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Playing catch-up in hospital innovation

In a recent article on TechCrunch, Crunch Network contributor Mandira Singh argues that a big change is due in health care: more tech innovations to improve processes, deliver healthcare, increase accuracy, and ensure that patients are able to receive the care they need, when they need it. While we have over a million apps and other services to help us stay fit, keep us entertained, educate us, improve our efficiency, and more, the healthcare industry is notably lacking in IT solutions. Yet these are the kinds...

Health Systems’ Integrated Virtual Clinics Improve Care Quality

In an article for Health IT Outcomes, Christine Kern explains how commercial telemedicine providers fall short in key quality measures—while integrated telemedicine services provide better continuity of care and meet the highest quality care delivery benchmarks. Kern’s claims are supported by a number of sources, including a study from McKesson Ventures portfolio company Carena. The Carena study revealed that patients also receive more time with clinicians and have lower prescription rates when using integrated telemedicine services versus commercial telemedicine providers. A supporting infographic from Carena, “3 Ways...