Quality Care

A study in JAMA compared a team-based empowered-care approach to diabetes management to the standard of care, and to other empowered-care approaches.

The algorithm analyses EHR data and learns treatment patterns of type 2 diabetes patients.

Also: Telehealth startup Antidote Health and fertility tech company Alife Health both raise $22 million.

Also: Avant-garde Health raises $12 million for its surgical care analytics platform, Canadian care navigation startup Clinia scoops up $5 million and mental health clinician staffing company Legion Health scores $2 million.

During a panel discussion at ViVE, panelists discuss the importance of set-up support and provider input when using technology for managing chronic conditions in the home.

During a panel at ViVE, panelists discussed how a hybrid approach could improve access to care and offer an individualized experience for patients.

However, researchers found the blended approach did have a greater impact on fear-avoidance beliefs and patients' reported adherence to at-home exercises.

In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, Serena Bumpus of Ascension and Stephanie Hoelscher of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center explain their Texas pilot study on crisis documentation during COVID-19 surges and how it could lessen the burden on nurses.

Also, Genesis MedTech has acquired Chinese valve replacement device maker JC Medical.

The acquisition will cost $53.5 million in cash, plus an earnout consideration of up to $24 million and around $5 million in stock to employees joining Doximity.