What You Should Know:
- Uber Health, a leader in healthcare logistics, has announced Uber Caregiver, a groundbreaking solution designed to simplify the lives of caregivers and their loved ones.
- Launching this summer, Uber Caregiver empowers caregivers to manage transportation, deliveries, and healthcare benefits for their family members, all within a familiar app.
The Growing Need for Caregiver Support
Over 53 million Americans, or one in five, juggle the demanding role
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Technology
Hospitals Grapple with Payment Delays, Two-Midnight Rule Expansion, and Outpatient Surgery Surge
- Hospitals and health systems nationwide saw a sizable increase in delayed or missing payments in the first quarter, due in part to a recent, large-scale disruption to payment processing services, according to a new report from Strata Decision Technology.
- The report, leveraging data from Strata's extensive healthcare databases, unveils trends impacting hospitals, insurers, and patients alike.
Delayed Payments Disrupt Revenue Streams
A significant finding concerns a surge
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TytoCare Partners with 5 Health Systems to Bring Telehealth to 100+ Schools
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling health plans and providers to deliver accessible, high-quality remote primary care anywhere across the country, announced today that it has partnered with five new health systems to bring TytoCare solutions to more than 100 additional schools nationwide.
- TytoCare’s
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Ballad Health and Sevaro Health Partner To Optimize Stroke Care
What You Should Know:
- Ballad Health, a 20-hospital health improvement organization serving the mostly rural region, is entering into a strategic partnership with Sevaro Health, to integrate Sevaro's revolutionary teleneurology services into their emergency departments.
- With Sevaro's OneCall™ system, Ballad Health is set to deliver the fastest stroke response times in the nation, ensuring patients have immediate
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Baptist Health Expands Telehealth Devices to Over 700 Bedsides with Caregility
What You Should Know:
- Baptist Health, a leading healthcare system in Arkansas, and Caregility, a provider of intelligent telehealth devices, today announced a significant expansion of their partnership. This collaboration aims to transform patient care delivery by leveraging telehealth technology across Baptist Health's entire network of hospitals.
- Caregility Cloud™ is a trusted platform used by over 1,000 hospitals across the US. It is valued for its high reliability,
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Harnessing Clinical Intelligence to Advance Health Plan Member Education
In an era where accessing health information is easier than ever, determining what is reliable poses increasing difficulty for health plan members. The complexity of modern health plans and their myriad of services further compounds confusion, creating a paradox of choice. This is where clinical intelligence tools prove transformative by revolutionizing how members access, comprehend, and leverage health data to make informed care decisions.
These tools tap validated sources to supply
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64% of Women Want to Talk More About Their Health, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- A new report by Solera Health, a digital health platform, highlights a critical gap in communication surrounding women's health. The Women's Health report, titled "Human Centered Design: A Women’s Health Case Study," was developed through a comprehensive research effort.
- The survey of over 2,300 women across all adult life stages reveals a strong desire for more open conversations but also identifies factors that prevent women from discussing their
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Report: Limited English Proficiency Patients Face Challenges with Telehealth Visits
What You Should Know:
- A new study led by Brigham and Women's Hospital, a member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, reveals that patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have a less positive experience with virtual healthcare visits compared to English-proficient patients.
- This study highlights the importance of designing inclusive telehealth solutions. By addressing language barriers, expanding digital access, and simplifying technology, healthcare
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Ensuring Food Safety in Healthcare
Food safety is of paramount importance for all industries. Ensuring the preparation, handling, and storage of food meets certain health and safety standards is critical for businesses involved in the production of food, its distribution and service, not only to uphold their reputation but also to safeguard the public from the spread of foodborne diseases.
The healthcare industry must also adhere to strict standards in the area of food safety. This is particularly important to protect
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Guidehealth & PA Clinical Network Partners with to Help Independent Providers Succeed in VBC
What You Should Know:
- PA Clinical Network (PACN), the nation’s only state medical society, physician-led clinically integrated network and Guidehealth, a nationally acclaimed, AI-enabled healthcare services provider, today announced a multi-year strategic partnership to improve healthcare for Pennsylvania patients.
- Leveraging the Guidehealth platform and patient care management guides, the collaboration will allow
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