Digital Technologies Provide Solution To American Healthcare Crisis
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 3, 2024
By Harman Dhawan, founder and CEO, Bikham Healthcare.
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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
The latest report from Philips Future Health Index series attests to that, and to clinicians’ general recognition that telehealth has been crucial in the early phase of the crisis. The top-line findings across the five countries were that, Younger physicians remain, mostly, committed to the profession in the crisis.
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Former Amazon medical officer examines Surgeon General's clinician burnout warning
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 19, 2022
The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033. A crisis is looming for healthcare professionals and their employers.
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IKS Health Purchases AQuity Solutions to Create the Most Comprehensive Provider of Administrative, Clinical and Financial Services for Healthcare Organizations in the U.S.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This acquisition advances IKS Health’s Care Enablement Platform, consisting of technology and service offerings that span revenue optimization, clinical support, value-based care, and digital health solutions. “Healthcare is in crisis, one that is deepening from all sides.
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COVID-19 presents a new chance to make telehealth accessible to the underserved
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 8, 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory, reimbursement and technological changes have all helped trigger a massive and rapid expansion of telehealth accessibility. "Accordingly, we’ve expanded the aperture of our work with our members and digital health companies to address these populations," Smith explained.
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VA awards millions to veteran suicide tech challenge winners
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Veterans, veteran service organizations, community-based organizations, health technology companies, startups and universities submitted concepts ranging from targeted virtual care programs to other promising suicide prevention technologies connecting veterans to healing and recovery, according to the VA.
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Reducing Burnout in Healthcare With the Help of Digital Tools
AMD Telemedicine
OCTOBER 6, 2023
How to Leverage Digital Tools to Reduce Burnout and Improve Employee Satisfaction Healthcare is in the throes of an employee burnout crisis — and the numbers are nothing short of alarming. According to a survey in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , nearly half of healthcare workers have experienced burnout.
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Assessing the success of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 15, 2022
"Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness," according to the American Psychological Association. In the U.K.,
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Providence pivots digital consumer tools for COVID-19 response
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 14, 2020
It examined some of tools and strategies that stand to gain ground in the months ahead as health systems build on lessons learned during the coronavirus crisis. " This term "digital front door" is not a new one, of course.
Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2020
” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.
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Healthcare’s Sustainability Problem And The Solutions Tech Can Provide
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The following is a guest article by Melissa Powell, COO at Genesis HealthCare. Healthcare’s future is smart and sustainable, led by tech-driven solutions and human ingenuity. One great success story of sustainable healthcare that combines those forces begins with a nurse who sews. Healthcare is responsible for about 4.4
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When physicians and health IT leaders embrace an 'AI as an ally' mindset
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 24, 2023
Dhruv Suyamprakasam is CEO and founder of virtual healthcare company iCliniq. He believes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models like it are not a threat to healthcare but an enhancement. He recognizes ChatGPT and other AI applications as productivity enhancers for both virtual and in-person care providers.
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Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JUNE 8, 2023
Unfortunately, the healthcare resources available to them are often limited. This article reviews Gen Z’s mental health statistics, explores the role of telehealth in addressing Generation Z’s mental health crisis, and offers suggestions for psychotherapists who wish to develop services to help address this urgent need.
How the Coronavirus and Technology Are Reshaping Home-Work, -Life and -Health
Health Populi
MARCH 31, 2020
As people conform to the #StayHome lifestyle to #FlattenTheCurve of the coronavirus pandemic, technology is transforming peoples’ home lives for working, playing, and socializing. The Consumer Technology Association has conducted the COVID-19 Impact Study assessing the use of technology at home , exploring U.S.
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Akili Releases EndeavorOTCTM Video Game Treatment to Improve Attention in Adults with ADHD
Digital Health Global
JUNE 7, 2023
Amid growing mental health crisis, the product release enables immediate access to non-drug treatment option as Akili prepares FDA submission Available nationwide without a prescription, clinical data shows improvements in focus in 83% of adults with ADHD BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– $AKLI #ADHD –Akili, Inc.
6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.2
Digital Health Global
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Three years after Covid-19 was declared, healthcare systems have been slow to change, despite their inadequacies. However, the healthcare sector is undergoing a technology-driven evolution, attracting significant venture capital investment and government collaboration.
Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JUNE 8, 2023
Unfortunately, the healthcare resources available to them are often limited. This article reviews Gen Z’s mental health statistics, explores the role of telehealth in addressing Generation Z’s mental health crisis, and offers suggestions for psychotherapists who wish to develop services to help address this urgent need.
Health center customizes telehealth mobile device that's easy to use for the elderly
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
But for much of its population – largely older, African American and Medicaid-eligible – the technology was extremely challenging and added more anxiety to an already stressful situation. Staff realized that many of their patients had little or no Internet access and also lacked experience using mobile technology.
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SteadyMD’s B2B White-Label Telehealth Solution Powers New Lemonaid Health Offering
SteadyMD
MARCH 1, 2022
Under this agreement, SteadyMD will expand Lemonaid Health’s telehealth and prescription drug delivery services to include a comprehensive virtual primary care membership available to millions of Americans. “Patients in the U.S. the parent company of Lemonaid Health. “Patients in the U.S. the parent company of Lemonaid Health.
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Weekly Roundup – August 20, 2022
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 20, 2022
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. 5 Lessons from the Conifer Health Solutions Data Breach. The incident shows that providers are only as secure as their third-party vendors.
One Mind™ Announces Inaugural Cohort for the One Mind Accelerator, a New Program to Fast-Track Breakthroughs in Mental Health through Startups
Digital Health Global
MARCH 2, 2023
A cohort of eleven emerging companies developing innovative solutions for mental health conditions will receive $1 Million total in investment along with mentoring, training, and investor access RUTHERFORD, Calif.–(BUSINESS
Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 6, 2023
We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. What’s most important and impactful about telehealth is the technology’s ability to enable care and improve accessibility.
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Connected Health Initiative Applauds Telehealth Provisions in Senate CARES Act to Better Protect America’s Most Medically and Economically Vulnerable Citizens
Connected Health Initiative
MARCH 26, 2020
“The CARES Act passed by the Senate today opens the door for healthcare providers to leverage telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. It creates unnecessary risk to healthcare providers.
Reimagining Pain in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The following is a guest article by Vijay Yanamadala, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford Healthcare. In 2017, after years of over prescribing opioids to treat pain, leading to opioid addiction for millions of Americans, opioid dependency was declared a public health emergency.
The Imperative for the Biden-Harris Administration to Improve and Modernize the American Healthcare System
Connected Health Initiative
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Prior to taking office on January 20, the Biden-Harris Administration made it clear America must take new and drastic action to build the American economy back better. CHI believes that this drastic action must include improving and modernizing the American healthcare system and sent a memo of recommendations to the incoming administration.
Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 2, 2023
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians
GlobalMed
JUNE 16, 2021
Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. Though other specialists and providers may come and go, it’s the PCP who often becomes the most consistent and trusted healthcare expert in a patient's life. These provider shortages don’t necessarily equal a surplus of patients for every PCP.
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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19
Connected Health Initiative
JUNE 24, 2020
The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) and our members worked tirelessly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, and state officials to expand access to connected health solutions during COVID-19 pandemic. billion in 2018. billion in 2018.
Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
There are a lot of rules and regulations in place in the world of healthcare. However, the world of healthcare is constantly changing and evolving as we come up with new ideas and solutions. Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back?
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Is the healthcare industry selling telemedicine short?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 9, 2023
But it has offered technological advancements that are taking better care of people today and will set up healthcare workers for crises in the future. Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare consulting firm, has set out to determine whether telemedicine, a high-growth technology, is here to stay.
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Will Robots Take Over China's Hospitals After COVID-19?
Lloyd Price
MARCH 6, 2020
billion Chinese were in different degrees of lockdown and tried to avoid human contact, this healthcare worker did not even wear a surgical mask. During an epidemic crisis, Xiaobai and his robotic brethren, come in very handy, indeed. He has no fears, no feelings, and no family to worry about.
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Patients – 2024 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 16, 2024
We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. We recently surveyed 1,200 healthcare consumers and found that 71% would be more likely to apply for financial assistance if provided with clear, accessible options.
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How Mobile Technology can transform Future health Care
Serona Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Our country is facing a health care crisis. Also, according to a study by The Association of American Medical Colleges, we’ll be facing a shortage of more than 90,000 doctors in the next five years. Legislation is slow, but technology is fast. A doctor’s time is increasingly scarce and expensive.
A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 30, 2020
Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Some vendors are even giving away products and services free.
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Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 14, 2020
Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. At Geisinger, the crisis has been a catalyst to accelerate digital transformation. Digital tools to combat COVID-19.
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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
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
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Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Kids: Collaboration and Technology Are Key
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The following is a guest article by Serrah Linares, Vice President of Partner Sales at Change Healthcare , and Rachel Mack Robinson, Founder and President at DotCom Therapy. Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19, but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. Today in the U.S.,
Proactive Transformation: Why Healthcare Organizations Need to Digitize Before (Not During) the Next Crisis
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 15, 2023
At the time, we were just uncovering the potential for digitization and automation, and few people internally supported those efforts. Despite Skeptics, MCHD’s Initial Transformative Steps Proved Impactful We used our initial technology investment to digitally transform tedious processes.
How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 5, 2023
There has been an incredible rise in technological advancements in the world of healthcare recently due to our sudden need for everything to be digital when COVID hit. While the cases of COVID have gone down and we’ve settled into a new normal, that isn’t the only crisis that we need a tech fix too.
Telehealth: Removing Roadblocks to Care
GlobalMed
MAY 27, 2020
While many of us are accustomed to having readily available access to healthcare, that isn’t the reality for many in remote locations. At GlobalMed we know telemedicine can bring care to remote areas , but even with advancements in technology, people in rural and remote locations continue to face limitations in accessing healthcare.
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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again.
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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again.
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Telebehavioral Health Institute
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Mental health apps use various forms of technology to serve people with mental health concerns or those in emergency and crisis situations. Their recent Scientific American article proposes that standards of confidentiality and ethical handling of healthcare information should be applied to mental health apps.
Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver
Docnotes
JANUARY 30, 2022
I experienced both of these, as the CEO of one of the 25 Performing Provider Systems (PPS) in the state. Months after the concept paper was published, I’ve finally edited my initial response in anticipation of a revised proposal and public comment period that will soon occur. Let’s start with some context. What did DSRIP 1.0
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