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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

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A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

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Launched in 2006, its tele-ICU program remotely monitors more than 150 adult critical care beds across Central Massachusetts. "Telehealth quickly became a prominent means of contact precaution across our inpatient care settings. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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AI-powered RPM can help address the rural neonatal care crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported the number of women experiencing severe issues while giving birth in U.S. hospitals rose 45% from 2006 to 2015. These strategies include telemedicine and remote patient monitoring. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. were shockingly poor.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As part of addressing that disparity, researchers from California recently presented an abstract at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology Virtual Scientific Program suggesting that telehealth can contribute to improving cancer care for patients in rural areas. " In 2006, Dr. Laurence J. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring – Not for the Faint-of-Heart (Pun Intended)

Healthcare IT Today

This number is based on reimbursement code criteria, which enable reimbursements to healthcare clinics for remote (telehealth) BP monitoring only when a sufficient number of self-measured BP measurements per month are recorded by patients and monitored by physicians [ 29 ].