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Wellstar Invests $10M to Become First Sharecare-Enabled Health System

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2021 Leave a Comment

Wellstar Invests $10M to Become First Sharecare-Enabled Health System

Wellstar Health System, one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems, and Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on unique, market-leading innovations in personalized care delivery, population health, and consumer engagement. Through this partnership, Wellstar also will become the first “Sharecare-enabled” health system in the country, utilizing Sharecare’s solutions to
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Highmark Health Taps Verily to Build Digital Health Tools for Living Health Model

by Fred Pennic 03/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Highmark Health Taps Verily to Build Digital Health Tools for Living Health Model

What You Should Know: - Highmark Health has engaged Verily to build out digital health tools for patients and analytics solutions for Highmark’s clinicians as part of its Living Health model. This marks the first collaboration of its kind for Verily, Google Cloud and a partner.   - Highmark Health is a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan based in Western PA with 4.5 million members and an integrated delivery system (Allegheny) with 9
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Data-Driven Future: Impact of Machine Learning on Diabetes Management

by Athar Siddiqui: Global Strategy Lead, Digital Connected Solutions - Ascensia Diabetes Care 03/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Impact of Machine Learning on Diabetes

“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other” – Bill Gates wrote this in 1999 and, nowadays, the same can certainly be said about information technology and healthcare.  The ability to collect, analyze, and use data is becoming ubiquitous with many of healthcare’s most exciting advancements. Whether it’s Google’s DeepMind using artificial intelligence (AI) to help
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Untapping the Potential for Virtual Care in a Pandemic and Beyond

by Dr. Sonny Kohli, Practicing Physician in Internal Medicine and Critical Care and Faculty at SingularityU Canada 02/25/2021 Leave a Comment

Untapping the Potential for Virtual Care in a Pandemic and Beyond

Virtual care is everywhere and ubiquitous. But at a time when the world is amid a global pandemic, virtual care is also being underutilized. The technology exists today to help our healthcare system not only more effectively and efficiently manage care during COVID-19, but also exponentially scale capacity in the face of future outbreaks.  Virtual care defined Virtual care is a broad term. It encompasses all the ways healthcare practitioners provide for care remotely. This can mean
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Why Patients, Not EHRs, Deserve our Undivided Attention

by Prayus Tailor, MD, FASN 02/24/2021 Leave a Comment

Why Patients, Not EHRs, Deserve our Undivided Attention

We cannot earn patients’ trust and respect if we are tethered to a computer in the exam room, navigating the EHR concurrent to a visit or otherwise in a hurry to finish so we can return to our office where data entry to the EHR awaits us. ______________________________________________________ I am a physician married to a physician, and for years, our evenings consisted of putting the kids to bed, then sitting next to each other, laptops open, finishing our charting. If you are a
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3 Ways to Boost Patient Confidence with Real-Time Contactless Communication

by Ford Blakely, SVP & GM, Medallia Zingle 02/22/2021 Leave a Comment

How to Boost Patient Confidence with Real-Time Contactless Communication

Although the vaccine’s rollout is slowly underway, Covid cases worldwide are continuing to reach all-time highs as new mutations make the virus even more contagious than ever before. Not surprisingly, patients’ concerns about visiting their healthcare providers in the midst of this global pandemic persist, pushing demand for telehealth solutions that allow patients and their doctors to communicate without the need for in-person visits.  In fact, a recent report from McKinsey found that
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AliveCor, AstraZeneca Partner to Screen for Blood Potassium Levels Via Electrocardiograms

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2021 Leave a Comment

AliveCor, AstraZeneca Partner to Screen for Blood Potassium Levels Via ECG

What You Should Know: - AliveCor, a digital AI-based personal technology provider, and AstraZeneca, a global leader in the biopharmaceutical space, are working together to create more informed disease management solutions across cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism therapeutic areas.  - The collaboration will focus on the development of AliveCor’s potassium detection technology through their Kardia-K AI platform, to screen for elevated levels of blood potassium via electrocardiograms.
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ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2021 Leave a Comment

ECRI Institute: Top 10 Health Technology Hazards to Watch in 2021

What You Should Know: - ECRI Institute identified the complexity of managing medical devices with COVID-19 emergency use authorization as the number one technology hazard in its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2021 report. ECRI Institute’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, now in its 14th year, identifies top health technology concerns that warrant attention from healthcare leaders. The hazards selected are based on a rigorous review of ECRI’s incident
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Seed Health Acquires Auggi’s Stool Recognition AI Tech & Algorithms

by Jasmine Pennic 02/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Seed Health Announces Acquisition of Digital Health Company Augg

What You Should Know: - Seed Healthv, a microbial sciences company, announced the acquisition of Auggi, a digital health company with a suite of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to track and analyze digestive health. - As part of the acquisition, Seed Health will acquire Auggi's technology assets, including its AI algorithm for real-time Bristol stool typing, the world's largest stool image database, and a mobile monitoring application for clinical research. -
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Can AI Pave the Path to Reducing Physician Burnout?

by Abboud Chaballout, Founder of Diagnoss 02/11/2021 Leave a Comment

Can AI Pave the Path to Reducing Physician Burnout?

The timing couldn’t be more critical for us to start making serious headway to reduce the growing problem of burnout among America’s physicians. In 2018, physician burnout was already at an alarming 42%, but that number is growing as COVID-19 cases surge around the country.  While we are at a hopeful place in the virus’ trajectory with millions of vaccinations administered, the reality – even once we get through the pandemic – is quite grim for physicians and their
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