Technology

Even as virtual care has dropped from the peaks at the beginning of the pandemic, some aspects of it will not go away in cardiology care, said Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC, the 70th president of the American College of Cardiology.

Certain types of ophthalmic care were more successful with video visits based on what was required to treat patients, said Darren Chen, MD student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Value-based contracts are growing as drugs get more expensive and effective, but it’s still an emerging area with a lot of unknown and uncertainty.

The American College of Cardiology will host its annual conference beginning Friday, April 1, 2022, both in-person and online.

An unprecedented level of detail and robustness around interoperability standards is on its way, and on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Donald Rucker, MD, the former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in HHS, about what the opportunities and responsibilities for payers are.

This new study from Germany evaluated the use of and satisfaction with continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) since health insurance companies in the country began reimbursement of the technology in 2016 for persons with insulin-dependent diabetes.

A new COVID-19 response coordinator will replace Jeff Zients; cigarette smoking rates were down in 2020; mental health providers offer telehealth services to Ukraine.

Researchers leveraged machine learning to predict which migraineurs may have better responses to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

According to a recent review, digital technology can be used for COPD self-management, learning correct inhaler technique, and receiving care from health care professionals.

A recent study found that an electronic tool that guides diagnosis and treatment can reduce mortality and improve processes of care.

A majority of patients with ophthalmic video visits were satisfied, but there were some predictors that contributed to which patients were more satisfied, explained Darren Chen, MD student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Minority, low-income, and elderly patients faced greater barriers to care even when it went virtual during the pandemic, according to Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at West Cancer Center.

This new investigation from the United Kingdom evaluated health care professionals’ (HCP) perceptions and implementation of practices that focus on open-source automated insulin delivery (OS-AID).

The meta-analysis found insufficient evidence to assess the validity of the screening in diagnosing age-related macular degeneration.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of experimentation with new technologies for remote patient monitoring (RPM) to improve adherence and survival, according to Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at West Cancer Center.

This article describes the challenges associated with aggregating and reporting quality data via electronic health records and discusses corresponding policy solutions.

An editorial in response to the editor-in-chief’s December 2021 letter describes how a payer continues to push the limits of innovation through shared learnings and collaboration.

Access to digital health tools to improve patient outcomes and quality of life are lacking among patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who are elderly, at risk of relapse, or live in rural communities, suggesting more tools and guidelines are needed for these populations.

AHIP has released a new set of privacy principles that reaffirm the health insurance provider industry’s commitment to developing privacy, confidentiality, and cybersecurity practices to protect personal health information.

In this column, Calum Yacoubian, MD, outlines how artificial intelligence, specifically, natural language processing, can help address gaps in patient data.

The FDA has cleared the first tubeless automated insulin delivery system with a smartphone app control.

A recent study suggests a conceptual deep neural network–based surgical guidance platform is precise and has potential as a valuable tool during phacoemulsification procedures.

Aaron Lee, MD, an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Washington, discusses some limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) in the ophthalmology field.

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