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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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Patient-First Model: High Tech Meets High Touch for Individuals with Rare Disorders

by Donovan Quill, President and CEO, Optime Care 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Patient-First Model: High Tech Meets High Touch to Optimize Data, Inform Health Care Decisions, Enhance Population Health Management for Individuals with Rare Disorders

Industry experts state that orphan drugs will be a major trend to watch in the years ahead, accounting for almost 40% of the Food and Drug Administration approvals this year. This market has become more competitive in the past few years, increasing the potential for reduced costs and broader patient accessibility. Currently, these products are often expensive because they target specific conditions and cost on average $147,000 or more per year, making commercialization
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For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications

by Catherine Thomas, VP of Customer Experience & Dr. Peter S. Tippett, Founder and CEO of careMESH 12/22/2020 Leave a Comment

For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications

A recent Advisory Board briefing examined the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Readmission penalties.  Of the 3,080 hospitals CMS evaluated, 83% received a penalty for payments to be made in 2021, based on expected outcomes for a wide variety of treated conditions. While CMS indicated that some of these penalties might be waived or delayed due to the impacts of the Covid pandemic on hospital procedure volumes and revenue, they are indicative of a much larger
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42 Recently Launched COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solutions to Know

by Fred Pennic 12/18/2020 Leave a Comment

16 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 Executive Roundup 12-Available-COVID-19-Vaccine-Management-Solutions-to-Know-In-Depth-1

An in-depth look at twelve recently released COVID-19 vaccine management solutions as COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed nationwide. 1. Microsoft Microsoft launches a COVID-19 vaccine management platform with partners Accenture and Avanade, EY, and Mazik Global to help government and healthcare customers provide fair and equitable vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring of vaccine delivery. Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has deployed over 230 emergency COVID-19
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GoodRx Adds Telehealth, Mail Order to Subscription Program

by Jasmine Pennic 12/16/2020 Leave a Comment

GoodRx Adds Telehealth, Mail Order to Subscription Program

What You Should Know: - GoodRx, today announced the addition of telehealth and mail order benefits to its subscription program, GoodRx Gold. - GoodRx Gold Savings Program members can now receive exclusive discounts on online doctor visits and free mail delivery via the GoodRx app, in addition to the exclusive lower prices on prescription drugs that are already available. - Using the 5-star rated GoodRx app, GoodRx Gold members can now see a licensed healthcare provider to receive
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Cerner, Banner Health, Xealth Partner to Simplify How Clinicians Prescribe Digital Health

by Jasmine Pennic 12/10/2020 Leave a Comment

Cerner, Banner Health, Xealth Partner to Simplify How Clinicians Prescribe Digital Health

What You Should Know: - Cerner Corporation today announced with Xealth new centralized digital ordering and monitoring for health systems, starting with Banner Health, to foster digital innovation. - Health systems can prescribe digital therapeutics, smartphones, and internet apps directly within the EHR to address areas such as chronic disease management, behavioral health, maternity care, and surgery prep. Cerner, today announced it’s building on the recent collaboration with
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Freespira Secures $10M for FDA-Cleared Digital Therapeutic to Eliminate Panic Attacks, PTSD Symptoms

by Jasmine Pennic 12/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Freespira Secures $10M for FDA-Cleared Digital Therapeutic to Eliminate Panic Attacks, PTSD Symptoms

What You Should Know: - Lightspeed Venture Partners, the VC behind Nest and GrubHub, is leading a $10 million round for Freespira, an FDA-cleared digital therapeutic proven to significantly reduce or eliminate panic attacks and PTSD symptoms by training users to normalize respiratory irregularities. - In 28 days, Freespira can reduce or eliminate panic attacks and PTSD symptoms from home with just a tablet, sensor, and custom app. There’s no medicine with possible side effects and no need
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Ensuring Telehealth Providers’ Virtual Care Dollars Make Sense

by Don Godbee, Mobile Solutions Architect at Stratix 12/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Ensuring Telehealth Providers’ Virtual Care Dollars Make Sense

Telehealth and virtual care are not brand-new phenomena suddenly cobbled together as a rapid response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the average US patient could be forgiven for thinking that it is. Indeed, virtual visits to care providers and remote patient monitoring have been available for quite some time, delivering two key benefits:  - Providing a platform to address cost-efficiencies and accessibility to quality healthcare for the populace at large  - Playing a
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M&A: Ro Acquires On-Demand, In-Home Platform Workpath

by Fred Pennic 12/08/2020 Leave a Comment

M&A: Ro Acquires On-Demand, In-Home Platform Workpath

What You Should Know: - Ro announced it has acquired Workpath, a technology platform that powers on-demand, in-home healthcare and diagnostics services nationwide. - Through this acquisition, Ro’s platform will now uniquely bring together a patient's doctor, pharmacy, and diagnostics/lab--offering a personalized, end-to-end experience with no insurance required. - Ro is also announcing a partnership with Quest Diagnostics, which operates more than 2,200 locations nationwide, to
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Innovaccer Launches COVID-19 Command Center to Help Healthcare Organizations Manage Their COVID-19 Operations

by Jasmine Pennic 12/04/2020 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches COVID-19 Command Center to Help Healthcare Organizations Manage Their COVID-19 Operations

What You Should Know: - Innovaccer launches COVID-19 Command Center to assist healthcare organizations in optimizing their COVID-19 operations.   - The solution offers a unified information hub to manage COVID-19 resources and operations and empower teams with unprecedented visibility into their environment. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, today announced the launch of its COVID-19 Command Center to assist healthcare organizations in
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