Welltok, Aetna and the National Kidney Foundation recently launched a 12 month pilot program that aims to help Aetna members with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) connect with peers and learn to cope with their condition.
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Technology
How Esther Dyson’s Road to Wellville Could Help Us Figure Out What Truly Works in Community Health
Fard Johnmar, founder and president of Enspektos, describes a conversation he recently had with noted entrepreneur Esther Dyson about why innovation that originates in local communities may be the key to improving population health.
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Pediatric Rehab Hospital Uses Telemedicine Robot for Physicians to Interact with Patients
Pediatric rehabilitation hospital first to use VGo, a telemedicine robot that allows physicians to round on patients without actually being in the hospital.
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The High Growth Opportunity of the Population Health Management Market
New IDC Health Insights reports highlights the high growth opportunity of the emerging population health management market as the industry focuses on big data.
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CareFirst BCBS Commits $1.3M to Telemedicine Projects Expanding Behavioral Healthcare To Underserved Areas of Md., D.C.
CareFirst BCBS commits $1.3M in telemedicine projects to fund expansion of behavioral health services in underserved areas of Md., D.C.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) has pledged to invest more than $1.3 million in four initiatives designed to expand the use of telemedicine to treat patients with behavioral health care needs in underserved urban and rural areas of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Lack of Qualified Providers Demonstrate Need for Telemedicine Services
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4 Distinctive Functions of a High Performing Network for Healthcare Organizations
Patients Using Telehealth Services Will Explode to 7 Million by 2018
Worldwide revenue for telehealth services and devices is expected to swell to $4.5 billion in 2018, up from $440.6 million in 2013
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Looking Beyond the EHR: Know Your Data, Control Your Story
As data in healthcare becomes more exposed, providers are seeing what is really behind the “iron curtain, Janice Nicholson, President & CEO of i2i Systems discusses.
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Study: Patient Portals Improved Medication Adherence for Diabetic Patients
Diabetic patients who used patient portals to refill medications increased their medication adherence and improved their cholesterol levels
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Using Medical Neighborhood to Support Population Health Management
Population health management helps providers manage a patient's health wherever they are in their care experience, as the time patients actually spend with their clinician is very minimal.
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