The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Read more… Meet Growing Demand for Mental Health Services With Personalized Digital Solutions. Nearly half of Americans live in areas with a shortage of mental health professionals, and wait times can last months. Read more… Use the Cloud for Private Healthcare Data.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Along with funding from existing investors aMoon and lool ventures, this round brings Eleos Health’s total funding to $68M. Experts have documented an urgent and critical need for behavioral health services in the US,” said Steve Sloane, Partner at Menlo Ventures. And the data shows they are already doing just that!”

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Digital Health Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Researchers from MIT and ASU had 310 participants interact with a conversational AI mental health companion for 30 minutes before reviewing their experience and determining whether they would recommend it to a friend. The post Study: AI is in the Eye of the Beholder appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Of course, there can be overlap between these segments (say, wellness tourism, spa, springs, and real estate; or mental health and healthy eating), but we can look to this GWI construct as the most inclusive (and through my Health Populi health citizen view, most realistic in the consumer’s view). trillion economy.”

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Digital Health Global

JUNE 6, 2023

iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10 introduce mental health and vision health features, and the Health app arrives on iPad CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced new health features in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10, expanding into two impactful areas and providing innovative tools and experiences across platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2024

John Lynn spoke to Peter Durlach, at Microsoft via Nuance, about Epic’s integration with Nuance DAX Copilot and how it reduces documentation by 50% per clinical episode. John and Colin Hung wondered if now is a good time to start a digital health company and suggested some of the hardest truths for would-be founders to accept.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Four in ten older people who had experienced telehealth also said they would be interested in telehealth for mental health care in the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

John interviewed Suki CEO Punit Soni, about how ambient clinical voice is changing rapidly, including how Suki works as a voice assistant and not just a clinical documentation tool. Read more… Addressing the Social Determinants of Mental Health. They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Colin Hung spoke to Marcus Perez at Altera Digital Health about helping providers solve cash flow and throughput challenges today while planning for care-at-home and other initiatives to support future business growth. Read more… Improving Youth Mental Health at Scale in Texas. Laurel Williams, M.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

More News from HLTH Walmart employees using virtual care provided by Included Health saw an 11% reduction in the total cost of care , the companies announced. Five in six (84%) Atrium Health clinicians reported an improved documentation experience using Nuance DAX Copilot.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The previous articles in this series showed how payers, providers, and digital health companies try to prove that they’re helping to create healthier patients. Sara Shanti, a partner specializing in health care at law firm Sheppard Mullin , says that organizations in the wellness space are searching for strong algorithms.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another likely forthcoming requirement that will exacerbate the existing challenges: in the coming years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will implement the provision for convening providers to incorporate projected costs from co-providers on an estimate for a care episode.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

from sharing sensitive information about their consumer’s mental health challenges to companies for advertising purposes. ” Unprecedented in telehealth history, the sharing of sensitive health information in early 2023 is poised to shatter provider naivete about working for large-scale business entities entering healthcare.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

Relieving stress has been a focus of digital health products at CES since the inception of the digital health program. These vibrations help calm the nervous system, the science of which is documented in this research article demonstrating a reduction in 70% of stress in as few as 30 seconds of use.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

It invites users to select a mental health plan of services from its homepage for $5.83 In 2021, the company merged with Ginger, an online mental health platform, in a deal that led to the valuation of the combined company at $3 billion. Headspace offers services directly to consumers as well as to employers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Robot Meets Freud – Bots in Mental Health. Can we trust our mental health to a machine? This panel discusses the strengths and weaknesses of AI applied to previously human territory, the ethical conundrums and potential efficacy of a machine “knowing” when/how to help us with our mental health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Additionally, secure electronic documentation tools will be used to store key data, such as around a patient’s visits and medical history, and create clear treatment plans and monitor progress. Wayne Johnson, Vice President of Special Operations at Sunwave Health. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2021

While telehealth and digital health capabilities have existed for a long time, the pandemic required M Health Fairview to adopt this change virtually overnight, Badlani said. There are also opportunities in digital health to address and improve these challenges. " Virtualizing care delivery.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2023

For pain management and chatbots for mental health? For mental health, 46% of consumers thought AI chatbots should only be used by people that are also seeing a therapist. Less than half of people expect AI in health and medicine to improve patient outcomes. chat) model.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This partnership will make both platforms more accessible to organizations across the country, enabling them to not only optimize virtual care delivery and quality, but also alleviate the burden of session documentation for providers conducting virtual appointments. The Eleos-Mend integration will be available later this year.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This partnership will make both platforms more accessible to organizations across the country, enabling them to not only optimize virtual care delivery and quality, but also alleviate the burden of session documentation for providers conducting virtual appointments. The Eleos-Mend integration will be available later this year.

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In Hand Health

JULY 16, 2018

According to Eric Wicklund of mHealthIntelligence , “ A survey by UPMC’s Center for Connected Medicine of the nation’s largest health systems. found that 58 percent are offering mental health services through telemedicine and. digital health platforms, while one third are planning on adding the service.”.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This change acknowledges the growing role of digital health and remote patient care. This might involve revising documentation practices, implementing new quality measures, and training staff on these changes. Q2: Are there any specific changes to mental health services reimbursement in the 2024 PFS?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Jude services and documents, enhanced our library of applications, deployed a virtual desktop interface (VDI) solution, and provided virtual training to help employees understand and use VPN connections and digital-workspace platforms," he said. Team members' mental health. " It was immediately deployable.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

This can be achieved using a data engineering framework that is flexible enough to handle structured, unstructured and semi-structured data-sets to create a Patient LHR (Longitudinal Healthcare Record) to get a 360-degree view of the patient’s health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Major players in the healthcare industry from governments to organizations will invest in training and integrating community health workers to help transition to more patient-centered healthcare services. Digital health will be critical for advancing health equity.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is beneficial for conditions that can be effectively managed remotely, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and mental health issues. Telehealth is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and mental health issues, as well as follow-up appointments and medication management.

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Waracle

JANUARY 21, 2020

Here’s our pick of the best in the space: Calling themselves, “the fastest evolving robust emotion AI engine in Voice”, Athens-based Behavioral Signals provides technology that can identify the onset of mental health issues through voice analysis.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 3, 2018

A CNBC LinkedIn search finds that Apple’s employee health clinic unit called AC Wellness has hired at least 40 people recently, most of them focused on wellness rather than healthcare services delivery. The program is rumored to be led by Sumbul Desai, MD, previously of the Stanford Center for Digital Health.

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