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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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Telehealth Could Be The Solution for a Pandemic, But Are We Too Late?

by Juan Pablo Segura, President and Co-founder of Babyscripts 05/29/2020 Leave a Comment

Digital Health - Is It Worth It? How to Calculate ROI in Digital Health

In the past several months, Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has risen from humble beginnings in a Wuhan farmer’s market to international status: dominating the news cycle, exhausting the world’s hand sanitizer resources, and generally monopolizing the mental real estate of the developed world.   As new cases continue to be identified in the U.S., politicians are giving coronavirus the attention it deserves, responding to initial accusations of inadequacy with proposals for funding and
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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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Understanding and Alleviating Social Isolation Among Older Adults

by David Inns, CEO, GreatCall 04/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Understanding and Alleviating Social Isolation Among Older Adults

Social isolation and loneliness among older adults are common and far-reaching issues that have been linked to serious health concerns including depression, cognitive decline, and poor physical health. A recent study found 52 percent of older adults age 65 and older experience feelings of loneliness a few times a year, and 21 percent reported feeling lonely every day. With evidence of social isolation and loneliness among older adults being as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes per day, this is
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b.well Connected Health Raises $16M for Personalized Health Platform

by Fred Pennic 03/11/2020 Leave a Comment

b.well Connected Health Raises $16M for Personalized Health Platform

What You Need to Know: - b.well raises $16 million in Series A funding led by UnityPoint Health Ventures, bringing the company's total funding to over $27 million. - b.well provides a configurable digital platform to healthcare stakeholders to solve for interoperability and consolidation of point solutions through the lens of a consumer. b.well Connected Health, a Baltimore, MD-based platform designed to provide consumers a new front end to healthcare, announced it has raised $16
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Lark, HealthPartners Team Up to Provide AI-Powered Diabetes Management

by Fred Pennic 02/19/2020 Leave a Comment

CDC Recognizes Lark Health's A.I. Diabetes Prevention Program

- Lark Health partners with Minnesota-based HealthPartners to help members better manage their diabetes after a successful pilot program. - Through the new partnership, more than 650,000 HealthPartners members will have access to Lark’s AI-based Diabetes Management Program at no cost. It’s a big step for members in Minnesota, where 8 percent of adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and the total estimated cost of diabetes estimated at $4.7 billion per year. - The partnership follows a
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HIMSS Names The 6 Most Influential Women in Health IT

by Jasmine Pennic 02/07/2020 Leave a Comment

HIMSS Names The 6 Most Influential Women in Health IT

HIMSS names Iris P. Frye, Kim Garriott, Dr. Lucienne Ide, Eva Karp, RN-BC, Dr. Geeta Nayyar, and Tressa Springmann as the most influential women in health IT. This week, HIMSS announced its Most Influential Women in Health IT, an annual recognition celebrating women striving to harness the power of information technology to drive healthcare transformation. The award winners will be honored at HIMSS20 in Orlando next month and will join other innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs at the
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BioIntelliSense Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for On-Body Sensor for Scalable Remote Care

by Jasmine Pennic 01/28/2020 Leave a Comment

BioIntelliSense Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for On-Body Sensor for Scalable Remote Care

- BioIntelliSense announces FDA clearance of the BioSticker, the first single-use medical device enabling 30 days of continuous vital signs monitoring. - The FDA-cleared BioSticker medical device is designed to be discreetly worn on the upper left chest for effortless remote data capture and a simplistic “stick it on and forget it” patient experience.  BioIntelliSense, Inc., a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announces the U.S. commercial launch of its
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The Evolution of EHR Workflows: From Counterintuitive to Intuitive Tools for Care

by Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, Chief Medical Officer at NextGen Healthcare 12/11/2019 Leave a Comment

The Evolution of EHR Workflows: From Counterintuitive to Intuitive Tools for Care

I recall a patient who was drinking heavily, who I was unable to meaningfully convince to reduce his alcohol consumption.  He felt that his drinking was no different than his work colleagues and that he did not need to make any changes. When his labs returned, not surprisingly, his GGT and AST were elevated.  I turned the screen and showed him the results as well as the upward trending of the result’s graph. He didn’t say much but was clearly taking it all in. When we met next, he
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Tyto Care Launches On-Demand Medical Exam Nationwide at Best Buy Stores

by Fred Pennic 11/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Tyto Care partners with Best Buy to launch TytoHome

- TytoHome, the first comprehensive, at-home telehealth solution, is now available nationwide in Best Buy stores and on BestBuy.com. - TytoHome is a handheld examination device with attachments that can examine the heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat, and abdomen, as well as measure body temperature.- Each TytoHome visit costs $59.99 or less depending on the nature of the visit and/or the user’s health insurance plan. Reimbursement is available for patients from leading insurers including Anthem,
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