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Healthcare technology development is being accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Lost revenue, slim margins and a need for greater efficiency: These are some of the fallouts of the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare industry. It has created challenges, but also opportunity, especially in the use of technology to driv…
COVID-19 accelerated ongoing digital transformation efforts at NYU Langone
Technology can enhance the patient experience, but it requires organizational buy-in and an infrastructure that scales.
As patient experience becomes more important, technology can help healthcare focus on the consumer
Telehealth and other new technologies are putting the patient first, improving outcomes and lowering the cost of care.
Empathy paramount to the patient experience as healthcare looks beyond the pandemic
The need for empathy and compassion has been highlighted during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many patients have been treated in isolation, cut off from family and loved ones.
Empathy is well and good in theory, but what does it look like in …
Blue Shield of California invests in Cricket Health expansion aimed at treating kidney disease
Today, Cricket Health closed an $83.5 million Series B funding round led by Valtruis, which will enable Cricket’s expansion to support demand for its care model for people with kidney disease.
Blue Shield of California made a strategic investment of an…
COVID-19 changing regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare, and the way in which those technologies are reimbursed; take telehealth for example, which has seen greater reimbursement flexibility from the…
AI, quantum computing and other technologies poised to transform healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges in healthcare, but challenges can sometimes breed innovation. Technological innovation in particular is poised to change the way care is delivered, driving efficiency in the process. Efficiency will…
Healthcare will expand and deal with the fallout of COVID-19 for decades, says Fitch
The U.S. may have entered into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health crisis is far from over and the nation’s hospitals and health systems will likely be dealing with its after effects for decades, according to new findings from F…
Drugs without a proven clinical benefit languish for years on the FDA’s accelerated pathway
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration established its accelerated approval pathway for drugs in 1992, 112 of the 253 drugs authorized have not been confirmed as clinically effective, an investigation by The BMJ has found.
Medicare Part D average premiums to increase nearly 5% in 2022, CMS says
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its projections for average basic monthly premiums for standard Medicare Part D coverage in 2022, which the agency expects will be about $33 — a 4.9% increase from the $31.47 average premium …
