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11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan

by Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation 02/19/2021 Leave a Comment

Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen a significant downturn in demand in 2020, and the recent resurgence in cases has led to further decreases. The public health emergency has also resulted in innovation, most notably telehealth, which has been granted temporary pay parity during the pandemic. Still, hospitals and health systems face a year of losses, but
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IoMT Is Improving Patient Access: We Must Avoid Creating New Barriers

by Elza Seregelyi, Director at L-SPARK and Heidi Sveistrup, CEO at Bruyère Research Institute 01/18/2021 Leave a Comment

IoMT Is Improving Patient Access We Must Avoid Creating New Barriers

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is changing the face of healthcare and has the potential to significantly improve patient access as well as system efficiencies. The adoption of telemedicine, for example, spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic, has spread rapidly.  Forrester revised its forecasts to predict that virtual care visits in the United States will soar to more than one billion this year—including 900 million visits related to Covid-19 specifically. Likewise, in the United Kingdom,
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12 Telehealth & Virtual Care Predictions and Trends for 2021 Roundup

by Fred Pennic 01/04/2021 Leave a Comment

12 Telehealth & Virtual Care Predictions and Trends for 2021

Dr. Paul Hain, Chief Medical Officer of GoHealth Telehealth is Here to Stay in 2021 Prior to the pandemic, telehealth was a limited ad-hoc service with geographic and provider restrictions. However, with both the pandemic restrictions on face to face interactions and a relaxation of governmental regulations, telehealth utilization has significantly increased from thousands of visits in a week to well over a million in the Medicare population. What we’ve learned is that telehealth allows
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As Telehealth Surges, Are Seniors Being Left Behind?

by Anne Davis, Director of Quality Programs & Medicare Strategy at HMS 12/11/2020 Leave a Comment

As Telehealth Surges, Are Seniors Being Left Behind?

A global health crisis has thrust us into a scenario in which lives quite literally depend on the ability to virtually connect. Telehealth has rapidly emerged as a vital tool, enabling continuity of care, allowing vulnerable individuals to access their physician from home, and freeing up resources for providers to treat the most critical patients. The acceptance of telehealth and expansion of covered services for the senior population demonstrate that this technology will endure long after
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Microsoft’s Venture Fund Invests in Andor Health’s Virtual Health Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 11/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s Venture Fund Invests in Andor Health’s Virtual Health Platform

What You Should Know: - M12, Microsoft’s venture fund invests in Andor Health’s AI-driven virtual health platform. - The funds will be used for accelerating sales and marketing by expanding into new markets beyond the U.S.  Additionally, the funds will be leveraged for investing in enhanced R&D engineering.    Andor Health, the company that harnesses machine and human intelligence to change the way care teams connect and collaborate, announced a
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Cerner Launches Video Visit Platform for CommunityWorks Clients

by Fred Pennic 11/19/2020 Leave a Comment

Cerner Launches Video Visit Platform for CommunityWorks Clients

What You Should Know: - Cerner launches new Video Visit platform for CommunityWorks clients at no cost through 2021 to support rural health organizations. Today in honor of National Rural Health Day, Cerner has announced the launch of their new telehealth offering to support rural health organizations through these tough times. The Video Visit platform will be offered to Cerner CommunityWorks℠ clients at no cost through 2021. The platform, which was announced at a virtual event for
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CareAsOne Summit 2020 Kicks Off Discussing Healthcare Transformation

by HITC Staff 11/17/2020 Leave a Comment

CareAsOne Summit 2020 Kicks Off Discussing Transformation in Healthcare

This three-day virtual summit hosts over 40 industry experts discussing the challenges and transformation in healthcare. CareAsOne, a virtual healthcare professional community, officially kicked off its first-ever, global CareAsOne Summit. With Microsoft and AWS as technology partners, the community’s conference joins healthcare experts from all over the world to discuss the most healthcare pressing issues of today and perhaps tomorrow.   Speakers started sharing their wins, challenges,
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Canadian Telehealth Startup OnCall Health Lands $6M for Virtual Care Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 09/15/2020 Leave a Comment

Canadian Telehealth Startup OnCall Health Lands $6M for Virtual Care Platform

What You Should Know: - OnCall Health Raises $6M Series A to Enable Virtual Care Programs for Healthcare Brands - Funding will be used by OnCall Health to expand its reach and build out its software that enables healthcare brands, systems, and startups to launch and scale their telehealth operations. - OnCall enables healthcare enterprises to rapidly launch their own virtual care platform that is highly configurable to their brand and workflow. OnCall Health, a Toronto, CA-based
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Lenovo Launches Virtual Care Solution with Voice Activated Digital Assistant

by Jasmine Pennic 07/01/2020 Leave a Comment

Lenovo Launches Virtual Care Solution with Voice Activated Digital Assistant to Support Individualized Care at Home for Patients with Chronic Conditions

What You Should Know: - Today, Lenovo launches Virtual Care solution to help healthcare provider organizations remotely monitor, engage with and educate patients with many of these chronic health conditions, including diabetes, COPD, congestive heart failure (CHF), and hypertension. - Easy to use, patients take the kit home, plug it in and can immediately begin interacting with their care team. Patients are guided through an individual daily care plan aided by biometric devices and
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Orbita Lands $9M For Conversational AI-Powered Voice and Chatbot Solutions for Healthcare

by Fred Pennic 05/28/2020 Leave a Comment

Orbita Lands $9M For Conversational AI-Powered Voice and Chatbot Solutions for Healthcare

What You Should Know: - Orbita raises $9M for conversational AI-powered voice and chatbot platform co-led by Philips Health Technology Ventures and HealthX Ventures along with investors Cultivation Capital and Newark Venture Partners. - Orbita's powerful conversational AI platform enables healthcare organizations to cost-effectively create and manage HIPAA-compliant virtual healthcare assistants for consumer and clinical applications that increase patient engagement, reduce cost of care,
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