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CareFirst pitches CloseKnit as a way to close healthcare gaps, especially those for primary care.

Lyniate COO Scott Galbari discusses the next step in interoperability: adding a level of intelligence to get insights out of data.

Patients who used the smartphone app were more likely to adhere to multidisciplinary treatment plans compared with those who didn’t.

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The app provides personalised treatment guidance to users based on their BP record, habit logs and behavioural changes.

Services such as Healthbox help health systems get from where they are to where they want to be, says Justin Gernot, vice president of Healthbox.

The study also found patients in the 24-week group had a 27% decrease in unique hospital encounters compared with the group who only received one prescription.

Informatics is enabling nurses to spend more time with patients and families, says Kassaundra McKnight-Young, senior clinical informaticist at the Truman Medical Center.

The bulk of participants using the Woebot chatbot said they would recommend the technology. 

The platform allows for image collection and management from multisite trials and the homes of study participants.