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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News sat down with Lisa Lindgren, vice president of clinical operations at Avel eCARE, to learn more about NETCNN and telemedicine in the age of COVID-19. Avel conducts specialty consults out of its Sioux Falls hub, primarily servicing rural healthcare facilities. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Clinical trials.