New Zealand’s national health information platform Hira has released a new FHIR-based API that will allow users to access more information about their medicines on the platform. The medicines consumer view API provides access to the…
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It is estimated that around £900 million is wasted in nursing time each year. Healthcare professionals spend their time searching for missing medical equipment and unplanned equipment maintenance. Limited visibility of medical equipment is…
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Nijay Patel, Chief Technology Officer, AmplifyMD
The shortage of physicians in America is a growing concern, with serious consequences for our nation’s hospitals. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates a shortage of between…
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Teri Gatchel-Schmidt, VP, Consulting at SYNERGEN Health
Healthcare systems driven by insurers fronting most of their members’ healthcare bills have allowed hospitals to be relatively immune to economic downturns in the past. However, this dynamic…
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When regulators speak, we listen.
Naturally risk-averse industries like the life sciences need health authority acceptance before trying new approaches and especially before committing to wholesale operational change, even if the outcome has great potential….
One of the fastest-growing frontiers of healthcare is Digital Therapeutics (DTx), which utilizes clinically tested software to prevent, treat, and manage a growing range of medical conditions. During Covid-19, governing agencies loosened regulatory requirements…
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Health systems can reduce costs by providing their employees homegrown telemedicine services, according to new research.
Penn Medicine recently published a study in the American Journal of Managed Care on the economics of providing telemedicine…
CDW expanded the digital velocity services it can offer healthcare organizations with its recent acquisition of Enquizit, an Amazon Web Services cloud solutions provider.
The acquisition adds extensive experience designing, developing and managing mission-critical applications…
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Despite investment in digital health tools, health plan member usage remains low, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study. The J.D. study reveals digital health usage…
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Finni Health, a Santa Monica, CA-based company empowering autism care providers to go independent raises $3.2M seed round led by General Catalyst, with participation from YCombinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Andrew Adams (Headway),…
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