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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

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For example, technology has advanced to support new methods of delivering care such as evolving telemedicine efforts. Yet, it took the desperation associated with a pandemic to bond like-minded team members to collaborate in order for telemedicine to become an innovative mainstay in the delivery of patient care.

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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. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM. " MARKETPLACE. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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

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

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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. Occam’s EMPI platform ensures accurate, consistent, and up-to-date information for better patient care.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

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" In 2006, Dr. Laurence J. "Remote telemedicine clinics outside the primary catchment area were also established to serve the mountain communities of Quincy, Portola, Loyalton, and South Lake Tahoe, California," wrote Heifetz and his coauthors in the abstract. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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

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Before founding Valencell in 2006, Dr. LeBoeuf pioneered innovations in solid state materials, multiwavelength optoelectronic devices, high-power electronics, nanostructured materials and devices, and biochemical sensor systems while serving as a Senior Scientist and Biosensor Project Lead for General Electric.