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Newer primary care disrupters constrain already limited supply of clinical providers, new analysis finds

FierceHealthIT

As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained. | As new primary care models, including retail health clinics, continue to scale, the national supply of clinical providers will become even more constrained.

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Elation Health Adds to Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth Across Primary Care Market

Digital Health Global

The company currently supports 30,000 primary-care-first clinicians delivering high-value care to more than 12 million Americans. Welcoming Tom and Seth to the Elation leadership team supports our continued work to facilitate and elevate the delivery of primary care in any setting,” said Kyna Fong, Ph.D.,

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Telehealth can increase nurse workloads, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published in the Western Journal of Nursing Research found that patients using at-home monitoring systems for blood glucose and blood pressure levels received almost twice as many "nursing activities" as patients who received usual care. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Walmart + UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health + Signify — the Current Flurry of Big HealthCare

Health Populi

The other Big Healthcare news item this week was CVS Health’s planned acquisition of Signify Health , after much speculation that Amazon and other Big and smaller bidders (including UnitedHealth Group) were keen on acquiring the home/care company over the past two weeks. health care re-organization, at scale.

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The American Hospital Association Looks at Retail and Tech Health Care Disruptors

Health Populi

hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance. “By 2030, nontraditional players could own as much as 30% of the primary care market.”

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Telehealth with a technician in the home reduces spend by 22% for Scottsdale Physician Group

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2018, Scottsdale Physician Group in Scottsdale, Arizona, saw a need that simply was not being met. Some patients were not getting the medical care they needed, when they needed, because of a variety of issues. The nearly perfect clinical solution is to send physicians to patient homes, and Scottsdale Physician Group did just that.

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Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

A Nursa survey found 86% of health systems had 10% or more of their nursing staff quit in 2023. Care Directions launched StrokeCP, a care management tool for stroke survivors powered by Carium. HHS Technology Group introduced ConstellationAI , a digital asset marketplace for healthcare.

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