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11/08/2022

Register for Dartmouth Accelerator for Digital Health

Article Excerpt: DIADH, a partnership between the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship will help translate digital therapeutics and digital health innovations developed at Dartmouth into the marketplace. Registration to participate in DIADH is now open at https://www.c4tbh.org/accelerator/register. Dartmouth students, staff and faculty working to bring novel digital therapeutics and digital health tools to market will soon have a new resource available to them: the Dartmouth Innovation Accelerator for Digital Health (DIADH). The Accelerator was announced last week at “Clinically Validated Digital Therapeutics: Paths to Deployment,” an international summit hosted in Hanover by the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH), an NIH-recognized National Center of Excellence within the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth. The Summit brought together players from across the healthcare industry — including providers, payers, researchers, developers, regulators, and investors — for the first time to discuss the future of digital therapeutics and digital health. This is an area of healthcare that encompasses any software used to prevent, treat, or manage a medical disorder or disease. In addition, several Dartmouth faculty members who are affiliated with CTBH described the exciting work that is being at Dartmouth to bring world-class science to this important new area of healthcare. “There was a focus on problem solving and removing barriers in the industry so that we can accelerate the impact of digital health tools on people’s lives,” says Lisa A. Marsch, Ph.D., Director of CTBH.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/493eb29m

Article Source: Vox Daily

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01/20/2021

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Fights the Impact of COVID-19 on the Opioid Epidemic

Article Excerpt: With the opioid crisis reaching epidemic proportions, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation and iHeartMedia chose to partner together to create the platform, Sharing Solutions: A Virtual Nationwide Tour. The campaign shares innovative workforce solutions while supporting businesses in their fight against substance misuse.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/yy2qagev

Article Source: For Construction Pros

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08/14/2020

Meet 10 Black people disrupting the digital healthcare industry today

Article Excerpt: Racial discrimination in healthcare continues to disadvantage Black and other minority ethnic groups with unequal access to quality healthcare resources. This is mirrored by the reduced spend on Black and other minority ethnic groups’ healthcare needs, which results in worse health outcomes than usual. Importantly, these trends will continue to be perpetuated as we become increasingly dependent on novel technologies in policy and decision-making… Correcting for racial bias is now long overdue… In this perspective on diversity, we show why it is invaluable. Diversity in leadership yields inclusion and representation, contributing towards bridging the gap to equal access opportunities. By celebrating inclusion, we are celebrating 10 distinguished individuals disrupting the digital healthcare industry today.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/y4s77l94

Article Source: MobiHealthNews

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03/29/2019

Fulfilling the promise of mental health technology to reduce public health disparities: Review and research agenda

Ralston AL, Andrews AR, Hope DA. (2019). Fulfilling the promise of mental health technology to reduce public health disparities: Review and research agendas. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice. doi: 10.1111/cpsp.12277

Digital mental health approaches have the potential to reach underserved populations by reducing the costs of services, improving ease of access, and reducing stigma. Researchers discussed 3 main categories of digital mental health approaches: tele-mental health (phone- and video-conferencing), internet-based and mobile self-help interventions, and digital adjuncts to care (e.g. symptom tracking, homework facilitation, in-session treatment aids, serious games). Read More

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03/15/2019

Beliefs and attitudes about the dissemination and implementation of internet-based self-care programs in a large integrated healthcare system

Hermes EDA, Burrone L, Heapy A, et al. (2019). Beliefs and attitudes about the dissemination and implementation of internet-based self-care programs in a large integrated healthcare system. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 10.1007/s10488-018-0913-7

Researchers interviewed providers (n=12) and administrators or policy makers (n=8) from 10 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) programs to explore determinants of dissemination and implementation of digital health. Interviews were guided by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. Researchers thematically coded interview transcripts and identified 8 distinct themes. All participants noted that current healthcare systems, including clinical norms and workflows do not facilitate use of digital health. Nineteen participants (95%) mentioned gaps in provider understanding of digital health and when or how to use digital health in practice, inadequate digital infrastructures (e.g., VHA internet systems, patient technology access), and the influence of support from leadership. Eighteen (90%) participants mentioned a need for organizational dissemination and implementation strategies (e.g., provider training, consumer advertising), specifically highlighting the need for a learning management system that allows providers and patients to access digital health programs. Fourteen participants (70%) mentioned that health system strategic priorities need to promote dissemination and implementation of digital health and that current strategies that may complement digital health implementation (e.g., measurement-based care, electronic health record development) also compete for funding. Twelve participants (60%) discussed how organizational structures and an emphasis on specialty care rather than integrated care can result in siloed information between central administration, specialty care facilities, and primary care facilities. Finally, 11 (55%) participants discussed regulations and policies relating to privacy and security (e.g. against the transmission of patient-reported information to health records) reducing the utility of digital health.

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02/21/2019

Google Partners with the DEA to Help Tackle the Opioid Crisis

Article Excerpt: The government is supplying Google with data on where people can dispose of their prescription drugs…This is a extension of a partnership between Google and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2018, which took the form of a drug disposal locator tool on Google Maps during Prescription Take Back Day. The company says that this allowed the DEA to collect 1.85 million pounds of unused prescription drugs. Now Google is making that feature permanent.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/yxlm9pum

Article Source: Vator

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11/13/2018

Facebook, Google and Twitter Formed Tech Together to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Article Excerpt: The three tech giants are teaming up in a new coalition, Tech Together to Fight the Opioid Crisis, which will be led by the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies. The goal is to share best practices and collaborate on ways to address opioid addiction.

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/ydfg6yrd

Article Source: Adweek

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11/02/2018

Expert consensus survey on digital health tools for patients with serious mental illness: Optimizing user characteristics and user support

Hatch A, Hoffman JE, Ross R, Docherty JP. (2018). Expert consensus survey on digital health tools for patients with serious mental illness: Optimizing user characteristics and user support. JMIR Mental Health. 5(2): e46. doi: 10.2196/mental.9777

Researchers recruited 52 clinicians with publication histories demonstrating expertise in digital psychiatric interventions to complete a survey to assess use of digital health interventions for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder (severe mental illness; SMI). Read More

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10/24/2018

Facebook Launches Program in Redmond to Help in Opioid Crisis

Article Excerpt: Facebook is launching a series of community events to train health care groups and nonprofits how to better use social media in their efforts to combat the opioid crisis, starting with a test run this week in Redmond (Oregon).

Full Article: https://tinyurl.com/yclh3r56

Article Source: The Bulletin

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