Patient Access
A study in JAMA compared a team-based empowered-care approach to diabetes management to the standard of care, and to other empowered-care approaches.
Kwo most recently worked at Anthem, but has also held positions at Harvard Medical School, telehealth giant Amwell and medical device company Medtronic.
Also: Pear Therapeutics joins EHR vendor Epic's App Orchard, and AppliedVR changes the name of its flagship therapeutic.
Also: Diabetes care company Podimetrics raised $45 million, and employer-focused hybrid startup Radish Health brought in $4 million in seed funding.
Also: Telehealth startup Antidote Health and fertility tech company Alife Health both raise $22 million.
HIMSS22
During HIMSS22, presenters discussed how an open source model of sharing ideas and innovation could help solve access inequities in digital health.
After CMS rolled out an acute care at home waiver in 2020 a growing number of hospitals have adopted the waiver.
Panelists at HIMSS22 discussed the benefits and challenges of implementing a hospital-at-home program.
HIMSS22's State of Healthcare report also reveals that 60% of healthcare organizations did not have a structure in place to support digital transformation.
Also: OpenLoop raises $8 million for its virtual care staffing and support services, and metaMe Health scoops up $2.2 million to prepare for the market launch of its prescription digital therapeutic.