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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

Among these events are Amazon’s plan to acquire One Medical , Apple’s publication of the paper, Empowering People to Live a Healthier Day , and other news that, together with these line items, signal a shake-up of American health care as we know it.

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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. But even more troubling, many Americans are unaware of their health status.

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth. Among many others.)

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Building resilient, connected and prepared health systems in the Nordics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The country is now implementing the Epic electronic health record (EHR) platform in the central region, which will allow patients to email physicians, book consultations and access telehealth visits. “To deliver good care and meet a pandemic like COVID you need more than the regular medical knowledge.

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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

Healthcare IT Today

As always, there have been a lot of new products and partnerships announced at the event, with a heavy emphasis on generative AI, and we wanted to try and cover as much as we could for the Healthcare IT Today community. You can also visit our HIMSS23 page to see all our coverage of health IT’s biggest event.

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Crescendo Health Launches to Improve and Accelerate Clinical Trials By Unlocking Patient Health Data

Healthcare IT Today

The model works by garnering informed consent to collect health data on behalf of people participating in clinical research from any healthcare organization touching their care. Crescendo Health helped this organization capture thousands of health events long before and after study enrollment.

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Is Telehealth the Key to Changing the Opioid Crisis?

GlobalMed

Patients in treatment facilities can have virtual group sessions with their primary care providers and family members back home. Wearable medical devices can deliver timed doses of pain medication to help users avoid drug misuse and overdose; they can also monitor a patient’s vitals and alert providers in the event of an emergency.