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FCC Unveils 14 Initial Projects Selected for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program

by Fred Pennic 01/15/2021 Leave a Comment

FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program Providers

What You Should Know: - FCC announces initial 14 pilot project selected for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program that will support connected care service across the country and focus on low-income and veteran patients. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced an initial set of 14 pilot projects with over 150 treatment sites in 11 states that have been selected for the Connected Care Pilot Program.  A total of $26.6 million will be awarded to these applicants for
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COVID-19 Deferrals Lead to 3 Major Conditions Payers/Providers Must Address in 2021

by Fred Pennic 01/08/2021 Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Deferrals Lead to 3 Major Conditions Payers/Providers Must Address in 2021

What You Should Know: - COVID-19 care deferrals lead to three major boomerang conditions that payers and providers must proactively address in 2021, according to a newly released report by Prealize. - COVID-19’s hidden victims—those who avoided or deferred care during the pandemic—will increasingly return to the healthcare system, and many will be diagnosed with new conditions at more advanced stages. Healthcare leaders must act now to keep this boomerang from driving worse outcomes
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Highmark Taps Lark Health for AI-Driven Chronic Disease Management/Prevention

by Fred Pennic 12/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Highmark Taps Lark Health for AI-Driven Chronic Disease Management/Prevention

What You Should Know: - Highmark, one of the largest Blues plans, has chosen Lark Health for its chronic disease prevention and management platform. - Members will have access to Lark’s 24/7 AI-based coaching and programs to manage diabetes, hypertension, and prevent chronic conditions. Highmark Inc., America's fourth-largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization, announced a growing collaboration with Lark Health, virtual chronic disease prevention and
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How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

by Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC 11/24/2020 Leave a Comment

How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC Senior isolation is a health risk that affects at least a quarter of seniors over 65. It has become recognized over the past decade as a risk factor for poor aging outcomes including cognitive decline, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, impaired immune function, and even death. Physical limitations, lack of transportation, and inadequate health literacy, among other social
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Eko Lands $65M to Expand AI-Powered Telehealth Platform for Virtual Pulmonary and Cardiac Exam

by Fred Pennic 11/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Eko Lands $65M to Expand AI-Powered Telehealth Platform for Virtual Pulmonary and Cardiac Exam

What You Should Know: - Cardiopulmonary digital health company Eko raises $65M in Series C funding to close the gap between virtual and in-person heart and lung care. - The latest round of funding will enable Eko to expand in-clinic use of its platform of telehealth and AI algorithms for disease screening and to launch a monitoring program for cardiopulmonary patients at home. Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company, today announced $65 million in Series C funding led by
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How RPA Can Help Get COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Patients First

by Ram Sathia, VP of Intelligent Automation at PK 11/05/2020 Leave a Comment

How RPA Can Help Get COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Patients First

Ram Sathia, VP of Intelligent Automation at PK While most of the public’s attention is focused on the horse race for an approved COVID-19 vaccine, another major hurdle lies just around the corner: the distribution of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses. In today’s highly complex and disconnected health data landscape, technologies like AI, Machine Learning, and robotic process automation (RPA) will be essential to making sure that the highest-risk patients receive the vaccine
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AI Leads Way to Less False Positives on Remote Cardiac Monitoring Devices, Improved Results

by Fred Pennic 11/03/2020 Leave a Comment

AI Leads Way to Less False Positives on Remote Cardiac Monitoring Devices, Improved Results

What You Should Know: - Cardiac patients and their cardiologists are experiencing a high number of false positives with remote patient monitoring devices as a result of signal artifact providing inaccurate data, which can lead to many complications—other than medical, such as unnecessary tests and increased medical costs. - Ambulatory cardiac monitoring provider InfoBionic has devised a way to decrease false positives and increase efficiency. Remote cardiac monitoring’s false
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Northwestern to Deploy FDA-Cleared Deploy AI-Guided Cardiac Ultrasounds

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Northwestern to Deploy FDA-Cleared Deploy AI-Guided Cardiac Ultrasounds

What You Should Know: - Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first in the nation to deploy FDA-cleared AI-guided ultrasound by Caption Health, including measurement of ejection fraction – the most widely used measurement to assess cardiac function. - Caption Health's AI-guided cardiac ultrasound enables clinicians – including those without experience – to accurately perform diagnostic-quality exams -- accelerating the availability of information and saving lives. - Caption AI has been
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FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment

by Jasmine Pennic 10/21/2020 Leave a Comment

FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment

What You Should Know: - FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back pain - AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods. AppliedVR, a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device
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Blue Cross NC Launches No-Cost Virtual Programs to Quit Smoking and Reverse Diabetes

by Jasmine Pennic 10/20/2020 Leave a Comment

Blue Cross NC Launches No-Cost Virtual Programs to Quit Smoking and Reverse Diabetes

What You Should Know: - Today, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina partners with Carrot Inc. and Virta Health to help address two of the largest ongoing health issues facing Americans today - smoking and type 2 diabetes. - Virta and Carrot’s programs will be available to individual under-65 members and fully insured group members beginning November 2020. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), today announced it is teaming up with Carrot Inc. and
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