Wildfire Smoke Linked to Surge in Lung and Heart Medical Visits
Wildfire smoke from Canadian fires in June 2023 led to a 20% rise in medical visits for lung and heart conditions in Maryland.
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Wildfire Smoke Linked to Surge in Lung and Heart Medical Visits
Wildfire smoke from Canadian fires in June 2023 led to a 20% rise in medical visits for lung and heart conditions in Maryland.
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New Report Calls for Strategic Overhaul in Asthma Care
The NCQA’s white paper outlines the realities of asthma care in the United States and the policy and clinical interventions that may provide improvements.
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Alliance Leads National Coalition for Continued Telehealth Flexibilities
The Alliance is leading efforts to urge Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities it says have improved access to home health and hospice care by allowing virtual face-to-face recertification visits.
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FDA Clears Multi-Patient Wearable and Continuous Patient Monitoring System
The reusable wearable and clinical intelligence system provide scalable exception management and automate vital sign collection to enhance patient monitoring.
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Wearable Patch Outperforms Digital Stethoscope for Wheeze Detection
The wearable patch, equipped with deep learning technology, detects wheezing with greater accuracy than digital stethoscopes, offering potential improvements in asthma and COPD diagnosis.
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Veridian Expands Respiratory Device Portfolio with Acquisition of Zewa
The acquisition strengthens Veridian Healthcare’s respiratory device offerings and expands its remote patient monitoring and telehealth product portfolio.
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Self-Check Device Shows Promise for Remote Lung Assessments
A proof-of-concept study demonstrated that the handheld device captures lung sounds with accuracy comparable to a digital stethoscope.
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FDA Clears Masimo W1 Watch for Connectivity with Telemonitoring System
The Masimo W1 medical watch, now FDA-cleared for integration with Masimo SafetyNet, enables continuous remote monitoring of vital signs.
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FDA Clears AI-Powered Tool for Detecting Lung Crackles in Virtual Visits
The new AI-powered diagnostic tool is designed to help clinicians identify lung crackles in patients over 2 years old during virtual visits.
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COPD Foundation Advancing Digital Health Measures in Clinical Research
A new project aimed at increasing the use of digital endpoints in clinical trials is being spearheaded by the COPD Foundation in collaboration with the Digital Medicine Society.
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Masimo, UCHealth Partner on Telehealth
Masimo and UCHealth (Colorado) are entering into a strategic collaboration to improve the standard of patient care using the latest in virtual care and telehealth capabilities.
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Pulmonary Rehab Out of Reach for Millions
A Yale-led study reveals geographic regions where this type of care is most lacking and illustrates the potential for telemedicine in helping to bridge this gap.
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Federal Home Testing Program Expands Nationwide, Adding Flu Services
The federal government has expanded the Home Test to Treat program, a virtual health program offering free COVID-19—and now influenza—health services to eligible participants nationwide.
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Telehealth Boosts Buprenorphine Treatment Outcomes for Opioid Use Disorder
Starting buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder through telehealth increased the likelihood of staying in treatment longer, a federally funded study found.
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HCO Acquires Virtual Care Platform to Expand Respiratory Therapy Services
Health Care Originals, a maker of cardiopulmonary wearable systems, acquired Dawn Health’s virtual sleep care platform to accelerate the deployment of its Nightingale virtual care to benefit Americans with asthma or COPD.
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Severe Asthma Management
Severe asthma patients account for as much as 60% of all asthma healthcare costs, and proper management of severe disease is essential.
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Partnership to Improve Pulmonary Rehab Reach for COPD
The COPD Foundation and Kivo Health, which provides telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation for individuals with COPD, have partnered to improve access to virtual pulmonary rehab.
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Marpai Teams Up with NuvoAir to Deliver Virtual Cardiopulmonary Care
The new partnership will offer virtual care for lung and heart conditions, focusing on asthma, COPD, and chronic heart failure, to Marpai’s employer health plan members and their families.
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Telehealth, Opioid Use Disorder Meds Reduced Overdose Fatalities
The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries.
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FDA Clears AI Home Diagnostic Device for Respiratory Conditions
The device is designed to aid in the clinical assessment of lung sound data for adults and children, enabling clinicians to diagnose respiratory conditions remotely.
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Home-based Virtual Care Available for Asthma, Allergy Patients
VitalFlo has launched home-based virtual care services in partnership with Allergy & Asthma Network (AAN).
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Americans’ Blood Pressure Levels Rose during Pandemic
Adults with hypertension saw a small, but consequential, rise in their blood pressure levels during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Telehealth Follow-up Tied to Increased ED Returns, Hospitalizations
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an ED visit were associated with 28 more repeat ED encounters and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1000 patients compared with in-person follow-ups, UCLA research suggests.
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GE Healthcare to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring in the Home
GE Healthcare and AMC Health will collaborate to allow clinicians to offer remote patient monitoring as a virtual care solution that extends patient care outside the hospital to the home environment.
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