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Joe Kvedar is new president-elect of American Telemedicine Association

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association has elected Dr. Joseph C. Kvedar, vice president of connected health at Partners HealthCare and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, has served as ATA president before – from 2004-2005 – and also served on its board for several years. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

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" PROPOSAL Since 2004, Providence has been using various telemedicine technologies and virtual care models, including Teladoc Health, to support safe, high-quality care across the organization. MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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SOC Telemed Expands Behavioral Health Offering with Acquisition of Forefront Telecare

Healthcare IT Today

SOC Telemed, the largest national provider of specialty acute care telemedicine, announced its acquisition of Forefront Telecare, a leading virtual behavioral health company serving vulnerable adults nationwide across the care continuum. Founded in 2004, Access TeleCare pioneered inpatient telemedicine. About Access TeleCare.

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

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Over the past few months, the organizations have deployed telemedicine services to support care in at least a half-a-dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. Army Medical Research and Development Command's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. How would NETCCN resolve these problems?

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Telepsychiatry saves east Texas hospitals $18 million over 7 years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The requirements have changed dramatically and telemedicine now needs to influence clinical, operational and financial outcomes." Burke sought the help of Dr. Avrim Fishkind, then the CEO of JSA Health, which was recently acquired by telemedicine vendor SOC Telemed. From there, an emergency care model was born. MARKETPLACE.

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ESO Acquires Occam Technologies, Leading Provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) Solution

Healthcare IT Today

Incorporation of this technology into the ESO Suite will revolutionize clinical data integration for EMS, hospitals, telemedicine providers – anyone with whom EMS shares information,” said Eric Beck, President at ESO. ESO (ESO Solutions, Inc.) is dedicated to improving community health and safety through the power of data.

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Epic, Zoom and mobile app help at-risk clinic volunteers deliver care from home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. There are many vendors with electronic health records systems on the health IT market today, including Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, DrChrono, eClinicalWorks, Epic, Greenway Health, HCS, Meditech and NextGen Healthcare.

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