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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

Health Populi

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Everyone from the board and the C-suite to the health IT team to doctors and nurses are talking about how digital technologies can change the industry and bring about better care and better outcomes. Traditional care delivery is not working for far too many consumers.

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Preventive Medicine is the Key to Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

Additionally, rural patients often receive coverage from Medicare and Medicaid, limiting the providers they can access from an affordability standpoint. Health tech tools offer a massive opportunity to increase accessibility to preventative care for patients, which can even go beyond their primary care provider.

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The Advantages, Challenges, and Costs of Healthcare at Home Services

Healthcare IT Today

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

Jain, physician executive with government, pharmaceutical, payer and provider experience, joins Board. He was the global Chief Medical Information and Innovation Officer at Merck and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at CareMore Health and Aspire Health, both divisions of Anthem.

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How to Make Healthcare More Intelligent and Trustworthy: Accenture’s Digital Health Tech Vision 2018

Health Populi

The proliferation and evolution of digital technologies in health care have the potential to do good or harm, depending on their application. “Do no harm” has been the professional and ethical mantra of physicians since the Hippocratic Oath was first uttered by medical students.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

Sean Lynch, Vice President of Clinical Operations at Curebase A major reason why health disparities exist in clinical trials today can be attributed to the burden traditional trial models place on participating patients. These practitioners ensure that all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive the care they need.