In the News: December 6–December 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 with site-neutral payment cuts in OPPS final rule; online cognitive behavioral therapy offers potential to fill behavioral health services gaps; and the FDA approves a potent...
This week: Virtual health coverage in private insurance plans is on the rise; physicians are expressing aversion to alternative payment models due to drug cost concerns; and the AMA’s updated...
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.
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
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: Rural broadband connectivity and cancer care; national health expenditure projections; and the rising costs of the opioid epidemic.
“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....
AliveCor recently released the results of several studies of their smartphone enabled ECG, Kardia Mobile. The studies demonstrated the technologies’ capabilities to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib). One of the studies,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
While efforts to make changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been loud, direct and headline grabbing, the potential reversal of net neutrality policy has proven...
Navigating virtual health reimbursement can be difficult. Reimbursement varies depending on the payer, state, practicing clinician, geographical location and more. As virtual health policies are undergoing constant change, health systems...
Coauthored by Sg2 Project Associate Kelly Chen. At this year’s Sg2 Virtual Health Summit, Sg2 and cohost Mercy Virtual in Chesterfield, MO, welcomed 45 attendees from 32 organizations across the...
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