Category: chronic care

Time and Goals Should Drive Your Post-COVID-19 Care Management Strategy

behavior, care management, Case Management, chronic care, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Current Health, Electronic Health Record, Health Systems, Lightbeam Health Solutions, Medicaid, Medicare, medication, model, Opinion, Patient Engagement, Physicians, risk / April 9, 2021 April 9, 2021

Jessica Scruton, BSN, RN, CCM, VP of Clinical Transformation for Lightbeam Health Solutions COVID-19 forced many health systems to reassess and reconfigure their care management processes and staffing models so that clinicians could better manage more of their acute, complex, and otherwise healthy patients remotely to limit in-person care. During this time, health systems likely …

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Glooko Raises $30M to Expand Digital Diabetes Management Platform

care management, care teams, chronic care, diabetes, diabetes management, Diabetes Management Platform, digital diabetes management platform, digital health, Glooko, Health Catalyst, insulin, Mayo Clinic, Novo Nordisk, obesity, Partners, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, Startups / March 16, 2021 March 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Glooko, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, today announced that they have raised a $30 million Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, …

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A New System to Fit A New Economy: How Healthcare Can Recover From COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence, chronic care, CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), f, health insurance, MD, medical technology, model, Opinion, Patient Access, Patient Care, Physicians, Price Transparency, primary care, public health, risk, Telemedicine / January 28, 2021 January 28, 2021

Paula Muto, MD, FACSFounder and CEO, UBERDOC, Inc. We are at a watershed moment. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reevaluate our priorities both economically and with regard to public health. Living with a healthcare system that was created in response to an emergency measure during World War II, US consumers have struggled for …

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Conversa Health Expands Series B to $20M with Additional $8M in Funding

chronic care, Conversa Health, digital health, Health Systems, Northwell Health, Oncology, Startups, Telehealth, virtual care / January 19, 2021 January 19, 2021

What You Should Know: – Conversa Health raises an additional $8M, expanding its Series B round to $20M for its automated virtual care platform, totaling $34M in funding to date. – The Series B round, first announced at $12 million in June, was co-led by Builders VC and Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture arm of …

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COVID-19 Deferrals Lead to 3 Major Conditions Payers/Providers Must Address in 2021

AI, Artificial Intelligence, behavioral health, cancer, chronic care, Health IT, Heart, heart disease, Machine Learning, MD, Medicaid, Payers, Predictive Analytics, risk / January 8, 2021 January 8, 2021

What You Should Know: – COVID-19 care deferrals lead to three major boomerang conditions that payers and providers must proactively address in 2021, according to a newly released report by Prealize. – COVID-19’s hidden victims—those who avoided or deferred care during the pandemic—will increasingly return to the healthcare system, and many will be diagnosed with …

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Xealth’s CEO Shares Impact of Digital Health in 2020 and What’s Ahead in 2021

Amazon, care pathways, care teams, chronic care, Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Trials, CMS, decision support, digital health, Digital Health Funding, Digital Prescription Platform, google, Health Disparities, health insurance, Health Systems, HIT, HIT Consultant, Interviews, Patient Engagement, Patient Monitoring, Payers, remote patient monitoring, risk, Telehealth, UPMC, venture capital, Walmart, Wearables, Xealth / January 7, 2021 January 7, 2021

Mike McSherry, CEO & Co-founder of Xealth HIT Consultant sat down with Mike McSherry, CEO, and co-founder of Seattle-based digital prescription platform Xealth to discuss digital health lessons learned in 2020 and what we can expect in 2021. As Xealth’s CEO, Mike also works with Duke Health, UPMC, Atrium Health, and The Froedtert & the …

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Digital Diabetes Market to Reach $1.5B by 2024, Research Finds

Abbott, Ascensia Diabetes Care, chronic care, dario health, depression, DexCom, diabetes, diabetes management, digital diabetes management platform, Digital Diabetes Platform, digital health, Hypertension, LifeScan, Livongo, Livongo Health, mySugr, obesity, Omada Health, One Drop, Research2Guidance, Roche / December 14, 2020 December 14, 2020

What You Should Know: – The digital diabetes market is on track to reach $1.5 billion dollars by 2024, according to a new report by Research2Guidance. – The confident growth of digital diabetes care will be driven by the growth of the global addressable market for digital diabetes services. Between 2019 and 2024, the number of diagnosed diabetics …

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Healthcare M&A: DAS Health Acquires Randall Technology Services

ALLSCRIPTS, behavioral health, care management, chronic care, cybersecurity, DAS Health, Health IT, Health Ventures, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, healthcare technology, MACRA, Patient Engagement, rcm, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, risk, Telemedicine / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020

What You Should Know: – DAS Health Ventures acquires healthcare and managed IT company Randall Technology Services (RandallTech). – This acquisition adds Allscripts® PM and EHR solutions to the DAS portfolio of supported products, and DAS Health has now added additional staff in Texas that will create opportunities for greater regional support of its entire …

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Rural Hospital Execs Can Beat COVID-19 By Shifting From Reactive to Proactive Care

Affordable Care Act, care management, chronic care, CMS, COPD, Coronavirus (COVID-19), diabetes, Health Information Technology, healthcare delivery, healthcare technology, HIT, Hypertension, kidney disease, MD, obesity, Opinion, risk, rural healthcare, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, video, virtual care / October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020

Eric Tran, Tulane School of Medicine Donald Voltz, MD, Aultman Hospital The COVID-19 virus is ravaging the planet at a scale not seen since the infamous Spanish Flu of the early 1900s, inflicting immense devastation as the U.S. loses more than 200,000 lives and counting. According to CDC statistics, 94% of patient mortalities associated with …

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Priority Health Launches Telehealth PCP Plans for Members in Michigan

behavioral health, chronic care, diabetes, Doctor on Demand, primary care, Telehealth, urgent care, virtual care / October 22, 2020 October 22, 2020

What You Should Know: – Priority Health launches its virtual-first coverage option with MyPriority Telehealth PCP plans, using top platform Doctor On Demand. – Members who choose one of the MyPriority Telehealth PCP plans will have a doctor assigned as their primary care physician (PCP) through Doctor on Demand and all visits will take place …

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Getting Beyond the Telehealth ‘Stop-Gap’ Mentality

care management, chronic care, clinical workflows, CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), healthcare and technology, HHS, hipaa, Interoperability, MD, Opinion, Partners, patient experience, Payers, PHI, Physicians, revenue cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, Telehealth, Telemedicine, transcription, video, virtual care / October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020

Roland Therriault, President, InSync Healthcare Solutions Since COVID-19 emerged as a major health threat, virtual care has taken off. As many as 46% of patients reported in late April that they had used telehealth to replace a canceled healthcare visit in 2020, while 48% of physicians said they had started using telehealth to treat patients. …

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Digital Behavioral Health: Addressing The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis

AVIA, behavior, behavioral health, Caregivers, chronic care, digital health, Health Systems, healthcare delivery, Medicaid, Medicaid Transformation Project, medication, mental health, Mental Illness, MyStrength, Opinion, Population Health, primary care, Tele, Tele-Behavioral Health, Telehealth, Telehealth Services, Telemedicine, Value-Based Care, virtual care / October 5, 2020 October 5, 2020

Victor Siclovan, Director of Medicaid Transformation Project at AVIA Living through a pandemic is stressful and anxiety-inducing. Stay-at-home measures are compounding this stress, resulting in social isolation and unprecedented economic hardship, including mass layoffs and loss of health coverage. Fully understanding the impact of these pernicious trends on overall mental health will take time. However, …

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The Coronavirus Crisis’ Silent Death Toll: Chronically Ill Patients

cancer, Care Coordination, chronic care, diabetes, Hypertension, MD, mental health, Opinion, patient population, Physicians, primary care, risk, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value-Based Care, virtual care, Virtual Visits / August 25, 2020 August 25, 2020

Dr. Kayur Patel, Chief Medical Officer of Proactive MD The impact of the coronavirus crisis is shining a bright light on many of the challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system. So much more than a lack of primary care physicians and hospital beds, the all-hands-on-deck approach to combating the spread of COVID-19 has forced patients …

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Current Health, Dexcom Partner to Deliver Continuous, Remote Glucose Monitoring

AI, alzheimer's disease, Box, care management, chronic care, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), Current Health, DexCom, diabetes, diabetes management, Diabetes Management Platform, digital health, Health Systems, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, risk, Vital / July 23, 2020 July 23, 2020

What You Should Know: – Current Health has partnered with Dexcom to add continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) capabilities to its remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform – enhancing care and improving outcomes for diabetics. – Dexcom CGM data will transmit directly into the Current Health wearable and platform for review by the care management and clinical …

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Telehealth’s Time Has Come. And It’s Here to Stay.

care teams, Caregivers, chronic care, Collective Health, digital health, global health, Health Systems, home health, Medicare, mental health, model, Opinion, Pack Health, patient safety, Physicians, risk, rural health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Virtual Visits, Wearables / July 21, 2020 July 21, 2020

Ernie Ianace, EVP Sales and Marketing at VitalTech “The numbers don’t lie,” is a famous old adage and quite appropriate with regard to the rapid rise and deployment of telehealth solutions in the medical community. It may have taken a global pandemic for society to recognize and investigate the rewards of its adoption, but statistics …

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Doctor On Demand Raises $75M to Expand Comprehensive Virtual Care Platform

behavioral health, care teams, chronic care, CMS, Doctor on Demand, HIT, Humana, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Part B, model, Partners, patient population, Physicians, primary care, public health, risk, SAN FRANCISCO, Telehealth, Telemedicine, urgent care, video, virtual care, Virtual Care Platform, Walmart / July 8, 2020 July 8, 2020

What You Should Know – Doctor On Demand raises $75M in Series D funding led by General Atlantic to expand comprehensive virtual care. – Doctor On Demand is seeing record usage this year – up 139% – for COVID-19 screenings, routine health issues, chronic conditions and behavioral health. San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand, today announced it has raised $75 million in …

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