As part of a growing body of standards for healthcare, the ability for providers to access and understand the social determinants of the health of their patients to raise and achieve equity requires enough…
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– Fruit Street Health, a New York-based healthcare startup, has filed a lawsuit against Sharecare, a healthcare technology company, seeking $25M in damages for alleged breach of contract and fiduciary duties.
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– Emory Healthcare, an academic health system in Georgia and nference, a science-first software company transforming healthcare data for research and discovery, today announced a collaboration to expand access to diverse,…
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By Hannah Nelson
November 30, 2023 – St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System in Savannah, Georgia, has partnered with EHR vendor MEDITECH on an enterprise EHR implementation to drive interoperability.
The health system recently deployed the EHR to over…
In telehealth, diagnosing flu through patient-reported symptoms complicates accurate assessments. University of Georgia’s study explored clinical decision rules (CDRs) reliability in telemedicine, revealing discrepancies in patient and clinician symptom reports. The research, published in…
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By Anuja Vaidya
November 21, 2023 – Mental healthcare provided via telehealth can eliminate geographic and other barriers to care for youth enrolled in Medicaid, but only if they have the digital resources necessary for virtual…
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What You Should Know:
– Emory Healthcare, a comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, is collaborating with healthcare technology pioneer DrFirst to help patients access and adhere to affordable, appropriate prescription medications for their health…
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– Netsmart announced it has acquired Netalytics, a South Carolina-based addiction treatment software and practice management company, dedicated to developing technology for substance use disorder (SUD) providers focused on opioid addiction…
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In response to the urgent need for support, the federally funded National Maternal Mental Health Hotline was launched in 2022,. In its first year, the hotline for new and expectant parents received more than 12,000…
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Years ago, I came into healthcare in a roundabout way. I studied industrial engineering, the science of looking at processes and systems and understanding, even predicting, how they work together. Typically, industrial engineers proceed…
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