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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Medically Home added Arcadian Health , a Louisiana-based mobile health service, to its network. Empathy is partnering with Carallel to offer bereavement support to caregivers as a covered benefit through employer-sponsored health plans. Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

Finally, as we are in February, the month to celebrate heart health, here are a few important links highlighting new and exciting developments in the field… > More evidence in a large meta-analysis in BMJ on the positive impacts of not smoking and smoking cessation on the risks of coronary heart disease and stroke. [I

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

A landmark clinical trial in which drugs are given solely on the basis of genetic markers identified in the cancer tissue itself is the NCI-MATCH Trial (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice). Sixty percent said social media improves the care they deliver.”

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Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

In addition to community health workers, the integration of digital health solutions will be imperative for addressing health disparity and advancing health equity. For example, scalable campaign automation and chatbots can achieve value-based equitable care targets while easing administrative burden to counter burnout.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

Declining Margins at Hospitals: Previous analysis by the consulting firm Kaufman Hall predicted that more than half of all hospitals would have negative margins at the end of 2022. Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network.