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VA, Verizon to offer new telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The app is just one of several available from the VA, including an online scheduling application and a "Ask a Pharmacist" app, along with a variety of apps targeting mental health and wellness. THE LARGER TREND. Telehealth is set for a major expansion in the U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 3 of 5 – Apple as “Intelligent Health Guardian”

Health Populi

Apple has progressed its digital health innovations for cardio fitness as an indicator of overall health, with high and low heart rate notifications, the ECG app coupled with the Apple Watch, irregular rhythm notifications, and an FDA-cleared AFib History feature.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling? On Monday 9th March 2020, at the start of this week, the U.S.

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept. In October 2023 the company created the Health Assurance Transformation Company (HATco) to collaborate with health systems in re-imagining and implementing a blueprint for “interoperablehealth care.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CIO and Chief Privacy Officer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Jankowicz is also VP of information management at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. With a PhD background in AI and machine learning, he has helped grow its electronic health record into an integrated platform. Damian Jankowicz.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“Some specialties, such as mental health, may find stronger footing via virtual visits. “Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency. Health portfolios reshaped for growth.