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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

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This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

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Telehealth in 2019. With telemedicine, patients are able to seek services from providers in larger communities without having to coordinate travel plans or using the distance as a valid excuse to not seek treatment or care. The switch to telehealth services will also help stabilize the increasing healthcare costs.

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Health@Retail Update: Kroger and Hy-Vee Morph Grocery into Health, Walmart’s Health Center, CVS/housing and More

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Now, to the news… and what it means… Start with Kroger and Hy-Vee, national grocery chains, both of which are expanding their health care reach via pharmacists’ licensure practice expansions, and new concepts of mobile health.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

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based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 billion, up 22% from 2019. Within the mega-deal trend, Rock Health pointed to three facets of the go-go digital health investment climate: expanding virtual care, research and development digital transformation, and fitness and wellness demand. This is $1.2

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How telemedicine can help patients and solve physician burnout

KevinMD

Now, in 2019, I […]. In 2015, I had to beg doctors to work in telemedicine. Because so many doctors were wary of it, I started to get licensed in multiple states, and now, I have 15 state licenses. Well, what a difference a few years makes. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

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Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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Blood Pressure From the Wrist for the First Time – Welcome, Omron HeartGuide

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The HeartGuide will be available at retail beginning January 9, 2019 — during the week of CES in Las Vegas. Self-care is the new black, as I have written and proselytized. We have entered an era where our home and body are becoming our personal health hub. This is roughly the price of an Apple Watch.