In a system that is straining under the pressure of an increasingly sick and aging population, the benefits of digital healthcare are indisputable. Technology has played a crucial role in the industry’s continued transition to value-based care, driving costs down while increasing access to personalized care.[1] But despite the rapid gains that technology has affected, policy-makers have been slow to catch up. Until recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) enforced rules
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Using Telephonic Nurse Advice to Reduce Avoidable ED Visits
Delivering care in the right setting at the right time is a well-accepted tenet of value-based, population health management. Directing patients or members to the most clinically appropriate level of care promises not only to reduce costs but also to improve the member experience. Take, for instance, the emergency department (ED). While EDs are vitally needed facilities that save countless lives, the experience can be stressful for patients given that ED staff are often rushing to care for
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Accenture: 61% of Consumers Have Used Virtual Health Assistants
Consumers are increasingly using a variety of digital self-service tools for managing their health, according to results of a survey from Accenture 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health released this week at HIMSS18.The survey of 2,301 U.S. consumers reveals that consumers are becoming more accepting of machines — ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), to virtual clinicians and home-based diagnostics — having a significantly greater role in their overall medical care. For example, one in
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Joslin Diabetes Center Integrates with American Well to Improve Diabetes Care
Joslin Diabetes Center and American Well, today announced an integration collaboration to explore how to best use telemedicine to treat diabetes in the United States – and eventually, around the world. In this initial collaboration, American Well's technology will match Joslin's leading diabetes specialists with patients who need care, offering the ability to provide more frequent, timely, and convenient interactions than may be possible with physical appointments.According to the World Health
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Teladoc Provides Over 300k Patient Visits to Support Flu Outbreak
Teladoc, a provider of virtual care delivery services, today announced that amid the most severe flu outbreak in a decade, the company has provided a record number of visits as telehealth emerges as a trusted clinical solution to provide relief for an overburdened health system. Having provided more than 300,000 total patient visits in the past five weeks alone, and as widespread flu stretches across 48 states, Teladoc continues to help patients from California to Texas, and Alabama to New York
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Penn Medicine Launches Telemedicine Hub with Center for Connected Care
Penn Medicine has announced the launch of their new telemedicine hub, Penn Medicine Center for Connected Care that centralizes the health system’s telemedicine activities. The center also includes its almost 15-year-old Penn E-lert eICU for the critically ill, a tele-homecare service for the chronically ill, as well as a telemedicine service linking obstetricians to trauma surgeons caring for critically injured pregnant women, and a tele-urgent care service which eliminates the need for physical
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Israeli Telehealth Startup TytoCare Lands $25M to Penetrate International Markets
TytoCare, an Israeli-based telehealth company has raised $25 million led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund with participation from new and existing investors. The growth round also includes new participants like Qure, Israel’s first exclusively-focused digital health fund, established with Johns Hopkins University. As part of the oversubscribed round, Tyto Care has the option to expand funding to $28 million in the next few months. The company plans to use the funds to help TytoCare fulfill the
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Fruit Street Health Joins StartUp Health Moonshot Academy
Fruit Street Health, a NYC-based provider of HIPAA-Compliant telehealth software for lifestyle and obesity medicine has been selected to join StartUp Health and its exclusive Moonshot Academy for digital health entrepreneurs. Through the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy, Fruit Street Health will gain access to coaching, community, connections to industry stakeholders and promotion aimed at successfully navigating the complicated healthcare industry. Founded in 2014, Fruit Street
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InTouch Health, Mission Health, Jefferson Health Partner to Develop New Virtual Care Models
InTouch Health, an enterprise telehealth platform has announced a five year partnership agreement with North Carolina-based Mission Health and Pennsylvania-based Jefferson Health to jointly develop new telehealth solutions to improve patient access and quality of care while reducing overall healthcare costs. Over five years, the partners will continue their commercial relationships and identify new areas – primarily within acute care and outpatient care – where providers can use telehealth
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SnapMD Launches First-of-Its-Kind Rules Engine for Telehealth Interface
SnapMD, a full-service telehealth technology innovator and solutions provider, announced they have strengthened their Virtual Care Management programming interface with a first-of-its-kind rules engine. The exclusive administrative interface advancements make SnapMD the only telehealth platform to offer compound rules functions for hospital and health system intelligent processes.The bleeding-edge upgrades enhance the platform’s intelligent workflow system. Specifically, they add more options
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