Chronic Disease Management

Diabetes Tools Do Not Deliver, Epic Adds Ambient Listening

March 28, 2024 - The major EHR vendor Epic will introduce an ambient listening function into its EHR as the healthcare industry buzzes over the new technology. Ambient listening tools are artificial intelligence (AI) tools that record and monitor providers' conversations with patients. The goal is to let AI take over the documentation tasks that overwhelm...

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How Virtual Reality Altered the Landscape of Pain Management Therapies

by Editorial Staff

Virtual reality (VR) adoption in healthcare is growing quickly. Together with augmented reality tools, the market is expected to be worth nearly $10 million by 2027, around 3.5 times its value in 2022. But the ideal use cases for VR in...

Exploring the Role of Healthcare Providers in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Coaching, Education

by Editorial Staff

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) offer a more holistic perspective on the needs of patients with diabetes. But these tools are only useful if providers are familiar with them and know how to coach patients to use them...

How Remote Patient Monitoring Is Changing Chronic Disease Management

by Kelsey Waddill

Remote patient monitoring tools can improve chronic disease management and patient records, but healthcare stakeholders also must grapple with the accessibility and reimbursement challenges that these...

The Importance of Care Coordination for Chronic Disease Management

by Kelsey Waddill

Care coordination is essential for patients with chronic diseases whose treatment plans require provider input from multiple specialties. Treatment for diabetes—one of the most expensive chronic...

How Specialty Pharmacies Can Support Patients Managing Chronic Diseases

by Alivia Kaylor

Specialty pharmacy team members such as pharmacists and nurses can extend their patient care role by providing additional support to patients with chronic diseases and advocating for better...

How Specialty Pharmacies Can Empower Patients Managing Chronic Diseases

by Alivia Kaylor

Specialty pharmacy team members such as pharmacists and nurses have the opportunity to extend their patient care role by providing additional support to patients with chronic diseases and...

How Blood Testing Can Change the Future of Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention

by Kelsey Waddill

Alzheimer’s Disease prevention and identification may become more achievable with emerging solutions, according to Michael Racke, MD, Medical Director of Neurology at Quest Diagnostics. Listen...

Early Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Test Gains Key FDA Approval

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A new tool is coming to market to improve the early detection of Alzheimer's disease by testing cerebral spinal fluid. FDA Greenlights First In-Vitro Alzheimer’s Disease Test FDA...

How Providers Take A Value-Based Care Approach to Chronic Disease

by Kelsey Waddill

The value-based care approach to chronic disease management relies on a committed clinical workforce, healthcare organizations have indicated. Hayden Schmidt, assistant editorial researcher at...

Primary Care Physician Turnover Tied to Increased Healthcare Spending

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The continued strain on the healthcare system is driving physicians out of practice and new findings suggest that primary care physician turnover has a large financial effect on healthcare...

Value-Based Care is Improving Chronic Disease Management

by Hayden Schmidt

Nearly two-thirds of providers see value-based care as a way to improve relationships with patients and enhance care management strategies, according to reporting from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media. Currently, chronic diseases...

CVS Health to Leverage Community Reach to Expand Clinical Trial Access

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A recent collaboration between CVS Health and Medable looks to make use of the former’s influence in numerous communities to spur greater participation in clinical trials among hard-to-reach...

Healthcare Workforce Shortages to Likely Continue for Next Few Years

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare talent shortages are expected to remain an ongoing challenge for healthcare organizations as a strained workforce looks for greener pastures elsewhere, barring significant changes to...

Healthcare Leaders Seek Improvements to Patient Outcomes with AI

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Not only have healthcare executives warmed to the use of artificial intelligence, but they are also eager for the technology to improve patient outcomes within the next few years. Healthcare...

Leading Retail Pharmacies Contributed to Opioid Crisis in US

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Two Ohio counties successfully argued that CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart pharmacies had a part to play in fueling the opioid crisis in Trumbull and Lake Counties. Retail Pharmacies Culpable in Fueling...

Pandemic Continues to Take Toll on Provider Financial Performance

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Labor expenses and declining patient volumes are having a significant impact on provider financial performance throughout 2021. Hospital Volumes Declining, Healthcare Expenses Rising Healthcare...

Kaiser Workers Approve Strike, Medicare Advantage Plans Rank Well

by Hayden Schmidt

In Southern California, Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers have overwhelmingly approved a strike during a recent vote. If negotiations fail, staffing shortages could ensue. A Class I FDA recall was...

Telehealth Reimbursement a Focal Point of Post-Pandemic Healthcare

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

As the pandemic winds down, providers and payers are set for serious conversations about telehealth reimbursement and payment parity now that the modality has shown its real potential for improving...

Despite Relief Funds, One-Third of Hospitals Eye Expected Losses

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

While pandemic relief funds may have enabled leading hospitals to weather the storm of COVID-19, quite a few hospitals anticipate significant losses during the second year of the pandemic. Hospital...

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