American Well
JUNE 16, 2016
An earlier version of this article appeared on MedCity. A recent study by Willis Towers Watson found that telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs. While this figure indicates huge potential within healthcare systems for reducing medical costs with telehealth, it’s equally important to break down these numbers into more specific return on investment use cases and data.
Insulin Nation
JUNE 17, 2016
As Medtronic prepares to seek FDA approval for an artificial pancreas, many have wondered why it’s taken so long to get to this point. A recent study suggests that might be because the FDA may be slower to approve medical devices than drugs, according to a report by Mass Device. According to the Harvard Business School study, the approval process of “breakthrough” medical devices is a much more expensive and time-consuming process than that of blockbuster prescription drugs.
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Healthcare Exchange Standards
JUNE 14, 2016
I was asked why MHD has the requirements to contain a provider and patient in document reference. Why is that necessary? The containment of Provider and Patient are ONLY for very specific reasons. Some are driven by XDS constraints; but even those constraints are driven by reasonable use-cases.
ACA Times
JUNE 16, 2016
As November looms overhead with the 2016 Presidential election, new issues continue to arise—namely, the afterthought of the importance of health care for Americans. While Americans rank health care at #4 in their list of top issues surrounding this election, the opinions between Democrats and Republicans still remain divided, primarily with regard to the Affordable Care Act.
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American Well
JUNE 16, 2016
An earlier version of this article appeared on MedCity. A recent study by Willis Towers Watson found that telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. healthcare costs. While this figure indicates huge potential within healthcare systems for reducing medical costs with telehealth, it’s equally important to break down these numbers into more specific return on investment use cases and data.
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