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Artificial Intelligence, Consumer / Employer
Two announcements involving Walmart show its goal to provide convenience to employees/shoppers
Walmart’s partnership with Health at Scale is meant to connect employees and their families with health providers who can best care for them. The retail giant’s collaboration with Quest Diagnostics is aimed at increasing consumer access to high-quality lab tests.
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On-demand webinar: How healthcare leaders use IoT to automate infection control
Wednesday, March 11, 2:00pm EDT
An expert panel will discuss COVID-19 recommendations from the CDC and applications for real-time location services that can help reduce the spread of healthcare-associated infections. -
Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Precision OS replaces cadavers for surgical spine training at the Global Spine Congress
The immersive medical education software company is applying its medical-grade virtual reality platform to train surgeons.
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Founder’s Story: HealCo
Kirat Kharode is the CEO and Founder of HealCo — the Airbnb for medical office timesharing.
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SYN, Health Services, Health Tech
House-call service Heal adds new insurer partnership
The deal will provide the company’s house-call service to members of a health plan operating as a joint venture between Sutter Health and Aetna.
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Landmark uses house calls to reduce hospitalization for sickest patients
In an interview, Landmark Health Chief Medical Officer and co-founder Dr. Michael Le said house calls provide a way for healthcare providers to get a better understanding of their patients needs and challenges beyond a doctor’s office. Landmark will take part in the HLTH conference next week.
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Survey: These are the top three healthcare tasks patients complete on mobile apps
Scheduling appointments, viewing lab results and requesting prescriptions emerged as the top three functions patients use mobile apps for, according to a SOTI survey of 552 U.S. consumers.
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Medscape develops tool to help oncologists make more informed decisions
Medscape has launched the beta Oncology Decision Point tool for lung cancer. The full launch of the tool will include all major cancer types and will happen later this year.
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How The Iowa Clinic implemented a virtual scribe solution to ease physician documentation burden
The Iowa Clinic in West Des Moines implemented IKS Health’s Scribble tool, an asynchronous virtual scribe service, and it is helping physicians save time and see more patients.
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Improving Communication Between Patients and Providers
Sarah Shillington, Chief Customer Officer notes how Artera’s omnichannel platform works.
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Liability risk in telehealth: 7 things to consider
Physicians considering expanding into telemedicine must understand the applicable legal limits, as well as critical ways to minimize their risk.
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MedCity Influencers, Artificial Intelligence
How artificial intelligence will shape the physician toolkit in 2019
As we consider AI’s expansion across the entire healthcare industry, here are some specific areas where I believe artificial intelligence will make the most impact in 2019, as it continues to shape the modern physician’s toolkit.
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Healthcare apparel startup Jaanuu lands $15M in funding
Co-founded by Neela Sethi Young, a physician, and her brother Shaan Sethi, a former private equity investor, the company offers scrubs and other medical workwear for men and women.
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Here’s why CMS’s move to reimburse for virtual care and remote patient monitoring is good but not great
The new rule includes additional amendments designed to accelerate the use of virtual check-ins and Remote Patient Monitoring in the market. Here’s a look at why the rule is good but not great.
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First half of 2018 sees 18.7M pills and $164M lost due to drug diversion
These numbers compare to 2017, when 20.9 million pills and $301.1 million were lost because of drug diversion, according to an analysis by data analytics company Protenus.