Patient data in electronic health records (EHRs) holds a wealth of insights that can enable health systems to better serve their patient populations.
However, data from EHRs is challenging because this data is messy due to the lack of standardization in how clinical data is collected, and often times valuable information is buried in unstructured fields such as notes. Additionally, EHR data is disconnected from EHR data at other sites of care resulting in an incomplete view of the
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The Important Role of Community Pharmacy in 2023
The healthcare landscape continues to shift as we emerge from an uncertain and continuously-evolving pandemic. Technology is playing a vital role in giving people access to necessary services and, as a part of this technology shift, community pharmacies are stepping up in order to better serve the public.
Pharmacies in America were once little more than glorified convenience stores, where one could pick up anything from dishwashing detergent to a Twix bar (and stop and get their
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NuraLogix Unveils Telehealth Platform Performing Continuous Health/Vital Signs During Video Calls
What You Should Know:
- NuraLogix, global pioneers of contactless health monitoring whose technology can take over 30 medical-grade health vitals using any video-enabled device, unveils Anura™ Telehealth, a platform that performs continuous health and vital sign measurements while on a video call.
- This is the latest addition to its AnuraTM platform that uses conventional video cameras to extract facial blood flow information to accurately calculate a host of medical vitals and health
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Valencell Unveils Calibration-Free, Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitor
What You Should Know:
- Valencell, the company whose optical heart rate technology enabled the ability of wearables to accurately measure cardiovascular vitals during exercise, today announced plans to launch its own branded product line in the digital health sector as it concentrates efforts to bring solutions to market to manage chronic diseases.
- The company’s first product candidate being showcased at CES is focused on helping people monitor and manage hypertension by combining
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94% of Consumers are Satisfied with Virtual Primary Care
What You Should Know:
- For people who have used virtual primary care, the vast majority of them (94%) are satisfied with their experience, and nearly four in five (79%) say it has allowed them to take charge of their health. The study included findings around familiarity and experience with virtual primary care, virtual primary care and chronic conditions, current health and practices, and more.
- As digital health technology continues to advance and the healthcare industry evolves, many
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3 Types of Data Are Transforming Clinical Care Through Cellular-based RPM
As the healthcare industry continues to embrace new technologies, remote patient monitoring (RPM) is becoming established as a way to help chronic patients remain in their homes with health supervision to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and visits to the emergency department, urgent care facility, or physician’s office.
RPM has been known for its ability to monitor a patient’s vital signs in near real-time and provide quantitative data to their care team over
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What Has COVID Ever Done For Us? Here 9 Examples
The early 2020s will be studied by historians as a time of global uncertainty when an unknown pathogen caused a public health emergency that brought the world to the brink.
It may also be remembered as a time of unparalleled cooperation and advancement in technologies, prompted by the Covid pandemic, that provided enduring benefits for generations to come.
Just as the two world wars of the 20th Century were the deadliest and most attritional in history, they also triggered developments in
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Vivalink Integrates with Garmin, Other Wearables to Address RPM Interoperability
What You Should Know:
- Vivalink is addressing these RPM interoperability challenges by announcing today that leading wearables and medical-grade devices are integrating with the company’s Biometrics Data Platform.
- Now, leading pulse oximeters, blood glucose monitors and sleep monitors by companies like Garmin and Roche are available alongside the Platform to accelerate development and deployment of novel healthcare applications and research.
Why It Matters
Integration and
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HLTH22: Henry Schein Medical Expands SolutionsHub with Rimidi
What You Should Know:
- Henry Schein Medical today announced the expansion of its Solutions Hub with Rimidi, a SaaS company that brings together remote patient monitoring, patient-reported outcomes, and clinical decision support to help enhance patient care.
- With this partnership, clinics, medical groups, and health systems served by Henry Schein will have access to Rimidi’s cloud-based software platform, which helps deliver an efficient model of care for patients with chronic
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HLTH22 Day 1 News Summary: Google, Maven, Highmark, LG, Others
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Maven Clinic Secures $90M to Advance End-to-End Family Care Platform
Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic in women’s and family health raises $90 million Series E funding bringing its total funding to $300M. Maven plans to use the latest round of funding to advance its end-to-end family care platform to enable deeper personalization to meet the diverse needs of women and families everywhere.
Curavit Raises $5M for Digital Therapeutics
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