Connected Health Pulse

Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Clinicians from Scripps Research and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine collaborated on this work, calling out the relatively fast adoption of HaH programs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

EHR

EHR HIPAA Digital Health Interoperability

Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Innovate long-term care. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. Achieve health equity.

Mental health

Mental health Digital Health Public Health Health Data

Schools turning to telehealth to improve care for the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Primary topic: Telehealth Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Schools turning to telehealth to improve care for the underserved Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

Telehealth

With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some of this shift to virtual care will be permanent. A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care. The challenges with telehealth in elder care were the topic of a recent study by Harvard Business School.

Telehealth

Telehealth EMR Digital Health Primary Care

Five tech offerings serving the family, senior and home care continuum

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

Nursing

Nursing Health Information Mental health

Insights from 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Its answers make it sound so expert that it has schools (and businesses) worried about students and employees cheating. The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. Fifty-three million Americans are providing care to someone with health or functional needs – in short, they are family caregivers.

Remote care

Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.” ” That’s a good start and intent for putting people first for their own health and the health of the people for whom they care.

HIPAA

HIPAA Health Data Health Information Digital Health

Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative, or TECC, at Boston Medical Center was developed out of the charge led by the federal government’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau to improve access to high-quality care for children and youth with epilepsy, especially those facing health disparities or living in rural regions.

Telehealth

Telehealth Nursing Healthcare IT

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | September 01, 2023 News ChatGPT scored 72% in clinical decision accuracy, MGB study shows The large language model's performance was steady across both primary and emergency care, and. But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more. The process.

Health IT

Health IT EHR Nursing EMR

Is the 3G Sunsetting the equivalent of Y2K for Older Adults?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 12, 2022

And home care providers like Comfort Keepers worry about caregivers and senior care recipients. Did the carriers, alarm companies, PERS providers , and school bus transportation services all identify and deploy workarounds or replacements prior to the 'crisis'? Carriers just want users to be sort of happy.

Aging in place – what goes around comes around -- maybe

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

When this blog was launched in 2008, the Wikipedia definition of aging in place was described as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) -- the ability to move from independent living to assisted to skilled nursing. category tags: aging in place , Family caregivers , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Rant off. .

Nursing

The Many Factors That Make a Child’s Well-Being Build Our Adult Health – the Aspirational OECD Framework

Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

Follow the conference on Twitter using the hashtag #PrevCon2021 and the organizational tag @SafeKids]. Certainly, scores of children missed school, which experts expect will harm kids’ cognitive development now and over time. What happens to us as children then sets the personal stage for us as adults.

Mental health

Mental health Health Data Public Health

What should Alexa Together do?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This was one of a series of ‘ambient’ offerings in the market ( Vayyar Care , KamiCare , and Origin Wireless , among others). From the current website, consider the care circle concept – ‘build a team around your loved one.’ With the care circle involved, it could encourage exercise in those who need it. What time is sunset?

Telehealth

When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” ” The company was started by two entrepreneurs who graduated from Harvard Business School and couldn’t find plus0sized clothing they liked. Oh, and health insurance, too, before there was the Affordable Care Act.

Healthcare Innovation

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Improving senior care and facilitating aging in place.

Telehealth

Telehealth Public Health Mental health eHealth

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

And requests for patient data are predicted to intensify as health plans work to reduce per-member/per-month costs, earn higher STAR ratings, and meet the CMS 2030 value-based care goals. Medical record requests are digitized, and specific data requirements are tagged.

Life Science

Life Science Health Information EHR Leadership

Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2018

But many attendees (exhibitors) seem still to be circling the health care universe from the vantage point of the IT buyer -- health IT consulting, tech vendors seeking health IT customers. We allow individuals to share access to their data to improve care coordination and fuel a vibrant ecosystem of third-party digital health applications.

Connected Health

Connected Health mHealth FHIR Digital Health

Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Insulin Nation

JANUARY 20, 2016

Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. The findings suggest that monetary motivation is an effective method to inspire some young people to improve their diabetes self-care. A small study suggests bribing might work. The study , led by Dr. Nancy M.

Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Insulin Nation

JANUARY 20, 2016

Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. The findings suggest that monetary motivation is an effective method to inspire some young people to improve their diabetes self-care. A small study suggests bribing might work. The study , led by Dr. Nancy M.

Primary care physicians could take $15 billion hit due to COVID-19 in 2020

Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

Dive Brief: The financial impact on primary care practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound and will likely continue in the months ahead, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. Rural primary care practices are projected to lose $75,274 per physician. Some practices are also projected to have steeper losses.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telemedicine General practice

6 Marketing Tips for Community Mental Health Centers as Pandemic Continues

Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

While experts continue to seek effective treatment and vaccine options for the ongoing COVID-19 virus, mental health care providers face another side of this worldwide phenomenon: the unforeseen and widespread impacts on individual and community mental health and well-being. Use text messaging-based marketing.

Mental health

Mental health EMR Telehealth Public Health

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. “Clinicians were concerned about taking care of their patients, while minimizing avoidable risks,” he said.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care

Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The only need is to race home after school to catch a favorite TV show and then charge outside again to play superhero among your superhero friends. When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag.

Nursing

Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The only need is to race home after school to catch a favorite TV show and then charge outside again to play superhero among your superhero friends. When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag.

Nursing

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Policy-makers and political leaders often single out an institution that serves the public—schools, clinical settings, even libraries—and dump a welter of tasks on these institutions that they weren’t originally designed to handle. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

Public Health

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT

COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

In the wider sense of the definition this includes all parties involved in delivering care and protection to the population of Dubai. This enabled the streamlining of healthcare delivery processes and enhancement of resources for a unified patient care within healthcare facilities. Harmonisation between health professionals.

Leadership

Leadership Nursing Telehealth

How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

Cloud Computing Connected Health Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Before disasters such as tornadoes or wildfires, they should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones" where equipment and virtual care kiosks can be moved. Region Tag: Global Edition.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Connected Health

Nursing home Covid-19 deaths – the NY Times data shouts – but what is it saying?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 20, 2020

Despite years of media rage about conditions in nursing homes (see 2018, above), nothing is really done about those that provide poor care. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF).

Nursing

Billing for medical services costs huge amounts of time and money, study finds

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

New research from Duke University School of Medicine puts a price tag on collecting medical bills, and it's not cheap. Indeed, the cost of collecting payments for a single primary-care doctor who is affiliated with a big academic medical center is $99,000 a year and represents roughly 1 in 7 dollars collected.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Primary Care

Ten Technology Offerings From CES 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

After proven success in several senior living communities across North America and Japan, CarePredict will drive their technology’s use for in-home senior care." Learn more at Care Predict. EssenceUmbrella and Care@Home Communicator. Philips Cares. Philips launched Philips Cares in the U.S. Learn more at Leeo.

Digital Health

Nursing home deaths – the NY Times data shouts – but what is it saying?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 20, 2020

Despite years of rage about conditions in nursing homes (see 2018, above), typically nothing is ever done about those that provide poor care. In the well-run nursing homes, family visitors are often seen, as well as volunteers from religious organizations, local high schools, charities, pet therapists , who visit those without families.

Nursing

Ten Technology Offerings From CES 2019 - Beyond Gadgets

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

After proven success in several senior living communities across North America and Japan, CarePredict will drive their technology’s use for in-home senior care." Learn more at Care Predict. Essence Umbrella and Care@Home Communicator. Philips Cares. " Philips launched Philips Cares in the U.S.

Digital Health

Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic: Part 2: Finding Guidance

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

They asked about treatment, testing, work and school, transportation, money – safe living – in a pandemic. What followed was an exercise in classification, metadata, and tagging. Clinical Care Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19). Tagging is further search refinement.

Nursing

Connected Health Pulse

Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

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Schools turning to telehealth to improve care for the underserved

With telehealth, one size won't fit all

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Insights from 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging

My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

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

Is the 3G Sunsetting the equivalent of Y2K for Older Adults?

Aging in place – what goes around comes around -- maybe

The Many Factors That Make a Child’s Well-Being Build Our Adult Health – the Aspirational OECD Framework

What should Alexa Together do?

When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018

Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Does Bribing Teens With Type 1 Work?

Primary care physicians could take $15 billion hit due to COVID-19 in 2020

6 Marketing Tips for Community Mental Health Centers as Pandemic Continues

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

Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Type 1 Diabetes Can Wear You Down

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Nursing home Covid-19 deaths – the NY Times data shouts – but what is it saying?

Billing for medical services costs huge amounts of time and money, study finds

Ten Technology Offerings From CES 2019

Nursing home deaths – the NY Times data shouts – but what is it saying?

Ten Technology Offerings From CES 2019 - Beyond Gadgets

Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic: Part 2: Finding Guidance

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