The Veterans Health Administration has entered into a contract with South Carolina-based 3D Systems to establish manufacturing facilities within their hospitals for the production of medical devices. 3D Systems announced in a press release this week that the partnership…
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New platform aims to unite the global health and care community during COVID-19
Health and social care consultancy group Meaningful Care Matters is launching a platform that aims to empower people through an international network of like-minded care communities. The Meaningful Connections Community platform will offer individuals and care providers an opportunity to…
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Patients with comorbid behavioral health conditions have longer inpatient stays
A report released this week from the Center for Health Information and Analysis found that patients with comorbid behavioral health conditions had readmission rates that were nearly twice as high as those without one. The report, which examined CHIA’s data…
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Universal Community Health moves from text-enabled telehealth to robust ‘tele-assisted care’
Toward the end of March, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard in California, Universal Community Health Center in Los Angeles needed to implement a quick-and-easy platform to get telehealth off the ground. THE PROBLEM The health center needed a simple…
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS FT awarded Stage 7 O-EMRAM
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS FT (GOSH) in London has been awarded Stage 7 on the O-EMRAM by HIMSS this week, making it the first hospital in England to achieve the validation. O-EMRAM, or the Outpatients Electronic Medical…
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'Focus on the patient and the rest will follow'
Stakeholders at the Evening Keynote virtual session, ‘From Volume to Value – A Paradigm Shift’, at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference, agreed that striving for quality requires a fundamental shift to value-based care. The session moderator, Jens…
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How one mental health provider is using its own telehealth spinoff to boost virtual care
Harbor is a nonprofit mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider based in Toledo, Ohio, that has been addressing community needs for more than 100 years. It serves more than 23,000 individuals annually. Lighthouse Telehealth is a subsidiary of Harbor,…
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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal
Telehealth has been around for a long time, but only recently has it gained the critical mass that most have long expected. “It’s the overnight success story that was 30 years in the making,” said Atrium Health Chief Strategy Officer…
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Amazon expands app-based telehealth services for Wash. employees
Amazon is expanding an initiative allowing employees to access healthcare via text message or video call from the Seattle area to throughout Washington state. The service, called Amazon Care, is available via a downloadable app to office workers and to…
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Patients want to download their own health data, report shows
With the deadline quickly approaching for healthcare providers to implement the new information blocking rules put in place under the 21st Century Cures Act, a new survey suggests that patients are on board with the changes to come. The survey…
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