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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Healthcare IT Today

Innovar Healthcare also branched out to help labs with data sharing when COVID-19 hit, and now is working more and more with digital health companies who have similar data sharing problems. Watch the video for more background on “last mile” interoperability problems and why Innovar Healthcare can solve them efficiently.

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

An ONC blog post described how the tool works: Developers answer questions about the type of health data the app will collect, the intended use of the app, and the type of entity developing the app to determine whether the app is subject to HIPAA, the information blocking rule, or other federal laws.

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Amazon’s second Healthcare acquisition is emblematic of the kinds of Digital solutions becoming Startup exits

Lloyd Price

Near-record funding and a string of public offerings have led to substantial buzz for the digital-health arena. They’re the nitty-gritty problems, those which may go unnoticed by the vast majority of entrepreneurs but whose solutions help patients seamlessly negotiate a fragmented health system.

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Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Healthcare IT Today

What was unique about Kno2’s early intentions of building nimble, accessible, and cost-effective solutions to swiftly impact care delivery and health outcomes was in the focus on what Bell calls, “The Edge.” Check out the other videos in this series with Theresa Bell: Why get involved with TEFCA? What sets Kno2 apart ? About Kno2.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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LLC, not- for-profit) including but not limited to local departments of health or social services, behavioral health IPAs and other structures formed by regional participants. Goal #4: Creating Statewide Digital Health and Telehealth Infrastructure. Ongoing Software-as-a-service fees. This isn’t difficult.