What You Should Know: - Improving patient access to medical services remains a top priority for U.S. health systems as they grapple with economic uncertainty and the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered patient behavior, according to a new report from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) and KLAS Research. - To address the challenge, health systems are investing in telehealth technology, patient portals and other digital tools, updating their organizational
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3 Steps to Powering Data Innovation with Analytics & AI
A hot topic we see and hear a lot in healthcare is leveraging big data. Little known fact, we don’t yet have big data in healthcare, so the industry hasn’t had the opportunity to use big data. Healthcare has been in the “little data” game because much of the healthcare experience has yet to be digitized. In addition, interoperability issues leave much data siloed on disparate databases across the healthcare ecosystem. This is all changing, and this change is accelerating. We’re quickly
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How Contactless Technologies Can Propel Healthcare Towards the Future
With the continued spread of COVID-19, health organizations around the world are accelerating their adoption of tech solutions that mitigate the need for physical contact between healthcare providers and patients. Contactless innovations like automated robots and the Internet of Things (IoT) not only reduce the spread of disease in medical facilities, though; they also have the potential to improve overall organizational performance due to their advanced data-collecting and protecting
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3 Underfunded Areas Essential To The Success of Value-Based Care
- Third annual Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) reveals value-based care depends on three underfunded technologies. - KLAS Research shows patient engagement, data analytics, and precision medicine drives better treatments, but barriers remain.As healthcare continues to shift toward value-based care, technology that boosts patient engagement, harnesses all available data for informed decision-making and enables more effective treatments will
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Nokia Rethinks Its Digital Health Unit
Nokia today announces that it has initiated a re-evaluation of strategic options for its Digital Health business, which is part of Nokia Technologies. Digital Health's business portfolio includes consumer and enterprise products, and it manufactures and sells an ecosystem of hybrid smart watches, scales and digital health devices to consumers and enterprise partners.The strategic review of the Digital Health business may or may not result in any transaction or other changes. Any further
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Nokia Unveils “Healthier Together” VR Experience for Consumers
Today, Nokia unveiled their new "Healthier Together" VR experience for consumers to discover its new portfolio of digital health products debuting at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Created using Nokia's own OZO+ camera and software, the full portfolio includes Nokia branded smart watches, connected scales, blood pressure monitors and other consumer health devices that will be available in store and online in key markets worldwide."Nokia is launching the broadest range of
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Nokia to Acquire Withings for $191M, Enters Digital Health Market
Nokia has announced plans to acquire Withings, the Frenchh-based connected health company with a family of digital health products including fitness bands, sleep-trackers, thermometers, watches and scales for for €170 million ($191 million) in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in early Q3, 2016 subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The acquisition marks Nokia's official entry into the digital health market to help boost its ongoing renewal of Nokia
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