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17 Executive Hospital/Health System Predictions to Watch in 2023

by Fred Pennic 01/12/2023 Leave a Comment

6 Executive Health Data Predictions to Watch in 2023

Vijay Kedar, Co-Founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health Health systems will realize their challenges are not transitory but systemic: This year saw health systems facing a myriad of compounding threats – from historic inflation exacerbating their cost structures, front-line clinician burnout driving widespread labor shortages, and increased capacity issues that left patients in hospital facilities one full day longer than in the prior year. As the financial markets turned south, many institutions
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Exec Hires: Former CVS Health Leader Joins Virgin Pulse as Chief Medical Officer

by Executive Hires 01/10/2023 Leave a Comment

Exec Hires: Former CVS Health Leader Joins Virgin Pulse as Chief Medical Officer

What You Should Know: - Virgin Pulse, a global digital-first health, wellbeing, and navigation company, announced that Jeffrey Jacques, MD, has joined the company as Chief Medical Officer. - As chief medical officer at Virgin Pulse, Dr. Jacques will advance the company’s clinical strategy, providing insight and guidance to product and commercial teams. He will also lead the company’s Science Advisory Board, which helps ensure that Virgin Pulse’s technology and the experiences it supports
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Omada Health, Intermountain, Castell to Establish Integrated, Virtual Care Option for Diabetes Management and Prevention

by Fred Pennic 01/09/2023 Leave a Comment

Omada Health, Intermountain, Castell to Establish Integrated, Virtual Care Option for Diabetes Management and Prevention

What You Should Know: - Omada Health and Castell, an Intermountain value-based care subsidiary, announced a first-of-its kind partnership – creating a new, integrated virtual care model to reach and help more at-risk patients through proven prevention and Diabetes programs.   The new virtual care model expands the access of Omada’s Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Program to patients and caregivers receiving care from Intermountain Healthcare’s primary care providers
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Why We Need Deflection to Reduce Overdose Deaths (and Drug Diversion) in 2023

by Susan Weinstein, President of the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association 01/06/2023 Leave a Comment

Why We Need Deflection to Reduce Overdose Deaths (and Drug Diversion)

The United States is still reeling from a devastating opioid epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that death from drug overdoses reached just under 108,000 between 2020 and 2021. That is enough to fill over four professional baseball stadiums.  This staggering number of overdose deaths is due to many factors, including the sale of counterfeit medications and illegal drugs that often contain deadly doses of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other
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We’re Feeling the Effects of the Nursing Shortage. Health Tech Can Help

by Avi Philipson, CEO of Graph Group 12/22/2022 Leave a Comment

We're Feeling the Effects of the Nursing Shortage. Healthcare Technology Can Help.

The healthcare industry is in desperate need of nurses — and fast. Chances are this isn't news to you. You've seen the countless headlines covering the impact the pandemic has had on nurses, and how that nursing shortage has impacted employment numbers, healthcare facilities, and patient care. Nurses are burnt out. They're stressed, exhausted, and struggling to find adequate mental health support. But the pandemic isn't the only issue to blame. Experts are predicting that over 1 million RNs
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4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

by Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Director - IT Delivery Services at NewWave Telecom & Technologies Inc. 12/22/2022 Leave a Comment

4 Data Security Challenges for Healthcare Organizations in 2022

The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. They can access high-value patient PHI/PII data and use it maliciously to disrupt the patient’s treatment routine and bring down uptime, which is critical. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. Data security is one of the most pressing challenges facing the healthcare industry today. Cybercrime’s recent surge has led many healthcare
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Wraparound Programs – An Alternative Approach to Address the Children’s Mental Health Crisis

by Jamie Hanna, M.D., Medical Director of the Louisiana Coordinated System of Care 12/19/2022 Leave a Comment

Wraparound Programs – An Alternative Approach to Address the Children’s Mental Health Crisis

The mental health crisis impacting America’s children requires states, parents, guardians, and behavioral health professionals to rethink how we provide treatment. For many young people, high-fidelity wraparound programs are the answer. Even before the pandemic, mental health issues were a leading cause of disability for children. The pandemic only worsened the situation. In the fall of 2020, Challenge Success conducted a national study that found that only one-third of high school students
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When Innovation Isn’t Enough: Pharma’s Next Frontier

by Michael Sheeley, Co-founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1 12/14/2022 Leave a Comment

Michael Sheeley, Co-founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1

I met Mark Cuban once. Our conversation didn’t last very long. It was at a medical conference a few years ago. Cuban felt like a great guy to approach with an idea for a healthcare startup. We were both investors in an automation software startup called Zoba, and I of course knew him from his role on the popular entrepreneurial reality TV series Shark Tank. A few seconds into our conversation, Cuban paused. “Healthcare is hard,” he sighed. That was his way of politely telling me: for that
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Can Doctors Objectively Quantify and Measure Pain?

by Dr. Frank Fornari, Chairman and Founder, BioMech Health 12/07/2022 Leave a Comment

Can Doctors Objectively Quantify and Measure Pain?

Millions of Americans live with acute and chronic pain that affects every aspect of their lives. Pain by itself is an important marker of how a patient is feeling and indicates what kind of medical intervention might be necessary. The healthcare industry needs a clinically acceptable way to objectively measure pain and since pain is a very complex mixture of biochemistry and genetics and it’s unlikely that a laboratory test that directly quantifies pain will be developed.   Doctors
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How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Alleviate Language Barriers in Diabetes Care

by Dr. Rocio Harbison, MD, FACE, Endocrinologist at Advanced Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic 12/06/2022 Leave a Comment

How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Alleviate Language Barriers in Diabetes Care

As an endocrinologist with 19 years of experience in treating patients with diabetes, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that communication is key. Patients with diabetes live with the heavy burden of making choices and taking action every single day to manage their blood glucose levels. Thankfully, advancements in technology have come incredibly far, giving way to tools like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), automated insulin delivery systems and more. But for
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