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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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Telemedicine 2010 & 2011 Part 2 - TECHNOLOGY

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Telemedicine has never been bereft of electronic wizardry and 2010 included a host of exciting developments with clever new devices that see, analyze, and intervene with any number of medical maladies, all at steadily reduced prices. Here are a few thoughts on two leading technologies: mHealth and video.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. The benefits of telehealth are striking, offering hospitals the chance to brand themselves as innovative and using cutting-edge technologically. Here, we summarize 8 reasons why you should consider telehealth to be part of the holistic health practice of your hospital.

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from October 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In 2010, this association was renamed LeadingAge – from the Association of Homes and Services for the Aging – a mouthful, shortened to AAHSA. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI technology , Family caregivers. Are any of these initiatives tuned to the needs of older adults?

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Seven Market Trends

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mHealth mHealth is still a sizzling subject and is an important addition to the mix of technologies changing the way healthcare is delivered along with other innovations such as social networking, “Big Data” and personalized medicine. In June 2010 I wrote that we were at the top of the hype cycle for mHealth.

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Maintaining Balance as We Leap Ahead

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A list serve and web page is under development and more discussion will be held before the group’s next meeting at ATA 2010. Members have suggested a number of topics for discussion including comparing various governance and administrative structures used for telemedicine operations within their institutions.

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