Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It's no surprise at this point that the COVID-19 pandemic turned the digital healthcare world (and the rest of the world) inside-out, accelerating the use of telemedicine while throwing a wrench into the plans of anyone depending on a somewhat predictable 2020. "More and more people are becoming health-aware.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

WHO/Europe and HIMSS have signed an agreement to collaborate on digital health , with the entities saying the partnership will allow for a more aligned approach to digital transformation in Europe. Inpatient admissions for mental health increased 60% from 2016 to 2021, while ED admissions increased 20%.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 28, 2020

Magazine SBHC began using telehealth in 2016 through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation: Public Schools Program (formerly called STAR), and they continue to enhance and develop their telehealth services. Have a Real World Example of your own?

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Health Populi

JANUARY 19, 2024

Digitally enabled healthcare means building digital technologies into the fabric of our ecosystem to improve outcomes and enhance efficiency in day-to-day health and wellness.” This month, a paper on the digital determinants of health was published in PLOS Digital Health.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

The next chapter in HealthConsuming is called “Digital Health – Wearable, Shareable, Virtual.” ” In this section, I asked, “What if digital health tools could scale needed health care services and reach the people who need them?” healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2022

Healthie, ( www.gethealthie.com ) an infrastructure platform for digital health companies, announced today it has raised $16M in an oversubscribed Series A led by Velvet Sea Ventures with participation from Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC and a customer syndicate. About Healthie.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Physicians' use and appreciation of information technology and digital health tools has seen a big uptick over the past five years, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association. The new AMA Digital Health Research sees attitudes and expectations changing among the physicians it surveyed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

Parkview Health System, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has incorporated its telemedicine programs into a larger digital health strategy aimed at meeting patients wherever they have a need for care. Parkview Health has two large metropolitan sites and several community hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2020

Portugal is making big leaps in telehealth development with the newly introduced National Strategic Telehealth Plan (PENTS), the first document in the National Health System in Portugal and one of the first of its kind in the world. “Many of our telehealth services are local. More than 10.6

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American Well

JULY 26, 2016

Telemedicine Today: July 2016. Welcome to the July 2016 edition of Avizia’s Telemedicine Today! Telehealth Program Staffing Survey. This report outlines the results of a telehealth program staffing survey conducted to learn about the staffing models of healthcare organizations with active telehealth programs.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

We weren’t surprised to note that younger patients took advantage of retail clinics and other on-demand channels for health care, older people, too, have been willing to use sites other than doctor’s offices and hospital clinics to receive health care services.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Telehealth expands access to care. We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. Connecting Patients in Need to Virtual Care.

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The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

In fact, low health literacy is related to higher mortality rates. In a post I wrote here in 2012, I discussed some of the implications of low health literacy. RFID and other advanced digital technologies have been developed to help in this regard. Improving the electronic medical record (EHR).

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. In fact, in our search for devices and tools underpinned with clinical proof, evidence is growing for consumer-facing technology for heart-health, demonstrated by this year’s CES.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

Omron has been one of the few consumer-facing digital health companies that has taken the long-view and done the work to file for FDA clearance for a medical-grade technology that mainstream consumers can use. After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 17, 2023

The market for digital health is maturing. When the Teladoc Livongo merger was announced in 2020, the market for digital health was still in its early stages. However, the market has matured since then, and there are now a number of other digital health companies competing with Teladoc.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Walmart has long committed to health care, leveraging pharmacy as a “front door to primary care,” AHA describes. is expanding virtual care and telehealth, and building long-term partnerships across the health care ecosystem — including one with UnitedHealth Group over a ten-year agreement.

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2019

In 2016, 56% of rural households across the OECD community had access to fixed broadband with a minimum speed of 30 Mbps, versus 85% of households in non-rural areas. features several pages devoted to digital connectivity bolstering more effective health care delivery. The digital divide in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Jennifer Richman, associate professor of psychiatry at University of Rochester Medical Center, and Michael Hasselberg, NP, senior director of digital Health at U of Rochester. For cash-strapped community hospitals, that's significant.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

By 2016, experiments inside the hospital ecosystem were beginning – KidsMD launched at Children’s Hospital in Boston, a pioneering Alexa skill to help patients and families with generalized wellness advice. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , healthcare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

KidsMD, launched in 2016, has been a pioneer in use of Voice First health offerings – offering ‘trusted pediatric content.’ category tags: Voice First/AI technology , home health care , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , digital health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2021

Among the many health disparities the pandemic shined a light on were a few that converge, highly relevant to these scenarios: The lack of access to broadband connectivity negatively impact Black Americans ‘ ability to work from home, be educated at home, and receive telehealth from home. for decades.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs): Beginning in 2016, the FDA began approving Continuous Glucose Monitors. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Furthermore, telehealth is proving to be extremely effective in maximizing the efficiency of healthcare delivery, thus optimizing the way healthcare systems respond to rising demand for healthcare services. Two forms in which telehealth presents itself are teleconsultations and remote monitoring devices. DiMasi, H.G.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 26, 2023

Here are some specific areas of focus for strategic HealthTech acquirers in today's market: Digital health: This includes software for managing patient records, scheduling appointments, and providing remote care. Telehealth: This refers to the delivery of healthcare services remotely, such as through video conferencing.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 17, 2023

In 2022, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invested $1 billion in Alto Pharmacy, a digital pharmacy that delivers prescription drugs to patients. The company also invested $500 million in Ro Health, a telehealth company that provides primary care services to patients nationwide.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From the 2016 event, attended by 6500, attendance had shrunk from 2009’s attending 9000. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI technology , Family caregivers. A rhetorical question, does LeadingAge, the association and event organizer, lead in the world of aging services?

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Yes, it was Topol who dropped his stethoscope in the trash on stage at TEDMED 2009 and suggested that the handheld ultrasound should become the standard of care by the time the 200th anniversary of the stethoscope rolled around in 2016. So many types of telehealth. He is the champion of the term, and possibly the creator of it.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

APRIL 7, 2020

Long before the global Coronavirus pandemic disrupted life as we know it, digital health was on the ascent, enabled by innovations in IoT-connected medical devices. In 2019, one in four physicians utilised remote care tools – nearly twice the share who were doing so in 2016, according to the American Medical Association.

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Mend

MAY 18, 2023

Mend announced today that it has supported its 10 millionth virtual care appointment on its leading patient engagement and telehealth platform. Launched in 2016, the Mend platform has provided healthcare organizations with technology that enables the delivery of patient-centric care across many specialties including mental health.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Digital health intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial. Telemed J E Health 2016 May;22(5):395-9. link] R, Allison TG, Lennon R, et al. Am Heart J 2017 June;188:65-72.Smith Smith HS, Criner AJ, Fehrle D, et al.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Congressman and House of Representatives Majority Leader ( with whom I collaborated at CES in 2016 ); Morad Fareed, (another CES collaborator of mine on that Wizards of Maternal Health panel )’ and David Pogue, who leads Corporate Responsibility at CBRE Group, among many other experts.

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

This chart, on page 262, is important for healthcare delivery because a large proportion of the healthcare labor force is indeed foreign-born — at all levels of the system, from hyper-specialists in the operating room and research labs to home health aides helping elders with activities of daily living.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

California, home to start-ups, mature tech platform companies (like Apple, Facebook and Google), and countless digital health developers, is in a particularly strategic place to fight the FCC and, now, the Department of Justice. Nearly two dozen other states are looking to write net neutrality laws following Governor Brown’s example.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2022

While the inevitable end of the PHE could result in the loss of Medicaid to millions when states review enrollee eligibility and other impacts to healthcare operations, the questions of what will happen to telehealth benefits and the continuum of care in the absence loom large. Telehealth in legislative limbo.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 24, 2021

What if we told you there’s a role telehealth can play in saving the planet and in turn, saving lives? But it’s something telehealth advocates have known for years. Telehealth’s potential to reduce energy consumption on a massive scale hasn’t gotten quite as much attention. Contact Us. Related Topics.

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