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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

A survey of Surescripts users found an 8% increase in the use of electronic prescriptions for specialty medications in the first five months of 2022 compared to 2021. Surescripts also reported a 24% increase in the number of prescribers enrolled in May 2022 compared to May 2021.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy. Senate leadership urging them to take up the legislation.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

Health Populi

This innovator positions itself as “dataware for food managers” and offers several solutions — including helping clients manage diet and promote health eating, leveraging food raw data. Sleep as medicine — Sleep issues are an underlying factor for many chronic conditions, and good sleep bolsters well-being.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy. Senate leadership urging them to take up the legislation.

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Rebuilding Resilience, Trust, and Health – Deloitte’s Latest on Health Care and Sustainability

Health Populi

Deloitte has been talking about resilience in leadership across all industries, globally, throughout the pandemic. Deloitte’s Global CEO, addressed four key stakeholder groups for resilience and sustainability: our people/workforce, organizations, society, and leadership’s ability to lead. In July 2020, Punit Renjen.

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Black Opal Ventures: Women-led VC Fund Investing in Technology to Revolutionize Industries

Digital Health Global

MIT alumnae launch inaugural venture capital fund focused on the collision of healthcare and technology NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Black Opal Ventures (BOV), founded by managing directors Dr. Tara Bishop and venture capitalist Eileen Tanghal, today announced their inaugural health-tech fund which has raised $58M to date.

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

Biofourmis continues to buck health tech funding trends with this Series D extension, which comes during a downturn in digital health investment. According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 billion—down from $14.7