What You Should Know:
- AVIA announces that Centene Corporation has become the first payer to join the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP), which aims to transform healthcare and related social needs for vulnerable populations through digitally-enabled care models and new technology solutions
- Led by AVIA and
former CMS chief Andy Slavitt. Collaboration among Centene, 30 health systems,
and provider-sponsored health plans in MTP will enable these stakeholders to
improve outcomes
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Technology
Embright Taps Innovaccer to Advance Population Health Initiatives
What You Should Know:
-Clinically integrated network (CIN) Embright selects Innovaccer to advance population health initiatives across its network.
- The clinically integrated network will leverage Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform to track its overall performance and address patient healthcare needs.
Innovaccer, Inc., a healthcare technology company, today announced it has partnered with Embright, a Pacific Northwest-based clinically integrated network (CIN) founded by UW
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Thin-Film Electrodes Show Potential for Transforming Neurosurgery
Developers and manufacturers of medical devices are expressing interest in a new technology about to hit the neurosurgery market, thin-film polyimide electrodes. They are designed to:
- Reduce patient complications during procedures;
- Provide better signal clarity in recording brain activity; and
- Potentially lower the cost of care by decreasing the invasiveness of the electrode placement and reducing the risk of infection.
The FDA has provided clearance for these new thin-film
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Medable Launches TeleConsent for Clinical Trials to Streamline Approvals During Decentralized Trials
What You Should Know:
- Medable launches Teleconsent, part of its Telehealth
family of cloud-based software for decentralized clinical trials.
- The application represents the next big step in
enabling fully virtual trials and is key to patient-centric trial design
because it allows patients to handle the lengthy process of consenting – and
re-consenting – to trial participation conveniently from anywhere.
Medable Inc.,
a software provider for decentralized clinical trials,
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How Parkland Leverages Machine Learning, Geospatial Analytics to Reduce COVID-19 Exposure in Dallas
What You Should Know:
- How Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation developed a machine learning-driven predictive model called the COVID-19 Proximity Index for Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
- This program helps frontline workers to quickly identify which identify patients at the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 by using geospatial analytics.
- In addition, the program helps triage patients while
improving the health and safety of hospital workers as well as the friends
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Nuance Integrates with Microsoft Teams for Virtual Telehealth Consults
What You Should Know:
- Nuance Communications Inc. and Microsoft
Corp. announced that Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX), an
ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) solution, is now integrated into Microsoft
Teams for virtual health consults.
- The ongoing strategic partnership between Microsoft and
Nuance aims to combat burnout while supporting the telehealth movement by
improving healthcare experiences—for patients and physicians—with seamlessly
integrated
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Why Remote Medical Solutions Are More Than Just A Pandemic Response
The health industry has increasingly emphasized convenience these past few decades, with methods developed to seamlessly integrate health management into our daily routines. Gone are the days in which people needed an entire day off just to see the doctor. This same focus has taken on extra meaning as of late, with the pandemic creating a need for treatment options that work around the constraints of social distancing. As a result, a host of digital-based solutions began appearing, providing
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Canadian Telehealth Startup OnCall Health Lands $6M for Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- OnCall Health Raises $6M Series A to Enable Virtual
Care Programs for Healthcare Brands
- Funding will be used by OnCall Health to expand its
reach and build out its software that enables healthcare brands, systems, and
startups to launch and scale their telehealth operations.
- OnCall enables healthcare enterprises to rapidly launch
their own virtual care platform that is highly configurable to their brand and
workflow.
OnCall Health, a
Toronto, CA-based
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Samsung, Centene to Bring Telehealth to 13k Patients in Rural, Underserved Communities
What You Should Know:
- Today, Centene announced that it is teaming up with Samsung Electronics America to expand critical virtual care for 13,000 patients in underserved and rural communities who may have limited access to technology, including seniors and low-income individuals.
- Amid the rapid digital transformation in healthcare,
the digital divide has exposed disparities in access to technology amid the
pandemic. With telehealth emerging as the preferred method of
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Equality Health Launches Social Determinants Program to Tackle Health Disparities
What You Should Know:
- Equality Health launches Social
and Cultural Risk Assessment (SCRA™) program to address social determinants of health
(SDoH)
- With Equality Health’s SCRA program, social determinants act as any other quality metric, with a far less
burdensome reporting process.
Equality Health, a whole-health delivery
system, has pioneered a comprehensive cultural care program that enables
providers to identify and
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