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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. Most people using at-home connected exercise equipment also foresee doing so after the coronavirus fades.

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2015 Trends for Rural Hospitals and Rural Healthcare

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Could cloud-based software be the saving grace for rural hospitals in 2015? Those actions are: assembling “key stakeholders in rural areas and seek out partners in state government, and “survey the existing infrastructure of rural areas” (for example gaps in Health IT and staffing). Care Coordination in Rural Communities: [link].

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The Patient Safety Issue of Racial Disparities and the Opportunity for “Health Equity By Design”

Health Populi

ECRI offers several recommendations and action-prescriptions for health systems to address racial disparities from a patient safety impact. These include: Embed health equity into the organization’s strategy, structures and processes – and allocate resources to these work-flows. Leverage health IT to identify disparities.

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

In health care, this is an underlying tectonic trend with implications for research, translation to therapies, individual treatment plans, population and public health. 2015 – Musings with Mary Meeker on the Digital/Health Nexus. 2014 – Health Care at an Inflection Point: digital trends via Mary Meeker.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA).

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The Way Forward for Community Health Following Pharmacy Closures

Healthcare IT Today

The Need for Community Central Healthcare For decades, pharmacies have been a key pillar of community health. They provide both a convenient and less formal environment for those who cannot easily access or choose not to access other public health services for various different reasons.

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Mayo Clinic uses $1M in FCC funds for connected devices to expand telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“Mayo Clinic has operated an RPM program since 2015. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. “Providers can order the RPM service to assist their patients with moderate-to-high risk chronic conditions.” ” MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here.