Digital therapeutics

Digital therapeutics are software programs designed to treat medical conditions. Providers increasingly use them to improve patient outcomes and offer personalized medicine within the mental healthcare and chronic disease management areas. However, regulatory hurdles, data privacy concerns and efficacy validation challenges must be addressed to expand adoption and use.

How clinicians are helping shape EHR design
“We’re not trying to design for clinicians. We’re trying to design with clinicians,” Epic said about its approach to developing ...
Athenahealth says open ecosystem is core to EHR integration 
In May Suki became the first ambient AI partner generally available across Athenahealth’s network, but the EHR provider said the ...
How the MATCH IT Act aims to reduce patient misidentification
The MATCH IT Act attempts to decrease patient misidentification, improve patient safety and privacy and bring down costs.

Covenant Health cyberattack disrupts New England hospitals
A Covenant Health cyberattack is causing connectivity issues for hospitals in New England as the health system works to restore ...
Shields Health Care Group settles breach lawsuit for $15.35M
Shields Health Care Group agreed to a $15.35 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit stemming from a 2022 data breach that ...
Rhode Island publishes RIBridges hack investigation details
The state of Rhode Island announced the results of a CrowdStrike-led analysis of the 2024 RIBridges hack and data breach that ...

Private practice can’t keep up with current payment rates
A new analysis finds inadequate payment rates were the top motivator for independent physicians to sell their private practices ...
Key takeaways from hospital price transparency updates
Federal agencies unveiled hospital price transparency updates requiring more dollar-and-cents pricing, marking a pivotal shift ...
Patient payment plans leave much to be desired
A survey reveals that current patient payment plans offered by providers don't align with healthcare affordability needs, while ...

Exploring Transparency in Coverage schema 2.0, prescription drug prices
Federal agencies unveiled updates to Transparency in Coverage, mandating a new technical schema that promises to improve data and...
CMS tightens oversight of Medicaid use for immigrants
CMS plans to conduct reviews of select states' financial management systems to ensure that Medicaid funds are not used to provide...
What agencies must know about House-passed Medicaid cuts
As the budget reconciliation bill awaits Senate approval, Medicaid agencies must assess how they'll handle massive Medicaid cuts.

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