Few industries are as complex today as healthcare. The pace of disruption is unrelenting as new entrants, new discoveries, and new technologies are emerging nearly every day. Category leaders are being challenged to deliver…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 31, 2023 – Results of a cohort study indicated that despite a wide uptake in video telehealth (VTH) use during the COVID-19 pandemic, urban veterans used this modality more, specifically veterans of…
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After the Covid-19 pandemic public approval of the NHS “dropped off a cliff” due to pressures affecting basic levels of service and leading to lengthy waiting times, The King’s Fund CEO Richard Murray told…
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Felicia Sadler, MJ, BSN, RN, CPHQ, LSSBB, VP of Quality at Relias
Despite the recent end to the COVID-19 global public health emergency, its effects linger. This includes nurse and clinician shortages, which persist across…
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UMass Memorial Health Sees Growing PotentialThe explosive growth of telehealth triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic created an opportunity for Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health to establish a virtual patient observation program, says David Smith,…
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By Hannah Nelson
July 24, 2023 – While the COVID-19 pandemic increased patient EHR message volume across specialties, women physicians experienced a significantly greater message increase, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Researchers analyzed EHR…
By Mark Melchionna
July 24, 2023 – New research indicated that the use of a hybrid care model for providing prenatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic did not alter rates of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, maternal morbidity,…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of technologies were rapidly acquired and deployed by healthcare organizations like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and digital patient intake. According to a new report from Panda Health, now that…
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Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners sells specialty EHR/PM vendor Nextech to another PE firm, TPG, for $1.4 billion.
THL bought the company for $500 million in June 2019, after which it…
By Hannah Nelson
July 19, 2023 – EHR integration of natural language processing (NLP) models can effectively triage patients reporting positive at-home COVID-19 test results through the patient portal, according to a study published in JAMA…
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