Now that it is the political season where divisiveness rules the day, the bevy of President wannabes’ interest in maternal health is suspect. After all, none of them have joined the many maternal health advocates who praised the President for signing into law the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act which gives grants to the states to help identify the causes of maternal mortality.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are about 3
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Philips Launches New IntraSight Interventional App Platform for Image-Guided Therapies
Philips launches new IntraSight interventional applications platform to seamlessly integrate intravascular imaging and physiology applications for image-guided proceduresToday, Philips announced the launch of the new IntraSight interventional applications platform, a comprehensive suite of clinically proven iFR, FFR, IVUS and co-registration modalities that help support physicians in improving care for their cardiac and peripheral vascular patients.Growing Need for Image Guided TherapiesIn
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How Consumer Technology is Influencing Healthcare Innovation
When it comes to healthcare, we look to physicians, nurses, and specialists and trust them to be the experts when it comes to our health, but we don’t typically look to them to be technology experts. In fact, the healthcare industry, especially the back office, has been historically slow to adopt new technology, relying on paper records and pagers, fax machines and even hand delivery of files and records. Many clinics are not equipped to digitally connect to another office’s patient records.
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Physician Practices Strategy to Developing A Strong Chronic Care Management (CCM) Program
Zachary Blunt, Sr. Manager of Product Development, Population Health at Greenway Health
More than three years have passed since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced its separately billable non-face-to-face Chronic Care Management (CCM) service. This was intended to help more than two-thirds of individuals on Medicare who suffer from multiple conditions receive more coordinated, regular primary care. The hope was that a focus on managing chronic conditions would
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Validic Integrates With Welldoc’s Bluestar Platform to Enable Real-Time Insights for Patients
Validic, a provider of data solutions for remote monitoring and virtual engagement is integrating with Welldoc’s BlueStar platform. The integration of personal health data within the Welldoc BlueStar digital therapeutic platform will allow users to connect their wearables, apps, and in-home health devices directly to the platform – enabling deeper engagement and better self-management of one's health.The Power of Leveraging Device-Generated Data for PatientsAs the number of people managing
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Smartphone Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease Could Save NHS $877M Over 5 Years
Healthy.io, an Israeli-based provider of FDA-cleared smartphone-based urinalysis has announced the results from its early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) pilot study with 2,000 NHS patients with diabetes. The pilot found improved test compliance (raising responses to 72% among patients who had previously not responded to testing reminders) and discovered previously undiagnosed cases of CKD (10 percent of those who took the test).Financial Impact of CKD for the NHSWith a staggering
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Humana Launches First Virtual Primary Care Plan for Members
Health
insurer Humana and virtual care provider Doctor
On Demand has announced the launch of On Hand, an innovative
and affordable health plan that centers on comprehensive virtual primary care
for members. On Hand addresses the
number one reason small businesses don’t offer health insurance-- cost -- by
offering a plan 50% lower than the industry standard monthly premiums.
On Hand Primary Care Plan Overview
Employers and members who
elect this primary care plan will gain access to a
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10 Major Barriers Hindering The Digitalization Of Chronic Conditions
Hundreds of millions of patients are affected by chronic diseases globally, often suffering from several of them. Despite such a huge opportunity, the coverage of chronic conditions with digital solutions is still below the acceptable level. Today, more than twenty common chronic conditions have its own specificity and are currently at its digital development stage, yet all of them face the same challenges in the digital health market, according to a recent Research2Guidance report.The report,
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5 Disruptive Technologies Driving The Future of Patient Monitoring Solutions
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The patient monitoring market is expected to be worth more than $350 billion by 2025, as the focus is likely to move beyond device
sales to solutions, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan's report.
The report, Patient
Monitoring Industry—Analysis of Investment and Trends outlines the
future of patient monitoring across the continuum of care, the shifts in the
market, and investment opportunities.
Evolution of
Patient Monitoring
Patient
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Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University Announce Mega-Merger: 5 Things to Know
Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to merge that will establish a next-generation academic healthcare system. If approved, the mega-merger will enable three leading healthcare organizations to invest in the health and well-being of people throughout the region, as well as contribute ground-breaking research and innovation to the world. The organizations have agreed to start a period of exclusive
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