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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. At Intermountain, a health system that serves a sizable rural population in Utah, telehealth programs were launched over a decade ago to extend specialty care in rural clinics. Some of this shift to virtual care will be permanent.

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Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?

David Chou

Amazon is making a major investment by acquiring One Medical, a leading concierge primary care provider. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Shortly after Amazon and One Medical announced their partnership, CVS Health unveiled its plans to acquire Oak Street Health for $10.6 The pharmacy benefit management arm brought in $43.7

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Wearable tech is an important category these days in department stores, with discount retailers like Target and Walmart, at electronics outlets like Best Buy and, of course, via Amazon’s wearable tech ma. The smartwatch category, with fitness tracking, is hot in 2018, some “smarter” than others.

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How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And many forward-thinking CIOs and other technology leaders see how fast AI tools are evolving, and they are looking excitedly to a future where further clinical innovation will occur at rapid speed. But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more.

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Looking ahead to 2023 -- what should we expect?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Observe that despite the hysteria over Amazon layoffs , voice technology has passed its hype cycle and is now present and utilized in at least 95 million US households. While there are multiple tech offerings already , perhaps some are awaiting the results of clinical trials before recommending. Up ahead -- CES 2023. Check it out !].

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Six recent Voice/Conversational AI innovations for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The pilot study of 16 adults aged 75 or more years and living alone in an independent living community used an Amazon Echo device for eight weeks. As part of the movement toward smart aging, expect to see voice technology integration continue to expand in community and clinical settings." Learn more. Google Nest and Senior Living.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Virtual care platform Memora Health launched a pilot with Mayo Clinic to extend care to postpartum patients. Clinical pharmacy service provider Aspen RxHealth launched its payer platform. DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems.