While telehealth alone doesn’t appear to add significantly to a primary care physician’s workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary…
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Yesterday, in part one of our in-depth interview with Dr. Brian Hasselfeld of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the senior medical director of digital health and innovation and associate director of Johns Hopkins inHealth, discussed the…
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Dr. Brian Hasselfeld has a little Wall Street in his background and likes to talk about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence to healthcare in economic terms – the law of supply and demand.Everyone…
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During a keynote address this week at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett declared that AI “has the potential to build healthier communities on a scale and pace that…
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Quantum Health, a healthcare navigation company, has launched a navigation offering for Medicare Advantage plans, the company shared with MedCity News exclusively.
Dublin, Ohio-based Quantum Health has traditionally served self-insured employers and helps connect employees…
“About 50 percent of counties in the country have less than one primary care physician per 1, 500 population. And that’s just not enough. In about two-thirds of those, we’ve got enough pharmacies so…
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I was invited to yet another retirement party this week. It was again for a primary care physician who is leaving medicine at an age that is decidedly less than the oft-discussed 65.
Burnout…
Only 21% of primary care physicians feel they are fairly compensated, according to a new report released by Pearl Health, a tech company that helps independent physician practices participate in value-based care models. For…
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The lion’s share of investment in women’s health is related to fertility and maternal care. That leaves a major gap in caring for women after their fertile years. One company that wants to fill…
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For every patient consultation, physicians spend nearly two additional hours on Electronic Health Record (EHR) and related admin tasks during their shift. As a result, primary care providers are burdened with paperwork and unable…
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