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Health Equity

Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

by Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa 09/15/2023 Leave a Comment

Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Industry’s “Data Desert”

Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Many Americans do not have access to quality care, leading to higher rates of diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and obesity. Health equity means ensuring that health resources and services are accessible and affordable for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, geography, ethnicity, or financial circumstances.  Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the
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Debunking 3 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

by Rich Steinle, Carium CEO 09/13/2023 Leave a Comment

Debunking Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

Despite positive proof points, the expansion of virtual care and remote patient engagement strategies - including RPM -  continues to be hampered by misconceptions among potential users and misalignment of financial incentives among providers and payers. It’s time to take a look at some of the myths holding back the adoption of virtual care and remote patient engagement tools and limiting progress toward achieving the interconnected goals of the Quintuple Aim. If there’s a silver
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SSM Health Forms 10-Year Partnership with Siemens Healthineers to Advance Health Equity & Workforce Development

by Fred Pennic 08/14/2023 Leave a Comment

Siemens Healthineers, SSM Health Partner to Advance Health Equity & Workforce Development

What You Should Know:  SSM Health, a nonprofit health system and Siemens Healthineers have announced a new 10-year strategic partnership agreement focused on expanding access to high-quality care and training the next generation of health care workers. The agreement with SSM Health creates the largest geographic Siemens Healthineers strategic partnership to date.   Advancing Health Equity & Workforce Development The strategic partnership will focus on advancing
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How to Achieve Health Equity in Decentralized Clinical Trials

by Katrina Rice, Chief Delivery Officer, Biometrics Services at eClinical Solutions 06/29/2023 Leave a Comment

How to Achieve Health Equity in Decentralized Clinical Trials

Trial sponsors have made efforts to address underrepresentation and promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in clinical trials since the Federal and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2016 guidance, but a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) still shows a continuous presence of major gaps in patient diversity. It begs the question: how do we ultimately achieve full representation and ensure accountability to uphold the promises we have made for
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Improving Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Driving Better Outcomes for Patients and Health Plans

by Andy Auerbach, Chief Revenue Officer of SafeRide Health 05/02/2023 Leave a Comment

Improving Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Driving Better Outcomes for Patients and Health Plans

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible. Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) plays a crucial role in helping patients get to where care is delivered. As healthcare reform efforts continue to gain momentum, transportation benefits have become an increasingly critical component of providing equitable care to patients. NEMT helps close the health equity gap
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NCQA Launches Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network

by Jasmine Pennic 04/26/2023 Leave a Comment

NCQA Launches Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network

What You Should Know: - The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today launched the Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network, a free, interactive, online tool that offers data and best practices to help health plans improve how they collect race and ethnicity data on their enrollees. Improving data collection of race and ethnicity data is vital to improving health equity. - The data available in this new resource summarize the care of 20 million people
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Closing Racial Disparities in Patient Portal Usage

by Lindsay Zimmerman, PhD, MPH VP, Bartosch Patient Activation Institute, Upfront Healthcare 04/26/2023 Leave a Comment

Closing the Racial Gap in Patient Portal Usage

Over the last decade, the healthcare industry has experienced an explosion of digital innovation. Simultaneously, shifting consumer preferences around convenience and access to care has accelerated the pace of technology adoption at unprecedented speed, especially in the wake of the pandemic.  The value of these digital tools is manifold: healthcare enterprises report increased operational efficiency, higher quality care delivery, cost savings, and the potential to deliver a more
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Innovaccer Launches Self-Serve Conversational AI Assistant

by HIMSS23 Coverage 04/17/2023 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches Self-Serve Conversational AI Assistant

What You Should Know: - Innovaccer is unveiling six new breakthrough solutions that help providers accelerate their success with population health, consumerism, and value-based care. - Leading the lineup is Sara, the first conversational AI for healthcare analytics. Sara is a conversational AI assistant that literally puts the full breadth and depth of enterprise healthcare analytics into the hands of healthcare managers, physicians, and care teams. Anyone can ask Sara complex questions
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MedArrive Secures $8M to Expand At-Home Care

by Digital Health Funding 04/11/2023 Leave a Comment

Bright Health, MedArrive Partner to Deliver Preventative In-Home Care

What You Should Know: - MedArrive, a Mobile-integrated care management platform company today announced $8M in new funding led by Cobalt Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). The investment follows MedArrive’s $25 million series A round in November 2021 and brings the company’s total funding to $40.5M to date - MedArrive plans to use the new investment to expand its payer relationships, build out its team and
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MEDITECH Taps IHM as Data Ally to Advance Health Equity

by Jasmine Pennic 04/04/2023 Leave a Comment

MEDITECH Taps IHM as Data Ally to Advance Health Equity

What You Should Know: - MEDITECH today announced they have recognized the Institute for Health Metrics (IHM) as their data collaborator to support and accelerate health equity at hospitals across the country. - Member hospitals will benefit from cleansed clinical data and data enhancement, including Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data, and receive curated information and insight, as well as grant funding for health equity initiatives.
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