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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He sees three major developments: healthcare will become a digital-first system; decentralization will become a major theme for health and life sciences organizations; and video will be part of every healthcare experience. You predict that decentralization will become a major theme for health and life science organizations.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

The range of clinical areas covered by these apps is shown in the “wheel” above, illustrating that mental and behavioral health, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular, digestive system, and respiratory applications together represented over one-half of the digital health categories and disease states in 2021.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. ” the report read. “Quite a bit, it turns out.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Though this is a significant increase from 2012, numbers haven’t budged much since 2015. eClinicalWorks completed Phase 1 of the QHIN application process , while the CommonWell Health Alliance intends to complete its application in early 2024 amid launching a new platform.

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Corporate Venture Capital's growing role and importance in HealthTech

Lloyd Price

Examples of Corporate Venture Capital in Healthtech Numerous notable examples highlight the active involvement of CVC in the healthtech sector: Johnson & Johnson Innovation: Through its CVC arm, Johnson & Johnson has invested in over 200 healthtech startups, focusing on areas such as digital health, medical devices, and biotechnology.

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FemTech M&A: What’s driving FemTech’s growth?

Lloyd Price

Natera - a genetic testing and diagnostics company that was founded in 2004, went public on July 1, 2015. Case Study 1: Nurx + Thirty Madison Nurx is a FemTech company that offers telemedicine services and provides access to birth control, emergency contraception, HIV prevention, and other health services to women across the United States.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Their approach is focused on hardware - using its popular iPhone and Apple Watch to turn its devices into trusted, secure channels through which medical data can flow, to help consumers better track and manage their health. Clinical Trials In 2015, Apple introduced new software, called Apple ResearchKit, for health researchers.