Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Walmart announced this week that it would begin using Epic's electronic health record in its health centers, starting in Florida in early 2022. Eventually, all of Walmart's health and wellness lines of business will be supported by the Epic platform as it's rolled out. "The Epic system complements our omnichannel health care offerings – letting customers and healthcare professionals access care and health records to lead to more personalized care," said Dr.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy. In particular, CMS specifies that these codes can be used to monitor medication adherence.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Managed Markets Insight & Technology (MMIT) and Evaluate (a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Hg portfolio company)—which joined forces last month to become a $1.6 billion global pharma commercial intelligence provider—announced the acquisition of […].

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Poll: Majority of U.S. voters approve of giving Medicare drug price negotiation authority. rking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 15:53.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A report out this week from Boston Digital examines the role that original digital libraries of health topics can play in hospitals' web-traffic performance. Among the top 20 U.S. hospitals, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report , 68% of all search traffic comes purely from health information content, said the report. "Hospital sites with comprehensive health content libraries are earning exponentially more traffic than those without them," wrote Philip Chevalier, director of s

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Women+ funding still only accounts for 7% of the total U.S. digital health deals through August 2021, according to Rock Health.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Amazon taps VR, voice assistant startups and 8 others for inaugural digital health accelerator. hlandi. Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:54.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The electronic health record vendor Epic said its vaccine credential technology is now available to 25 million individuals through their MyChart account. "Once we got buy-in, we went up to 25 million over the course of four weeks," Nick Frenzer, implementation executive at Epic, told Healthcare IT News. "We're really excited about this project – we need all the tools we can get right now," said Frenzer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

More than half (56%) of hospital and health system leaders say they are planning to increase their investment in telemedicine during the next two years, according to a new survey from telehealth vendor Amwell and HIMSS Analytics. This shows that the huge surge in and mainstreaming of telehealth during the ongoing pandemic has caused the C-suite and other healthcare leaders to embrace the technology that has for so long existed on the periphery of medicine.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

TytoCare's Marcos Domiciano joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss the challenges and opportunities of telehealth in schools.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider, today announced enhanced offerings with Greenway Revenue Services (GRS), which provides revenue cycle management support to clients. Due to clients placing a stronger emphasis on the […].

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On Monday, Amazon Web Services announced the launch of a new initiative to help organizations worldwide build IT-powered social and healthcare programs to help patients in underserved communities. WHY IT MATTERS. AWS is pledging $40 million over three years for the effort, which will offer company credits and technical expertise to help organizations around the world build and maintain programs aimed at underserved communities: increasing access to healthcare providers, tackling social determina

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a data brief this month aimed at providing insight into state evaluations and oversight of tele-behavioral services. The brief, which examined oversight efforts as of January and February 2020, stemmed from a survey of Medicaid directors from 37 states, as well as structured interviews with relevant stakeholders.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The system can stream the data into an EHR, mobile app, cloud portal or integrated monitoring system.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Right-wing physicians profit off of fake COVID-19 treatments, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 16:03.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

GPW Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Northern Virginia, faced many issues that are common in a community health center setting. Some of these issues include high no-show rates, low ratings and low patient engagement. THE PROBLEM. Low volume of confirmed appointments led to high no-show rates. A part of this issue was having to rely on phone calls and a voicemail system that patients did not listen to.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A study published this week in the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that virtual reality can be a useful, scalable and appealing alternative to existing pain management approaches. At the same time, however, UC San Francisco researchers noted that challenges remain when it comes to adoption of the technology, especially for addressing the needs of diverse populations.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Alexa Together subscription builds on the tech giant’s Care Hub features that were announced in November.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

VR can help underserved patients, but reimbursement challenges stymie broader adoption, study finds. hlandi. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:14.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Industries, researchers, and governments have only scratched the surface of what they can do with artificial intelligence. Recently I spoke with three companies using AI in creative and unexpected ways in health care. Here are their stories. Personalized Medication Administration by Dosis Over-the-counter cough medicines and aspirins make dosage sound simple: a teaspoon of liquid […].

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The new watch is launching in France, Germany and the UK.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Medicare Advantage premiums to decline slightly in 2022, Part D to rise by nearly 5%. rking. Wed, 09/29/2021 - 14:49.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology […].

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