--- title: Care Management Weekly News Update - 02-24-21 description: Weekly healthcare news roundup covering healthcare management, healthcare IT, post acute care, primary care and physician practice management. image: https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blogpost%2002_24_21.jpg --- [![Logo](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/2016/images/amc_logo_top_nav_172x54.svg "Logo")](https://www.avicenna-medical.com) # Avicenna Medical Blog # Avicenna Medical Blog ## [Care Management Weekly News Update - 2/24/21](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-02-24-21) Posted by [DeAnn Dennis](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/author/deann-dennis) on Wed, Feb 24, 2021 @ 11:56 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/hubfs/Blogpost%2002_24_21.jpg) ](https://www.avicenna-medical.com/blog/care-management-weekly-news-update-02-24-21) # [Healthcare Turns to Telehealth to Tackle America's Obesity Epidemic](https://mhealthintelligence.com/features/healthcare-turns-to-telehealth-to-tackle-americas-obesity-epidemic) Healthcare providers can use connected health channels to have discreet, personal conversations with patients about their weight, they can also use these platforms and tools to offer education and resources, on-demand treatment, and support for everything from lifestyle choices to addiction triggers, even remote patient monitoring to keep patients on a care plan. # [FDA Approves of AI Tool Predicting Adverse Events in ICU](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2021/02/11/fda-approves-use-of-ai-tool-predicting-adverse-events-in-icu/) The agency issued an Emergency Use Authorization for an ICU solution developed by CLEW Medical, whose CLEW-ICU uses predictive screening to identify patients with a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with serious conditions such as respiratory failure or hemodynamic instability. These conditions are frequently associated with COVID-19. # [Telehealth Research & Key Resources: Research Findings](https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/telehealth-research-key-resources-research-findings) To explore health care providers’ experiences with telehealth, the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition recently conducted a survey of 1,594 clinicians across the country. The findings of the Telehealth Impact Study highlight the wide expansion of telehealth services in many specialty areas, high levels of satisfaction with the services and a look at barriers that could affect the continued use and improvement of these services. # [Physician Voices Critical to Boost Public Health Rebuilding Effort](https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/physician-voices-critical-boost-public-health-rebuilding-effort) The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural inequities and the inadequacies of an underfunded public health system charged with protecting vulnerable populations. 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