What You Should Know: - Abbott today released the latest installment in the company’s multi-year Beyond Intervention series of global healthcare market research designed to uncover challenges that arise within the patient journey of people living with cardiovascular disease and to identify opportunities for patient care improvement. - The latest report stems from a survey of more than 2,000 patients, physicians and healthcare leaders, and reveals
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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them
What You Should Know: - Health equity – or the lack thereof – is one of the biggest challenges facing US healthcare organizations today. - A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, analyzes the role US healthcare ecosystem participants can play in addressing health inequities due to race and ethnicity. The statistics are staggering. Analysing Key Trends Concerning Health Inequities To understand the human and economic
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17 Execs Share How Health IT Can Address Clinician Burnout, Staffing, & Capacity
Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. Healthcare workers are increasingly burned out and leaving the industry altogether in droves. Those who remain to do the work are overburdened. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity. Staffing levels
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Aledade Expands Access to Value-Based Care for More Medicare Advantage Customers
What You Should Know: - Aledade is continuing its strong momentum today, announcing that Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage customers can now receive value-based care from Aledade’s network of independent primary care practices. - Participating practices can access Aledade’s cutting-edge data analytics, user-friendly guided workflows, and health care policy expertise, as well as integrated care services supported by AledadeCare Solutions. - This news comes shortly after Aledade
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Vivante Expands Virtual GI Care with AI-Driven Care Plans
What You Should Know: - Vivante Health, a provider of digital digestive health solutions for employers and health plans, is expanding its GIThrive platform with enhanced technology that optimizes triage, telemedicine appointments with physicians in every state when needed, and more - GIThrive’s virtual care model will now be powered by enhanced technology that facilitates triage, including access to all existing GIThrive features plus GI-related test ordering,
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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
What You Should Know: - A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women. - Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons is among numerous doctors who advocate for Agendia and its tests which look beyond race,
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The Patient Data Bill of Rights
While the United States is generally viewed as one of the great nations with a bill of rights, views differ considerably regarding whether the country has an enlightened approach to healthcare; especially contentious is the ability to provide universal, cost-effective access. I believe all patients in the United States should have basic inalienable rights regarding their personal health information. Therefore, I propose this Patient Data Bill of Rights, and believe it should be mandated by
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Cosmos Health Acquires Telemedicine Platform ZipDoctor – M&A
What You Should Know: - Cosmos Health Inc., a global healthcare group with proprietary lines of nutraceuticals and distributor of pharmaceuticals, branded generics, OTC medications and medical devices, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ZipDoctor Inc. from American International Holdings Corp (AMIH) for an undisclosed sum. - ZipDoctor Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Holdings Corp. (AMIH), is a direct-to-consumer
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MedArrive, Ouma Partner to Bring In-Home Maternal Care to Vulnerable Medicaid Members
What You Should Know: - MedArrive today announced its collaboration with Ouma, one of the most mission-driven maternal health companies in the nation, which has the largest DTC network of maternal-fetal medicine providers (and other care specialists). - The collaboration aims to improve the health of pregnant women and their newborns, especially those at high risk, by adding a vital service to MedArrive’s growing ecosystem of specialty care providers that managed
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Accelerating Clinical Trials Through AI-Enabled Precision Oncology
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics 2023 report highlighted a few major accomplishments within oncology, such as decreased cancer mortality rates and increased trial diversity. However, there is still much work to be done. Especially with the multiple types of new and ongoing challenges clinicians and staff members are facing - such as high turnover rates, decreased budgets and increased feelings of burnout - taking the necessary steps to enhance clinical trial procedures is crucial
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