Nursing facilities have evolved from rest homes to medical facilities over the last 20 years. Patients are sicker, older, have more medical comorbidities, and are frailer. They require more assistance with activities associated with daily living and have much greater rates of cognitive impairment. People over 85 are the most rapidly expanding demographic and the elderly segment of the American population is expected to double in 2030 from 2010. Even with a shift to providing higher-intensity
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18 HLTH 2022 Predictions from Digital Health Executives to Watch
Before HLTH 2022 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, we asked 18 digital health executives for their predictions and major themes to expect at HLTH. 1. Keith Reynolds, Chief Operating Officer at Welldoc Access to care is a central focus for healthcare given several factors: a growing population being impacted with chronic conditions, increased resourcing constraints, and growing fatigue and workload among providers. A recent study indicated that it would require a PCP 26.7 hours/ day
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Northwell Holdings & Aegis Ventures Form FemTech Company for Menopause Support
What You Should Know: - Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures inked an agreement today for the formation of Upliv, a femtech-based women's virtual care startup that aims to raise the bar for clinical menopause support. - Upliv is the joint creation of Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, the for-profit investment arm of Northwell Health. In April 2022, Aegis Ventures announced the intention to invest at least $100M in seed-stage funds toward the development of joint ventures with
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Forrester Unveils 5 Healthcare Predictions for 2023
What You Should Know: - A new dawn is on the horizon in healthcare. Equipped with new digital capabilities and pressured by new consumer expectations for personalized, convenient experiences, healthcare organizations face a predicament — act now and stay afloat, fail to act and get consumed by the competition, or risk financial ruin. - Market research leader Forrester’s latest report explores 5 key predictors for healthcare in 2023. Healthcare in the Era Post-Covid COVID-19
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Report: Virtual Care Still in ‘Wild West’ Days Sparking Confusion, High Optimism, Investment
What You Should Know: - A new "State of Virtual Care" report by Omada Health and Digital Medicine Society, in collaboration with Rock Health, reveals that buyers today are inundated with vendors labeling themselves “virtual care providers,” regardless of the care model they’re selling. This phenomenon is blurring their perception of V1C’s potential impact, and what that means for improvements in healthcare delivery and outcomes. - V1C solutions like Omada Health are changing the market,
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The Desire for Cost Savings Driving Key Trends in Healthcare Market
The healthcare market underwent significant changes during the pandemic as patients rethought how they received care, including opting for more telehealth and deferred elective procedures, but patient care is now normalizing as patients return to the office. However, payers are working to reduce the cost of care to reel in healthcare costs and keep premiums lower to remain competitive, driving key changes. Ambulatory Surgery and Home Care Surgeries are increasingly moving away from
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On/Go Launches COVID Test to Treat w/ free Paxlovid Delivery
What You Should Know: - On/Go (by Intrivo) – the health tech startup behind COVID test kits that have helped hundreds of millions of people – has launched a Test to Treat solution for at-home Paxlovid antiviral access, plus a virtual long COVID clinic. - While some studies have shown Paxlovid may reduce risk of hospitalization and death by 89%, only 11% of Americans who recently had COVID were given antiviral therapy, likely due to accessibility issues. Paxlovid treatment must begin
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings Launches Expansion Journal Focused on Digital Health
What You Should Know: - Mayo Clinic will launch a new Mayo Clinic Proceedings expansion journal on digital health, with the first issue to be published in early 2023. Articles will be published ahead of issue as they are accepted. - The journal, Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, will focus on the digital transformation that is reshaping healthcare. It will join Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, an open-access journal edited by Taimur
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The Botched COVID-19 Response and What We Can Learn from It
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely transformed the World Order and exposed striking realities of the global healthcare infrastructure by revealing the tendencies of various countries to deal with public healthcare emergencies. It has further raised the curtain on global hegemons like the U.S.A., which lacked the capacity and finances to counter this disaster. This has intensified the need for reforms and strong legislation to mitigate the pandemic’s devastation on healthcare facilities.
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Can the Adoption of Healthcare Technology Keep Up With the Pace of Innovation?
The disruption of the healthcare industry is continuing at a frenetic pace. As reported in a World Economic Forum article, $44 billion was pumped into medical innovations in 2021. Experts expect this influx to continue, all with the hopes of bringing machine learning, artificial intelligence, telehealth, and other technological and digital advancements and processes to both medical professionals and the people they serve. On the surface, this news is exciting and encouraging.
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