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Let’s Save the Date and Make Patient Engagement Official in 2022

Society for Participatory Medicine

Patient engagement is measured by Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Processes and Services (CAHPS) surveys & Patient Activation Measures (PAM). Healthcare stakeholders such as health systems, pharmaceutical companies, biotech and life sciences firms, and insurance companies serve patients as end users.

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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

News and Studies The American Telemedicine Association released three tools aimed at addressing disparity and inequity in care : Digital Infrastructure Disparities Score and Map, Economic and Social Value-Added Calculator, and a toolkit including all previously released resources.

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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

Health Populi

For the study, Accenture surveyed 720 health care providers in general practice, oncology, immunology, and cardiology working in China, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., in May and June 2020. As the bar chart here illustrates, 9 in 10 cardiologists, immunologists, and oncologists saw sharply falling patient volumes.

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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

After receiving more than 38,000 public comments, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending the telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications beyond the end of the public health emergency on May 11. The silver lining: Healthcare is the leading sector, though most funds are going to biotech.

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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

A joint study by Omada Health, Rock Health, and the Digital Medicine Society, based on a survey of employers, payers and benefit consultants, found that 90% of purchasers view virtual care as a high priority , and the majority are willing to adopt innovative approaches, but few have a real understanding of what virtual care is.

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As COVID-19 Rocks Markets, Digital Health Start-Ups Rake In Cash

Lloyd Price

One leading sector of the digital health space, telemedicine companies, generated three times the amount of financing they received in Q1 2019, raising $788 million in venture capital backing, compared to $220 million in the first quarter of 2019. Rock Health surveyed an array of investors from various firms for its report.

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Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials

Digital Health Global

Evolution and Benefits of DHTs in Neurology Trials DHTs – like wearables, mobile health apps, and telemedicine platforms – have for example significantly impacted the design and execution of neurology trials. In a recent review paper appeared on Nature , Mittermaier et al. in 2010 to 11.4%