In the News: Dec 6–13
By Sg2 TeamThis week: Only half of open jobs in health care are being filled; telestroke services in rural areas have increased; and neonatal telehealth programs reduce transfers to neonatal NICUs.
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This week: Only half of open jobs in health care are being filled; telestroke services in rural areas have increased; and neonatal telehealth programs reduce transfers to neonatal NICUs.
This week: CMS continues site-neutral payment cuts in OPPS final rule; online cognitive behavioral therapy's potential to fill behavioral health services gaps; and FDA approves potent new opioid despite opposition.
This week: Virtual health coverage in private insurance plans; physicians expressing aversion to APMs due to drug cost concerns; and AMA’s updated tool helps map medically underserved areas.
This week: Long-term acute care hospitals under siege as PAC grows; US government, tech companies work to expand rural telehealth access; and hospitals face cost-cutting limitations as revenue declines.
mHealth apps have been shown to increase patient participation in clinical trials, yet many life science organizations have been reluctant to adopt them. This reluctance persists, despite a survey showing...
This week: Telemedicine continues to thrive despite regulatory hurdles; patients’ growing use of online physician review sites; and health care private equity deals reached $42.6 billion in 2017
“Digiceuticals” Are Gaining Steam For several months now, the FDA has been approving mHealth apps (also known as digital therapeutics or “digiceuticals”) to treat everything from diabetes to substance abuse....
Increasingly, mHealth is being recognized as a powerful source of the necessary individual data to support large scale population health initiatives. One example of how mHealth data is being used...
This week: Rural broadband connectivity and cancer care; national health expenditure projections; and the rising costs of the opioid epidemic.
As has long been rumored, 12 national health systems, including Cedars-Sinai Health in Los Angeles, Geisinger Health System and Dignity Health, have been working with Apple to establish a way...
As virtual health technologies continue to proliferate, the fragmented nature of the data they generate presents an ever growing challenge. In particular, how best to aggregate and store data accessibly...
Despite significant progress in regards to virtual health reimbursement, substantial improvements remain necessary. According to a recent study by the Center for Connected Health Policy, current private parity laws give...