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New athenahealth Research Finds that Telehealth Fills Care Gaps

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/28/2022 Leave a Comment

$17B athenahealth PE Firm Buyout Deal Near Closing - Health M&A

What You Should Know: - Increased usage of telehealth, driven by COVID-19, not only remains substantially above pre-pandemic levels but has also emerged as both a key diagnostic tool and treatment vehicle, according to new research from athenahealth. - The findings, announced today by athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, suggest that telehealth is now integrated across the care continuum. The findings
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MedStar Health Awarded $2M Telehealth Research Grant

by Jasmine Pennic 09/27/2022 Leave a Comment

MedStar Health Awarded $2M Telehealth Research Grant

What You Should Know: - MedStar Health has received a nearly $2 million telehealth research grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to expand its research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare focused on telehealth access, safety, and equity. - The grant will allow researchers to establish a patient safety learning laboratory over a four-year funding period to apply a cross-disciplinary, human factors and systems
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Bicycle Health, Tele911 Partner to Bring OUD Care to Emergency Patients

by Fred Pennic 08/16/2022 Leave a Comment

Bicycle Health Secures $50M for Virtual Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

What You Should Know: - Bicycle Health, a provider of virtual opioid addiction treatment, and Tele911, a telemedicine company specializing in reducing medically unnecessary ambulance transports of stable 911 patients to hospital ERs, today announced a partnership to increase access to opioid use disorder care for patients in emergency situations. - The partnership between the two organizations will ensure that patients experiencing health crises stemming from or in addition to opioid use
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Digital Front Doors Create Personalized Patient Experience

by Aan Chauhan, Chief Technology Officer, Mindtree 08/09/2022 Leave a Comment

The Digital Front Door to Patient-Centric Healthcare

Heightened patient expectations are changing the way healthcare services are delivered, from the way patients receive care to the way they pay for services and manage their conditions. A need for greater patient-centricity is changing the way payers, providers, and healthcare services organizations do business. The digital front door is an ecosystem of technologies patients use to engage with healthcare, starting from when they detect symptoms, to when they pay or receive post-appointment care.
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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

by Michael Sheeley, Co-founder and CEO at Nurse-1-1 07/27/2022 Leave a Comment

Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

Digital transformation has increased healthcare access, but quality and consistency are lagging behind. A human touch – and some innovative thinking – can get us where we need to be. We weren’t prepared. But can you blame us? The healthcare industry has gone digital faster than anyone could’ve expected. Digital health options like telemedicine and online pharmacies existed before the pandemic. At some point, they would’ve naturally risen to prominence. COVID-19 forced us to stuff a
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Impact of Applying Law of Small Numbers to the Telehealth Industry & Why Its Unsustainable

by Sanjula Jain, PhD., Chief Research Officer, Trilliant Health 07/25/2022 Leave a Comment

Impact of Applying Law of Small Numbers to the Telehealth Industry & Why Its Unsustainable

Driven by headlines and incomplete, misleading data that favor a telehealth narrative, health systems and healthcare investors must start asking "who" is actually supporting waning demand. The healthcare industry is no stranger to the 80/20 rule. The principle says 80% of an effect is driven by 20% of a cause, and in healthcare, it usually refers to there being a specific cohort of the population (e.g., the chronically ill) driving the majority of care utilization and costs. More recently,
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TytoCare & Carilion Clinic Partner to Expand Telehealth Offerings

by Fred Pennic 06/08/2022 Leave a Comment

Carilion Clinic Joins TriNetX Network to Expand Clinical Research and Collaboration Opportunities

What You Should Know: - TytoCare has partnered with Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit health care organization serving Virginia’s Blue Ridge and Southwest Virginia regions. - The integration of TytoCare into Carilion’s current virtual care offerings enhances the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients remotely with in-depth, physical examinations during virtual visits. Shortage of Primary Care Physicians in Rural Communities Rural
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Is Telehealth Healthcare’s Biggest Cyber Threat?

by Mike Wilkes, Chief Information Security Officer, SecurityScorecard 06/08/2022 Leave a Comment

Is Telehealth Healthcare’s Biggest Cyber Threat?

It’s time to get used to seeing your doctor from a digital screen, as virtual care is projected to expand well into the future. And while telehealth technology has proven to be highly beneficial in supporting the shift to virtual healthcare, it has also introduced a host of new vulnerabilities and opportunities for security breaches. Cybercriminals have always preyed on the healthcare industry, but with this virtual transition, the substantial increase in connectivity and network exposure has
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At-Home Testing Is The Future, But Lab APIs Are Stuck In The Past

by David Stein, CEO of Ash Wellness 04/07/2022 Leave a Comment

At-Home Testing is the Future, but Lab APIs are Stuck in the Past

The rise of telemedicine and virtual care options have primed at-home testing to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare. 70% of today’s medical decisions depend on laboratory test results, but lagging lab APIs hinder the widespread launch of remote diagnostics.  Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a major increase in telemedicine usage, including a 154% increase in telehealth visits during the last week of March 2020 alone. Both patients and doctors
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At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care

by Mark Clements, MD, PhD, CPI, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Glooko, Inc. 04/04/2022 Leave a Comment

At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care

If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding the world, consider this: The pandemic has turbocharged widespread acceptance of at-home digital health solutions. Forced to function in a world of social distancing, healthcare providers and physicians have quickly discovered how easily telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and digital therapeutics can improve patient care.  Many of these digital health innovations are designed to address
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