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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The silver lining: Healthcare is the leading sector, though most funds are going to biotech. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The South Dakota Department of Health selected Avel eCare to connect EMS agencies in the state to emergency physicians and registered nurses via telemedicine.

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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Collaborations between AI vendors and biotech/pharma companies over the last five years are worth more than $45 billion , according to a recent report from Accenture.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

Dr. Fendrick was part of a team that wrote one of the first research articles on the effects of increasing patient cost sharing on health disparities — published in 2008 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. ” Out of the mouths of Mom’s, right?!

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GlobalMed Brings Virtual Care to Ghana

GlobalMed

Our mission is to transform global health by bringing quality virtual care to the underserved – which is why our telemedicine solutions treat patients in over 55 countries. Recently a GlobalMed contractor transformed a village in Kumasi, Ghana with just one telemedicine station. Over 300 patients showed up, most on foot.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

Note in Exhibit 1 from the article the process and outcomes of UM programs for each of the stakeholders. There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs. Every one of the processes generates a cost.