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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

” A genetic test that costs $3,000 helps to identify women who could benefit from avoiding chemo. The test is called the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer.

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Living to 100 – will technology matter – and for whom?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

What will the experience be like – today’s centenarians offer a clue to how they came to live as long – genetics, healthy lifestyle, marital status. Eight years ago there were no commercially available consumer tablets. Self-testing websites, OTC hearing aids, amplifiers/hearables. Fall prevention.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They would get frustrated with connectivity issues, inputting information and testing the devices. ” The health network also moved from having early adopters being the ones to choose consumer telemedicine to delivering telehealth virtually by default. These are all new decision points for providers.”