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Digital determinants of health important with growing technology usage

Association of Health Care Journalists

As health journalists, many of us have written about or are familiar with social determinants of health (SDOH) — how the places where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age affect health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and health risks. But certain populations remain challenged.

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Virtual Care Regulatory Round-Up: Telehealth & Digital Care ‘State-of-Play’ by Nathaniel Lacktman

The Health Care Blog

BY JESS DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH. Just as HHS extends the Covid-19 public health emergency waivers until July, we kick-off a brand-new monthly interview series about the state-of-play for all things telehealth and digital care policy and reimbursement. Great education on virtual care and what’s happening in the space RIGHT NOW.

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Rural America is a Fertile Field for Digital Health

The Health Care Blog

Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM. Eric Larsen.

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Big Data Helps Drive the Future of Virtual Healthcare

Smart Data Collective

However, thanks to developments in digital technology, medical practitioners may now digitally diagnose, treat, and manage the care of their patients. One of the biggest ways that they have helped improve patient care is by offering telemedicine. Some of the benefits of using big data to improve telemedicine are listed below.

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‘Breaking Down Interstate Barriers to Telehealth Delivery’ Tops ATA’s Priorities for 2023

The Health Care Blog

by JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH. And, these are just to name a few… Right now, the pandemic’s public health emergency is still in effect until mid-January, and, though it is expected to be renewed, the renewal will only get us into the second quarter of 2023. The time to get involved is now, Health Tech!

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A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare

Health Blawg

Apple recently announced its foray into the personal health record market. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the road to our digital health utopia of seamless data interoperability and transparency is littered with rusted hulks of other really great ideas. We are awash in dollars. Perhaps Amazon etc.

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Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distinct from the notion of being patient-centered. Rasu chose as one example a company spun out of UPMC, in a partnership with the Advisory Board: Evolent Health. David Harlow.

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