Adventist HealthCare, a faith-based, not-for-profit, integrated healthcare delivery system based has selected Wellcentive for population health management technology. As part of the agreement, Wellcentive will develop the ability to integrate privacy-sensitive aspects of social determinants of health into patient data, sharable throughout care teams as part of data aggregation and translation.
"For our patient population, and really for every patient population in America,
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Dr Now Delivers World’s First In-Flight Telehealth Consultation
UK-based telehealth company Dr Now / Now GP has made history by delivering a cloud-based telehealth consultation during a flight to deliver meds to the patient's hotel within hours of diagnosis. During a recent long flight from London Heathrow to Dubai, businessman Marcus Dolan was suffering from a chest infection when he realized three hours into the seven hour flight that he forgot to pack his medicine, impacting his stay in Dubai.
Using the free WiFi connection offered on the Emirates
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Zipnosis Launches The “Boarding Pass” of Healthcare
Zipnosis, which provides health systems with a white-labeled, fully integrated and comprehensive virtual care platform that utilizes an adaptive online interview, as well as phone and video when appropriate, is expanding its offering with ZipTicket™ – a healthcare “boarding pass” that gives patients front-of-the-line access to routine lab tests such as a rapid strep test.
Evidence-based Quality Care Regardless of Access Point
By using Zipnosis’s virtual care solution, health
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Telemedicine Bill Could Save $1.8B Over 10 Years
The American Medical Association (AMA) today supported the bipartisan Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act to expand the use of telemedicine to achieve quality care for patients. The CONNECT for Health Act would:
- Create a bridge program to help providers transition to the goals of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) through using telehealth and RPM without
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Doctor on Demand Adds Nationwide Psychiatric Telehealth Visits
San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand has expanded its behavioral health services to include psychiatrists telehealth video visits now available nationwide. The company began offering mental health care services in December 2014 with the addition of psychologists to its provider network.
The new addition of psychiatrists video visits represents a significant expansion of access to mental health care through Doctor On Demand. Now, patients can receive both therapy from a doctorate-level
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Teladoc Inks Deal to Provide Telehealth Services for Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters
Teladoc has inked a contract with the Mississippi Insurance Department to provide telehealth services statewide to the 13,000 Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters and their dependents. By offering telehealth consults to its volunteer firefighters, the Mississippi Insurance Department expects the Teladoc program to be used as a recruiting incentive as demographic changes decrease the pool of available firefighters.
The program with Teladoc will also benefit the state by increasing the
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VitreosHealth Nabs $5M for Population Health Management Analytics
Plano, TX-based VitreosHealth has raised $5M led by private equity firm Kinderhook Industries for its predictive and prescriptive health insights for population health management platform. The financing will help fuel the company’s ability to deliver insights as a service to healthcare providers and insurers for better health outcomes. The latest round brings the company’s total funding raised to more than $6.2M.
With VitreosHealth's closed-loop performance management process, providers can
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AbilTo Launches Tele-Behavioral Program for Substance Use
AbilTo, Inc., a provider of evidence-based behavioral change programs proven to improve medical health and lower cost for high-cost medical populations has announced the addition of its Depression and Substance Use program. The new program helps individuals understand the interaction between mood and substance use, and identify strategies to replace use with positive coping skills and healthy reinforcement.
AbilTo's Depression and Substance Use program helps participants focus on specific
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ApolloMed Acquires Healarium’s Population Health Management Platform
Apollo Care Connect, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glendale, Calif.-based ApolloMed has acquired has acquired the population health management technology and operating platform of Healarium, Inc. The acquisition will help expand the company's medical management and care coordination capabilities to meet the new challenges in the evolving world of value-based reimbursements. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Founded in 2009 by Amnon Keynan, Healarium's cloud and
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5 Population Health Management Predictions for Providers in 2016
Beyond the hype, what’s to come from the population health management? Wellcentive’s CEO Tom Zajac gives predictions and pointers for those pursuing PHM in 2016.
Population health management (PHM) may be losing its novelty buzz but it’s still gaining serious popularity in healthcare. PHM, and its various definitions, has many providers talking about reducing costs and improving care. But it’s not how you define PHM that matters, it’s how you execute it. Talk is always
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