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Fabric Secures $60M Series A to Streamline Care Experiences, Consolidating Fragmented Health Technology

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Fabric’s expanded suite helps us drive automation and efficiency from onset through post-visit care—removing barriers to access.” Online chat features leverage conversational AI to empower patients with self-service features, including symptom checking and appointment scheduling. .”

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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

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Based on Twilio’s Programmable Video API, the service will give healthcare professionals the ability to launch video visits with patients and to update clinical documentation and review patient histories within Epic EHR workflows. The technology could also help primary care practices avoid closure as business slows.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

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Entities using certified EHR technology and participating in shared savings programs likely already adhere to information sharing standards, the group said, while entities that are exempt from use of certified EHR may have trouble complying.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

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Finally, the company noted more than two-thirds of clinicians using Nuance DAX Copilot for AI-powered documentation had an improved experience providing care. Studies Almost half (48%) of American women don’t have a PCP or get regular preventive care , according to a survey from Tia Health.

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Behavioral health and telemedicine: What's in store for 2022

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Telemedicine technology can connect rural patients to psychiatrists in big urban hubs. Eric Meier, CEO and president of Owl, a vendor of data-driven, evidence-based behavioral health technology, has his finger on the pulse of mental healthcare in the U.S. According to a recent report from the U.S.

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Bonus Features, HIMSS Edition – April 18, 2023 – Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI dominate the headlines, plus news from Oracle, Orion Health, Salesforce, Surescripts, WebMD, and more

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The first is a standard special enrollment period for those who lose Medicaid or CHIP coverage , and the second is guidance for states to apply for Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration to provide coverage to those being released from incarceration , with a key role for care coordination technology that leverages FHIR.

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Zealous for Wellness: The Ongoing Quest for Standard Measures

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These initiatives also pay more attention than before to mental and behavioral health. Another organization trying to create meaningful health measures is the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI).