In the News: July 21–28
By Sg2 TeamThis week: social media content inaccuracies drive health inequity; opioid deaths continue to rise despite prescription decreases; and nursing homes receive $5 billion to fight COVID-19
This week: social media content inaccuracies drive health inequity; opioid deaths continue to rise despite prescription decreases; and nursing homes receive $5 billion to fight COVID-19
This week: Alzheimer disease linked to socioeconomic status; partnerships for hospital at home care; and COVID-19 in the second half of 2020
This week: Health system successfully integrates holistic care model; start-up scales women’s health; and early predictions underestimate COVID-19’s impact
This week: CMS introduces new model to help lower insulin costs; new software promotes price transparency; and elder care becomes more important as demographics change
This week: Exercise affects AF patients’ life expectancy; AI helps identify SDOH; and the Alzheimer disease patient population grows
Pediatric shift to value is driven by changes to Medicaid delivery at the state level and led by engaged physician leaders--the largest strides come from institutions that own health plans.
This week: health care tech improves care coordination; hospice care is on the rise; and US falls behind in care coordination.
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This week: A new app to help parents of preemies with care coordination, an underutilized Medicare program for diabetic patients, and a new partnership focuses on reducing infant mortality.
Care Coordination Remains a Manual Process A recent Fierce Healthcare article discusses a PointClickCare report regarding the inefficient methods of patient data sharing among acute and post-acute care facilities. According...
This week: CAR T-cell therapy covered under Medicare; Tennessee Medicaid program addresses physical health through mental health; and equity issues and food deserts fuel the obesity epidemic.
This week: CVS-Aetna launch a new SDOH platform; online check-ins may influence urgent care consumer patterns; and a study reflects a new approach to autism diagnosis.