Digital twins are virtual representations of an object or system that spans its lifecycle, is updated from real-time data, and use simulation, machine learning and reasoning to help decision-making (IBM). In most cases, this helps data scientists understand how products are operating in production environments and anticipate how they may behave overtime. But what happens when a digital twin is that of a human being?
By using digital twins to model a person, you can use technologies like
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Asthma
Why Health Plans Are Vital to Health Equity
In Florida, where Black residents are three times more likely to be hospitalized or die from asthma-related complications than white residents, one researcher’s efforts to “strip away the jargon” related to asthma treatment strengthened patients’ engagement in a year-long clinical trial. The impact: development of an asthma regimen to help combat disparities in asthma management and outcomes.
The results are one example of the gains that can be made in addressing health inequities—differences
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New Hospital-At-Home Study Focuses on Rural Health Deserts
What You Should Know:
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), based in Lexington, Ky., will use Biofourmis’ virtual care and AI-based predictive analytics technology to support a new Rural Home Hospital program delivering acute hospital-level care inside patients’ homes--including a clinical trial studying this care model in rural areas.
- ARH joins Blessing Health System—which is also using Biofourmis’ solution—as one of only two U.S. participants
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TytoCare & Carilion Clinic Partner to Expand Telehealth Offerings
What You Should Know:
- TytoCare has partnered with Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit health care organization serving Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Southwest Virginia regions.
- The integration of TytoCare into Carilion’s current virtual care offerings enhances the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients remotely with in-depth, physical examinations during virtual visits.
Shortage of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Communities
Rural
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Powered by Biofourmis, Blessing Health System Partners Launches Home Hospital Services
What You Should Know:
- Blessing Health System, an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis, a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own home hospital services.
- As part of the selection, Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.
Delivering Acute-Level Hospital Care Inside Patients’ Homes
This new program allows caregivers to
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Patient Data & Decentralized Web: The Key To A Healthier Future?
Interoperable data and IT systems in healthcare has long been an enigma - many have tried to tackle the challenge, but until now very little has changed. A truly interconnected network that brings together the infinite number of siloed systems used in healthcare services around the world, and even within the same county, has remained elusive. And so too has patient access to their own data. Considered by some as two distinct problems, however in reality the answer to both is the same: web 3.0
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Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine: A Key to Protecting Pediatric Asthma Patients
What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds?
With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term “comorbidities” has entered our daily vernacular, mostly in reference to adults’ chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, but with pediatric
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Respira Launches AI Wearable for Lung Function for COPD, COVID, Asthma
What You Should Know:
- Today, Respira is introducing its AI wearable technology to monitor for certain very serious lung conditions. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and COVID-19 were the 3rd and 4th global causes of death during the height of the pandemic. Asthma, according to the World Health Organization, is the most common chronic disease among children.
- Chest wearable uses tiny speakers and microphones to
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Mass General, AstraZeneca Pilot Digital Health Program for Asthma, Heart Failure
What You Should Know:
- Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) today announced with AstraZeneca to pilot a new digital health platform focused on heart failure and asthma studies to help improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases.
- This collaboration is being led by the MGH Center for Innovation in Digital Healthcare (CIDH) and will utilize AstraZeneca’s new AMAZE disease management platform in studies for heart failure and asthma management. These first two studies will pilot
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Brigham, Biofourmis Co-Develops Tech Solution to Enable Home Hospital Care
What You Should Know:
- Brigham is working with Biofourmis on a national
rollout of their co-developed technology solution, which has been refined and
scaled for use by other healthcare systems across the country seeking to
establish and execute similar home hospital programs to alleviate COVID-related
capacity issues and to receive 1:1 parity on payments from CMS.
- The Hospital@HomeTM platform provides a turnkey,
end-to-end ecosystem for any health system that wants to quickly launch
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