Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

PocketHealth was founded in 2016 by brothers Harsh and Rishi Nayyar to give patients access, control, and a deeper understanding of their health records while streamlining the way healthcare providers share medical imaging. To support these goals, the company plans to double its workforce over the next two years.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Three quarters of GPs surveyed have said they are seeing between one and five people a day suffering with loneliness, which is linked to a range of damaging health impacts, like heart disease, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. At the center of this convergence are friends, families and peoples’ communities.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 10, 2019

Leveraging these returning patients along with proper case management services, a facility can track and influence patient health. It is well known that rural health facilities struggle to find an adequate number of providers, with a particular problem of recruiting and sustaining specialty care.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 14, 2018

Their solution enables patients to use the power of voice to complete interactive surveys, verify completion of care tasks and report health concerns while clinical trials investigators and coordinators can use built-in analytics to track user engagement and respond to user input. link] [link]

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018. From the 2016 event, attended by 6500, attendance had shrunk from 2009’s attending 9000. Read more here.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Employers should also plan to pay more for health insurance plan premiums being offered to employees. The survey said employers identified high cost claims, specialty pharmacy, and specific diseases as key drivers of cost increases. To learn about how to respond to the Letter 226J for the 2016 tax year, click here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

"This poses both a challenge from a patient experience standpoint, driving into the city, which increases the stress and time burdens on the patient, but also from a health system perspective, that beds are filled by transferred patients simply because a consult wasn’t able to be provided in the community location," Maile explained.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 6, 2018

And, of course, studies could use simple touchscreen-based surveys and activities. That move was followed in 2016 by the announcement of CareKit, which allows developers to build their own health management programs and plans.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 19, 2019

Deven was the ideal peer reviewer on patient privacy because she had joined Ciitizen following her tenure as Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services]. News & World Report in 2016-17. That’s our call, or should be.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

In addition to offering a generous employee benefits package, the hospital collaborated with the Massachusetts Nursing Association — its RNs’ collective bargaining arm — to offer employees up to $2,000 in incentives for maintaining their health. Boston Business Journal named the hospital a Best Place to Work in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

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