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Samsung products may soon offer telehealth

Last week, popular consumer electronics and digital technology leader, Samsung, announced a new partnership with IntelliTek Health, a company developing a patient-centered virtual care tool. The goal of the partnership is to use AI technology and digital voice assistance to enable healthcare professionals to implement their services through Samsung products. IntelliTek Health’s “Personal Virtual Assistant” …

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House Committee Proposes Healthcare Reform Measures in Texas Legislature | Texas

(The Center Square) — A Select Committee on Health Care Reform in the State House has proposed recommendations and drafted legislation for state legislatures to consider that will reduce prescription drug and medical costs and expand transparency. The interim report submitted to the legislator was compiled by a bipartisan committee after its members conducted two …

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Officials Explore Partnership to Bring School Health Center to Stonington High | Stoneton

STONINGTON – District administrators and leadership with the Southeast Connecticut Children and Family Agency are exploring an expanded partnership that would bring a school health clinic to Stonington High School. With a new legislative session underway, officials hope the Children and Family Agency will be able to secure the funds needed to establish a high …

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From housing to healthcare, lawmakers introduce a flurry of bills | Western Colorado

The first bills introduced in the Colorado House and Senate traditionally set the tone for the priorities that lawmakers, or at least those of the majority, intend to adopt in any legislative session. Normally, they’re considered high priorities, but Senate Democrats have gone one step further than normal. There, four of its first six bills …

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From housing to healthcare, lawmakers introduce a flurry of bills | Western Colorado

The first bills introduced in the Colorado House and Senate traditionally set the tone for the priorities that lawmakers, or at least those of the majority, intend to adopt in any legislative session. Normally, they’re considered high priorities, but Senate Democrats have gone one step further than normal. There, four of its first six bills …

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Health officials: staffing was the main challenge of 2022; problems expected to continue in 2023 | WV News

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WV News) — Infectious diseases have driven hospital beds to fill and inflation has taken a toll on profits in the healthcare sector during 2022, but there has perhaps been no greater challenge facing the sector than the continued staff shortages that preceded but were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to …

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Atrium Health completes merger with Chicago Healthcare System. What does this mean for Wake Forest Baptist?

Atrium Health, the parent company of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, said Friday it had completed its mega-merger with Advocate Aurora, forming the nation’s fifth-largest health care system with 67 hospitals and 150,000 employees in six states. The merger filing came a day after North Carolina attorney general Josh Stein provided lukewarm endorsement Thursday. The …

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Say Hoosier health and billions of dollars in excess | Opinions

INDIANAPOLIS – If you live in Carmel or Noblesville, you will statistically live about nine years longer than someone in Scottsburg, and about six years longer than a Hoosier living in Gas City. In the television era of Hoosier politics there have been seismic dealings that have brought with them mediocre change. The Indiana School …

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Healthcare organizations are finding new uses for virtual healthcare technology

The virtual health revolution has been prevalent in recent years, especially fueled by generation-changing events such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, healthcare leaders, organizations and policy makers are seeing the value of virtual health, both in terms of patient convenience and experience, as well as the cost savings that virtual health can …

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Healthcare organizations are finding new uses for virtual healthcare technology

The virtual health revolution has been prevalent in recent years, especially fueled by generation-changing events such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, healthcare leaders, organizations and policy makers are seeing the value of virtual health, both in terms of patient convenience and experience, as well as the cost savings that virtual health can …

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