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3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings.

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

In order to advance healthcare, improve efficiency and care coordination, and make it easier for health information to be shared between different covered entities, electronic health records needed to be adopted. Health Informatics Trend #1: Interoperability. Here are three of them.

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AI in Healthcare: A Great Add-on, Not a Replacement

Healthcare IT Today

The healthcare industry not only needs to scale but also reduce human error, which is a challenge that comes with speed. Every other industry has discovered a way to do both and its automation. ultimately empowering consumers to take control of their digital health journey.

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