By Sara Heath
November 16, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is cracking down on language access and patient rights to medical interpreters as a part of agency efforts to improve health…
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The previous articles in this series showed how payers, providers, and digital health companies try to prove that they’re helping to create healthier patients. Sara Shanti, a partner specializing in health care at law…
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DrDoctor has announced it has been awarded a contract by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT), to roll out a patient-engagement platform (PEP) to give patients more control over their own care.DrDoctor’s PEP, alongside…
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Preoperative knowledge of expected postoperative pain can help guide perioperative pain management and focus interventions on patients with the greatest risk of acute pain. However, current methods for predicting postoperative pain require patient and…
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There are a wealth of digital mental health solutions available now. But how do we actually know if they’re working for patients? Several digital health experts weighed in on this topic Wednesday at the…
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What You Should Know:
– KeyCare, the nation’s first Epic-based virtual care company, has partnered with Lee Health, a leading provider of healthcare in Florida, to deliver high-quality virtual urgent care with licensed providers (known…
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The estates of two deceased men sue UnitedHealth Group, claiming that the company uses AI algorithms to deny care to seniors who are enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans. The complaint says that the…
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Mental health startup UpLift announced it acquired women-focused digital psychiatry platform Minded, increasing its women-led offerings and expanding its reach to five additional states. UpLift’s behavioral health platform offers patients access to in-network therapists and…
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The previous article in this series explained some of the ways payers, providers, and digital health companies demonstrate that they have made a positive difference in their patients’ lives.
Jim Wallace, CEO of DecisionRx, writes…
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Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, today announced an agreement with Children’s National Hospital (Children’s National), one of the top five ranked children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News…
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