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New athenahealth Research Finds that Telehealth Fills Care Gaps

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/28/2022 Leave a Comment

$17B athenahealth PE Firm Buyout Deal Near Closing - Health M&A

What You Should Know: - Increased usage of telehealth, driven by COVID-19, not only remains substantially above pre-pandemic levels but has also emerged as both a key diagnostic tool and treatment vehicle, according to new research from athenahealth. - The findings, announced today by athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, suggest that telehealth is now integrated across the care continuum. The findings
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Telemedicine Platform

by Fred Pennic 09/26/2022 Leave a Comment

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Telemedicine Platform

What You Should Know: - Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced it has collaborated with Accenture and Microsoft over the last 12 months to help develop and refine MSK Telemedicine. MSK Telemedicine was created to provide patients access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future, allows MSK patients and families to virtually interact with their entire care team, seamlessly replicating an in-clinic visit. - With the combined resources of Accenture,
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Why Now is the Time to Double Down on Virtual Care

by Dr. Ron Moody, Chief Medical Officer, Accenture Federal Services 09/14/2022 Leave a Comment

Now is the Time to Double Down on Virtual Care

For an industry that traditionally embraces change at a glacial pace, the pandemic has been a wake-up call for healthcare. Once COVID-19 struck, the shift to video, telephone engagement and remote patient monitoring spiked seemingly overnight.   This surging demand for virtual care resulted, in many cases, in increased provider efficiency, provider-patient interactions, and satisfaction. One national telehealth organization covering 2,000 hospitals and 81,000 doctors, for example,
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Teladoc Health Appoints First-Ever Chief Health Equity Officer  

by Fred Pennic 09/12/2022 Leave a Comment

Teladoc Health Appoints First-Ever Chief Health Equity Officer

What You Should Know: - Teladoc Health has named Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, as its first-ever chief health equity officer. Reporting to Teladoc Health chief medical officer, Dr. Vidya Raman-Tangella, Loehrer will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, and will partner, create and drive strategies to expand  equitable access to quality care across the globe. - In her new role at Teladoc Health, Loehrer will set the direction for the organization’s health equity
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HCSC Launches Virtual Primary Care, Powered by Teladoc Health

by Jasmine Pennic 09/07/2022 Leave a Comment

HCSC Launches Virtual Primary Care, Powered by Teladoc Health

What You Should Know: - Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announces it is expanding its virtual care portfolio by offering virtual primary care to some midsize and large employer groups in Illinois and Texas starting January 1, 2023. - HCSC’s virtual primary care program is powered by Teladoc Health, which supplements HCSC’s network of providers to increase convenient, timely access to care.  Virtual Primary Care Offering The virtual primary care model is designed to help
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Caregility and Eko Integrate to Address Gap in Telehealth

by Syed Hamza Sohail 08/18/2022 Leave a Comment

FDA Clears Eko’s Heart Disease Detection AI for Adults and Pediatrics

What You Should Know: - Caregility, an enterprise telehealth platform company, and Eko, the market leader in stethoscopes for telehealth, today announced an integration partnership. - Caregility’s cloud platform now seamlessly integrates with Eko’s smart stethoscopes and software, enabling users of Caregility’s iConsult application to perform high-quality auscultation (heart, lung, and other body sounds) on patients during a virtual physical exam. Addressing Virtual Care Gaps to Improve
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Telehealth Utilization Grew 10.2% Nationally in May 2022

by Fred Pennic 08/08/2022 Leave a Comment

Telehealth Utilization Grew 10.2 Percent Nationally in May 2022

What You Should Know: - In May 2022, for the second straight month, telehealth utilization, as measured by telehealth's share of all medical claim lines, grew nationally and in every US census region (Midwest, Northeast, South, West), according to FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. - FAIR Health reports national telehealth utilization increased 10.2 percent, from 4.9 percent of medical claim lines in April to 5.4 percent in May. Regionally, the greatest increase
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KLAS Report: State of Virtual Visit Technology in the Middle East

by Syed Hamza Sohail 08/03/2022 Leave a Comment

KLAS Report: State of Virtual Visit Technology in the Middle East

What You Should Know: - The latest KLAS report examines how non-EMR-affiliated virtual visit solutions in the Middle East differ across key metrics (including product usability, implementation and training, and vendor partnership) and also summarizes common EMR vendors and their approaches to virtual visits. - KLAS reports high satisfaction with their virtual visit technology (either virtual care or video conferencing platforms), though specifics of the customer experience do vary across
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RxLive Raises $5M for Population Health Telepharmacy Solutions

by Fred Pennic 07/26/2022 Leave a Comment

RxLive Raises $5M for Population Health Telepharmacy Solutions

What You Should Know: - RxLive, a provider of population health pharmacy solutions, today announced a $5 million Series A funding round led by SpringTide with participation by Cardinal Health. RxLive has raised a total of $8 million to date. - As value-based pharmacy care models expand beyond the retail pharmacy setting RxLive will use the funding to expand its engineering, analytics, and sales and marketing teams, with particular investment in the continuous improvement of its AI and the
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Impact of Applying Law of Small Numbers to the Telehealth Industry & Why Its Unsustainable

by Sanjula Jain, PhD., Chief Research Officer, Trilliant Health 07/25/2022 Leave a Comment

Impact of Applying Law of Small Numbers to the Telehealth Industry & Why Its Unsustainable

Driven by headlines and incomplete, misleading data that favor a telehealth narrative, health systems and healthcare investors must start asking "who" is actually supporting waning demand. The healthcare industry is no stranger to the 80/20 rule. The principle says 80% of an effect is driven by 20% of a cause, and in healthcare, it usually refers to there being a specific cohort of the population (e.g., the chronically ill) driving the majority of care utilization and costs. More recently,
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