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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, some forms of technology – particularly those that support telehealth services – are in hot demand as they prove their worth during the national pandemic, say experts who assess information technology adoption by the nation's healthcare providers.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. Here's what that could mean for telehealth, as more funding enables new opportunities for care.

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How the Latest Pandemic Relief Bill Effects Telehealth

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Telehealth advocates aren’t impressed with the lack of support for connected health services in the latest pandemic relief package. We believe arbitrary restrictions on telehealth must be permanently removed to make way for a modernized and more accessible healthcare system.”. But those calls were largely ignored.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. The solution, of course, relies on data sharing among the participating care providers. This is despite success at standardizing on single formats for electronic medical records.

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Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges? What does the end of the PHE mean for the future of telemedicine?

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Despite a common misconception that remote care management platforms replace direct care from providers, the platform is intended to complement the treatment course and reflect providers' messaging," Lovewell said. Of course, this can't be attributed entirely to digital care management, but it's a big component.

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A hospital without patients

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Louis, nestled among locust, elm and sweetgum trees, the Mercy Virtual Care Center has a lot in common with other hospitals. Most of Mercy’s telehealth and remote monitoring covers patients and hospitals inside the small Catholic hospital system, which has facilities in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

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