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Digital health tools can be useful post-surgery, but more high-quality research is needed

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A systematic review published this past week in npj Digital Medicine examined the use of mobile and wearable digital health interventions to monitor patients after surgery. The team reviewed 44 articles that investigated the use of digital health tools in a post-surgical setting. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

It has been a long time since my last post of 2018. The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. One of my tenets of the differences between a digital health tool and a solution is the ability to solve an existing problem. Create credibility.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

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Digital retail pharmacy NowRx expanding into telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual pharmacies have become an increasingly large sector of the digital health marketplace in recent years, with Amazon launching Amazon Pharmacy this past year after acquiring PillPack in 2018. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE LARGER TREND.

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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

GSR Ventures, a $3 billion assets under management venture firm investing in early-stage digital health companies, is an unusual venture firm: The partners all are former practicing physicians and former successful healthcare technology entrepreneurs themselves. Dr. Justin Norden is a partner at GSR Ventures.

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

The FDA recently announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. Digital health differs significantly from drugs and traditional medical devices around which the FDA has developed its structure and policies over decades. The Action Plan builds on and improves previous digital health guidances.

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FDA releases medical device cybersecurity draft guidance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The guidance would replace one issued by the agency in 2018. Just this week, UCLA Biodesign executive director Dr. Jennifer McCaney told Healthcare IT News that the majority of executives in a recent study believe the FDA has responded more effectively to the evolving needs of medical innovation when compared to its global counterparts.