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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

The heart has been a digital health focus at CES for several years as sensors got added to wristworn activity trackers and mobile apps married to medical technologies that were once only available for use in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic. Heart health at home.

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

Payers and providers can embrace increased data privacy by focusing on existing compliance efforts, which will require taking time to better understanding HIPAA. The Trump Administration supports increased use of Medicare Advantage and expanding consumer choices. Merely doing what is legally permissible may not be good enough.”.