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4 Ways Businesses Will Adapt Their Healthcare Landscape

by Dr. Donald Brown, CEO and founder of LifeOmic 08/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Four ways businesses will adapt their healthcare landscape

The coronavirus pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, from how we work to how we get our health care. The crisis has put the creativity of many small businesses to the test after being forced to move operations online once social distancing became the norm. As economies reopen, many aspects of our life that changed in response to the virus will likely return to the way they were. However,  we have the opportunity to emerge stronger from this crisis if the salient shortcomings from
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Call to Action: Restrictions Around Virtual Health Can’t Go Back to “Normal”

by David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Greenway Health, 07/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Call to Action: Restrictions Around Virtual Health Can’t Go Back to “Normal”

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has passed several stimulus packages with the goal of helping employers keep their business in operation while office volume is down and, in some cases, practices are physically closed. The CARES Act, which included the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Provider Relief Fund, for example, has provided some relief to eligible healthcare providers, including low-interest rate loans to help providers pay staff salaries, rent, and other
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Lenovo Launches Virtual Care Solution with Voice Activated Digital Assistant

by Jasmine Pennic 07/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Lenovo Launches Virtual Care Solution with Voice Activated Digital Assistant to Support Individualized Care at Home for Patients with Chronic Conditions

What You Should Know: - Today, Lenovo launches Virtual Care solution to help healthcare provider organizations remotely monitor, engage with and educate patients with many of these chronic health conditions, including diabetes, COPD, congestive heart failure (CHF), and hypertension. - Easy to use, patients take the kit home, plug it in and can immediately begin interacting with their care team. Patients are guided through an individual daily care plan aided by biometric devices and
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EnsoData Raises $9M to Accelerate Waveform AI Platform for Clinicians

by Fred Pennic 06/12/2020 Leave a Comment

EnsoData Raises $9M to Accelerate Waveform AI Platform for Clinicians

What You Should Know: - EnsoData announces its official launch and a $9M Series A funding round to accelerate analysis and understanding of human health, starting with sleep disorder diagnoses.  - Using AI, EnsoData’s technology transforms billions of waveform data points (outputs from heartbeats on an EKG, eye movement through an EOG, brain waves through an EEG, etc.) collected from sensors in medical devices and wearables into an easy-to-read report.  - EnsoData saves clinics and
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FCC Surpasses $100M in Approved COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications

by Jasmine Pennic 06/10/2020 Leave a Comment

FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers

What You Should Know: - FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 305 healthcare providers in 42 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $105M in funding. The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 67 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $16.87M in funding to
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Telehealth Claim Lines Increase 4,347% Nationally from March 2019 to March 2020

by Jasmine Pennic 06/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Telehealth Claim Lines Increase 4,347% Nationally from March 2019 to March 2020

What You Should Know: - Telehealth claim lines increased 4,347 percent nationally from 0.17 percent of medical claim lines in March 2019 to 7.52 percent in March 2020, according to new data from FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. - The data represent the privately insured population, excluding Medicare and Medicaid. In an indication that the growth was related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase was even greater in the Northeast, where the pandemic hit
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AI Can Identify Unseen Sufferers of COVID-19 & Enable Proactive Care

by Linda T. Hand, CEO, Prealize 05/21/2020 Leave a Comment

AI Can Identify Unseen Sufferers of COVID-19 & Enable Proactive Care

As the nation’s eyes focus on COVID-19, another healthcare crisis is unfolding out of sight. Hidden from view, millions of Americans who don’t have COVID-19 are suffering healthcare crises in their homes. These unseen individuals are facing major challenges, on multiple levels: acute, chronic, and preventive. Patients are waiting longer at home before coming to the hospital for acute illnesses like appendicitis, stroke, or heart attack. Patients with chronic diseases are not receiving
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Digital Strategies Health IT Must Prioritize During COVID-19

by Gregg Ostrowski, Regional CTO, AppDynamics 05/20/2020 Leave a Comment

Digital Strategies HealthIT Must Prioritize During COVID-19

COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to an already strained healthcare system. As healthcare providers battle an increasing influx of patients and dwindling inventory – including critical personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies like masks, ventilators, and hospital beds – they are relying more heavily on their digital tools and applications than ever before. This is an unprecedented opportunity for health IT professionals to contribute their skills and ingenuity to the COVID-19 fight.
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AHA Launches COVID-19 Data Challenge to Address Health Disparities Among African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans in Rural Areas

by Fred Pennic 05/15/2020 Leave a Comment

AHA Launches COVID-19 Data Challenge to Address Health Disparities Among African Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans in Rural Areas

What You Need to Know: - American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ launch COVID-19 Data Challenge to bring global COVID-19 datasets to researchers and clinicians to examine the relationship with other health conditions and health disparities. - Each participant of the challenge will be provided a free, HIPPA compliant and FedRAMP certified, secure Precision Medicine Platform (PMP) workspace to conduct analyses. The American Heart Association, the
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Why Now’s the Time to Use Connected Health Devices for Diabetes Prevention

by Charlotte Puechmaille, Director of Strategy, New Health Businesses at Withings 05/15/2020 Leave a Comment

Why Now’s the Time to Use Connected Health Devices for Diabetes Prevention

It’s no secret that chronic disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, taking up 90 percent of healthcare spending in the United States. For the last several years, there has been a rise in discussions and research around the promise of connected health devices helping manage and prevent chronic conditions as well as healthcare spending. However, today a number of factors are coming together to make that promise a reality.  This includes the improvement of real-world data insights
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