Health Populi

JULY 14, 2022

People whose sense of well-being shifted positively in the past two years are finding greater personal purpose and financial health, we see in Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index – 2021 State Rankings Report. Sharecare has been annually tracking well-being across the 50 U.S. states since 2008. When the study launched, Well-Being Index evaluated five domains: physical, social, community, purpose, and financial.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 14, 2022

Researchers found three themes in their review of studies on wearables: the role of providers and potential benefits to care, driving behavior change and barriers to use.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Sachin Patel, CEO at Apixio. The use of AI in healthcare is gaining fast traction, with the total market expected to grow over 46% CAGR, reaching $96 billion by 2028. While AI has the potential to improve health equity, intrinsic and extrinsic biases that exist from the lack of diverse data exacerbate the problem.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 14, 2022

The startup announced a $5.5 million Series A raise in May 2021.

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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2022

When you first hear about VR (Virtual Reality) being used for medical training, it kind of sounds like a game or a joke and not a serious addition to a doctor’s training. However, the reality is that the technology and the research around surgical training using VR is very serious and much more than a game. What did surprise me was how VR surgical training was not so much a replacement to surgical training, but a great addition that takes the existing training to a new level.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2022

Acquisition pivots prescription management to patients, reduces administrative burden and offers connectivity at the point of prescribing. Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) today announced the acquisition of ScalaMed, a HIPAA-compliant, smart platform that transfers prescriptions directly to patients via a secure mobile app. The acquisition transfers ScalaMed’s technology and assets to Outcomes™, a Cardinal Health company.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JULY 14, 2022

Congestive heart failure or CHF continues to be the leading cause of hospital admissions and readmissions for people above 65 years old in the United States. At 26.9% of the total readmission rate , CHF accounts for the highest 30-day rehospitalization rate among medical and surgical conditions. In fact, 1 in 4 heart failure patients is reported to be re-admitted within 30 days of hospital discharge.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JULY 14, 2022

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease that obstructs airflow from the lungs and causes permanent tissue damage. It is commonly caused by prolonged exposure to irritating gasses or particles, especially cigarette smoke.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JULY 14, 2022

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) pricing can be a complex subject with many factors involved, including but not limited to: what products are being used, what patient populations are being served, how large those patient populations are, how procurement is done, and what the contract term is. On top of that, there are operating costs, logistics and management costs, implementation costs and a slew of other things that can make RPM seem like a significant investment to take on.

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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.