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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA. In FY19, VA provided more than 2.6

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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Telehealth was a pioneering concept in 2008. In 2020, telehealth (and its other prefixes or monikers) is an accepted service with reimbursement codes. Do these visits result in recommendations for telehealth? category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring , Technology - AARP.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Here’s the essential telehealth terminology that will put you ahead of the curve. This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. Get to know these, and you should be able to follow along with most telehealth industry conversations or lectures no problem.

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Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

The Digital Health Corner

A technology called blockchain was developed in 2008 and has found its biggest interest in the financial industry. This has been demonstrated with cardiac implantable electronic devices and recent global IT hacking which involved hospital systems. The use of blockchain in healthcare has been discussed for a number of years.