Google testing AI in health, remote patient monitoring takes off, £450m EMR at Guy’s, Pixel watch falls detection, India’s digital health system, AI in healthcare survey, telehealth prescribing, AI medical scribing, US VA EHR, digital therapeutics
Politico ~ Ruth Reader, Erin Schumaker, Ben Leonard ~ 03/03/2023
They’re working with India’s Apollo Hospitals and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia to test the technology’s effectiveness as a screening tool.
Remote patient monitoring use skyrockets 1300%
mHealth Intelligence ~ Anuja Vaidya ~ 02/03/2023
New data shows that remote patient monitoring adoption spiked between 2019 and 2022, with high usage among internal medicine, cardiology, and family practice providers.
Guy’s and St Thomas delays £450m EPR go live to ensure safety
Digital Health News ~ Jordan Sollof ~ 01/03/2023
Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) has delayed the implementation of its new £450 million electronic patient record (EPR) to allow more time to launch the system safely.
Google’s Pixel Watch adds fall detection
MobiHealthNews ~ Emily Olsen ~ 01/03/2023
Fall detection isn’t a new trend for wearables. Apple first added the feature to its line of watches in 2018, and Samsung has a similar tool on several of its Galaxy Watch wearables.
Digital health for all: Importance of digital healthcare in India
Times of India ~ Shuchin Bajaj ~ 28/02/2023
As the healthcare industry and its stakeholders wait for the budget 2023-24, the Government is focused on developing an integrated digital health ecosystem.
Survey: 60% of adults uncomfortable with AI in their healthcare
MobiHealthNews ~ Jessica Hagen ~ 27/02/2023
A Pew Research Center survey of more than 11,000 U.S. adults reveals the majority would feel uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI for their care.
DEA’s proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities
FierceHealthcare ~ Annie Burky ~ 27/02/2023
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is one of many groups calling the new rule more restrictive than warranted.
Ambience Healthcare aims to reduce clinician burnout with new AI medical scribe
MedCity News ~ Marissa Plescia ~ 24/02/2023
Ambience is in a crowded space when it comes to AI medical scribing. Other companies with similar products include Nuance, DeepScribe and Suki.
FedScoop ~ Nihal Krishan ~ 22/02/2023
The implementation of VA’s new EHR system is expected to be delayed from its original estimates by at least one to two years while the cost has ballooned to be tens of billions more than originally estimated.
South Korea approves its first digital therapeutic
Pharmaphorum ~ Phil Taylor ~ 15/02/2023
An app to treat insomnia has become the first digital therapeutics (DTx) to be approved for marketing by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea.
