The odds are good that doctors didn’t get into medicine so they could spend half their days, or more, writing chart notes. But that is the life of most physicians: half of their average workdays are spent entering data into EHRs and conducting clerical work,...
Becker’s Hospital Review recently interviewed Aaron Sheedy, chief operating officer at Xealth, about the company’s mission to streamline the entire care delivery process, end to end, by giving providers tools that will improve outcomes and reduce their workloads. Xealth spun out of Renton, Washington-based Providence St....
According to a recent survey commissioned by American Well, two-thirds of Americans are willing to use telehealth. But when it comes to behavioral health, that’s not true: only 30 percent of the survey’s respondents would be willing to use it for counseling or other mental...
Electronic health record platform Epic is partnering with telehealth provider American Well to make video visits available directly in Epic’s MyChart portal. This will allow providers to incorporate video as part of care delivery. With the American Well Telehealth Patient app, patients can schedule virtual appointments...
Altais announced that it is partnering with Aledade and the California Medical Association (CMA) to help independent physician practices optimize their practice workflows and support value-based care efforts. “Regulatory, administrative, and financial burdens are causing a loss of practice vibrancy and unprecedented levels of physician and...
As co-founder of the well-regarded health-tech venture capital firm Rock Health, Halle Tecco is a big name in the digital health world. And now she’s turned her attention to a startup of her own: a women’s health-focused company called Natalist. The idea came from Tecco’s own...
Baptist Health South Florida has chosen Kyruus to power its new online provider search and scheduling system. The health system has implemented both Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers and Kyruus ProviderMatch for Consumers in Spanish on its website to enable a user-friendly provider search and scheduling...
Telehealth company American Well today announced the findings of its Telehealth Index: 2019 Consumer Survey. The results show that 66 percent of Americans are willing to use telehealth, and 8 percent have actually had a telehealth visit with a doctor. However, while consumers recognize that...
GRAIL, Inc., a health care company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, announced that Rodger Currie, JD, has been appointed as Vice President and Head of Government Affairs and Alliance Development. Currie will report to Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS,...
In a recent episode of the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast, Tom Robinson interviewed Aetion CEO Carolyn Magill about her unique career trajectory from the world of nuclear weapons to the world of health care, and how Aetion is partnering with organizations and companies like The...