What You Should Know:
- Millions of Americans with Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes now have a new option for managing their glucose levels.
- DexCom, a leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology announced the launch of Stelo, the first over-the-counter (OTC) glucose biosensor available in the US.
What is Stelo?
Stelo is a small, wearable sensor that provides real-time glucose readings directly to a smartphone app. Unlike traditional blood glucose meters,
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Aging in Place: The Silent Epidemic Crippling Seniors’ Well-Being
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- A new survey conducted by Alignment Health reveals the significant social and environmental factors that are impacting the health and well-being of seniors in the United States. These factors, known as social determinants of health, are preventing seniors from living healthier lives.
- The 2024 Social Threats to Aging Well In America was conducted via an online poll of 2,051 Americans aged 65 and older between April 30 and May 21, 2024. Additional
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CCM-KLAS: Artificial Intelligence Remains Top of Mind for Healthcare Executives
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- A new survey by the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at UPMC reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be a top priority for senior leaders in the healthcare industry.
- For the second year in a row, executives cited AI as both the most exciting technology and the most improved, highlighting its potential to transform healthcare.
Generative AI Takes Center Stage
The Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey, conducted in
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OneStep Integrates Gait and Motion Analysis with Epic EHR
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- OneStep, an innovator in digital healthcare, today announced its official integration with Epic's Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Now available on Epic's App Marketplace, this integration is compatible with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources 1 (FHIR®) and streamlines how healthcare providers leverage OneStep’s advanced gait and motion analysis data and remote therapeutic monitoring services within the Epic ecosystem.
OneStep: Revolutionizing
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Heart Health in the GLP-1 Era: The Role of Remote Patient Monitoring
According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure. Recent studies have suggested that effectively treating obesity with GLP-1 agonists may be key to improving overall heart health. These findings are promising — but additional study is necessary, further highlighting the need for accurate GLP-1 patient data and consistent at-home health monitoring.
Healthcare providers can benefit from high-precision remote monitoring tools like
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Intermountain Expands Virtual Cardiology Care Program with Story Health
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- Story Health, a digital health company transforming specialty care delivery, and Intermountain Health, one of the nation’s premier nonprofit health systems, today announced an expanded relationship that will increase patient access to Intermountain’s nationally-recognized cardiology care across the health system.
- The expansion follows a highly successful pilot program launched by Intermountain and Story Health in January 2023 for patients with a new heart
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Interoperability: The Missing Link to Combat Nurse Burnout
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership recently published a report that reinforces the troublesome trend in healthcare: Nearly one-fifth of nurses are projected to leave the healthcare workforce by 2027. Nurses are central to the success of patient outcomes, so how can technology empower and support this dedicated group of professionals within the patient care space to feel satisfied in their role?
Problem
Inadequate staff and increasing complexity of patient conditions
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Alarming Rise of AI Voice Deepfakes: Waging War on Healthcare
Imagine you’re an IT professional for a large health system. A resident physician calls and says he must urgently send in a patient script, but he’s locked out of the system and needs a password or account reset. You recognize his voice. He provides his ID number and other credentials for verification. You successfully restored his access so he can log in – only, it wasn’t the doctor that you just spoke to. It was a cybercriminal.
Increasingly, threat actors are using social
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Epic EHR Now Enables Direct Patient Access to Health Data
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- Epic Systems announced a development that will empower patients to have greater control over their health information, CNBC first reports. Patients will soon be able to directly share their health data with various apps of their choice, marking a significant step forward in data interoperability.
- This new capability is made possible through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a federal initiative aimed at facilitating secure and
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R1 RCM to Be Acquired by TowerBrook and CD&R for $8.9B
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- R1 RCM Inc., a leading provider of technology-driven healthcare revenue cycle management solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds affiliated with TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). The all-cash transaction values R1 at approximately $8.9 billion.
- Under the terms of the agreement, TowerBrook and CD&R will acquire all outstanding shares of R1
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