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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

But what may seem to be separate burdens – suffering through illness and struggling to pay off medical debt – can actually intertwine into what experts call financial toxicity. A distress common to Americans with serious or chronic diseases, financial toxicity can diminish treatment outcomes and impact physical and mental health.

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How Telehealth Expands Cancer Care Access

GlobalMed

Almost everyone knows someone who has been impacted by cancer, and each diagnosis has its own set of challenges. But a problem no cancer patient should have to deal with is whether they can see a doctor who can address their medical needs. And for rural patients needing cancer care, access to an oncologist is limited with 19% of the U.S.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. They are not even in the same universe” among people dissing the idea in short-hand.

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Uses of AI in Healthcare – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

True advancements will be seen in predictive algorithms for drug benefits and toxicities, particularly in cancer treatment. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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