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What Is a Community Health Needs Assessment?

PatientEngagementHIT A community health needs assessment (CHNA), sometimes called a community health assessment, is foundational for nonprofit healthcare organizations and a vital tool for hospitals and health systems working to improve population and public...

Using Virtual Care Tech to Curb Care Barriers in Rural South Carolina

mHealthIntelligence Rural Americans are often caught in a healthcare bind. This population is more likely to suffer from various healthcare issues, including chronic conditions, unintentional injury, and the opioid crisis, but are less able to access the...

Analyzing Data in the Medical Device Marketing Landscape

LifeSciencesIntelligence Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, which has built-in data collection strategies through prescription data, medical device companies do not have the same regulated data-tracking technologies. Understanding the importance of data and how to...

Exploring a Framework for Pediatric Data Use in Health AI Research

HealthITAnalytics The number of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-enabled medical devices authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has risen in recent years as healthcare organizations have become increasingly...

Virtual Care Technologies to Support Aging in Place

mHealthIntelligence The United States population is aging — and aging fast. With the proportion of US adults 65 and over projected to skyrocket to 95 million people by 2060, healthcare utilization will undoubtedly grow, exacerbating an already...

‘Every Patient, Every Time’: Boosting Techquity in Patient Portal Use

PatientEngagementHIT For many healthcare organizations, the patient portal has become the place where patients access the healthcare system and keep coming back. It’s a wraparound digital experience that meets the moment on healthcare consumerism, but if...

Ensuring Equal Clinical Trial Access Across Vulnerable Communities

PharmaNewsIntelligence Clinical trials play a critical role in ensuring the widespread safety of medical products for patients by analyzing product efficacy, safety, and indications. Since clinical trial data is used to guide drug approvals and standards of care...

Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease Coverage, VBC Opportunities

HealthPayerIntelligence Efforts to improve chronic kidney disease coverage have evolved over the last several decades, but the disease remains costly and prevalent. Around 15 percent of the adult population in the US has chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to...

Exploring Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms: Transparency

PharmaNewsIntelligence Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have received criticism over the past couple of years for pocketing savings intended for patients. While this rhetoric is true for some PBMs, a small subset of the market advocates for PBM transparency and...

Embracing AI in Life Sciences: Opportunities for Healthcare Technology

LifeSciencesIntelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the life sciences industry, offering unprecedented opportunities for advancements in healthcare technology. Life sciences companies must embrace AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to...

Best Legal Practices Before, During, After A Cybersecurity Incident

HealthCareExecIntelligence The healthcare sector is up against sophisticated cyber threats, from phishing to ransomware. From 2018 to 2022, there was a 239 percent increase in large breaches involving hacking reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR),...

How to Effectively Integrate AI into Clinical Trials

PharmaNewsIntelligence Since its inception, artificial intelligence (AI) has continually disrupted practices across all industries. As more and more healthcare researchers and clinicians adopt AI, experts have noted the impact of AI on clinical research and trial...

How Can Payers Support Providers Through Workforce Challenges?

HealthPayerIntelligence Although they likely existed before, the COVID-19 pandemic both highlighted and exacerbated workforce challenges among healthcare providers. Providers have implored federal leaders and agencies to increase support and resources as they...

As Maternal & Infant Health Falter, Advocacy Is Key to Progress

PatientEngagementHIT As it continues to pave the road to progress with data, March of Dimes is using its advocacy prowess to also call for policy and medical device solutions to the nation’s growing maternal and infant health crisis. Paired with a new...

Exploring the Role of Cleveland Clinic’s First Chief Analytics Officer

HealthITAnalytics As data analytics becomes more valuable and accessible, health systems are creating leadership roles to reflect this shift. Chief data officer and chief analytics officer roles are becoming more common, but what does such a role entail? One...

‘Getting Heads in Headsets’: Exploring Virtual Reality Use in the VA

mHealthIntelligence Virtual reality (VR), though initially relegated to the world of gaming, is increasingly being applied in healthcare. Healthcare research and provider organizations nationwide are actively exploring the use of VR technologies in various...

Advancements in Pancreatic Cancer Screenings

LifeSciencesIntelligence According to the National Cancer Institute, a subset of the National Institutes of Health, in 2023, an estimated 64,050 people in the United States received a new diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, comprising roughly 3.3% of all new cancer...

How Regenstrief Is Linking Dental & EHR Data to Drive Clinical Research

EHRIntelligence Dental records and EHR data remain siloed across the care continuum, presenting challenges for clinical research and patient-centered care. This is despite evidence that oral health and overall health go hand-in-hand, experts have said. For...

How Lawmakers Use Shield Laws to Protect Abortion Care Access

HealthCareExecIntelligence Shield laws have become a key tool for states in which abortion is legal to further protect abortion care access for people living out of state. The laws are set up to help individuals living in abortion-restriction states get the procedure...