Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2022

Funding and M&A Activity: Medical technology company BD acquired MedKeeper , which offers cloud-based pharmacy management applications, Heart health diagnosis and treatment company Cleerly announced a $223 million Series C round. Primary care technology platform Elation Health announced $50 million in Series D funding.

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Digital Health Global

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Parkview Health includes 13 hospitals and an extensive network of primary care and specialty care physicians. About Stryker Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

I’ve returned to the U.S. for a couple of months, having lived in and worked from Brussels, Belgium, since October 2021 (save for about ten days in March 2022). Work and life slow down in Europe in July and August, giving us the opportunity to return to our U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2023

“Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2022

Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, will give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

Making those connections via telehealth and virtual health technology, from a pure technical standpoint, is do-able today. The larger challenge, Stey and friends point out, is access: too many patients lack either insurance or other convenient on-ramps to primary care.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 17, 2023

Nasdaq: PAVM, PAVMZ) (“PAVmed”), a diversified commercial-stage medical technology company operating in the medical device, diagnostics, and digital health sectors, and its majority-owned subsidiaries Lucid Diagnostics Inc. Out-of-network payments received to date have respected the Medicare rate.

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Digital Health Medical Technology Medicare Primary Care 88

Health Populi

JANUARY 15, 2020

Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist.

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iSALUS Healthcare

APRIL 9, 2019

This might not sound like a difficult or cost-consuming task, but for patients living in Primary Care Deserts, this cost is enough to make them avoid their physician and put themselves at risk. Improved Efficiency Providers are no stranger to the digital age, whether it be medical technology or elsewhere.

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Patient Experience Telehealth Primary Care HIPAA 60

Health Populi

JANUARY 12, 2021

will reach $845 million based on the forecast of the Consumer Technology Association, convening the annual 2021 CES this week in a virtual format. Spending on connected health monitoring devices in the U.S.

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Connected Health Telemedicine Mental health Telehealth 215

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

This analysis was done, as it is every year, by the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications. Wherever you live in the world touched by the coronavirus pandemic, you felt (and were) stress-tested. Both you were, and your home was as well.

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Digital Health Public Health Telehealth Health Information 193

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). This survey, conducted in 2019 among 1,359 U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A coalition of health care providers, health plans, technology innovators, NGOs, and medical societies has come together as the Public Health Tech Initiative (PHTI), endorsed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) with the goal of advancing the use of trustworthy digital health to proactively meet the challenge of future public health emergencies… (..)

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Public Health Digital Health Telecare Interoperability 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. Heart-focused technologies are a big part of that growth story.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s February 1st, which marks the first of 28 days of American Heart Month – a time to get real, embrace, learn about, and engage with heart health. Heart disease kills 610,000 people in the U.S. every year, equal to 1 in 4 deaths in America. It’s the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

Moreover, advancements in medical technology and healthcare delivery models, including remote patient monitoring (RPM), are poised to reshape the landscape of COPD management, offering new opportunities for improved patient outcomes and cost-effective care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

Self-care is the new health care as patients, now consumers at greater financial risk for medical spending, are learning. At #CES2019, I’m on the lookout for digital technologies that can help people adopt and sustain healthy behaviors that can help consumers save money on medical care and enhance quality of life-years.

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Digital Health Medicare Public Health Primary Care 169

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The solution is inexpensive and simple enough that it can be given to patients of all ages and abilities, not only by heart specialists but also in the emergency room or at a primary care physician’s office, potentially avoiding unnecessary specialist visits. Source : [link]

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

key detractors from good performance on these measures include: Lack of universal access to care for all Americans (the Fund points out that 30 mm people in the U.S. Less adequate primary care “backbone” with large gaps in PCP coverage throughout the United States. bn for on-demand care by July 1st, 2021.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In my new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds , I track the pandemic’s role in opening patients’ hearts and minds for care at home, using DIY platforms like smartphones, tablets and computers, along with downloading and employing mobile health apps.

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Digital Health Life Science Public Health Telehealth 317

Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Lyn and Frances tested three assumptions that they believed linked housing and health: that housing contributes to health; that housing is not routinely included in health or social planning;’ and that the potential contribution of primary care is wasted.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

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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Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 182

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For over ten years, digital health technology has been a fast-growing area at the annual CES , the largest convention covering consumer electronics in the world.

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LinkousThink

AUGUST 7, 2011

The Ontario Telehealth Network manages over 100,000 live physician-patient video consults a year for a variety of specialty and primary care services. At least half of the 5,000 U.S. The MedTrix Group provides 10-12 thousand video-based pediatric consults per month for the largest HMO plan in the Israel.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Timoni, JD, an attorney and partner at the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, in Westfield, New Jersey, who represents healthcare providers in areas of reimbursement and managed care contracting. Technological innovations are occurring due to booming private sector interest and investment in medical technology innovation.

Primary Care 41

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