The past few years have been particularly interesting for the healthcare landscape. We’ve seen a surge in telemedicine and retail clinics, increasing use of personal healthcare devices such as watches and fitness trackers, aggressive attempts to dismantle the ACA, the growing influence of private equity investment firms, and massive mergers with disruptive enterprise market entries such as Amazon. As the ground beneath them continues to shift, many providers are venturing into new territory to
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2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List
What You Should
Know:
- Fortune and
IBM Watson Health named the 100 Top Hospitals that are setting new standards
for using technology to improve operational efficiency, quality care and
safety.
- The rapid shift to virtual care amid COVID-19 put a bigger spotlight on the barriers impeding digital transformation, but this year’s top hospitals are leading the way for practical approaches to using telehealth and predictive modeling as well as data as a foundational measure to align
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NexHealth Raises $15M to Expand Patient Experience Management Platform
NexHealth, a San Francisco, CA-based patient experience management platform, announced it has raised $15M in Series A funding from some of Silicon Valley’s best investors, including product-driven founders such as Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and Chief Product Officer at Adobe, and mission-driven founders such as Josh Buckley and Naval Ravikant.
Empowering Doctors to Run Thriving Businesses
Patients today spend more out-of-pocket, shop for care, and
have high expectations from their
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Why COVID-19 Highlights Urgent Need to Humanize and Modernize The Patient Financial Experience
It’s no secret that COVID-19 and the
corresponding near-immediate economic catastrophe will be felt for
significantly longer than the few short months it took to wreak its initial
havoc. While losses hit businesses from “a to z” (...except maybe Amazon, ironically),
hospitals and health systems tasked with treating the victims of this pandemic
bear a particularly harsh dose of the financial fallout -- $72 billion in CARES
Act hospital grants barely serving as a band-aid to the financial
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72% of Consumers Had First-Ever Virtual Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care, a new study published today by Kyruus, reveals 72% of consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a vast majority would like to continue using it in the future.
- The survey of 1,000 consumers ages 18-65+ takes an
in-depth look at their use and perceptions of virtual care during COVID-19.
A majority of healthcare consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic,
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Zimmer & Apple Watch Transform Joint Replacement Virtual Care w/ App New Features
What You Should Know:
- Zimmer Biomet announced new features of mymobility with
Apple Watch® - bringing remote patient care to life for patients who receive
hip and knee joint replacement at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
- Available later this year, mymobility with Apple Watch
will now use gait metrics (the stride of a person as s/he moves limbs) to
passively collect walking speed and double support time when walking on flat
level surfaces without GPS. These measurements
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The Digital Front Door: The Gateway to Empathetic Patient Navigation
The healthcare experience can often feel lonely. Lengthy surveys, unnecessary appointments, long waiting times and tedious, paperwork all contribute to this potentially confusing and isolating patient experience. Now, amidst a global health crisis, any barriers or obstacles to care could be detrimental beyond loneliness and could be fatal. These impeding components should not define a patient’s journey. Fair access to quality care, accurate record-keeping, and empathy should be at the core of
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Kyruus Raises $30M to Expand Provider Search and Scheduling Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions company raises $30 million in new funding from Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm.
- Kyruus will use the investment to expand its patient access platform to help health systems enhance the patient experience, both during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kyruus, a Boston, MA-based suite of provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced
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Siemens Healthineers and Geisinger Ink 10-Year to Drive Digital Health Innovation
What You Should Know:
-Siemens Healthineers and Geisinger announced a 10-year agreement to drive digital health collaborations, including artificial intelligence-enabled applications.
- The partnership will make better health easier throughout Pennsylvania and in all communities that Geisinger serves.
Siemens
Healthineers and Geisinger have
established a 10-year Value Partnership to advance and support elements of
Geisinger’s strategic priorities related to continually improving
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Telehealth After COVID-19: What’s Next for the Healthcare Industry?
Like the rest of the economy, healthcare has been upended by the coronavirus. Not just emergency rooms, but primary care physicians, specialists, and long-term care facilities, too.
Struggling to continue providing care in a time of social distancing, many have turned to telehealth in record numbers. Even providers who may have previously viewed telehealth skeptically – perhaps because of the technology’s perceived complexity or reimbursement challenges before COVID-19 – have now become
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