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From Tele-HELP to telehealth

CiscoHealth

Established in 2006, Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres is a healthcare network based in the United Arab Emirates. CEO, Andre Daoud, realized that Medcare needed to transition to full-time telemedicine and partnered with Cisco to develop a beta version of the teleMEDCARE platform in just six days.

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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

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. But there’s another, less visible realm where telemedicine has transformed costing savings and patient outcomes: correctional facilities.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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From Tele-HELP to telehealth

CiscoHealth

Established in 2006, Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres is a healthcare network based in the United Arab Emirates. CEO, Andre Daoud, realized that Medcare needed to transition to full-time telemedicine and partnered with Cisco to develop a beta version of the teleMEDCARE platform in just six days.

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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.

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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telehealth visit, you might picture a patient at home communicating with a primary care provider or a patient and nurse in a long-term care facility coordinating care with a specialist. So correctional facilities may not be the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about telehealth. Improved Care.

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4 Ways Healthcare is Getting a Return on Telehealth

American Well

A recent study by Willis Towers Watson found that telehealth could save as much as $6 billion annually in U.S. While this figure indicates huge potential within healthcare systems for reducing medical costs with telehealth, it’s equally important to break down these numbers into more specific return on investment use cases and data.