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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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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Target Offers Team Members Free Access to Virtual Visits Via CirrusMD
What You Should Know:
- Target announced a number of new and extended COVID-19 benefits, including access to CirrusMD’s virtual care platform. The platform will provide text-first virtual health care visits for team members to securely text, share images, or video chat with a doctor.
Target today
announced a number of industry-leading updates and extensions to its pay and
benefits including access to virtual care visits. To support the health and
safety of its team members during a
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COVID-19: What it Means to American Healthcare: Trends, Impacts, Predictions, and the Road Ahead
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer releases new report, “COVID-19: What it
Means to American Healthcare: Trends, Impacts, Predictions, and the Road Ahead”
that uncovers a two-fold strategy for healthcare organizations to predict the
utilization trend of resources and maps the route from immediate COVID-19
challenges to steps needed to address these barriers.
- The report probes how virtual care and telemedicine IT
solutions rose as the ray of hope in the wake of an unprecedented outbreak
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Backed by Northwell, Conversa Health Raises $12M for AI-Powered Chatbots
What You Should Know:
- Conversa Health raises $12 million in Series B funding
round to expand its AI-powered chatbots enabling health systems, payers and pharmaceutical
companies to engage patients and collect patient-generated health data and
patient-reported outcomes.
- Conversa plans to use the funding to scale its virtual
care and communication platform—97 percent of patients who have used its chatbots
say they can better manage their care with Conversa.
- Murray Brozinsky
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FCC Surpasses $100M in Approved COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications
What You Should Know:
- FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 305 healthcare providers in 42 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $105M in funding.
The Federal Communications
Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 67 funding applications
for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare
providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $16.87M in
funding to
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ChristianaCare Deploys Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program
What You Should Know:
- ChristianaCare develops telehealth Employee COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring and Testing Program that allows employers to take proactive, responsible step to ensure workforce safety as they open for work.
- The program relies on ChristianaCare’s COVID-19 Virtual Practice and its award-winning CareVio care management program for daily bi-directional, secure text messaging.
- Currently, 12 employers in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Arizona are
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COVID-19 Chronic Condition Patient Population Report
What You Should Know:
Wellframe report finds patients want access to virtual
solutions to help manage their chronic conditions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a
significant effect on the chronic condition population by delaying access to
care and exacerbating mental health challenges.
Wellframe, a
provider of Digital Health Management solutions, announced the findings of its COVID-19
Chronic Condition Patient Population Report
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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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