Medical science was taking great strides around the turn of the 20th century. An Austrian biologist had learned that humans have different blood types, researchers were discovering the existence of vitamins and a Dutch physician invented electrocardiography.
The landscape looks a little different now, just a short 100 or so years later. Medical science is using stem cells to grow new organs, a surgeon in New York City removed the gall bladder of a patient in France using remote robotic arms and
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Aetna to Offer Prenatal App Babyscripts to Support PA Medicaid Members
- Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania, Aetna’s Medicaid managed care organization in Pennsylvania enters a strategic partnership with Babyscripts. - Strategic partnership will enable Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania to deliver pregnancy care solutions to plan members at participating WellSpan Health sites using Babyscripts prenatal application. - New point of care model allows low-risk pregnant patients to receive the benefits of remote monitoring and virtual care.Aetna Better Health of
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Q/A: UnitedHealthcare Executive Talks Investment in Telehealth Innovation
Are
telehealth innovations the future of care delivery? Pat Keran, vice president
of product and innovation for UnitedHealthcare shared his insights and what’s
to come from the integration of telehealth innovations in the healthcare
landscape.
It’s should be of no surprise that in today’s app-fascinated world that telehealth services are becoming increasingly popular both for consumers and employers. According to a recent report from the National Business Group on Health, 39 percent of
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Mercy Integrates with Bright.md’s Virtual Care Platform to Modernize Care Delivery
- Mercy, a four-state health system serving Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas will integrate Bright.md services into their care delivery platform to expand their ability to care for patients.- Growing adoption of solutions like Bright.md’s SmartExam underscores increasing demand for non-video telehealth platforms as a more cost-effective and convenient means for treating patients with low-acuity illnesses and conditions that might be considered embarrassing for some individuals such as
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ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte Launches New Digital Health Ecosystem Platforms
- ConvergeHEALTH MyPATH for Health and MyPATH for Connected Care help enhance the patient experience, improve adherence and generate a rich, longitudinal, real-world data set for insights.Today at HLTH 2019, ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte announced the launch of a robust platform for the healthcare ecosystem that supports two critically important patient journeys. MyPATH for Health and MyPATH for Connected Care work together to connect and support patients and their care teams across the patient
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Cleveland Clinic, American Well Launches New Company to Offer Virtual Visits
- Cleveland Clinic and American Well form a new joint venture, The Clinic, to distribute comprehensive health services through virtual visits. - Through a secure digital platform powered by American Well, people from around the world will be able to connect with Cleveland Clinic's leading specialists and receive insights, opinions, recommendations, and assistance for a variety of conditions.Cleveland Clinic and American Well are partnering on a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide broad
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Philips Inks First-Ever Telehealth Pilot with VA to Give Veterans Access to Virtual Care
- For the first time ever, U.S. Veterans will be able to receive U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) health services at their local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) or American Legion (Legion) Posts through a multi-site pilot program dubbed ATLAS (Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations).- This first-of-its-kind telehealth initiative is the product of an alliance between the VFW, VA, Philips and The American Legion, which allows Veterans to conduct virtual appointments with their VA
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UnitedHealthcare Launches On-Demand Virtual Visit App for Plan Members
- New mobile app gives 27 million Americans access to health information 24/7 to help encourage a more simplified and convenient health care experience- Integrated Virtual Visits offer on-demand access to health care professionals via a mobile device or computer - The new app – available on Android® and Apple® devices – will over time replace the existing Health4Me app for UnitedHealthcare plan participantsMillions of Americans now have on-demand access to telemedicine services 24/7 with
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Rimidi Adds Obesity View to EHR-Integrated Platform for Clinicians
- Rimidi adds Obesity disease view to its platform to preemptively identify and manage cardiometabolic diseases by combining data from multiple sources into disease ‘views’ that provide a holistic overview of a patient.- With the obesity view, clinicians are better equipped to identify and lower the potential health risks impacting patients- The addition of obesity to Rimidi’s platform addresses the evolving policies and care around obesity, as the chronic disease requires increased medical
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The Graveyard of Digital Health, and How to Stay Out of It
- How partnerships are breaking the adoption barrier for digital health.
Collaboration is at the heart of successes over history — in Darwin’s words, “those who learn to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
Yet the healthcare space has been slow to learn that lesson. Far from functioning as a team focused on a single goal, healthcare stakeholders operate on a fractured playing field, each one trying to get to the goal on their own. From that perspective, everyone becomes
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