Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances. Wellness app Vivoo launched an at-home digital UTI test.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. Ted Shannon, CFO at Strive Health. Health consumers demand better care experiences. Healthcare AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

"We expect with increased use, AI will improve accuracy by processing and analyzing large volumes of data, learn from the pattern of patients' responses, and make predictions and decisions based on that data. We anticipate release of this updated product in Q1 2024." Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

New patient experience expectations, coupled with a looming labor shortage in radiology, is forcing new (and in many cases, overdue) innovation in imaging diagnostics. Telemedicine helps to fill this gap. This would be especially true for Baby Boomers who are becoming a greater percentage of the patient population.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 15, 2024

Tombot ’s AI-powered robotic puppy companion is more than just an emotional support animal, through an array of sensors it can also remotely monitor patients. The company is planning to have a beta version available soon with full production later in 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Adoption of Patient Self-Scheduling Will Double Patient self-scheduling solutions topped the list of most “in-demand” technologies – expected to grow from 34% adoption to 75% by the end of 2024. This is one of the solutions that encapsulates why we called the report ‘The Tipping Point’,” stated Bengtson. “It

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

HaH is an innovative care model that provides hospital-level care in a patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care. Compared to similar hospitalized patients, HaH patients experience better clinical outcomes, better satisfaction, less caregiver stress, and better functional outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

Reducing denials is one of the top three priorities of every CFO we speak to, and by automating routine tasks such as filling forms, submitting appeals and denials pattern tracking, organizations can reallocate their skilled staff to more critical and high-value areas, enhancing the patient experience while managing operational costs effectively.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

Over in the UK, wearable devices are creating virtual wards, enabling care home patients to go about their daily routine while being monitored. While biosensors and smartwatches to gather data remotely are nothing new, 2024 will see a huge increase in the options available to healthcare providers to communicate with patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Vendors will finally be able to use this data to suggest health plans for members. By the end of 2024, these applications will be used frequently by healthcare consumers and will render payer portals as a thing of the past. Data input means data output.

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