Subscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Apple, Spotify or Twitter.Dr. Anne-Maree Cantwell, Partner at Empactful CapitalIn this episode, I sat down with Anne-Maree Cantwell, Venture Partner at…
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Startups Can Move Fast by Combining LLMs With Their Smaller Case-Specific Language ModelsIt is nearly impossible for startups to build their own large language models. Still, they can build smaller models for fine-tuning and…
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Ever since CMS released the new CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring last year, health systems have been eager to use them, but unsure of the criteria. Providers are acknowledged for the time they spend connecting with patients outside of the office.With the new CPT codes, providers can get reimbursed for:
Educating patients on how to use a remote care-management platform.
Monitoring a platform’s alerts and patients’ use of remote education.
Direct patient/provider messaging within the platform.
Data collection via the platform, i.e., collecting patient feedback on pain levels, activity and motion.
To qualify for reimbursable RTM, providers need to use software deemed a medical device…
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By John Halamka and Paul Cerrato — When clinicians have no definitive guidelines or empirical evidence on which to base their decisions, they still must come up with a care plan that meets their patients’ needs. Combining data from the available published studies with intelligence gleaned from electronic patient records can…
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Benjamin C. Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. And while Geisinger’s population certainly has experienced its own challenges with behavioral health access like other communities, the problem has been significantly compounded by three things.THE PROBLEM
“First and most obvious, the pandemic,” Gonzales stated. “Unsurprisingly, we experienced a surge in demand much like other specialties in our system. Before the pandemic, it was common for our department to have a couple hundred outstanding referrals.
“We quickly saw that increase to a maximum of 19,000…
With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the “telehealth cliff” for two years, HIMSS says it’s now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care.Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. We spoke with the HIMSS government relations team for their thoughts on those priorities and more in 2023 and beyond.
Making telehealth’s case for cost control
Telehealth has proven to reduce burdens on healthcare providers and improve…
A new brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology data says that one-third of prescribers now access prescription drug-monitoring programs through their electronic health records and 62% reported they used electronic prescribing of controlled substances technologies often – up from 37% in 2019.WHY IT MATTERS
“The use of (PDMPs) and electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) technology is critical to improving opioid prescribing practices, informing treatment decisions and supporting safe and effective patient care,” wrote Chelsea Richwine and Jordan Everson in a new HealthIT blog post.
They say the new data adds to previous analyses demonstrating the benefits of the systems by…
New feature alert! 🔔 We are excited to announce that a Patient Risk Profile functionality is now available in the #Malaffi Provider Portal, enabling #AbuDhabidoctors to assess the future #risk of patients developing certain illnesses. Based on past and current medical records, by utilising advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to build #predictivemodels, the functionality predicts the likelihood of certain chronic conditions such as diabetes or acute events such as stroke, giving physicians the upper hand in providing #preventive treatments over cures.#HIE #MalaffiHealthPortal #HealthInformationExchange #InAbuDhabi…
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Subscribe for your weekly fix of health tech stories, wherever you get your news: Substack, Twitter, Apple, or Spotify.Farzad Mostashari, co-founder & CEO of AledadeOur guest on this episode is Dr. Farzad Mostashari. Farzad is the…
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A regular panel discussion including the brightest minds in the healthcare industry. With a focus on digital health, DHR holds collaborative conversations with physicians, patients, scientists, creatives, technologists, and executives devoting their efforts to…
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