Should Pharmacists Conduct Mental Health Evaluations?
Drug Topics
APRIL 17, 2024
With an unprecedented number of Americans in need of mental health care, what role should pharmacists play when it comes to screenings?
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Pharmacies Should Adopt Proactive Health, Wellness to Help Patients
Drug Topics
APRIL 18, 2024
Kathy Campbell, PharmD, discusses why she believes wellness and proactive health are the future of pharmacy and the unique value they offer compared to traditional models.
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Epic, Particle Health dispute exposes broader challenges with sharing patient data, health IT experts say
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 14, 2024
Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices.
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Kaiser Permanente's Risant Health completes Geisinger Health acquisition
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 2, 2024
Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health has closed its acquisition of Geisinger Health, notching the first step on its ambitious plan to form a multisystem, multiregional value-based care organization.
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Disparities in Digital Health Portal Use Persist Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
Drug Topics
MARCH 4, 2024
Although the pandemic spurred a greater need and use of online health resources, certain demographics continue to report significantly low participation in digital health portals.
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How Daylight Saving Time Increases Overall Health Risks
Drug Topics
MARCH 13, 2024
Recent studies on daylight saving time’s association with increased health risks have heightened the debate on whether to observe the biannual event or switch to one universal time.
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Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts
STAT
MARCH 6, 2024
On Sunday, public health officials in two Michigan counties warned their residents that they may have been exposed to measles. Read the rest…
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Swipe Right on Wellness: The Rise of Digital Therapeutics in Mental Health
Drug Topics
APRIL 19, 2024
Digital therapeutics are positioned as front-runners in the increasingly digital future of health care.
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Health disparities and premature deaths run deep, even in best-performing states
STAT
APRIL 17, 2024
A new analysis of health inequities in the United States shows that every state has deep racial and ethnic disparities in the performance of their health care systems. In all states, White and Asian residents had the best health outcomes. Read the rest…
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9 health benefits of bananas
The Checkup by Singlecare
APRIL 15, 2024
This powerful combination of essential nutrients makes the bright yellow fruit a great choice for people who are looking to maintain a healthy weight, lower blood pressure, improve skin health, and more. Bananas have the potential to help improve skin, gut, and heart health, control blood sugar, and even aid a workout.
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Clover Health, Quarter Health team up against serious mental illness
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2024
High-risk Clover Health members can now take advantage of Quartet Health's behavioral health offerings to help individuals suffering from serious mental illness. Quartet Health is partnering with Clover Health to help the insurtech's most complex patients suffering from serious mental illness.
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Headspace expands to direct-to-consumer mental health market
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 22, 2024
Headspace has launched direct-to-consumer text-based mental health coaching to expand its reach beyond employer customers and capture the cash-pay healthcare market. Headspace is entering the direct-to-consumer mental health coaching market, broadening its reach beyond its model of contracting with health plans and employers.
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Northwell Health, Nuvance Health unveil 28-hospital merger deal
Fierce Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Danbury, Connecticut-based Nuvance Health is joining Northwell Health, New York’s largest provider and private employer, under a strategic merger agreement unveiled Wednesday. |
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Public Health Matters - Advancing Health Equity
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Tune in to this episode of Public Health Matters to gain a profound understanding of health equity, the enduring racial disparities in health care, and the essential work of supporting individuals as they reenter society.
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Watch DSN: Kroger Health tackles holistic health
Drug Store News
MARCH 4, 2024
Marc Watkins, chief medical officer of Kroger Health, discusses how the company is looking to tackle holistic health—and more importantly how food is medicine.
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Women’s health and digital tech empowerment
pharmaphorum
APRIL 8, 2024
Empower women's health with digital tools and technology. Learn about the latest advancements and resources to promote wellness and empowerment in women's health.
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Pediatric mental health startup InStride Health picks up $30M to accelerate growth into new markets
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 27, 2024
Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more acces | Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, (..)
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General Catalyst's new health system company to acquire Summa Health
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 17, 2024
Venture capital firm General Catalyst is making good on its October promise to purchase a health system with about eight months left to spare. | The venture capital firm's deal would make the Ohio nonprofit a wholly owned subsidiary of the recently launched Health Assurance Transformation Corp.
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Opinion: Former HHS secretaries: Congress should adopt site-neutral payments for health care
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
As two former secretaries of Health and Human Services, we are all too familiar with the struggle of finding narrow openings for bipartisanship. Despite our different approaches, we believe that addressing health care costs is a truly bipartisan issue.
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Public Health Matters: A Pharmacist's Journey in Global Public Health
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Tune in to this episode of Public Health Matters for a captivating exploration of global public health through the lens of a pharmacist and traveler.
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How do we unlock the potential of digital health?
pharmaphorum
APRIL 23, 2024
Unlock the power of digital health through AI and clinical advancements. Learn how these technologies are shaping the future of healthcare and how to harness their potential.
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Memorial Hermann taps Charlie Health to fill gaps in critical mental health services
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 5, 2024
Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is partnering with Charlie Health to expand access to outpatient mental health treatment for teens and young adults. | "Partnering with Charlie Health excited us because they offer newer technology, evidence-based care in a virtual setting and data that support their treatment program," Dr. Victoria (..)
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Elevating Antimicrobial Stewardship: Insights From Pharmacist-Led Initiatives Combatting Health Care–Associated C diff
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 23, 2024
Laura Gillespie, PharmD, discusses the impact of pharmacist-led initiatives on health care–associated C diff rates for health care systems.
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Aetna Better Health of Illinois continues to address health disparities
Drug Store News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Aetna Better Health of Illinois is hosting Community Health Councils and introducing new benefits to eliminate barriers to achieving better physical and mental health.
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STAT+: Oracle Health chair says Cerner isn’t competing with Epic
STAT
MARCH 6, 2024
business to reigning electronic health records market leader Epic Systems, but new owner Oracle plans to close the gap with cloud services from supply chain management to claims processing, a top Oracle Health executive tells STAT. according to health care technology research firm KLAS. Cerner may have ceded U.S.
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Mark Cuban's drug company inks first health system partnership to sell directly to Community Health Systems
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 7, 2024
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker.
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ONC releases 5-year federal health IT roadmap, focusing on health equity, AI
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 1, 2024
Federal health IT officials unveiled a draft strategic plan outlining health technology priorities over the next five years focusing on health equity and artificial intelligence.
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STAT+: FTC cracks down on telehealth addiction service Monument for sharing health data
STAT
APRIL 11, 2024
On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission took action against alcohol addiction telehealth company Monument, affirming its promise to crack down on digital health companies’ misuse of personal health data. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
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STAT+: Microsoft is selling AI in health care, and helping to set its standards. Is that a problem?
STAT
APRIL 18, 2024
For a company moving as quickly as possible to build artificial intelligence into everything — including health care — Microsoft spends a lot of time talking about how to regulate it. The tech giant has helped organize four separate coalitions to devise guidelines and technical standards for AI in health care.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Brought Changes, Requiring Significant Adjustments in Health Systems
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 14, 2024
Pandemic-related growing pains were common within health care, bringing unique challenges for health systems.
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Star Power: Celebrity Endorsements in Public Health
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 20, 2024
Celebrities, local advocates, patients, and pharmacists can effectively promote public health initiatives and raise disease awareness by authentically leveraging trusted relationships.
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Isaac Health nabs $5.7M seed round to scale up virtual brain health and dementia care
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 25, 2024
Digital health company Isaac Health launched in 2022 to provide a virtual brain health and memory clinic platform with the goal of improving access to constrained brain health services. The startup completed an oversubscribed $5.7 million seed round to fuel its growth.
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U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined
STAT
DECEMBER 19, 2023
trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. trillion, third-party programs, which are often government-funded, and public health programs accounted for another $600 billion in spending. On top of that $1.8
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STAT+: Health care industry fights back against crackdowns on health data tracking
STAT
DECEMBER 19, 2023
But put those trackers on a health care website, and they have the potential to leak sensitive medical information — a risk that, in the last year, has driven the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on trackers in the websites of hospitals, telehealth companies, and more.
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Public Health Matters: A Review of Upcoming Digital Health Technology Products
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 23, 2024
Public Health Pharmacist discussed wearable technology and AI assisted technology that was displayed at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show
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Study Finds Relationship Between Uncontrolled Severe Asthma, Exacerbations and Health Care Resource Use
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 25, 2024
The findings emphasize a need for guideline-based care delivery for patients with severe asthma, particularly for patients who are facing social disparities within health care.
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Lightfully Behavioral Health unveils virtual mental health program for higher ed students
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 19, 2024
Lightfully Behavioral Health, a hybrid mental health provider, has launched a new offering to support college students. Lightfully U is intended to support the more than 60% of college students who have at least one mental health condition.
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Physical Health, Mental Health Associated With Insomnia in Veterans
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Study finds that probable insomnia disorder was associated with physical health problems and difficulty with anger in veterans.
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Medicaid redetermination cost community health centers an average of $600K each
STAT
APRIL 8, 2024
Beyond the impact on individual patients, the redetermination had a sizable impact on community health centers, which serve about 15% of all Medicaid patients. For the remaining 31 million people, renewal of coverage is still pending. Read the rest…
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STAT+: General Catalyst to buy Ohio-based health system Summa Health
STAT
JANUARY 17, 2024
Venture capital firm General Catalyst has agreed to acquire Ohio-based nonprofit health system Summa Health and reestablish it as a for-profit organization, the health system’s board of directors announced Wednesday. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
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Elevance Health taps PE firm CD&R for primary care partnership
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 15, 2024
Elevance Health is teaming up with private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its latest bid to expand access to advanced primary care. Elevance Health is teaming up with private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its latest bid to expand access to advanced primary care.
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Opinion: Banning teens from social media won’t help their mental health. Here’s what might
STAT
APRIL 1, 2024
surgeon general’s 2023 advisory on social media and teen mental health, public concern has skyrocketed around adolescents’ digital lives. Major news organizations and even state governments have pinned social media apps as addictive , dangerous, and the cause of the youth mental health crisis. Since the U.S.
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Predictions for AI in mental health in the coming year
pharmaphorum
APRIL 18, 2024
In a new episode of the pharmaphorum podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh welcomes Dr Carl Marci, chief psychiatrist and managing director of mental health and neuroscience at OM1 to discuss predictions for AI in mental health in the coming year, as well as what might truly make a difference in the field and lessen the mental health crisis.
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Cigna Group Foundation unveils grant program targeting youth mental health
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 22, 2024
Cigna has announced a new multiyear initiative that aims to invest in improving youth mental health. Cigna has announced a new multiyear initiative that aims to invest in improving youth mental health.
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