Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health Seven health system IT executives explain how they're strategizing to build on the post-. News How CIOs are prioritizing AI investments for the next 5 years In the first installment of Healthcare IT News' newest feature series, five hospital and health.

Health IT 148

Health IT EMR Interoperability EHR 148

Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2022

Key factors driving up the cost of an All-American cookout include supply chain disruptions (a hangover from the COVID-19 pandemic and consumer demand outstripping supply in many categories, as well as inflation and the War in Ukraine. ” And don’t forget to toast to our current blessings and future good news. 22% up for 2.5

Public Health 296

Public Health Mental health 296

eVisit

MARCH 29, 2021

We are pleased to share the news that our eVisit Enterprise Virtual Care Platform has been named the Solo Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Virtual Care Platforms for Digital Health, Q1 2021.

Digital Health 118

Digital Health 118

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The new AMA Digital Health Research sees attitudes and expectations changing among the physicians it surveyed. According to the report, adoption is encouraging across the seven categories: Telehealth and virtual visits. This category includes audio/video connections used to see patients remotely. Clinical decision support.

Health IT 158

Health IT Digital Health EHR Health Technology 158

Health Populi

MAY 8, 2023

The primary reasons most people between 16 and 64 years of age use the internet are to find information in general, to stay in touch with friends and family, to keep up with news and events, and for one-half of consumers, to watch videos and entertainment.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Mobile Health Telehealth 156

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Wondering if there's any news about AI? MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. The New York Times attempts similar for the uninitiated. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech , healthcare

140

140

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

” Now ad in prescription drugs which is the mature category of DTC in healthcare — a unique aspect of American medicine as the only country in the world, except for New Zealand, which permits direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. Well done, Teva. As of February 2023, Sequence was serving about 24,000 consumers.

Pharmaceuticals 156

Pharmaceuticals Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth 156

Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

For the 2024 Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth will accept proposals in the following categories: Hardware Accelerated AI, Generative AI, Tech Led Innovations, Mobile Health Apps, Healthcare Accessibility, and Social Change Solutions. To get breaking news, follow the company on LinkedIn , Facebook and @charmhealth.

EHR 88

EHR healthcare technology Digital Health Mobile Health 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 14, 2021

Pew’s survey categories included : Age, Rural/Urban, Male-Female, Income, Race, and Education. It’s easy to find an article about the Impact of the Internet on News Media. But how about the reverse – the Impact of News Media on Internet Access? category tags: Technology - AARP , computers, internet and social networking.

115

115

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

An article in the latest Drug Store News talks about consumers growing more health-conscious, adopting natural, homeopathic products. In the pandemic, retail health categories that have fast-grown focused on boosting immunity and over-the-counter (OTC) products for cough-cold, pain relief, eye care and digestive health.

Primary Care 398

Primary Care 398

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ironically, it was not the big tech news of the month – eclipsed by an OpenAI introduction that had appeared in November, but was suddenly noticed – first in December in the media. Sites are emerging that aggregate and update ChatGPT prompts by category. And we know that new barriers are just around the corner. Read the report.

Nursing 121

Nursing Digital Health 121

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

You launch the search engine on your phone and are surprised to see all of these ‘news’ items about local topics that have appeared in your Gmail inbox. Consider the conundrum of being sent an email notification on your phone from news site – because you are a paid subscriber, naturally. Oh good, a new look is coming soon!

58

58

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

The researchers organized physicians into four categories: Innovators (those with virtual visits before March 15, 2020). Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Early adopters (those who adopted telehealth during the week of March 15). Twitter: @kjercich.

Telehealth 200

Telehealth Primary Care Public Health Healthcare IT 200

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 17, 2021

"Health app users remain in control of which categories of Health app data they choose to share with their provider during each telehealth appointment, and shared data is encrypted in transit and at rest," said Ramakrishnan. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Telehealth 179

Telehealth Connected Health Telemedicine Healthcare IT 179

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? Perhaps the care was delivered through an order of Carmelite nuns , some of whom, along with retired priests, were also residents. Why are nursing home closures bad news? category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , aging in place , seniors and aging policy

Nursing 117

Nursing Medicare 117

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

Still, execs voiced optimism, driven in part by the launch of myStrengthComplete and what the company described as a "significant new agreement" with the Health Care Service Corporation. New Amwell acquisitions. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

Healthcare IT 154

Healthcare IT 154

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

You read it every day in the popular press – the bad news about the 65+ and their future care burden and the good news about the 65+ and their wealth (22% of US spending in 2022). The US population is aging and will be needing more care. Even with wealth, older adults at some point in their lives will need some level of assistance.

Mental health 69

Mental health Telehealth Health Information 69

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2020

" Three key themes are emerging about the future of health services, she said: Care will be tied to people, not places; everyday life will have a new context of care; and technologies such as AI and machine learning will help with human productivity. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

Telehealth 159

Telehealth Healthcare IT Telemedicine 159

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

The US News site was not an ad itself, but the article was filled with ads for devices. This category (and its much-marketed terminology) is quite literally old news. category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , wearables, smart watch. Ditto ‘ConsumerAffairs.com.’

Nursing 131

Nursing Medicare Telehealth 131

Digital Health Wire

AUGUST 23, 2023

Epic went with a Castaway theme for this year’s User Group Meeting, and it’s easy to see why considering Tom Hanks would need years on a deserted island to sort through all the new features and partnerships announced at the show.

EHR 52

EHR Digital Health 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

But there was also an awakening to the significance of aging in place , the investment category of older adults , the market power of older adults , including the 65+ population of 54 million. In 2020, Voice First category of technologies moved far beyond smart speakers and voice assistants. Voice first technology – in everything.

Remote care 118

Remote care Interoperability 118

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

This time around, national news media are covering Americans’ shortening life-span with headlines like, “U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback,” as covered in The New York Times. This is the largest fall in U.S. Inf act, heart health is table-stakes for much of wearable technology in 2023.

Digital Health 182

Digital Health Health Policy Mental health Telehealth 182

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

Here’s a list of the four categories of medicines on the GNC PRO “free formulary,” as it were. The website notes that there is a 12-visit maximum under this plan. The virtual care/telehealth services will tie to another “free” aspect of care: medicines, specific to men and to women, and to acute and urgent care.

Free healthcare 296

Free healthcare Telehealth Medical Billing Primary Care 296

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare.

Health Technology 105

Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

Nursing 124

Nursing Telemedicine Telehealth 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2022

Good news -- seventy-six percent of the 65+ population as of 2020 has access to broadband. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking. But what if tech adoption came from a sample size of 2.9 million households pulled from the 5-year census ( American Community Survey/ACS ) data? Attachment Size.

131

131

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Researchers profiled several vendors, sorting them into the categories of "electronic health record," "population health management," and "virtual care best of breed." " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

Telehealth 168

Telehealth Telemedicine Interoperability EHR 168

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

EHR 103

EHR Medical Billing Healthcare IT Digital Health 103

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Other charges in the DOJ fraud crackdown involve $29 million in false billings related to COVID-19, $133 million in false claims in connection with sober homes, $14 million in prescription narcotic cases and $145 million in what the agency called "more traditional categories of healthcare fraud." Twitter: @kjercich.

Telehealth 160

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Federal healthcare 160

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Let’s start with the vaccine news. Called the “first updated COVID-19 booster,” on September 1st the CDC announced the availability and approval for health citizens to get new vaccines which have added Omicron BA.4 Are you in a prioritized category? Have you gotten yours yet? Both shots? Or just the first?

Nursing 354

Nursing Public Health Medical Technology 354

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

But will chatbots be yesterday’s news? category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , senior living , Home Care On the other hand, GetSetUp responded to the chat request ‘training about smartphones’ with the quick ‘iPhone or Android’ and then after a few seconds suggested ‘iPhone Tips and Tricks.’

136

136

Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

Innovators can submit in one of four categories: Startup Entrepreneurs, Developers, Students, or Nonprofits and Research Groups. Within each category, CharmHealth will provide cash prizes: $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, and $2,500 for third place. For more information on CharmHealth, visit www.charmhealth.com.

mHealth 88

mHealth healthcare technology Digital Health EHR 88

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

Twelve years ago, when I began to attend CES, digital health was a nascent category featured with products featured in a couple of aisles in exhibit booths then dominated by Fitbit, Nike and UnderArmour. The company’s Core ScanWatch was a CES 2020 Honoree in the category of Fitness/Sports and Wearable Technologies.

Public Health 291

Public Health Digital Health Connected Health Health Technology 291

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Avni Gupta, a PhD student in the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU School of Global Public Health and the lead author of the paper, told Healthcare IT News that before the surveys, "there was a lot of anecdotal information about several challenges" clinicians were facing. Twitter: @kjercich.

Primary Care 199

Primary Care Telehealth Public Health Telemedicine 199

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The second table details medical spending by category: hospital care, professional services (doctors, dentists, and other professionals), residential and personal care, home care, long-term care, and the retail sales of medical products: namely, prescription drugs, durable medical equipment, and disposable supplies. healthcare.

Medicare 198

Medicare Primary Care Public Health Health Policy 198

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Cleveland Clinic study did uncover some good news: some U.S. Across all categories — note the mental health appointments avoided — a majority or large plurality of patients felt they needed to get that care. The most likely care avoided was scheduled surgery or preventive care, general appointments.

Mental health 170

Mental health Public Health Medical Billing Primary Care 170

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Consider voice-enabled smart plugs, thermostats, audio books, traffic directions, weather, and news updates – and answers to questions that might matter about health, social connection, and personal safety. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living.

166

166