Blue Shield of California brings Apple Watch to providers - Business Insider

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Blue Shield of California's partnership with Notable Health further cements the Apple Watch as a multiuse, clinical-grade healthcare tool:

As such, provider uptake has been slow, with only an estimated of healthcare organizations' revenue coming from VBC, per a 2018 Optum survey. But large insurers remain bullish on VBC as a way to lower rising costs of care in the US: UnitedHealthcare announced last year that it plans to cover people under a VBC model by 2025, up from 15 million in 2018, for example.

Notable's tech allows for quicker, more accurate recording of patient health info — which could help overcome another major hurdle to VBC adoption: EHR woes. Austin-based Regional Medical Clinic announced earlier this summer that its physicians have cut two hours a day of EHR time spend since partnering with Notable. That's a major improvement considering doctors currently spend

 

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