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Audio-Only Telehealth Remains Common at Safety Net Clinics, Study Finds

by Fred Pennic 04/11/2023 Leave a Comment

Audio-Only Telehealth Remains Common at Safety Net Clinics, Study Finds

What You Should Know: Audio-only telehealth visits for both primary care and mental health services remained common at safety net clinics in California since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The RAND study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that in August 2022 audio-only visits still accounted for 1 in 5 primary care visits and 2 in 5 behavioral health visits among people who received care at Federally
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FDA & Cerner Enviza Collaborate to Develop AI Tools for Drug Safety

by Jasmine Pennic 04/10/2023 Leave a Comment

FDA & Cerner Enviza Collaborate to Develop AI Tools for Drug Safety

What You Should Know: - Cerner Enviza, an Oracle company, and FDA’s Sentinel Innovation Center are teaming up to develop AI tools to extract and assess clinical notes to better understand drug safety.   - Teaming with John Snow Labs, Cerner Enviza will use AI and NLP to develop tools to extract information from clinical notes within the EHR to better aid in better understanding the effects of medicines on large populations. The project known as the Multi-source Observational
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Value-Based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

by Rahul Sharma, CEO & Lynn Carroll, COO at HSBlox 04/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Value-based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

Despite holding the promise of delivering superior patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs, many providers remain reluctant to embrace value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models. Progress toward VBC adoption hasn’t achieved its potential yet, hovering around 60% of all payment models from 2018 to 2021, with the remaining 40% comprised of traditional fee for service (FFS). Though some providers simply are hesitant to abandon the FFS model that has served them well, others are leery
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How The Healthcare Industry Can & Should Be Supporting Unpaid Caregivers

by Alexandra Drane, co-founder and CEO of ARCHANGELS and Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Chief Medical Officer at Qualtrics 03/29/2023 Leave a Comment

How The Healthcare Industry Can & Should Be Supporting Unpaid Caregivers

Unpaid caregivers are the backbone of society, providing an essential service, yet often feel invisible and without support. In recent years, that backbone is starting to break with research showing that 70% of caregivers, including parents and caregivers of adults, have at least one significant mental health impact. Even more worrisome, the same study indicated that more than half (52%) of those considered part of the sandwich generation - caring for an aging parent and a child at the same time
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Rethinking Behavioral Health Support in the ED: 3 Keys for Innovation

by Benjamin Zaniello, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, PointClickCare & Dr. Enrique Enguidanos, Founder & CEO of CBC Solutions 03/28/2023 Leave a Comment

Rethinking Behavioral Health Support in the ED: 3 Keys for Innovation

About one out of five Americans with serious illness struggled to access care during the pandemic, and rates were significantly higher among disadvantaged populations, a 2022 study found. Now, as mental health-related visits in emergency departments (EDs) continue to rise, healthcare professionals must consider: “How can we create better behavioral health supports for people in crisis?” It's a question that has significant implications for quality of care as well as cost. The High Cost of
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Exploring The Value of Metaverse Use Cases in Life Sciences

by Pratik Maroo, VP - Products, Indegene & Brooke Anderson, Marketing Manager, Omnichannel Activation and Emerging Biotech, Indegene 03/27/2023 Leave a Comment

Exploring The Value of Metaverse Use Cases in Life Sciences

What once seemed like science fiction, interacting with people across the world has become the new normal. While we have become increasingly accustomed to video calls and instant communication in recent years, forays into virtual worlds and extended realities are still relatively novel.  In a post-Covid world, it seems strange to think that video conferences and calls were not the norm only three years ago. But the value created by virtual interactions during the last several years has
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Ribbon Health Enables Access to Provider Appointment Booking, Eliminating Barriers to Care

by Jasmine Pennic 03/23/2023 Leave a Comment

Ribbon Health Enables Access to Provider Appointment Booking, Eliminating Barriers to Care

What You Should Know: - Ribbon Health (Ribbon), a leader in healthcare provider data technology and management launches new platform features that will increase access to care through provider scheduling. - Enabled by partnerships with leading booking marketplaces, these new platform capabilities empower patients to easily search for providers that both fit their needs and are accepting new patients, and book appointments with those providers for high-quality care across primary,
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Sana, Little Otter Partner to Give Adolescent Members and Their Families Access to Mental Healthcare

by Syed Hamza Sohail 03/21/2023 Leave a Comment

Sana, Little Otter Partner to Give Adolescent Members and Their Families Access to Mental Healthcare

What You Should Know: - Sana, a healthcare company that provides Fortune 500-level health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced a partnership with Little Otter, a digital mental health solution for children and their families.  - Both Little Otter and Sana are aligned in their goal to provide comprehensive, high-quality mental healthcare to their members and their families. By investing more in primary care and enabling access to more low-cost,
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Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

by Jeremy Bloom, CEO, NorthSight Recovery 03/15/2023 Leave a Comment

Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

The United States only represents five percent of the world’s population; however, Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s opioids.1 The U.S. is the world’s leader in the use of opioid medications to cope with physical and emotional difficulties. And the recent Walgreens and Wal-Mart multi-state opioid settlement agreement disclosures have only hammered home the point. America continues to have an opioid addiction problem.  In light of all these circumstances, the recent CDC
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ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023

by Jasmine Pennic 03/13/2023 Leave a Comment

ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023

What You Should Know: - The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. - The nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety organization notes that, while rates of depression and anxiety in children have increased since 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the situation to crisis levels.    Here are
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