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Connected Health Initiative

WEBconnected health questions in areas including reimbursement and payment, privacy and security, the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) role in addressing emerging medical technologies, health data interoperability, and the role of AI/machine learning in care delivery. For example, CHI authored key policymaker guidance on the use

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Policy Principles for Artificial Intelligence in Health

WEBin health care and policy-makers must take steps to remedy the uneven distribution of resources and access. There are varied applications of AI systems in health care such as research, health administration and operations, population health, practice delivery improvement, and direct clinical care. Payment and incentive policies must be in place to

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Advancing Health Equity Through Technology

WEBofficer of Grapevine Health, former chief medical officer for D.C. Medicaid, and one of five co-chairs of then-candidate Joe Biden’s committee for health care policy. The HEAL Coalition is dedicated to advancing health equity through digital health solutions. The group’s mission is to reduce health disparities by eliminating

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About the Connected Health Initiative

WEBpolicy changes that enable the use of digital health tools that improve patient outcomes, augment population health, lower costs, and prevent caregiver burnout. Digital health tools can, and must, play a more substantial role in healthcare as the current physician shortage of 30,000 will increase to an estimated 90,000 by 2025.

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About the Connected Health Initiative

WEBThe Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is the leading cross-sector group of innovators and healthcare organizations that harness the power of mobile connectivity to improve patient engagement and health outcomes. CHI members include a diverse array of healthcare stakeholders, including

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Health to Realize Value-Based Care

WEBHealth to Realize Value-Based Care report, we go into further detail on the various ways digital health tools currently benefit value-based models, their considerable potential to expand cost-effective and higher quality care, and some ideas for federal policy changes both legislatively and at

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Why Does Healthcare Need AI

WEBthe health of populations over the life course, identifies systematic variations in their patterns of occurrence, and applies the resulting knowledge to develop and implement policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations.” Kindig, D. and Stoddart, G.

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Why Does Healthcare Need AI

WEBOn February 1, 2019, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) convened a multistakeholder dialogue on the role of artificial intelligence/augmented intelligence (AI) in healthcare in Washington, DC. The purpose of this dialogue was to address the role of machine learning and AI in improving healthcare, preventing …

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June 16, 2020 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and …

WEBThe Connected Health Initiative . The Connected Health Initiative (CHI), an initiative of ACT | The App Association, is the leading multistakeholder spanning the connected health ecosystem seeking to effect policy changes that encourage the responsible use of digital health innovations throughout the continuum of care,

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“Examining Barriers to Expanding Innovative, Value-Based …

WEBunlicensed spectrum—to enable connected health technologies to reach rural populations that suffer from high rates of chronic disease. These are just a few examples of specific measures policymakers could take to enable advances in value for . patients, caregivers, and taxpayers via innovations in connected and digital health tools.

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My Health My Data My Opt-In

WEBconsumers and entities. MHMD broadly defines “health data” as any form of personal data gathered in Washington to “identify a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health status,” or other attributes like their “bodily functions.” MHMD's definition of health data goes beyond specific medical conditions and diagnoses.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION …

WEBCHI is the leading effort by connected health ecosystem stakeholders to encourage the responsible and secure use of connected health innovations throughout the continuum of care..2 By doing so, we will create an environment in which patients and consumers experience improved health outcomes.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION …

WEBlegislatures and agencies, where we seek to advance responsible pro-digital health policies and laws in areas including reimbursement/payment, privacy/security, effectiveness/quality assurance, FDA regulation of digital health, health data interop, and the rising role of artificial intelligence/machine learning in care delivery.

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Conceptualizing a Data Infrastructure for the Capture, Use, …

WEBGenerated Health Data in Care Delivery and Research through 2024: Draft White Paper for a PGHD Policy Framework (Draft White Paper). The CHI appreciates the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) providing additional time to allow the CHI to contribute its views on the Draft White Paper.

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The Telehealth Tales: Why Rural Broadband is an Important …

WEBwho will subsequently review the patient’s health data and provide real-time medical guidance. • With accurate, up-to-date health data, nurses can quickly identify and address healthcare problems by alerting local primary care physicians and UMMC specialists. • Together, the patients, nurses, and doctors all use telehealth solutions to

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The Wearable Equipment Adoption and Reinforcement and …

WEBMillions of Americans use Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts (FSAs and HSAs). These tax-exempt funds are set aside from an employee’s paycheck into an account to spend on certain qualified health expenses. Currently, you can spend HSA and FSA funds on items like: • SPF 30+ sunscreen • Neck pillows • Blood pressure cuffs

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Portland VA Research Foundation P.O. Box 69539 RE: …

WEBhealth outcomes.2 We believe that an accurate evidence map for decision-making requires an inclusive evaluation of data regarding the potential connected health technology holds to improve acute and chronic care consultations. Without a broader review, AHRQ’s review will not provide a complete evidence map and could skew policy decisions.

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Member Spotlight: Wello – Healthy Habits for Kids

WEBBy 2030, the world population of obese children and adolescents is predicted to grow by 60 percent to 254 million. With this global health challenge in mind, Sveatoslav Vizitiu and Dumitru Petreus, two software developers in Romania, believe mobile technology can help address this problem.

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State of the App Economy

WEBdigital health. Broadband Congress should support fast, reliable, and affordable broadband to all, and treat internet access as a necessity in the modern age. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Workforce Development Congress should enhance resources at all levels of workforce development, while also carving out

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