ORLANDO–During a fireside chat style discussion at HIMSS24 on Wednesday, “Achieving Equity through Coordinated Healthcare,” experts discussed how exchanging health information can bridge gaps in health equity and the innovations transforming healthcare access. Michael Jackson,…
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ORLANDO – At HIMSS24, Georgia Health Information Network discussed its Georgia Unity platform, a health information exchange network developed with local community partners, created due to the need to understand total health in Georgia’s…
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By Sara Heath
February 27, 2024 – Connecting patients experiencing food insecurity with SNAP benefits could improve medication adherence by as much as nearly 14 percent, according to new data from The Ohio State University.
The study,…
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The SCAN Foundation (TSF), an independent public foundation that catalyzes bold and equitable approaches to how older adults age in both home and community, today announced it has entered into a public-private…
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DeepScribe announces GA of its new Trust and Safety Suite, a set of solutions designed to give users greater visibility into the safety and reliability of its AI-powered medical scribe software.
Persistent Systems develops AI-powered…
Papa, a companion care company, announced two new programs Monday that will support health plans’ goals with social drivers of health (SDOH) and Medicare Star Ratings.
Miami-based Papa works with payers and pairs older adults…
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– Persistent Systems, a leading digital engineering and enterprise modernization company, and Microsoft today announced the launch of an innovative Generative AI-powered Population Health Management (PHM) Solution. This collaborative effort aims…
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This week, telenutrition company Foodsmart launched a new program designed to help the nation’s most at-risk populations make healthy eating choices that don’t hurt their budgets.
The program, called Foodscripts, enables primary care physicians to…
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January 31, 2024 – The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) was able to reduce homelessness by 55 percent over a 13-year period, demonstrating the power of integrating social determinants of health interventions into the…
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On Thursday, AWS announced plans to funnel an additional $20 million into its health equity initiative, bringing the company’s total investment in the program to $60 million.
AWS launched the program in 2021, originally committing…
