first care team, personalized recovery plans, coaching, data-driven interventions and expansive behavioral health resources, now delivered in a friendly and accessible app-based environment. - With two-thirds of
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J&J Vision Receives Approval for New Kid Contact Lenses for Myopia Management
What You Should Know: - Johnson & Johnson Vision received Health Canada approval for ACUVUE® Abiliti 1-Day Soft Therapeutic Lenses for Myopia Management, specifically designed for children 7 to 12 years old. - The announcement of Abiliti 1-Day, a daily wear, single use, disposable lens, expands the J&J Vision portfolio for treating kids with myopia. Earlier this year the FDA approved Abiliti Overnight, designed and custom fitted to reshape the cornea while sleeping. -
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Lyra Health Launches Care Integration Solutions for Alcohol Use Disorder and Other Serious Mental Illnesses
What You Should Know: - Lyra Health, a Burlingame, CA-based provider of comprehensive mental health care benefits for global employers, today announced the first technology-integrated care solutions designed to address serious mental health issues such as alcohol use disorder (AUD), suicidality, and other complex mental health diagnoses. - Traditional employee assistance programs and health plans too often don’t effectively support people with serious mental illnesses and substance use
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Nurse Staffing Shortage: 5 Policy Solutions to Address National Crisis
What You Should Know: - The American Nurses Association (ANA), representing the interests of the nation's 4.2 million nurses, urges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to declare the current and unsustainable nurse staffing shortage facing our country a national crisis. - In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, ANA calls for the Administration to acknowledge and take concrete action to address the current crisis-level nurse staffing shortage that puts nurses'
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One Medical Completes Acquisition of Iora Health
What You Should Know: - Today, One Medical closed its acquisition of Iora Health, a value-based primary care group serving roughly 39,000 Medicare patients. Together, One Medical and Iora will extend its combined reach to provide human-centered, technology-powered care across every stage of life, with nationwide digital health coverage and a combined office footprint in 28 markets covering 120 million people or nearly 40% of the entire U.S. population. - The acquisition, taking on
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Ochsner Health Launches Fall Prevention Pilot Program to Medicare Advantage Members
What You Should Know: - Ochsner Health and innovationOchsner (iO) have partnered with Bold, an evidence-based, digital exercise platform for older adults aimed at reducing falls and improving health outcomes. - The Bold platform is one of five interventions in the Ochsner Connected Stability pilot fall prevention and monitoring programs focused on helping Medicare Advantage members who are at the highest risk for falls. Impact of Non-Fatal Falls More than 85% of older adults
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Hoy Health Acquires Mobile Med Units Company HomeFront Health
What You Should Know: - Hoy Health, a bilingual digital primary care platform today announced the acquisition of HomeFront Health, a San Antonio, TX-based service-driven mobile healthcare organization that delivers frontline medical services to patients in their homes as an extension of hospital- and provider-centric care models. By harnessing the untapped resource of military-trained and field-tested veteran medics, the mobile medical units provide unparalleled in-person patient care when
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DirectTrust Acquires Assets of SAFE Identity to Support Healthcare Interoperability
What You Should Know: - DirectTrust today announced it has acquired the assets of SAFE Identity (including Trust Framework), an industry consortium and certification body supporting identity assurance and cryptography in healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. - The acquisition substantially extends DirectTrust’s capabilities and services and is expected to enable new and expanded interoperability use cases. Post-Acquisition Plans As part of the
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Osso VR Launches VR-based Surgical Proficiency Assessment Tool
What You Should Know: - Osso VR, a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality-based surgical training company, today announced the launch the of its VR-based multimodal assessment experiences. In addition to adding this capability within its platform, Osso’s platform has also launched in multiple new languages in addition to English, including Japanese, Spanish, German and French to broaden access in the 30+ countries in which it is currently utilized. - Osso VR is the first surgical training
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