What You Should Know:
- Aunt Bertha, an Austin-TX-based search and referral platform for social services in the US, announced it has rebranded as findhelp - a name shift that helps customers, organizations, and those seeking care to instantly understand the company's mission: to connect all people seeking help and the programs that serve them with dignity and ease.
- The location-based network of free and reduced-cost resources for food, housing, goods, transit, health, money,
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Embracing Telehealth: How to Engage Patients & Improve Outcomes
It’s no secret that when the COVID-19 pandemic hit over a year ago, healthcare was one of the most impacted industries in the world. As the founder of a startup that works with a number of large healthcare systems, our ability to see patients virtually (via telehealth) is not only what kept us afloat, but the very thing that allowed us to expand our reach far outside of our providers’ service areas. But it's not about just servicing more patients or broadening our patient pool -- there are
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Social Determinant of The Healthcare Professional: Why We Cannot Wait
The following list provides examples of the social determinants of health, which influence health equity in positive and negative ways: Income and social protection, Education, Unemployment, and job insecurity, Working life conditions, Food insecurity, Housing, basic amenities and the environment, Early childhood development, social inclusion, and non-discrimination, Structural conflict, Access to affordable health services of decent quality.
Working life conditions refers to the working
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SDOH In Action: Achieving Financial Sustainability: A Connected Community of Care’s #1 Goal
“Show me the money!” No one old enough to have seen the 1996 movie, Jerry Maguire, will ever forget that memorable phrase. That simple but powerful phrase could apply to every person who punches a clock for a living and just about every business, including community-based organizations (CBOs) and Connected Communities of Care (CCC). For CCCs and other non-profits, a parallel but no less powerful phrase, “No margin, no mission,” also rings true― just ask Sister Irene Kraus of the
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Healthy Alliance IPA, Unite Us Launches NY’s First Social Care Network
What You Should Know:
- Healthy Alliance IPA and Unite Us, today announced a strategic partnership to create New York’s first statewide coordinated care network for addressing social needs – one of the first networks of its kind in the country.
- This growing partnership will convene regional community leaders and thousands of local community-based organizations across the state to ensure all New Yorkers have access to a comprehensive, coordinated social care service
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NorthShore Integrates with TytoCare to Expand Telehealth Offerings
What You Should Know:
- NorthShore University HealthSystem, today announced a new partnership with on-demand, remote medical exam provider TytoCare to expand its telehealth offerings. In May 2021, NorthShore launched an initial pilot with over 280 NorthShore employees that offered them Immediate Care with the TytoCare device and platform. The pilot exceeded target goals and allowed NorthShore employees to share their feedback to help shape the future of NorthShore patient care and refine the
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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings
As legislation, engagement and positive results continue to push digital patient care solutions forward, many healthcare organizations are not yet prepared for the increased adoption of these technologies. While general interest in telehealth remains somewhat lukewarm, the proof of viability for clinically-driven remote patient monitoring (RPM) is undoubtedly there and will become table stakes as positive results and legislation continue to progress. As a healthcare provider, how can you best
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Innovaccer Unveils Population Health Analytics Solution on Health Cloud
What You Should Know:
- Today, Health Cloud company Innovaccer, today unveiled its new Population Health Analytics solution, now available on the Innovaccer Health Cloud.
- The new solution helps risk-based providers improve care management and delivery with AI-enhanced predictive analytics; performance assessments and benchmarking; and comprehensive, customizable dashboards that drive evidence-based decisions in real-time.
- Among Innovaccer Population Health Analytics’
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4 Best Practices to Foster Virtual Care Transformation for Providers
Telehealth’s meteoric rise began just as the pandemic took off, and all indications suggest it’s here to stay. States that were once unwilling to reimburse for virtual visits are now onboard. Some have even passed parity legislation requiring insurers to reimburse equally for in-person visits and virtual visits.
So why, with all that momentum behind telehealth, are some providers still reluctant to use it?
Common reasons cited by providers reluctant to jump into telehealth include
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23andMe Acquires Lemonaid Health for $400M – Health M&A
What You Should Know:
- Consumer genetics and research company 23andMe, today announced a definitive merger agreement with Lemonaid Health, Inc., an on-demand platform for accessing medical care and pharmacy services online.
- As part of the merger agreement, 23andMe acquired Lemonaid Health for $400M, of which 25% will be paid in cash and 75% in shares of 23andMe Class A Common Stock. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2021.
- The acquisition adds Lemonaid Health’s
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