Patient Access
According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, providing a video-enabled tablet to veterans living in rural areas decreased emergency department visits and suicide behaviors.
The new service offers on-demand access to interpreters via video telehealth.
The partnership, which includes Anthem, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Evidation, Janssen and Merck, gives payers guidance for including digital endpoints in reimbursement for new drugs.
The first telehealth offering included in the program is PursueCare, which focuses on addiction medicine.
The new tool lets clinicians input a patient's name, pronouns and gender identity.
A new article in Nature outlines how smart toilets could help individuals determine their COVID-19 status and help public health organizations.
It plans to put up more family clinics and set up a training academy for doctors and nurses.
Solera will offer Oshi Health and Vivante Health on its digital health marketplace.
Also: Digital mental health company Brightside Health scores $50 million, and Qure.ai brings in $40 million for its imaging algorithms.
A systematic review published in the Lancet found that RPM for COVID-19 patients could help triage a patient's condition, but did not necessarily link to a better health outcome.