One of our favourite standalone optical heart rate trackers is the Polar OH1 ($79.95), which could be worn in your arm or clipped to goggles to watch your ticker from Health & Fitness your temple whereas swimming. If knowledge drives you, you’ll have loads of options past fitness trackers and […]
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Hacking Dermatology Launches its 2020 Innovation Challenge with Focus on Dermatologic Challenges Faced by Patients with Skin of Color
— Partnership Between Advancing Innovation in Dermatology Inc. (AID) and LEO Science & Tech Hub, the Boston-based R&D innovation unit of LEO Pharma, Begins its Third Year — Applications are now being accepted for Hacking Dermatology 2020, a dermatology innovation challenge that unites clinical and scientific experts, patients, engineers and […]
Frontline Call Center Partners with VBurchett Consulting to Improve Patients Experiences
EASTSOUND, Wash., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — VBurchett Consulting and Frontline Call Center are joining forces to break new ground in modern patient care experiences with a new patient engagement center supporting telemedicine, customer care support, and remote patient monitoring technology. This new engagement will help doctors communicate with patients, […]
BMH now offers advanced mammogram innovation for patients, and BMH received a grant for the new mammogram imaging | Community
BLACKFOOT — Bingham Memorial Hospital, a member of Bingham Healthcare, is pleased to announce that they now offer the new Clarity HD high-resolution 3D™ imaging technology on the Genius™ 3D Mammography™ exam. This was made possible through a generous grant from MJ Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington. “Grants make a […]
INOVA patients will soon benefit from student formed nonprofit TeleHealth Access for Seniors | Online Features
As the COVID pandemic has taken over the globe and changed life as we know it, it has also changed access to healthcare, especially for seniors, who are the most at risk of contracting and suffering from COVID. One way healthcare practitioners have combated this problem is by offering TeleHealth […]
Covered Care Partners with Healthcare Finance Direct to Offer Affordable Financing for Patients Declined for Traditional Credit
New partnership helps providers say “yes” to more patients amid public health crisis, expanding approvals through seamless, digital application process Covered Care, a division of Covered Holdings, announced today its partnership with Healthcare Finance Direct (HFD), a leading FinTech company offering healthcare providers an enterprise-grade patient finance origination and servicing […]
300,000 patients in Cook County could lose insurance if Obamacare repealed, analysis warns
Cook County’s public health system would take a $1.4 billion hit and more than 300,000 residents would lose their insurance if Obamacare is repealed, according to an analysis announced Wednesday. The estimates reflect the number of patients who are enrolled in Medicaid expansion plans made possible by the 2010 law, […]
Nonprofit’s injection van helps ensure patients get the medication they need during COVID pandemic
MILFORD, Ohio — Chey Johnson said he remembers all too well what life was like before he settled on the right medication for his schizoaffective disorder: bipolar type, and he doesn’t want to go back. “I felt a lot of paranoia. It was a very dark time,” said Johnson, who […]
Attralus secures investment to transform treatment for patients with systemic amyloidosis
Attralus secures investment to transform treatment for patients with systemic amyloidosis KNOXVILLE—Attralus, a biopharmaceutical company with technology licensed from the UT Research Foundation, announced it has secured $25 million in investment financing to work on transformative medicines to improve the lives of patients with systemic amyloidosis. Load Error By strategically […]
Dental and health insurance are converging. Here’s what it means for patients and payers
Health insurers are moving in on the profitable turf dental insurers have claimed for decades; the number of health plans offering adult dental benefits more than doubled in the past two years, according to a new survey of dental- and health-insurance leaders we conducted earlier this year. As the convergence […]
Health Ministry issues Post COVID Management Protocol for holistic follow up care and well-being of all post- COVID recovering patients
India PIB Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Posted On: 13 SEP 2020 2:40PM by PIB Delhi Government of India is leading the COVID-19 response and management in the country in close coordination and collaboration with the State/UT governments. Several strategic and calibrated measures have been taken for the prevention, […]
Late referrals, lack of insurance key concerns for pvt hospitals treating Covid-19 patients
© Provided by Hindustan Times Delayed referral from smaller centres and financial stress due to lack of health insurance were the main concerns, said private hospitals treating patients with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in a virtual conclave organised by the Union health ministry. The conclave, which was attended by over 150 […]
Chyawanprash, Yogasana: Health Ministry Issues Post COVID-19 Management Protocol For Recovered Patients
© Sharmita Kar | India.com News Desk New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Sunday issued ‘post COVID-19 management protocol’, encouraging use of Chyawanaprash, Yoga Asanas, daily gargling and walks among others for those who have recovred from the novel coronavirus. Besides, the ministry also urges to take AYUSH medicines only […]
Top Health Insurance CEO On Taking Care Of Employees, Patients, And Doctors During The Pandemic
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Dr. Michael Cropp Complexity is the defining business and leadership challenge of our time. But it has never felt more urgent than this moment, with the coronavirus upending life and business as we know it. For the next few weeks, we’ll be talking to leaders about what it takes to […]