News 8/2/23 – HIStalk
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Amazon Clinic expands its telemedicine service to all 50 states and Washington, DC.
The company had postponed the expansion by several weeks due to lawmaker concerns about its method of collecting and sharing…
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HerMD Snags $18M to Open More Menopause-Focused Health Centers – MedCity News
Even though more than 1 million women across the U.S. undergo menopause each year, only 20% of OB/GYNs receive training on how to address questions related to this natural transition in life or how…
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From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Using Technology to Transform Specialty Medication Access and Affordability – MedCity News
Specialty medications are often used to treat complex diseases, many times in life-saving situations. But the robust process to onboard a patient on a specialty medication highlights an urgent need to modernize healthcare technology,…
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The New Normal in Healthcare Marketing – MedCity News
Few industries are as complex today as healthcare. The pace of disruption is unrelenting as new entrants, new discoveries, and new technologies are emerging nearly every day. Category leaders are being challenged to deliver…
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Vendor notebook: Amazon Clinic now offers telehealth nationwide, Philips co-designs a custom virtual care platform
Whether at home, on vacation or in the hospital, patients and care providers want access to innovative technologies that can expedite the delivery of medical advice, prescriptions, referrals and action when it is needed…
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At UMich, AI-based fraud, waste and abuse system aims to cut costs and protect patients
Healthcare costs have spiraled out of control in the United States. But studies have shown how as much as one-third of healthcare expenditures can be attributed to wasteful or fraudulent healthcare services.THE PROBLEM
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Parker Health Secures $25 Million in Series A Funding to Transform American Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
Parker Health an innovative biotech company for electronic health records, hospital developer & management, and subscription-based health services, today announced that it has secured $25 million in Series A funding led by Bias Capital,…
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ICO reprimands NHS Lanarkshire for sharing patient data via WhatsApp
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Lanarkshire, following the unauthorised use of WhatsApp by staff to share patients’ personal data over a two-year period.Between April 2020 and April 2022,…
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Patient data: more than half of UK public don’t trust AI
More than half of the UK public (56%) don’t trust the NHS to use AI to analyse their patient data – even if it would help the NHS deliver patient results faster, according to…
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Teva UK launches first integrated digital inhaler system
Teva UK has launched GoResp Digihaler, which allows appropriate adult patients with asthma and COPD to help self-manage their condition and share their data with healthcare professionals. The launch is the first of its…
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