What You Should Know
- Homeward, a new company focused on improving access to high-quality, affordable primary and specialty care in rural communities launches with an initial $20M investment.
- The organization is rearchitecting care for rural Americans who have a 23% higher mortality rate than those in urban communities.
Homeward – a San Francisco, CA-based mobile, in-person, and telehealth hybrid care model (with specialty and primary care providers) for people
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Patient Monitoring
2022 Infusion Industry Outlook: Adapting Care Delivery to Meet New Realities
January 2022 marked two years since the outbreak of COVID-19, with the healthcare system still working to adjust to a very challenging new reality. However, these challenges have served as a catalyst for important shifts within the healthcare industry, some of which are poised to be a significant part of the 2022 infusion landscape.
Similar to 2020, there were increases in demand in 2021 for infusion pumps to treat COVID-19 patients. Initially, infusion pumps were requested for Covid patients
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Validic’s Integrated RPM Platform Now Available on Epic App Orchard
What You Should Know:
- Validic today announced that its remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform, Validic Impact, is available on the Epic App Orchard.
- Through the App Orchard, organizations using Epic can easily integrate Validic's solution into their existing user workflow.
Platform-First Approach to RPM and Condition Management
Validic Impact takes a platform-first approach to RPM and condition management. Clinicians and care teams leverage streamlined workflows and access to
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Ventilator Consumables Market Analysis: COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions
Consumables are often associated with low-cost, standardized products. This has often been the case with breathing system solutions used in ventilation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sufficient infection control in the hospital environment, subsequently uplifting demand for solutions that reduce infection risk. Vendors of all calibers grabbed this opportunity to expand market share, but questions remain on whether they will keep up in a crowded and
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Healthcare Is A Cyber Criminal’s Dream, But It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way
Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, limited resources, complicated supply chain, and patient care delivery. When faced with having to pick a priority to optimize for, healthcare will, of course, always pick delivering healthcare. This means that when tradeoffs must be made and resources are limited immediate patient care is prioritized over anything else.
A great example of this is looking at how
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Telehealth vs. Remote Patient Monitoring: Which Is Better for Your Patients?
Are Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and telehealth the same thing? If virtual visits replace in-person visits, will that negatively impact my practice? Will I lose reimbursement and the in-person connection with patients? These are questions and concerns that we frequently hear as practices consider if a Remote Patient Monitoring program is right for their patients.
What is Telehealth?
Let’s start with definitions. RPM and telehealth are not the same thing. Telehealth is a very broad,
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u Partner to Deliver Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u team up to deliver remote patient monitoring with FirstNet® for high-risk patients.
Qure4u, a provider of digital health solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with with AT&T and Samsung to provide remote patient monitoring (RPM) for patients with high blood pressure. As part of this collaboration, Qure4u chose FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, to provide reliable and highly secure connectivity to
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100Plus, athenahealth Partner for Remote Patient Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- 100Plus partners with athenahealth’s marketplace program to provide remote patient monitoring services for clinicians.
100Plus, a Connect America company and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) platform for clinicians and patients, has partnered with athenahealth, Inc. through the company’s Marketplace program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, 100Plus RPM services are now available to athenahealth’s growing network of healthcare providers, empowering them to
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Connect America Acquires Remote Patient Monitoring Platform 100Plus
What You Should Know:
- Connect America LLC, a provider of digital health and connected care for seniors and vulnerable populations, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100Plus, the remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI).
- Connect America, a portfolio company of Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity, is adding complimentary digital health products and technologies to enable both passive monitoring of patients in
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Cadence Launches with $41M & LifePoint Health Partnership for Remote Patient Monitoring Platform
What You Should Know:
Cadence, a New York City-based health IT company empowering care outside the four walls of the hospital announced its official launch with $41 million in funding and a foundational partnership with national healthcare company, LifePoint Health. The funding was led by General Catalyst and Thrive Capital.
- Cadence has built a breakthrough remote care management platform that will deliver better care to people managing chronic conditions at scale.
- As part of the
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