Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The following is a guest article by Meredith Kirchner, COO and Client Success Leader at Curae The medical debt crisis in the U.S. is worsening, with healthcare costs now deterring millions of patients from seeking essential care. Soaring medical costs are forcing millions of Americans to make impossible choices: pay for essential care or risk financial ruin.
GlobalMed
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the healthcare landscape, thrusting telehealth into the mainstream as a critical means of delivering care. To facilitate this rapid shift, the federal government enacted a range of waivers and provisions, eliminating barriers that had long hindered the adoption of telehealth. These measures spurred unprecedented growth, enabling providers to expand services and allowing patients to access care with greater convenience.
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Health Populi
DECEMBER 16, 2024
One in two U.S. adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. Specifically, 41% of givers are looking to buy a dedicated health monitoring device, and 31% a product covering connected sports or fitness.
Electronic Health Reporter
DECEMBER 16, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Beadle-Ryby, co-founder, AKASA. As we approach 2025, healthcare and health IT are on the cusp of transformation, driven by advancements in generative AI (GenAI). To understand where the industry is heading, we spoke […] The article The Healthcare Theme of 2025 Is Generative AI appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.
Xealth
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Effective Jan. 1, 2025, Medicare will pay for certain digital therapeutics (DTx) for mental health treatment. Its a small but important step forward in addressing unmet needs by increasing access to technology products proven to improve outcomes in multiple clinical trials, and providing prescribing access to a broad group of health practitioners. In a recent Xealth customer session, four experts unpacked whats covered under these new billing codes, what it took to get them in the 2025 Medicare
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 16, 2024
It has comparable safety outcomes to coronary artery intervention guided by expensive 3D imaging.
Health Populi
DECEMBER 18, 2024
What would $5 trillion be valued around the world or on the stock market? The economy of Germany was gauged around $5 trillion in 2024. India could be the world’s 3rd largest economy by 2026 valued at $5 trillion. Nvidia could be a $5 trillion company in 2025, as could Amazon. But today we report out the latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that national health spending in America reached $4.9 trillion in 2023.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 19, 2024
An Australian biotechnology company is building what could be the first AI-driven hospital in Vietnam. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The MedArmor AI Hospital will pursue a preventive healthcare model, emphasising early disease detection and timely interventions. It will be underpinned by AI and virtual care technologies. The hospital will primarily run on virtual technologies, such as video conferencing, to deliver care.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Imagine if headlines proclaimed, “X-ray sees what doctors can’t” or “Lab test outperforms physicians’ clinical gestalt.” Absurd, right? You can recognize how such claims distort the role these tools play in health care. So why do current narratives surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) sound so similar? We’ve all seen the sensational headlines: “AI chatbots defeated doctors Read more AI hype could undermine its real potential in health care orig
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
A study published in the Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence found that large language models can offer helpful physical exam recommendations and instructions based on symptoms.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Integrating emerging technologies can make a huge difference in your organization. New technology can ease the clinical burden on your staff, which can be the difference between your staff facing burnout or not. Access to providers and healthcare can be increased with technology which can be the deciding factor for a patient to choose your organization over others.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 18, 2024
It still needs to pass, but an end-of-year package for healthcare is looking probable. The legislation includes PBM reform, telehealth extensions and more.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Charting: It’s a word that can make even the most seasoned clinician’s shoulders tense. In my journey as the nurse practitioner charting coach, I’ve uncovered the shared struggles clinicians face with charting overload, which is why I now teach nurse practitioners actionable strategies to regain control of the charting process and restore their work-life balance.
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The monitor aims to simplify clinical workflows, automate patient engagement and allow for patient-reported outcomes collection.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 20, 2024
To deliver the seamless patient and staff experience that Dr. Tim Davis envisioned for his state-of-the-art orthopedic health and surgery center, he built his own software solution and launched it as a standalone company BluByrd. He also needed an EHR that could grow with him and that had open, well-published APIs. Only one vendor delivered. Timothy T.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next | Medical equipment and supply manufacturer Medline Industries confidentially submitted plans for a proposed initial public offering, potentially setting the stage for a blockbuster public debut next year.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 15, 2024
On Movember, a month dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health issues, it’s crucial to highlight the significant strides being made toward improving outcomes for those affected. Movember’s mission to “change the face of men’s health” aims to create awareness and transform how we understand and treat conditions such as prostate cancer.
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Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 16, 2024
It intends to make emerging technologiessuch as generative AI and mixed realityaccessible to people with disabilities.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The prominent Michigan health system Henry Ford Health recently held a two-day digital health summit titled, "Advancing Health Equity: Bridging the Telehealth Divide." Day one was held at Henry Ford Innovations located on the campus of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The second day of the summit took place at nonprofit health equity organization Focus:HOPE in the Hope Village neighborhood of the Motor City.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The Justice Department has filed suit against CVS, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions. | The Justice Department has filed suit against CVS, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 19, 2024
A recent study found that primary care physicians (PCPs) spend 28.9 to 45.7 minutes on EHR per visit trying to find the time to do this for every patient in addition to all of their other tasks is very difficult. This time-consuming task requires your organization to either cut back on the number of patients a PCP can see in a day or force your staff to find pockets of time during the day to get this work done.
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The "game-changer" acquisition will integrate the Auckland-based company's healthcare data capabilities with AI.
DigitalHealth
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to implement MEDITECHs Expanse electronic patient record in its 20 locations around London.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 20, 2024
HHS released a list of 64 drugs on Friday that will have reduced co-insurance for patients with Medicare Part B. The discounts come from the Inflation Reduction Act which requires drug makers to give rebates to the federal government when a drug's cost rises more than inflation.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Investment from Zetta Venture Partners, LionBird, PsyMed, BoxGroup, Arkitekt Ventures, SCB, and others Drives New Era in Clinician-Led, AI-Augmented Therapy Jimini Health , a digital health company setting a new standard in mental healthcare with its unique, clinician-led therapy model augmented by responsible AI, today announced its launch with $8 million in pre-seed funding, including from Zetta Venture Partners , LionBird , PsyMed, BoxGroup, Arkitekt Ventures, SCB, and others.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Mobi Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Industry leaders weigh in on notable topics that affected healthcare from data security to health system consolidation.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Dr Chien-Tzung Chen, superintendent of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, wants to establish a remote system to monitor patients at home using wearable devices.
FierceHealthIT
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is discontinuing the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design model at the end of 2025. | The Value-Based Insurance Design model for Medicare Advantage plans will be terminated at the end of next year.
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