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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nine in 10 of them, in fact, are offering or piloting telehealth programs, according to the new 2019 HIMSS report, "Telehealth: Disrupting the Care Delivery Paradigm." hospital or health system where they work, 64% said they offer inpatient specialist consultation, and 61% said they offer remote patient monitoring.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Looking at the threat landscape and the impact an incident could have at AHG, in 2019, we had our first cybersecurity incident," Jimenez recalled. "The incident affected about 20% of our patients. Hackers have been taking advantage of the national crisis, creating COVID-19 fraud schemes and phishing attacks.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2019, Fitbit unveiled a more data-driven personal health subscription service for consumers that, among other features, generates personal reports that a user can download and share with their physician, nutritionist or personal trainer. Providers need minimal training to efficiently use the clinical dashboard, the company contended.