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Connected Health Initiative – Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill

Healthcare IT Today

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology.

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Partners Announces Five-Year Digital Health Effort

Healthcare IT Today

Partners HealthCare has announced the start of a five-year digital health initiative, part of a broader set of steps it will take as part of its system-wide strategic plans.

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Dartmouth- Hitchcock’s ImagineCare Platform Leverages Wearables, Connected Health & Analytics for Personalized Patient Care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

With ImagineCare, the Provider and patient have a window into the latest health status for insight and action. sensor- based devices, apps), combines it with EMR data (i.e. High tech meets high touch when ImagineCare notifies the RN or Health Navigator to reach out to the patient for real-time support and intervention.

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Ochsner Health System’s Digital Medicine Program Success

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Digital Medicine is a nationally recognized, clinically proven program revolutionizing how we treat chronic conditions combining digital tools and engagement with a dedicated care team. Ochsner O Bar Supports Patient's Digital Health needs In 2015, Ochsner Health launched its first Digital Medicine Program for Hypertension.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The famed digital health pioneer talks about his new book, Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. The companies also advise healthcare CIOs on some key interoperability questions to ask any EHR vendor when considering a purchase. Eric Topol on how AI could fix healthcare. needs a plan.

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From Boost Mobile and Swype to Xealth: One Entrepreneur’s Journey into Healthtech

Chilmark Research

Patients / consumers of health care are increasingly accustomed to the self-service, mobile-enabled options offered in other critical aspects of their lives, and a truly modern digital health ecosystem is incomplete without providing an option to utilize that for positive behavior change. Mike : [00:06:13] Great question.

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Vendor Displays Prior Authorization Info, Drug Pricing Within MyChart Portal. Will It Help Patients?

Healthcare IT Today

As a patient, I’ve never tracked how prior authorizations for my meds were going. Yes, I ask providers whether they’re making progress, but I never get a detailed response, nor do I demand one. Because honestly, there’s little I can do to speed up the process or affect the final outcome. However, it appears […].