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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. In its recommendations for action, ECRI notes that health care providers cannot solve this crisis themselves, but can take specific actions to address the pediatric mental health crisis.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She has also been focused on improving telehealth services and implementing remote patient monitoring for the most vulnerable and underserved patients. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. hardest hit by the pandemic.

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption in a way that initially wasn’t considered feasible by providers and payers pre-2020. A 2021 report by the Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the number of medical visits via telehealth grew from 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 billion in 2014. million in 2020.