September - 2020

The HSB Blog

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What Startups Missing in 'Consumer' Experience, AI in Pain Assessment & more - The HSB Blog 9/29/20

What Startups are Missing When They Talk About the ‘Consumer’ Experience & To Boost Inclusivity, Words Matter in the Healthcare World Event: (9/22 & 9/23) Two recent reports in Mobihealthnews focus on the importance of including a health equity agenda and acknowledging the importance of langage to improve consumer experience and inclusivity in digital health tools. Digital health need to make sure they “have delivery systems that communities can trust and want to access” espe

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Cyberattacks on Telehealth Skyrocket, Privacy Concerns Hinder COVID Tracking-The HSB Blog 9/22/20

Targeted Cyberattacks on Telehealth Vendors Skyrocketed Along with Adoption, Report Finds & Fewer than Half of Healthcare Institutions Met National Cybersecurity Standards Last Year Event: (9/10 & 9/17) According to two recent reports, not only has the number of cyberattacks targeting popular telehealth applications risen 30% since the pandemic began, but healthcare institutions are slightly less prepared to deal with them in 2019 than they were in 2018 or 2017. First, based

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MedPAC:What PHE Waivers Survive?, FCC's Telehealth Pilot & HHS on Rural Health-The HSB Blog 9/15/20

MedPAC Commissioners Hint at Telehealth Policies that May Stick Post-COVID-19 Event: (9/08) A recent article in Healthcare Dive discussed MedPAC’s 9/4/20 public meeting which reviewed the expansion of telehealth delivery in Medicare. The key point of discussion was which changes in Medicare telehealth payment policies, waived during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) would lawmakers and regulators allow to become permanent after the COVID-19 PHE ends. Description: Dur

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Telemedicine Access Hardest for Those Who Need it Most, Post-COVID Visits Plunge-The HSB Blog 9/8/20

Access to Telemedicine Is Hardest for Those Who Need It Most Event: (9/3) A recent article in WIRED magazine noted the practical and technological issues that many older Americans, particularly Black and Latinx Americans have in accessing and using digital health technologies. Description: While virtual care exploded during the COVID crisis, accounting for as much as 44% of Medicare visits at one point, studies indicate that as much as 41% of Medicare recipients don’t have an

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Uber Forays Into Rx Delivery, Lyra Health Hits $1.1B Valuation & more-The HSB Blog 9/01/20

Uber Health forays into prescription drug delivery Event: (8/20) Uber and on-demand prescription platform NimbleRx, announced they are entering a partnership in the on-demand prescription drug delivery business. Description: The Uber-NimbleRx partnership comes with big drugstore chains CVS Heath and Walgreens. With almost 30% of people never picking up their prescription medication from the pharmacy, the partnership with Uber allows effective and timely delivery of medicatio