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Monday, February 01, 2021 |
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Nine months ago, healthcare enterprises were scrambling to install and scale up Telehealth and virtual care infrastructures. Today, we are in the midst of a similar crisis – how to scale up and streamline the vaccine distribution effort (my daughter, a healthcare worker in Boston who is approved for a vaccine, has been unable to secure an appointment on any of the authorized sites). While limited vaccine availability is a primary cause for the slow roll out, the IT infrastructure for accepting and scheduling vaccination requests has become a nightmare. We include several pieces this week that lay out the challenge in front of us and how CIOs and healthcare startups are stepping up to meet the challenge. Much has been made of the shift to virtual care, especially telehealth and remote monitoring programs. The key to a long-term shift lies in the payment models. While providers seem to prefer a backslide to fee-for-service, regional insurers are pushing forward with virtual-first plans. The key to telehealth payment reform may now be with individual states. Life sciences companies are stepping up their digital health efforts. We include this piece on a collaboration initiative by European firms and the top strategic priorities for Pharma in 2021. My latest podcast guest is Ray Lowe, SVP and Chief Information Officer at AltaMed Health Services. Take a listen. Have a great week. Paddy |
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In this episode, Ray Lowe discusses the multi-year digital “overhaul” at AltaMed and the challenges they faced while driving adoption of digital solutions in the organization. |
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This Week in Digital Health Markets |
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We are selectively featuring guest posts in our newsletter from senior leaders in healthcare and technology. Reach out to us if you would like to contribute a blog to one of our upcoming newsletters. |
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People. Process. Technology. How the vaccine rollout is testing the US healthcare system in every way. Harvard Business Review |
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In early 2020 it was all about scaling to meet demand for telehealth visits. Right now, it’s about scaling to meet the demand for vaccinations. How the top healthcare CIO’s are rising to the occasion. Healthcare IT News |
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Interesting new collaboration model by pharma sector to drive innovation in digital patient engagement. Fierce Pharma |
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Interesting break-down of venture investing and valuations in healthcare. Telehealth platform provider valuations are way up as expected. Modern Healthcare |
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In this piece five CIOs outline their big investment plans for the coming year. Beckers Hospital Review |
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Companies are creating platforms to efficiently shepherd those eligible through the vaccination process, as well as tracking vaccine supplies and even running vaccination sites. WSJ Venture Capital |
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Covid-19 showed that pharma companies can be nimble and implement changes that prevent processes from weighing down on operations. But which of these operational and strategic changes will stand the test of time and make this year and the future bright for the industry? MedCity News |
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As the United States approaches its one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to disrupt normal healthcare operations, a question continues to endure: What’s next for telehealth? Healthcare IT News |
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Companies are tapping robotic process automation to streamline operations, meet changing customer needs. The Wall Street Journal |
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An increasing number of regional insurers have launched virtual-first plans for the first time. It will be interesting to see how these models shift consumer consumption of in-person primary care to specialized, virtual providers, and how the data flows between tech companies and more traditional healthcare providers. Modern Healthcare |
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced most U.S. healthcare systems to quickly pivot to virtual care. However, since peaking in late April, care has largely shifted back to in -person. Health systems are now challenged to further develop and integrate useful, usable, and sustainable virtual care tools into their broader care model in ways that benefit their organizations and the communities they serve. Nature Research |
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Machine learning programs trained with patients’ own reports find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Wired |
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Note: Some of the articles linked in this newsletter may be behind paywalls that need a subscription. |
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Damo Consulting Thought Leadership and Research |
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CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore stand-alone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. |
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Consumerism, telehealth, and the learnings from the pandemic will drive priorities in the year ahead. |
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A mid-year review of the financial and market performance of global technology consulting firms in healthcare. The WITCH Monthly Monitor – Our monthly update on major global IT consulting and services firms in healthcare provides the latest financial and market performance updates on WITCH companies along with other global IT consulting firms. *WITCH Monthly Monitor is now available as a free 1-year subscription with every purchase of The WITCH Report. |
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This research paper, based on focus group discussions with CHIME members, discusses the challenges with digital transformation for mid-tier health systems and what CIOs must do to accelerate digital transformation in their organizations. |
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Damo Consulting offers branding solutions for technology firms looking to gain visibility and access to healthcare executives and CXOs. Contact us now! |
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