CHICAGO – During HIMSS Global Conference's Behavioral Health Forum, John MacKenzie, clinical program manager and behavioral health specialist at CommonSpirit Telehealth Network, discussed how to support caregivers and help patients suffering from behavioral health issues using virtual care.
"If we treated our sepsis patients like we do our behavioral health patients … we would be in jail,"...
CHICAGO — During the Patient Engagement Forum at HIMSS Global Conference on Monday, Aaron Miri, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Baptist Health, highlighted how digital officers can influence healthcare and the importance of listening, respecting and engaging with patients to improve results for all stakeholders.
"Listen to what your consumers want, what your...
Data analytics company Arcadia secures $125 million from strategic investor and financing partner Vista Credit Partners, Vista Equity Partners' credit-lending arm.
The funds will be used to speed up the company's platform development and accelerate its go-to-market strategy.
"Vista Credit Partners is the preferred partner to help us achieve our goals, providing new financing and access to the...
Osso VR is a virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform that allows users to practice surgical techniques independently or with a team in an immersive environment.
The company's founder and CEO, Dr. Justin Barad, who is also a practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon at UCLA's Orthopaedic Institute for Children, spoke with MobiHealthNews about Osso VR's fundraising and what the...
We’re witnessing massive demographic and market shifts that will accelerate the race to value-based healthcare. Case in point: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) predicts that Medicare Advantage enrollment will soon eclipse traditional Medicare for the first time.
With more people becoming eligible for Medicare than ever before, our healthcare system is experiencing the broad shift...
Healthcare automation company Olive is selling its AI-enabled utilization management tool for payers to health information network Availity.
The deal marks another product divestiture for Olive. Axios first reported last fall the company was selling its population health and 340B management tools to healthcare AI company Rotera.
Those sales came several months after Olive announced it was laying...
Walgreens is partnering with Cariloop, a tech platform that focuses on coaching and cloud-based support tools for caregivers, to offer multiple sclerosis patients and their caregivers access to coaching services through their neurology-specialty pharmacies.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease where a patient's immune system attacks the nervous system, causing scars around the protective sheath (...
Butterfly Network, maker of a handheld, smartphone-connected ultrasound system, received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Auto B-line Counter that leverages AI to help providers determine if a patient has abnormal lung function by measuring B-lines.
B-lines on an ultrasound appear as bright lines and can be associated with various pulmonary conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Though health tech investment dropped last year, there's still plenty of need for innovation in healthcare, said Peter Micca, audit and assurance partner and national health tech leader at Deloitte.
Micca sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the consulting firm's recent report on the health tech investment environment and the growing role of platform-enabled ecosystems.
MobiHealthNews: What...
Aetna, the insurer owned by CVS Health, on Thursday announced a value-based care partnership with digital gastrointestinal care startup Oshi Health.
Oshi offers virtual access to a team of providers – including a gastroenterologist, dietitian, behavioral health clinician and a health coach – to patients with digestive concerns like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease and ulcerative...
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