What You Should
Know:
- Vonage and
Redox form partnership where Vonage API users can now leverage Redox APIs to
exchange telehealth data with electronic health records (EHRs).
- Together the
companies enable healthcare providers to connect effectively and privately with
patients via a platform that is fully interoperable with EHRs and other leading
healthcare data source systems.
Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital
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Technology
72% of Consumers Had First-Ever Virtual Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care, a new study published today by Kyruus, reveals 72% of consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a vast majority would like to continue using it in the future.
- The survey of 1,000 consumers ages 18-65+ takes an
in-depth look at their use and perceptions of virtual care during COVID-19.
A majority of healthcare consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic,
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UnitedHealthcare Dental Rolls Out New Teledentistry Option
What You Should Know:
- New offering is part of UnitedHealthcare Dental’s
comprehensive response to COVID-19, which also includes financial support for
customers and enhanced payments for network providers.
- Dental care ranks among the most frequently avoidable
ER visits, with the emergence of teledentistry providing a key resource to help
people make more informed decisions about where to go for care and avoid
potential exposure risks with in-person care facilities.
With
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Survey: Alternate Site Providers Report Expanded Adoption of Telehealth
What You Should Know:
- Fifty-nine percent of alternate site providers have expanded their use of telehealth, according to recent findings from Premier Inc.
- Alternate site providers – which include nursing homes
and long-term care facilities account for 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths.
- Premier’s survey was conducted from May 20-June 10, 2020, and sent to a representative portion of non-acute care providers in the Premier membership.
Premier Inc., a healthcare improvement
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56% of Health Leaders State Their Current PHM Solution Falls Short, Fails to Address Current Needs
What You Should Know:
- More than half (56%) healthcare leaders say their current population health management (PHM) solution doesn’t meet their needs, according to a new survey from Persivia.
- Almost two-thirds (62%) say a lack of clinician
engagement is the top reason they’re looking to replace their PHM solution.
This was followed by the inability to convert data to action (48%), and
inability to engage patients (43%) or perform sufficient analytics (43%) tied
for third.
- The
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HHS Awards Morehouse $40M to Combat COVID-19, Advance Health Equity in Minority Communities
What You Should Know:
- Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) partners with the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on a three-year project to combat
COVID-19 and advance health equity in minority communities.
- The
initiative – the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19
within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities – is a three-year project
designed to work with community-based organizations across the nation to
deliver education and information on resources
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90% of Consumers Believe Remote Health Monitoring Device Helps Better Manage Chronic Conditions
What You Should Know:
- Nearly 90 percent of those consumers believe they could
better manage chronic conditions with a specialized remote health monitoring
device, according to Sony’s mSafety Wearable Platform Division.
- The mSafety study found that managing chronic
conditions remains “stressful” and “difficult” despite advances in technology —
particularly remote health monitoring devices and platforms.
- The mSafety study also found more than half of those
surveyed would consider
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SynsorMed, Charles Barkley Foundation Partner to Combat Health Disparities for Black Americans Impacted by COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- Charles Barkley Foundation forms a partnership with health IT company SynsoMed to combat health disparities for Black Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Launches Save Our Selves (S.O.S) Council, comprised of Black influencers, technologists, healthcare professionals, and policymakers concerned about the health of Black Americans.
SynsorMed, a Birmingham, AL-based provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM)
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AbleTo Unveils Integrated Suite of Mental Health Solutions for Payers
What You Should Know:
- AbleTo, a provider of virtual mental health
services unveils an expanded suite of mental health solutions for payers to
address growing needs across America.
- The new solution set was specifically engineered
to establish an elevated standard of teletherapy through a combined approach
that is highly personalized, data-driven, and evidence-based.
AbleTo, Inc., a
leading provider of virtual mental health services proven to improve clinical
outcomes and lower
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Target Offers Team Members Free Access to Virtual Visits Via CirrusMD
What You Should Know:
- Target announced a number of new and extended COVID-19 benefits, including access to CirrusMD’s virtual care platform. The platform will provide text-first virtual health care visits for team members to securely text, share images, or video chat with a doctor.
Target today
announced a number of industry-leading updates and extensions to its pay and
benefits including access to virtual care visits. To support the health and
safety of its team members during a
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