Virtual Healthcare May 2024
We are seeking out the latest developments around virtual healthcare. News from ATA, AvaSure, Avel eCare, Andor Health, CirrusMD, Walmart Health, Cloud DX, and more.
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Getting Intentional About Equity
From the AHRQ Blog – Just over 20 years ago, the Institute of Medicine released two seminal reports on the need to improve healthcare quality—one on healthcare disparities, another that emphasized the promise of digital healthcare technologies. Since then, healthcare technology has made significant strides.
How Badly Do You Want It?
Joshua Liu MD explains how he feels about the investment climate of health IT. How well do you take rejection?
Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies
By Sarah Jane Tribble – Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of covid-era payment changes for telehealth services that include allowing people to stay in their homes to see a doctor or therapist.
Digitizing the Patient Financial Experience
By Kris Brumley MBA – Companies across industries are scrambling to create more personalized consumer experiences, and they’re turning to digital solutions to do so. Digital technology can provide customized interactions that are easy to use and can be tailored to each consumer’s preferences.
We Can’t “Technology” Our Way Out of Healthcare’s Problems
Joshua Liu MD explains why we can’t “technology” our way out of healthcare’s biggest problems. Technology is amazing at automating and accelerating what humans WANT to do and are MOTIVATED to do. This is key to understand because healthcare is inherently human.
The Case for Video Data: A Surgical Tool Worth Using
By Dennis Kogan – The leveraging of vast amounts of surgical data may hold the key to improving both individual surgeon performance and the quality and efficiency of the entire perioperative care continuum.
The Blame Game in Healthcare Innovation
Joshua Liu MD explains why health tech entrepreneurs sometimes blame their lack of success on healthcare’s “unwillingness to innovate” despite “claiming to want to innovate”.
Digital Health is More Complicated than Most Software
Joshua Liu MD explains why digital health is more complicated than most software because you have to create unique value for far more stakeholders who often have very different goals and incentives.