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HealthTech along the patient journey: increasing capacity, efficiency and capability

Lloyd Price

Improving communication between patients and providers: HealthTech tools can make it easier for patients and providers to communicate with each other. This can make the patient journey more efficient and convenient for patients. Improving the patient experience. Ramping up virtual care.

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Patients Have AI-Disconnect When it Comes to Their Health Care – Pew Research Center Insights

Health Populi

Other commonly-known examples of AI in daily living included chatbots that respond to consumers’ questions, product recommendations based on previous purchases, and security cameras that send alerts when they “see” an unrecognized person at the door. For pain management and chatbots for mental health?

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Digital Musculoskeletal Investment Trends 2024 and Future Innovation in the Digital MSK market

Lloyd Price

Biosensors could monitor pain levels or inflammation to provide real-time feedback and inform treatment adjustments. Investors are looking for solutions that offer a more holistic patient experience, demonstrate clear value, and integrate well with existing healthcare ecosystems.

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Why Patient-Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) could be set to radically transform outpatient care

Digital Leaders HealthTech

SoN Patient initiated chronic care management. Clinically initiated – remote follow up management . For example, while some trusts are seeing a 35% reduction in their follow-up waiting lists, in reality they are only using it right at the end of the pathway to ‘discharge to SoS PIFU’. The right patients for PIFU.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The decision a healthy individual makes to age at home will be different from the decision a loved one makes for a patient dealing with an advancing Alzheimer’s diagnosis, for example.

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Reimagining Pain in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic

Healthcare IT Today

In Kenya, for example, we did large spinal fusions for patients, never once prescribing opioids for post-operative care. Pain was an unavoidable symptom of surgery and would be treated with a combination of Tylenol and physical therapy. As a spine surgeon, I had the opportunity to gain valuable insights outside the U.S.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We knew we needed to create an environment of safety while still retaining control over our patients' recovery journey. "We wanted to gain insights into how patients were recovering at home, see feedback on their progress and outcomes, and enrich the patient experience from start to finish," he said.

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