Connected Health Pulse

Planned community Lake Nona collects residents' data for longitudinal health study

Mobi Health News

MARCH 13, 2024

Juan Santos, SVP of brand experience and innovation at the Tavistock Group, opened the Venture Connect Forum by discussing the community's collection of resident data to improve healthcare outcomes.

HeartMates, Bringing Community and Heart Health Love from Damar Hamlin – Abbott at #CES2024

Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2024

The program brings together a community of patients dealing with cardiovascular disease, a peer-to-peer network across generations and demographics. The post HeartMates, Bringing Community and Heart Health Love from Damar Hamlin – Abbott at #CES2024 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Check out the video clipped here.

Life Science

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Local governments will continue to step in to build better networks because communities have very few other options.”. That “necessity is the mother” motivation to build broadband comes from Christopher Mitchell , Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR).

Digital Health

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Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Health Populi

JULY 14, 2022

People whose sense of well-being shifted positively in the past two years are finding greater personal purpose and financial health, we see in Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index – 2021 State Rankings Report. When the study launched, Well-Being Index evaluated five domains: physical, social, community, purpose, and financial.

Life Science

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Community Health Centers: Increase Growth through Care Management + Telehealth

Understand the Growth Potential for Community Health Centers through this Easy-To-Use Care Management Guide. This guide covers Billing, Claims Processing and Payment for CCM, BHI and More!

Telehealth

Digital advancements in community nursing empower patients

DigitalHealth

MARCH 13, 2024

The integration of digital technologies in community nursing has become a pivotal part of patient care and accessibility to medical information.

Nursing

Nursing Digital Health

Community Diagnostic Centres deliver over seven million vital checks

DigitalHealth

MARCH 18, 2024

Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) have delivered more than seven million tests, checks and scans on NHS patients across the country.

One year after unwinding, community health centers struggle with Medicaid reenrollment

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 10, 2024

Almost all community health centers (95%) are reporting Medicaid disenrollment, influencing the level of care provided to individuals that rely on these locations. A new study looks at how community health centers have been impacted. States have handled the Medicaid redetermination process with varying degrees of success.

COVID-19 risks amplified for underserved communities

Mobi Health News

APRIL 22, 2020

Panelists from the HIMSS20 Digital webinar “The Forgotten Ones: COVID-19’s Impact on the Underserved Communities" talk about managing the virus in vulnerable populations.

19 Massive Telehealth Learnings After 4,000,000 Visits in 2021

Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

As patient network communities and payers collect data, unifying it all poses serious challenges. However, due to the rapid rollout, many practices and health systems were forced to cut corners when establishing their Telehealth programs.

Telehealth

WellSky beefs up community care tools with Healthify acquisition

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 2, 2021

WellSky will add Healthify’s SDOH capabilities to its portfolio of healthcare technology tools for providers, payers, health systems and community organizations.

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Altera Digital Health: Leveraging the Cloud to Address the Needs of Rural and Community Hospitals

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Rural and community hospitals face the same challenges as larger health systems. Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Pratt, MD – Chief Medical Officer for Paragon at Altera Digital Health to learn more about the company’s efforts for rural and community hospitals. They are just as complex an organization.”

Digital Health

Digital Health Healthcare IT EHR EMR

80% of nonprofit hospitals' community investments lag their tax savings, Lown Institute finds

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 25, 2024

Four in five nonprofit hospitals are spending less on community benefit areas like financial assistance than what they are estimated to receive in tax breaks, according to the latest annual report | Even after accounting for discounted care and community benefit investments, the money 2,425 nonprofit hospitals saved through tax breaks in 2021 would (..)

The Healthiest Communities in the U.S. After the Pandemic – U.S. News & Aetna Foundation’s Post-COVID Lists

Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2021

Some of America’s least-healthy communities are also those that index greater for vaccine hesitancy and other risks for well-being, found in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Healthiest Communities Rankings. and the economy (11%), together making up about one-half of each community’s healthy total.

Mental health

Mental health Public Health

Digital Health Unplugged: Community nursing – nursing in the digital age

DigitalHealth

APRIL 25, 2024

Joining Jordan Sollof on this community nursing focused Networks series episode of Unplugged are Helen Crowther, Ynez Symonds and Ian Bailey.

Nursing

Nursing Digital Health

ATA releases SDOH toolkit to scale community telehealth delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

New tools from the American Telemedicine Association can help assess a community's digital infrastructure and estimate the cost of telehealth-based clinical or social interventions to show how virtual care can impact healthcare disparities.

Telehealth

Telehealth Healthcare IT Telemedicine Health Information

Rewired 2024: ‘This is a watershed moment for community pharmacists’

DigitalHealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A fundamental shift in the digital capabilities of community pharmacies is opening the door to a new era of record sharing and shared care, Rewired keynote speaker Rahul Singal tells Digital Health News.

Digital Health

Industry Voices—A new reimbursement model is needed to ensure the future of community pharmacy

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 8, 2024

Community pharmacies are well positioned to make a difference in the lives of their patients by providing convenient access to quality, affordable clinical pharmacy services while closing gaps in c | The current environment of decreasing reimbursement and increasing drug costs is not sustainable for either chain or independent pharmacies.

Belong.Life Provides Holistic Online Patient Communities

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Patients throng to communities where they can get practical life advice in a depth that only fellow patients can offer. Belong.Life is an online community and app designed to combine many forms of support patients benefit from. A patient who receives a diagnosis is often confused, desperate, and overwhelmed.

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Enterprise Architecture Communities: It Takes A Village

LeanIX

APRIL 15, 2024

Enterprise architecture communities are the key to managing your vast application portfolio with limited resource. Discover how you can recruit your entire organization into your enterprise architecture initiatives.

Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

.” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity. has largely focused on individuals, and not so much community and population-level health and well-being.

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Chewing on Raley’s Social Impact Report: Re-Imagining the Future of Food, Health and Community

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2021

Raley’s geography sustained two major crises in 2020: to be sure, COVID-19, as well as the fires that devastated so many communities as well as environmental/air quality for so many citizens in California.

Public Health

The Way Forward for Community Health Following Pharmacy Closures

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This sheer number of closures risks causing a real setback to the government’s aim of promoting community-centric healthcare – an initiative viewed as an essential way of reducing health inequalities within a local area. The Need for Community Central Healthcare For decades, pharmacies have been a key pillar of community health.

Digital Health

Digital Health Public Health Healthcare IT Telemedicine

Your Grocery Store as Health/Care Destination: Welcome Kroger to the Clinical Trials Community

Health Populi

JANUARY 26, 2023

As a trusted community healthcare destination, we envision a future where our work transforms the clinical trial landscape and provides expanded trial access to the people we serve.” Social health happens in many forms in local communities.

Public Health

Public Health Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience

HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments. It's scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 from 10:15- 11:30 a.m. CT in North Building, Level 3, Hall B.

EMR

EMR Digital Health Primary Care Healthcare IT

Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Community Health Alliance (CHA) a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 27,000+ patients in Reno, Nevada, is using an old-school way to encourage use of its online patient portal – by having in-person conversations about it. ” The surveys are available in English and in Spanish.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT EHR Patient Experience EMR

Digital Health Networks launches survey of views about the community

DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Digital Health wants to know what Digital Health Networks members think of the community and is currently running its third biennial survey.

Digital Health

Achieving Community Health Goals with Virtual Care Solutions

Clear Arch Health

JULY 26, 2023

a Clear Arch Health Customer Success Story Who: Laughlin Community Health Center medical practice group located in Laughlin, Nevada Mission: To provide excellent, comprehensive health and medical care from pediatric to geriatric patients in the town of Laughlin and its surrounding communities. The results were quite favorable.

Nursing

Nursing Health Data

FTC opposes Novant Health's $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems

FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 25, 2024

Regulators are pumping the brakes on Novant Health’s deal to buy two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems (CHS), citing concerns of higher healthcare costs and little incentive fo | The transaction for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Davis Regional Medical Center and other assets would give Novant Health 65% control of the inpatient (..)

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Is your community prepared so you get the job done?

Telehealth

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The Role of Remote Monitoring In Rural Communities: How Can It Provide Better Patient Care?

Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 7, 2024

RHCs face distinct business […] The article The Role of Remote Monitoring In Rural Communities: How Can It Provide Better Patient Care? Telehealth services have become more popular, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted its importance as a necessary solution for rural health clinics (RHCs).

Telehealth

Diversity Telehealth in BIPOC Communities

Telebehavioral Health Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Communities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) don’t have the same access to quality healthcare as the rest of the population. The pandemic highlighted this problem as BIPOC communities suffered higher infection and mortality rates. . Zócalo Health Serving the Latino Community in Texas and California.

Telehealth

Community Health Systems misses Wall Street's EPS consensus as costs outpace revenue, demand growth

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Community Health Systems (CHS)’ higher inpatient volumes and reimbursement rates couldn’t outpace rising costs, dragging the for-profit’s fourth-quarter earnings well below its performance in 2022. |

Guy’s and St Thomas’s implement community workforce planning tool

DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Staff at Guy's and St Thomas' are benefitting from Allocate software which is helping to plan healthcare visits in the community and deliver safer care.

Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

Rock Health points out the long history of clinical discrimination experienced by these communities, which makes digital health tech ripe opportunities to help address care gaps. The post Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

Digital Health

Digital Health Telemedicine Public Health Telehealth

Florida Blue donates $3.3M to community organizations battling food insecurity

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 4, 2023

million in grants being awarded to nine community organizations by Florida Blue through its Florida Blue Foundation. The adage “you are what you eat” seems to be the operative mindset behind $3.3

Partnerships, community engagement can enrich healthcare data

Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

During a discussion at ViVE 2023, panelists emphasized the need to interrogate data and know how it could be biased.

Mass. community health centers conduct more than 1M telehealth visits

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Consortium, comprising 35 community health centers, has also passed the halfway mark of its $12 million goal aimed at sustaining telehealth capacity and addressing disparities among patients served. At the same time, Consortium representatives note that telehealth expansion must not leave patients behind. “The digital divide?disparately?impacts

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Telemedicine

19Labs and Pro México Indígena Revolutionize Healthcare Access for Indigenous Communities

19 Labs

AUGUST 1, 2023

Over 120 communities in 12 municipalities of two states of Mexico are being served, providing care for members of the Mazahua, Otomi, and Tseltal language groups via state-of-the-art mobile health clinics. The user-friendly GALE platform ensures the clinics operate smoothly, providing complete, advanced consultations for comprehensive care.

Mobile Health

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PRSB’s Community Pharmacy Standard will help unlock local pharmacists’ potential

DigitalHealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith Community pharmacists are some of the most skilled but under-rated clinicians in the community; that is set to change given the recent national focus on expanding the role (..)

DUOS Launches Connections for a Cause to Support Local Communities Across the U.S.

Digital Health Global

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This campaign, driven by the company’s unwavering belief in the transformative power of connections, aims to extend a helping hand to the people and communities it serves. DUOS will take this initiative and its interactive booth on the road throughout 2024 to build connections, inspire change, and give back to communities across the Nation.

Digital Health

Digital Health Medicare

Industry Voices—Driving health equity through community: Confronting bias in health algorithms for older adults

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 12, 2024

Designing community-centric programs that bridge public health and healthcare can address the inequities AI in healthcare continues to perpetuate. AI is riddled by bias, especially in healthcare.

Public Health

How to Increase Mental Health Care in Native American Communities

Iris Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Thankfully, telehealth can help bridge the gap and connect this community to culturally competent behavioral health services that meet them where they are. Let’s examine some of the most significant obstacles this community faces when seeking care. Want to know how your organization can help increase access to care for this population?

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Primary Care

First digital community pharmacy system suppliers receive grants in Wales

DigitalHealth

JUNE 8, 2023

The first award of grants has been made to two digital community pharmacy system suppliers by the Community Pharmacy System Innovation Fund in Wales.

Life Science

Planned community Lake Nona collects residents' data for longitudinal health study

HeartMates, Bringing Community and Heart Health Love from Damar Hamlin – Abbott at #CES2024

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Your State as a Determinant of Health: Sharecare’s 2021 Community Well-Being Index

Community Health Centers: Increase Growth through Care Management + Telehealth

Digital advancements in community nursing empower patients

Community Diagnostic Centres deliver over seven million vital checks

One year after unwinding, community health centers struggle with Medicaid reenrollment

COVID-19 risks amplified for underserved communities

19 Massive Telehealth Learnings After 4,000,000 Visits in 2021

WellSky beefs up community care tools with Healthify acquisition

Altera Digital Health: Leveraging the Cloud to Address the Needs of Rural and Community Hospitals

80% of nonprofit hospitals' community investments lag their tax savings, Lown Institute finds

The Healthiest Communities in the U.S. After the Pandemic – U.S. News & Aetna Foundation’s Post-COVID Lists

Digital Health Unplugged: Community nursing – nursing in the digital age

ATA releases SDOH toolkit to scale community telehealth delivery

Rewired 2024: ‘This is a watershed moment for community pharmacists’

Industry Voices—A new reimbursement model is needed to ensure the future of community pharmacy

Belong.Life Provides Holistic Online Patient Communities

Enterprise Architecture Communities: It Takes A Village

Redefining PPE As Primary Care, Public Health, and Health Equity – The Community PPE Index

Chewing on Raley’s Social Impact Report: Re-Imagining the Future of Food, Health and Community

The Way Forward for Community Health Following Pharmacy Closures

Your Grocery Store as Health/Care Destination: Welcome Kroger to the Clinical Trials Community

HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance

Digital Health Networks launches survey of views about the community

Achieving Community Health Goals with Virtual Care Solutions

FTC opposes Novant Health's $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

The Role of Remote Monitoring In Rural Communities: How Can It Provide Better Patient Care?

Diversity Telehealth in BIPOC Communities

Community Health Systems misses Wall Street's EPS consensus as costs outpace revenue, demand growth

Guy’s and St Thomas’s implement community workforce planning tool

Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Florida Blue donates $3.3M to community organizations battling food insecurity

Partnerships, community engagement can enrich healthcare data

Mass. community health centers conduct more than 1M telehealth visits

19Labs and Pro México Indígena Revolutionize Healthcare Access for Indigenous Communities

PRSB’s Community Pharmacy Standard will help unlock local pharmacists’ potential

DUOS Launches Connections for a Cause to Support Local Communities Across the U.S.

Industry Voices—Driving health equity through community: Confronting bias in health algorithms for older adults

How to Increase Mental Health Care in Native American Communities

First digital community pharmacy system suppliers receive grants in Wales

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