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NowRx is expanding into telehealth, the digital retail pharmacy and prescription delivery company announced Wednesday. NowRx Telehealth will enable provider-patient, app-based interactions, in addition to same-hour or same-day prescription medication deliveries, according to the company. WHY IT MATTERS. The rollout's first phase will focus on the provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, an HIV prevention medication.
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Healthcare AI adoption has been growing rapidly, and to date seems to have been producing worthwhile results most of the time. However, a new survey suggests that at least some healthcare leaders are a bit uncomfortable with the speed at which healthcare AI is being put in place, even if they still believe it can […].
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Your routine, health, and lifestyle can all contribute to your sleep quality each night. If you often feel tired throughout the day or crave sleep as soon as you have stepped out of bed, you […]. The article A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Your routine, health, and lifestyle can all contribute to your sleep quality each night. If you often feel tired throughout the day or crave sleep as soon as you have stepped out of bed, you […]. The article A Guide To Improving Your Sleeping Habits appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Amid the chaos of the past pandemic year, there have been many valuable lessons for CIOs and health IT leaders willing to learn them. Many were discovered while managing unusual sets of circumstances, or from the plain and simple need to shift strategies on a dime. This is the latest in Healthcare IT News' series of feature stories on lessons learned during the COVID-19 era.
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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Most of the laboratory practitioners lose millions of dollars just because of inefficient management of lab billing services. Usually, it happens because of the lack of a sufficient workforce, equipment required for billing, and more […]. The article How Do Laboratory Billing Companies Help You Overcome Revenue Hurdles?
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We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/12 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Linda Stotsky (@EMRAnswers) from @Bossoft on the topic “How Can a Digital Workforce Address Healthcare’s Challenges?” Things have changed drastically for the healthcare sector over the last […].
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Over the past year, COVID-19 pushed the healthcare supply chain to breaking point. Throughout March, April, and May 2020, many offices could not get hold of the critical personal protective equipment they needed. And today, […]. The article Digital Technology Is Improving Healthcare Supply Chain Effectiveness appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Nick Macario, CEO, Verifiable. Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most well-known venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, having made notable exits including Airbnb, Facebook, Box and Slack, is often at the precipice of significant […]. The article API-First Solutions Are Becoming The Foundations For Telehealth Efficiently and Scale appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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