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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. Diabetes affects 11% and obesity 41.9% of the US population, collectively representing some of the most prevalent chronic conditions in the United States.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Today, Bluetooth connectivity to mobile devices like smartphones enables data from blood pressure cuffs, weight scales, and blood glucose monitors to be transmitted to providers’ systems. . weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, respiratory flow rate), initial; setup and patient education on use of equipment.”.

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Technology Can Help Make Medication Management Smarter

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Among individuals with high blood pressure, 89,000 premature deaths could be avoided each year with appropriate medication treatment – the reasons? Tracker by Medisafe (iPhone and Android), not only reminds you when it’s time for a refill but enables you to track vitals like blood pressure. category tags: medication management.

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Remote Care Technologies – What have they been, what will they be?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Note United Healthcae’s reimbursement of E-Visits and Virtual Check-ins (including Medicaid patients until June 18). category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health. Consider the HIMSS rebranding of one company, Wellsky, formerly Mediware,rebranded as Wellsky, but also renamed home, companion, private duty care as ‘personal care.’

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CES 2023: Ten New Technologies for Older Adults

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In 2023, the company's first international destination will be the United States, a country with a mature population." Pressure injuries are caused when a part of the body can’t get enough blood to it and the tissue starts to die. Learn more from press release. Healables. "M market upon the exhibition at CES 2023." Learn more.

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How to win physician confidence in remote patient monitoring programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Joyoti Goswami COVID-19 has spurred telehealth and remote patient monitoring adoption across the United States, with 36 percent of the US consumers now using telehealth to replace healthcare visits. Map physician workflows and win their confidence.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. For example, if a patient’s blood tests come back and I need to discuss with him how to manage high cholesterol, I can schedule a telehealth visit instead of playing phone tag. These are all new decision points for providers.”