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  | CLEVELAND CLINIC, EPIC UNVEIL REMOTE MONITORING APP The Ohio-based health system and its electronic health record (EHR) vendor Epic debuted a program that paves the way for clinicians to monitor home-bound patients with the coronavirus, according to Crain's Cleveland Business. The platform — which was built in just 10 days versus the three months it usually takes to develop such a tool, per the Cleveland Clinic — is an iteration of Epic's portal-based MyChart Care Companion, which hospitals have been using since 2018 to keep track of chronically ill patients from afar. As the coronavirus pandemic emphasizes the importance of remote patient monitoring (RPM), the tool will extend the reach of Cleveland Clinic's physicians and help them adequately treat patients from afar. As RPM becomes more central to doctors' care delivery, we think we'll see louder calls from providers for seamless integration of tools and data into EHR systems. | |
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  | APPLE, GOOGLE'S CONTACT TRACING INITIATIVE COULD BE LIMITED BY CONSUMER MISTRUST Contact tracing apps require widespread adoption in order to be effective in limiting the further spread of the novel coronavirus. But with 50% of US smartphone owners indicating they would not use a contact tracing app from Apple or Google, according to a recent Washington Post-University of Maryland national poll, the impact of the pair's contact tracing initiative could be muted. Privacy concerns over big tech appear to be a leading cause for why consumers say they won't opt in, with 56% of those surveyed saying they wouldn't trust tech companies such as Apple and Google to ensure that diagnosis information remains anonymous. The fact that most US smartphone owners say they won't opt in to the duo's contact tracing program could hamper consumer buy-in for the pair's other healthcare initiatives. | |
  | DARIOHEALTH TEAMS UP WITH MEDIORBIS TO ROLL OUT TELEHEALTH PLATFORM Digital therapeutics (DTx) vendor DarioHealth announced that it's pairing MediOrbis' telehealth services with its mobile glucose management system for diabetes patients. Patients using DarioHealth's app can now access virtual primary and acute care services, as well consultations with medical specialists through MediOrbis' MySpecialistMD network. Telehealth use has skyrocketed amid the pandemic: For example, telehealth vendor Teladoc reported a 41% year-over-year revenue increase in Q1. We expect to see more DTx firms strategically leverage tie-ups with telehealth vendors as a way to tap into the booming telehealth space and see boosts in their own revenue. | |
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