Thanks to COVID-19 and numerous other factors, the adoption of digital health technologies used by patients in the home has skyrocketed. Accenture reported in 2021, for example, that remote patient monitoring technology adoption tripled among patients. Whether it is streaming video telehealth appointments with a provider, a remote patient monitoring platform, or a prescribed digital therapeutic to manage a chronic condition, the emphasis must be on the patient and caregiver
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Mental Health
AI for Behavioral Health Gets Boost With Ontrak-Eleos Partnership
What You Should Know:
- Eleos Health, a behavioral health tech company and Ontrak Health (NASDAQ: OTRK), a healthcare company are teaming up to integrate their respective AI platforms to support behavioral health care for Ontrak’s members.- Ontrak specializes in serving the most vulnerable members of the behavioral health population who would otherwise fall through the cracks of the healthcare system. Eleos integration equips Ontrak’s behavioral health providers with greater insights into
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Anthem Partners With Happify Health to Enhance Maternal Health
What You Should Know:
- Anthem, Inc. today announced a collaboration between Happify Health to bridge the gap between the unique physical and mental health concerns women face.
- The collaboration will add to its ongoing support of the whole health of women with the addition of a new a digital-first solution in select markets.
Enhance Maternal Health with New Digital-First Solution
It is part of Anthem’s early and consistent support of women throughout the entirety of their maternal
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4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout
There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and health systems and the related burnout experienced when working in high-stress situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are pre-existing and contributing patient flow challenges that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, which can lead to burnout, and therefore are worth discussing.
Exposing the Problem
The extent of provider burnout over the course of the pandemic is well
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Five Types Of Abuse In A Nursing Home
Nursing homes care for the elderly, people with disabilities, or those who are terminally ill. However, abuse can take many different forms in nursing homes and can devastatingly impact the residents. It’s especially true if the abuse is not reported or if it's not taken seriously. The elderly and those with dementia are especially at risk for abuse, as they may not be able to communicate their needs or recognize when they're being mistreated.
Implementing some steps can help protect the
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Racist Events Can Have Spillover Effects, Triggering Mental, Physical Health Responses Beyond Immediate Victim
This article is excerpted from the Hurdle Health Research Report “Voices of a Collective Experience: Vicarious Racism and its Effects on Black Mental Health.”
In the Brooklyn mural, an American flag undulates behind him. The one in Gaza City, Palestine crowns him with two hands—one Black, one White—making the shape of
a heart. In Naples, Italy, he weeps blood, reminiscent of religious artwork of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Another, in Los Angeles, drapes red tape with the words “I
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Komodo Health Appoints COO, Transcarent, Vytalize Health, RxBenefits, Other Digital Health Appointments
Komodo Health has named Dr. Aswin Chandrakantan as its Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Chandrakantan will also continue to serve as the firm’s Chief Medical Officer, a role he has held since 2016. Dr. Chandrakantan was one of Komodo Health’s earliest employees – following leadership roles at McKinsey and Google – and has played a central role in the company’s rapid-fire growth.
RxBenefits appoints Wendy Barnes as its new Chief Executive Officer. Barnes succeeds Bryan Statham, who served as the
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Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Taps Tegria for National Digital Transformation
What You Should Know:
- Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) has enlisted the support of global healthcare technology specialist, Tegria, and digital health consultancy, Cloud21, in a deal to support its national digital transformation program.
- The organizations will help to deliver Northern Ireland’s Encompass program – a decade-long initiative that aims to deliver improvements to outcomes for patients by making it easier for health and care
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Hospital Telehealth Vendor Financials Round Up – Teladoc Health, Amwell & SOC Telemed
Several hospital telehealth vendors enjoyed great success in 2020 as they benefitted from unprecedented demand for their IT and services during the pandemic. But as lockdown restrictions were lifted and the strain on hospitals’ in-house capacity across the ICU and other acute care wards eased into the second half of 2021, were the vendors able to maintain their growth? With full-year results from several of the leading hospital telehealth vendors now published, here’s our take on the recently
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Tempus Launches Psychiatric Real-World Data Collaboration
What You Should Know:
- Tempus, an $8B precision medicine company, announced the launch of a new psychiatric real-world data program to leverage real-world data to inform mental health treatment.
- Tempus N+ is a collaboration between provider institutions across the country and Tempus to build an infrastructure for data-driven research – providers can seamlessly and securely contribute molecular and clinical data, and in turn, their clinicians and researchers can access a
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