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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Payers are consolidating as well because of pressures to scale for clients across large geographical regions and to support costs of technology. Healthcare IT can play a major role in M & A for providers. I would add that the enactment (and some would say the design) of the ACA itself spurred payer consolidation.

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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

2012 May;60(5):1000. It’s become clear that being a caregiver is a social determinant of health (SDoH): a non-medical condition that influences health outcomes. Health technology companies: Build caregiver proxy access into your app or platform. Greater risk of dementia when spouse has dementia? J Am Geriatr Soc.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

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