GlobalMed

MAY 31, 2019

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. Virtual care is now a regular aspect of the clinical landscape, from disaster recovery to behavioral and addiction treatment to military life. There are three, actually: safety, cost savings, and improved care. Improved Care.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 15, 2019

In the case of Proteus, the company said that its body of clinical evidence has shown improvements in cost effectiveness and quality of care. start-up, founded in 2001, had spent the ensuing decades developing a smart pill, a device designed to tell a smartphone app whether a patient has ingested a medicine. Proteus Digital Health’s CEO once confidently proclaimed that in a couple of decades, “every medicine will have a chip in it.”

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 14, 2019

In fact, Freeman first began using VR in 2001 when he was working on paranoia. Ross and her colleague GP Alastair Dobbin had come up with the idea of making something similar for the health service, which could be use by primary care providers themselves and their patients. When it comes to mental health, the digital world is often portrayed as the enemy. Digital detoxes are all the rage.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, employs individuals at more than 900 care facilities across the Carolinas. In 2016, BayCare spent $346 million on community benefits, including pet insurance, personal training services and child care. [link].

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