Healthcare

Population Health Management (PHM) has many connotations ranging from an ideal or a concept to a real market segment. As a concept it refers to the reduction of disease risk and the attached financial burden at a population level. Execution of the concept entails intricate interaction between telehealth technologies, software solutions, and healthc...

02 May 2018  |  North America  |  Market Research

Global Digital Health Maternal and Infant Care Solutions Market—Leaders, Innovators, and Startups, 2018

Understanding the Paradigm Shift in Parenting with Digital Health Solutions

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BabyTech (digital tools targeted at infants/toddlers) and FemTech (digital solutions for helping women with their health issues) are the latest trends in the healthcare industry. Digital health tools are finding applications in all areas of parenting—fertility, pregnancy, birthing, nursing, baby health, and safety. Women form nearly half the popu...

The following Vital Signs presents highlights from our attendance at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara, CA. This meeting is held every fall in the San Francisco area and is considered to be one of the premier events to gage the latest trends in disruptive health IT, particularly related to consumer health and patient engagement. We discuss our perspectives...

Wellness has emerged as a fairly umbrella term within the last 5 years. Factors for this include changing attitudes to control health cost by moving from defined benefit to defined contribution structures, and technology tools and transparencies that are shifting capitation from providers to consumers through increased consumer participation and re...

Beginning October 1, American citizens who do not have health insurance will be eligible to purchase standardized insurance coverage using the new health insurance marketplaces, formally referred to as health insurance exchanges (HIX). This offering will be administered either by their state, federal government, or a combination of both. CMS has re...

This study provides a roadmap for understanding the patient engagement movement and the use of patient portal technology by hospitals and physicians as the essential tool to drive that process. Included is an overview of macro trends in patient engagement and a comprehensive look at key features and functions associated with patient portals. Major ...

Cloud technologies are rapidly invading all industries, and healthcare does not want to be left behind. Healthcare delivery and solutions are undergoing a transformation, thanks to cloud-based solutions that are emerging as the technology of choice for many healthcare providers. However, the significant cost and business process change associated w...

The following Vital Signs presents analyst perspectives from our attendance at ACE 2013. The Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) is the companys annual user conference, held this year in Chicago, August 21-23. It offers registrants access to educational sessions, networking opportunities and more. During the event, Allscripts shows clients how to g...

This issue of Vital Signs, released on August 31, 2013, explores the needs of an ever-expanding healthcare IT and interactive domain in a patient-centric model and identifies the criteria for true intelligent systems that are defining new approaches to care, facilitating the gathering and array of health information, including population management...