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Hybrid Healthcare and The New Normal: Biggest Adjustments for Healthcare Organizations

by Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. 03/30/2023 Leave a Comment

Hybrid Healthcare and the New Normal: Biggest Adjustments for Healthcare Organizations

The adoption of virtual health has increased dramatically since March 2020, with 150 million telehealth claims in less than two years. Like other revolutionary innovations throughout history, healthcare innovation is necessitated by time — and unmet needs. So many struggled to create virtual care solutions during the pandemic, and many technology companies jumped into the telehealth space because of the unmet needs of patients. But the pandemic era is soon coming to an end, leaving telehealth to
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CMS Awards Accenture Federal Services with $628M Contract to Support Healthcare.gov

by Fred Pennic 03/02/2023 Leave a Comment

CMS Awards Accenture Federal Services with $628M Contract to Support Healthcare.gov

What You Should Know: - Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $628 million recompete of a contract award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue its work supporting Healthcare.gov. CMS made this award through the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) vehicle. - In 2014, Accenture Federal Services was awarded a prime contract to take over management of the Federally-Facilitated Exchange (FFE). FFE is the backbone of
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Why Speech Therapy is an Effective Treatment to Counter the Health Challenge of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)

by Avivit Ben-Aharon, M.S.Ed., M.A. CCC SLP, Founder and Clinical Director, Great Speech 12/29/2022 Leave a Comment

Why Speech Therapy is an Effective Treatment to Counter the Health Challenge of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)

Over recent years, the virtual speech therapy delivery model has intersected with a host of healthcare disruptions -- value-based care delivery, the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of social determinants of health (SDoH) have reshaped healthcare delivery. There has been a seismic move away from a provider-centric delivery model to a patient-centric model. This innovation has been made much easier with the ever-present catalyst of technology and its increased patient acceptance. Speech
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EMRs Are Outdated, but Big Tech Is Not The Answer

by Dr. Roya Azadi, MD - Internal Medicine Specialist in Austin, TX 12/13/2022 Leave a Comment

EMRs Are Outdated, but Big Tech Is Not The Answer

Over a decade ago, the “meaningful use” clause in the United States Affordable Care Act incentivized Electronic Medical Record (EMR) adoption. The purpose of this directive was to improve the transfer of laboratory data to point-of-care clinicians to help us make better, more informed decisions for our patients. In the years that followed, EMR systems have proliferated globally; countries like New Zealand, Norway, and the Netherlands are reporting EMR usage rates above 90% for primary care
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Analysis: 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

by Healthcare Growth Partners 07/29/2022 Leave a Comment

HGP Releases its July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

Executive Summary Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation 2022 ushered in Act III of the market’s latest transitionary period: The Post-Inflation Era. Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. As the cost of capital went lower and lower during the decade, valuations steadily rose. Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% annual growth rate, with no small share of the growth a result of expanding valuation
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Analysis: Is Oracle Cerner Planning to Build A National EHR?

by Alex Green, Director at Signify Research 06/24/2022 Leave a Comment

Analysis: Oracle Cerner’s Plans for a National EHR

Earlier this month Oracle closed its $28.3B acquisition of Cerner and shortly after Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, outlined Oracle’s vision for Healthcare IT post-acquisition. The key elements of this vision included:   - Developing a solution for a national EHR database.  - Leveraging this solution, and similar smaller-scale connected EHR initiatives, to provide life science, pharma and other users with a rich environment for research, clinical trials and drug
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SimpliFed Raises $6M for Virtual Breastfeeding & Baby Feeding Support

by Jasmine Pennic 05/11/2022 Leave a Comment

SimpliFed Raises $6M for Virtual Breastfeeding & Baby Feeding Support

What You Should Know: - SimpliFed, the telehealth platform dedicated to democratizing access to baby feeding services, announced it has closed $6M in its seed round, led by Morningside Ventures and The Venture Collective, with participation from NY Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Waterline Ventures, and 3CC. - SimpliFed provides virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support fully covered by your health plan from pregnancy to weaning. Virtual Inclusive Baby Feeding Support for
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Why The End of the Public Health Emergency is Everyone’s Problem

by Heather Korbulic, Senior Policy and Strategy Lead, GetInsured 03/08/2022 Leave a Comment

The End of the Public Health Emergency is Everyone’s Problem

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sweeping healthcare policy changes that enable vulnerable Americans to receive affordable health coverage and access essential safety net benefits. The steep incline in unemployment and fears that millions of people would lose their health coverage drove the declaration of the national public health emergency (PHE) on January 31, 2020. Under the PHE, states must keep Medicaid enrollees continuously covered, irrespective of their circumstances.   With the PHE set
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Why Medicaid Programs Need to Update Their Information Systems

by Brett Furst, President, HHS Technology Group 03/01/2022 Leave a Comment

Why Medicaid Programs Need to Update Their Information Systems

You don’t have to be a news junkie or political aficionado to know that state unemployment information systems massively failed during the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when they were most desperately needed. Overwhelmed by a rush of newly laid-off workers, websites crashed and timed out while phone lines were tied up for hours, leading to frustration and delays in benefits payments – harming local economies and imperiling American families.  In Ohio, unemployment overpayments reached
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Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Q1 2021 Health IT/Digital Health PC/VE, M&A, IPOs/ SPACs Activity

The first quarter of 2021 has been one of investor optimism as the vaccine rollout continues ahead of expectations and economic activity begins to accelerate in response.  Within the Health IT industry, the already strong investment and M&A trends seen in 2020 have only accelerated.  Over the course of the quarter, we observed $7 billion in private equity and venture capital investment across 158 companies.  By comparison, Q1 of 2020 saw $3.2 billion and 127 investments.  Health IT
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