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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Fourteen professional healthcare, life science, and consumer organizations formed the Digital Health Collaborative to advance evidence and value in digital health technology. Roughly 83% of clinicians agree that telemedicine is effective for managing chronic conditions , according to a SteadyMD survey.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

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.” I was particularly keen to dig into this study based on its sponsoring organization: JLL is a real estate services company serving over a dozen vertical markets — including health care, life sciences, senior housing, and retail, among other industry sectors. ” she added. This week, the U.S.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, and more

Healthcare IT Today

The American Telemedicine Association published Health Data Privacy Principles , paying particular attention to consistency in regulations, definitions of consumer health, consumer consent, and legal enforcement. Humana and Interwell Health are launching a value-based kidney care model for Medicare Advantage members in 13 states.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

Health Populi

For Medicare Part B programs alone, the drug could consume one-half of the total $57 billion of medicines spending… as much as the U.S. spends on NASA. The economic impacts of COVID-19 will impact how health care spending, and spending for families and households, for some years to come.

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Medical costs projected to increase 6% by 2020, says PwC

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Payers and employers are aiming to grow the role of telemedicine as employees grow more comfortable with it, especially if out-of-pocket costs are lower and the quality doesn’t suffer. The trend has implications for employers, payers, providers and even pharmaceutical and life science companies.