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By Kat Jercich | 12:57 pm | December 18, 2020
Researchers in a New England Journal of Medicine report found that Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia as did white ones.
By Mallory Hackett | 11:47 am | December 18, 2020
With the platform, Highmark will support patients and clinicians to increase their engagement throughout the healthcare journey.
By Joyoti Goswami | 03:46 pm | December 15, 2020
At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 11:42 am | December 14, 2020
One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.
By Mike Miliard | 03:57 pm | December 11, 2020
From their EHR workflows, clinicians will have a centralized system enabling them to order and prescribe apps, devices or other digital therapeutic tools for virtual care management.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:03 pm | December 11, 2020
University of California, Berkeley, medical scientists use a Bluetooth-enabled tracking watch to study ways the bond between patient and caregiver benefits the patient.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 02:09 pm | December 08, 2020
The representatives said they're optimistic about the legislation's forward movement, given President-Elect Joe Biden's support for the 21st Century Cures Act when he was last in the White House.
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By KPMG | 02:47 am | December 01, 2020
There is a need to transform the healthcare experience for patients and healthcare workers, so that organisations can thrive under the new normal. Eight critical capabilities must be hardwired into organisations to achieve this goal, says KPMG Saudi Arabia.
By Mike Miliard | 05:50 pm | November 25, 2020
Building off its Hospital Without Walls initiative, it's offering new flexibilities around telehealth and remote patient monitoring as the country enters "a new level of crisis response," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
By HIMSS TV | 06:00 pm | November 24, 2020
Steven Matarelli, senior clinical executive at Vocera Communications, says technologies must be able to interact effectively with other technologies and thereby build on interoperability, a key consideration in any transformation strategy.