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OHSU to Become First Health System in Oregon to Implement Kyruus ProviderMatch®

Kyruus, a leader in providing search and scheduling solutions for health systems, announced that OHSU in Portland, Oregon, a nationally distinguished research organization, will use the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform to enhance patient access to providers and services across the OHSU health system. OHSU is building a comprehensive provider directory with KyruusOne®, Kyruus’s provider data management platform. This will enable the health system to unify its many disparate data sources and build detailed profiles with direct engagement from providers on their clinical areas of focus. A key...

Do you forget your passwords? Imagine what it’s like being me, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE in her latest despatch on life with Alzheimer’s

Health and lifestyle journalist Bonnie Estridge has been a reporter all of her adult life, and that hasn’t stopped since she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In a recent article she wrote for London’s Daily Mail, she lamented that tasks like remembering passwords have gone from difficult to impossible since the disease began taking hold. Although some devices are now proving very difficult to use, including some of her techno-favorites like the digital recorder she used to record interviews, Estridge has found that there are people...

Walgreens offers new tool for chronic care management

Walgreens is expanding the services available on its Walgreens Find Care digital platform to include chronic care management. The company is now offering connected devices and digital therapeutic solutions for asthma and COPD management from Propeller Health, and diabetes management from Dexcom on the platform. Since launching the platform, Vanderbilt Health, Aspen Dental, Partners in Primary Care, Norton Healthcare, Community Health Network, and Houston Methodist have joined a group of 26 national and local organizations providing health services such as primary care, dental care, and telehealth. Offerings...

5 hospital marketing trends to watch: data personalization, chatbots & more

Health systems are transitioning toward a value-based model of care, and so too must their marketing. Rather than just highlighting available services, health system marketers must also promote improved patient outcomes. Here, according to Evariant, are five data-driven, digitally minded trends that will help hospital marketing efforts keep up with the ever-changing health infrastructure. Video marketing is first on Evariant’s list. Hospitals can build trust, encourage patient engagement, and seem much less intimidating by sharing videos of patient success stories, question-and-answer sessions with physicians, and demonstrations...

How digital health apps are leading the fight against diabetes

Chronic conditions like diabetes require constant monitoring between regularly scheduled doctor visits. Livongo, the first digital health company to go public after a years-long drought, is hoping to prove that technology can help better manage costly chronic illnesses. The platform analyzes data to build a picture of a person’s patterns, while dietitians and physiologists give them real-time advice about diet, medication, and exercise by apps or text message. If a patient’s blood sugar is dangerously low or high, a coach will call to warn them within...