The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the dangers of tying healthcare delivery to brick-and-mortar healthcare facilities and has highlighted an ongoing need to create a distributed healthcare delivery ecosystem centered in patients’ homes and the community….
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Clinical trials technology company Science 37 went public during the Covid-19 pandemic, a time when drug developers readily embraced technologies that enable patients to participate in drug studies from their homes. Decentralized clinical trials…
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St. Luke’s is a Duluth, Minnesota-based health system that serves the communities of northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Like many health systems across the country, it has faced challenges…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oak Orchard Health, based in Brockport, New York, was growing. In July 2020, it acquired a private practice that consisted of three offices, which were using a different EHR (Medent)…
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By Anuja Vaidya
January 23, 2024 – Gaps in internet use rates appear to be narrowing among Medicare beneficiaries, but disparities across demographic groups persist, impacting telehealth access, according to a study published in the Journal…
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The landscape of healthcare and life sciences is rapidly changing, influenced by challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2024, several trends are emerging that could greatly affect the industry, said Dr. Asif Dhar, U.S….
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need to understand citizen acceptance of health surveillance technologies such as contact tracing (CT) apps. Indeed, the success of these apps required widespread public acceptance and the alleviation…
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Apprio
What You Should Know:
– HCAP Partners, a California-based private equity firm and leading impact investor, today announced its investment in Apprio, a provider of specialized healthcare technology solutions and services focused on automation.
– While…
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Geisinger’s innovative response to the surge in demand for behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic involved pioneering virtual group therapy through telemedicine. Facing extensive wait times for individual psychotherapy, the predominantly rural health…
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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department of psychiatry and behavioral health at Geisinger began experiencing a significant increase in demand for behavioral health services.THE PROBLEM
The demand for services was most noticeable…
