Oura has evolved from a sleep-focused wellness startup into a company getting deeper and deeper into chronic disease management and healthcare integration. Ricky Bloomfield, the company’s chief medical officer, said Oura wants to integrate more of its data into healthcare workflows — in ways that are clinically meaningful, not burdensome, for physicians, he emphasized.
Healthcare experts shared key principles that are guiding health system strategy during a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference. These leaders believe in flexible, patient-centered engagement strategies, emphasize clinical value as the benchmark for adopting technology, and champion collaboration to scale solutions that deliver proven results.
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
It's time that the healthcare industry transitioned from isolated point solutions to an integrated care model that incorporates remote monitoring and virtual care management.
As we look toward the new year, a key step is bringing together stakeholders to better understand how burnout can affect a person’s ability to engage in self-care and collaborative care — and how to develop proactive, person-centered solutions that get to the root causes of distress before they lead to detrimental disengagement.
You can provide the best care possible inside the four walls of your hospital, but if your patients can’t afford their prescriptions after you discharge them, the system isn’t working.
Wearable devices, such as a glucose meter device or a defibrillator and pacemaker, can provide valuable and real-time information to a healthcare provider so that decisions can be made to protect the patient.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Healthcare is a data-driven industry, but it's held together by incompatible, siloed data systems. Providers and payers need the ability to exchange data and update directories in real time; otherwise, they cannot ensure patients will access the high-quality care they deserve.
Medicare's Chronic Care Management program reduced emergency room and in-patient hospital visits and lowered total health spending, but uptake has been sluggish for a variety of reasons.
C-SNPs are Medicare Advantage plans formulated to meet the desired needs of people living with chronic diseases. These plans are different from traditional Medicare plans because they’re only available to people who fit the special needs category that the plan serves.
As the U.S. healthcare system works to focus on the move to preventive, personalized care for patients, it’s time to turn the tide on diabetes by addressing the three Cs of chronic disease care: compassion, coordination, and community.
AI-native tax firm Gelt combines top human tax experts with AI to help physicians and healthcare practices use data-driven tax strategies to lower liabilities, improve profitability, and future-proof their finances.
Executives from Geisinger and UNC Health discussed the most impactful ways they have deployed predictive AI across their health systems during a recent virtual panel. At Geisinger, these predictive algorithms are reducing avoidable emergency department admissions, and at UNC, they are helping to identify sepsis before it becomes severe.
Rich multimedia content, chatbots and human interaction all play important roles in helping new health technologies become part of a patient’s lifestyle.
Paul Markovich believes in the value of health tech in managing both chronic diseases and in general health and wellness. In this episode, he talks about the company's Wellvolution platform and the digital tools that are offered there to members, now even to those on Medicaid.
If you ask any physician about treating patients with chronic conditions, chances are they will tell you that our current healthcare system is failing these patients. I am no different. For patients with heart failure, type 2 diabetes, or hypertension, a quarterly office visit simply cannot provide the level of care needed to make the […]
Steve Driver is an interventional cardiologist as well as medical director of digital therapeutics at Advocate Aurora Health, which last year merged with Atrium Health. In this episode, he talked about a pilot involving Omada Health targeting a prediabetes population, among other things.