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Anthem sees telehealth use spike 136x for Medicare Advantage members due to COVID-19

FierceHealthcare, 11-18-2020

Virtual care use among Anthem’s Medicare Advantage members was 136 times greater in the early months of the pandemic compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, a new report from the insurer shows.

Technology boosts care delivery, population health efforts amid Covid-19 pandemic

MedCity News, 11-17-2020

As the Covid-19 crisis accelerates, healthcare organizations are turning to technology solutions to help them keep pace with patient care needs as well as population health initiatives.

Patients Seek Post-COVID In-Person, Telehealth Care Access Hybrid

Patient Engagement HIT, 11-12-2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the changes in healthcare delivery stemming from it, has left its mark on the healthcare industry and pushed many patients to prefer digital health as a key care access medium.

Hospitals, Clinics May Be Ready to Adopt Wearable Tech

Modern Healthcare, 10-31-2020

Advances in wearable technology are opening the door for a new generation of disease treatments that leverage remote monitoring and therapeutics delivered via devices worn on the body.

The Future Is Now: Rajeev Ronanki of Anthem On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up Healthcare

Authority Magazine, 10-30-2020

Healthcare works better when all its parts work together in ways that are easier, when data and services are interoperable to make healthcare simpler and work better for consumers, and when it’s more responsive for the people that depend on it.

Healthcare Leaders Find AI a Top Digital Health Priority for 2021

HIT Infrastructure, 10-27-2020

KLAS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) recently released a report which found artificial intelligence (AI) to be one of the most promising emerging technologies in the next two years.

The coronavirus has sparked a boom in digital health, but some say it may not last

Yahoo! Finance, 09-13-2020

Digital health services, which surged during the COVID-19 outbreak as a placeholder to help patients while doctors offices were shuttered and prevented health systems from being overwhelmed, have long been seen as critical in addressing shortages in rural health services.

Healthcare providers must all become digital companies

ZDNet, 09-02-2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for health systems to create a “new exceptional” for care delivery by going digital and embracing patient and enterprise engagement. In the Next Normal, all healthcare providers must be digital companies.