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Healthcare Reimagined: Creating a Better Remote Care Experience

CiscoHealth

Many healthcare providers have already embraced telehealth as an alternative option to clinic visits for people living in communities with limited access to quality care or for people with mental or physical conditions that struggle to attend an in-person consultation. Find out more about how Cisco Collaboration helps enable remote care.

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Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance.

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The rapid proliferation and advancement of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The most common telehealth solution involves primary care consultations that take place online (e.g., chat, video conferencing, etc.) Healthcare institutions' motivations for innovation are to improve patient experience, stay relevant and support the changing care model (i.e., remote care and monitoring).

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Telehealth, linked to an EHR, drastically reduces no-show rate at Garfield Health Center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Garfield Health Center, based in Monterey Park, California, did not have a telemedicine program in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This system allows providers to have video visits with patients as part of their normal workflows. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Telepsychiatry will continue to grow – and become the house call of yesteryear

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

One of the great use cases for telemedicine has proven to be mental health. It does not require physical contact between caregiver and patient (though seeing a patient's affect in person can be better than via video). Rarely does mental health require in-person tests. Taking vitals is not necessary.

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Telemedicine for Coronavirus care: what are the limitations and how are hospitals adapting?

Lloyd Price

As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc with the healthcare system, telemedicine is stepping up into the spotlight and helping healthcare provider organizations and caregivers better respond to the needs of Americans who have contracted the virus and Americans who need to touch base with their providers on the status of their health.