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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

Health Populi

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM The massive health system recently set three goals: Improve patient outcomes by monitoring and actively managing patients with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on remote medication titration to get more patients to guidelines. Enhance patient engagement as patients are better connected with their primary care providers.

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TrueCare graduates half its home hypertension patients from RPM program, and counting

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

PROPOSAL "Knowing the value RPM has on improving patient engagement and outcomes , we wanted to find the right RPM technology to help us better manage our growing hypertension patient population," said Dr. Denise Gomez, a primary care physician and director of adult medicine at TrueCare.

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Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

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Beyond the sheer scale of patient volumes reached during the pandemic, virtual care was adopted by physicians across specialties well beyond primary care. If you believe in the power of virtual care, you can learn more and promote on social media using the hashtag #TelehealthAware. In 2020, 79% of U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – March 2, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

What Health IT Trend Has You Most Excited ? Caleb Williamson at the Connected Health Initiative sat down with Colin to discuss hopes that regulators understand there are different risk levels to AI’s use in healthcare , with process automation not subject to the same scrutiny as clinical decision support.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News and Research More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Included Health is partnering with Dispatch Health to connect virtual primary care to in-home urgent medical care.

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AI: Patients Included

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“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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