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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

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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Five Ways a Good Digital Health Registry Addresses Healthcare System Needs

The Digital Health Corner

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) has been used since 2015 as a metric to determine negative Medicare payment adjustments to providers who do not meet quality standards. In addition, the aggregation of raw data can even potentially affect disease treatment strategies. Provide real-world data for regulators.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

Policymakers can help counteract the negative impacts of the workforce shortage through a variety of strategies. They are primarily being developed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) which has driven payment policy (including APMs) in the two big government healthcare programs: Medicaid and Medicare.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As patients have grown accustomed to digital healthcare, they are now demanding it from their providers. Providers will be focusing on building the most effective 'digital front door' strategies to stay relevant to a hyper-connected audience. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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Healthcare Trends 2024: Navigating the Future of Medicine and Patient Care

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

By leveraging the latest in digital health technologies, RPM empowers patients to manage their health conditions in the comfort of their own homes, while providing healthcare professionals with real-time data to make informed decisions.

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Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

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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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

While venture capital -backed startups in digital health offer opportunities to affect the cost and quality of care, often by challenging prevailing modes of care delivery, they pose potential risks to patient care and raise important questions for policy makers. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).