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Telemedicine, enabled with responsible AI, can improve the patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch? While the concept of the digital front door has been a popular topic in healthcare for some time, telemedicine has the potential to expand its impact beyond simply acquiring new patients or providing a digital entry point for care.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Enhancing School-Based Telemedicine: Moving Beyond the Basics

19 Labs

Traditionally, telemedicine in schools involved rudimentary devices catering to basic health concerns. This integration ensures that school nurses and healthcare providers comprehensively understand students' health, enabling more accurate diagnoses and targeted treatments while reducing absenteeism.

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Roundup: Bayer to launch 27 telemedicine centres in India and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Bayer to launch 27 telemedicine centres over 2 years in India. German multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer is setting up 27 telemedicine centres in 12 districts across eight states in India over the next two years through Bayer Foundation India. Chinese aged care provider Taikang Healthcare upgrades contact centre.

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Can Telemedicine Now Keep You out of a Nursing Home Later?

GlobalMed

The answer is enter a nursing home. Or be “stuck” as many people put it – as in the phrase, “I don’t want to be stuck in a nursing home.” Right now, about 25 percent of older adults will enter a nursing home at some point. Only 30 percent of nursing home residents ever return home. Do you know what it is?

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Mount Sinai using Google Nest to monitor patients, reducing in-person contact

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"It enhances safety for patients because we can keep an eye on everyone from the nursing station, and for our staff, it minimizes the frequency of time spent in-room with COVID-19 patients," Freeman continued. THE LARGER TREND. Still, experts have pointed to inpatient monitoring as the next frontier for telehealth advancements.

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Mary Washington Healthcare Partners with Caregility to Pioneer Inpatient Virtual Engagement and Virtual Nursing Program

Digital Health Global

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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