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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

> adults have an active Amazon Prime membership (adjacent to One Medical’s primary care services), and that 42% of Americans shop at a Walmart location every week. Trilliant points out that “existing consumer loyalty increases competitive pressures on traditional providers,” noting that 62% of U.S>

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Care Coordination, The Holy Grail of Good Medicine

Society for Participatory Medicine

The members of this team must collaborate to ensure that the best possible decisions are made on the patient’s behalf. Some of the hallmarks of care coordination include: 1. My recent experience at MGH represents care coordination at its best. In 2014 I had a total hip replacement.

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Case Study: Southwest Medical’s winning strategy for telehealth

American Well

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. .

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Case Study: Southwest Medical’s winning strategy for telehealth

American Well

In 2014, Southwest Medical Associates, one of Nevada’s largest multi-specialty medical groups, partnered with American Well to launch its telehealth service, SMA NowClinic. In the newly released case study , we reveal how Southwest Medical enrolled more than 30,000 patients in its program and conducted more than 20,000 telehealth visits. .

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

Because care is often decentralized across provider networks, specialists and hardware technology like Apple Watches and FitBits, essential pieces of data are lost when systems aren’t talking to each other. This could be data like lab results from a patient’s rheumatologist not being sent to their primary care doctor.

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Brigham and Women’s Primary Practice Pilots New Mobile App to Drive Patient Engagement & Collaborative Care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

A 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report on C hronic Care : Making the Case for Ongoing Care states that eighty-five percent of all health care spending was on people with chronic conditions. In the December 2014 PwC Health Research Institute (HRI) Report, two relevant health directions are described.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Primary Care In February, Apple launched a new subsidiary company tasked with providing healthcare clinics to Apple employees: AC Wellness. AI and DeepMind Google fought off Facebook to acquire DeepMind in 2014; by that time, it was already operating as a successful A.I. platform – a very interesting story in its own right.