Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com caught up with management at Owens & Minor (OMI) https://owens-minor.com, a global provider of healthcare services, to discuss the company’s thoughts on the guidance raise and recovery for the future. (more…)
Addressing Nursing Home COVID Actions
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) https://www.ahrq.gov within HHS, is partnering with the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute (Project ECHO) https://hsc.unm.edu/echo in Albuquerque and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI to establish the National Nursing Home COVID Action Network https://ahrq.gov/nursing-home/index.html (more…)
Cox & LGH Developing Technologies
Cox Communications https://cox.com and Lafayette General Health (LGH) System https://lafayettegeneral.com have announced a partnership to aid in developing new technologies to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare landscape. (more…)
FCC Chairman’s Ideas on Telehealth
FCC https://www.fcc.gov Chairman Ajit Pai at the Health Innovation Alliance Forum https://health-innovation.org/thecoalition presented his agency’s achievements and the rapid success of telehealth which resulted from the immediate need for medical care resulting from COVID-19. (more…)
$1.2 M for Wake Forest Baptist Health
A grant from HRSA https://www.hrsa.gov for $1.2 million will be used to help Wake Forest Baptist Health https://www.wakehealth.edu improve rural cardiovascular care in North Carolina’s Wilkes County. The funding will enable telehealth services to be used to connect the health system’s emergency care and cardiovascular experts virtually in real time with the staff. (more…)
Study: COVID Transmission in Households
The mystery is how COVID-19 spreads within households and why some family members develop the viral infections and others do not. Researchers are asking is there a way to predict who will be symptomatic or asymptomatic, how long will someone remain infectious, are asymptomatic and symptomatic cases equally able to transmit infections, and are there super spreaders within families with children? (more…)
Insights: Connected Health at Home
New consumer research and insights were presented by industry leaders at the Parks Associates https://parksassociates.com virtual event Connected Health at Home: The Next Smart Home Market held September 16, 2020. Today, Parks Associates latest consumer data from a 2Q 2020 survey found that 42% of U.S. broadband households own at least one connected health device, including 28% owning a wearable, and 15% with a connected medical device. (more…)