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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. Antoinette posed three questions for all of us to brainstorm, addressing various aspects of health equity. Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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Why have billion dollar digital health companies struggled since the pandemic?

Lloyd Price

Other areas that received significant investment included telemedicine, digital therapeutics, and health insurance technology. Other areas that received significant investment included telemedicine, behavioral health, and clinical decision support tools. Why have health tech unicorns struggled since the pandemic?

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How Telehealth is Reaching Patients Far Beyond Their Couch at Home

GlobalMed

When you think of telemedicine, you might think of a patient at home using a telehealth app to connect by phone or video with a doctor-of-the-moment who can assess their symptoms and offer advice. Provider networks are taking critical steps to expand coverage, improve patient care, and alleviate burnout with telemedicine.

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Penn Medicine gets $2.5M to study RPM's effect on COVID-19 disparities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Through COVID Watch – which has enrolled more than 5,000 patients since its launch in late March 2020, with a Spanish language version launched in May – patients receive text messages twice a day to check on their condition and enable contact with nurses who elevate to higher levels of care if need be. THE LARGER TREND.

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the UK “remote care and telemedicine had to rapidly jumpstart, and many nurses with little experience of telehealth have had to adapt and learn quickly in the last month,” Gregory said and added that the long-term digital agenda had suddenly been implemented due to investment and urgent need.

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How Telehealth Expands Cancer Care Access

GlobalMed

And for rural patients needing cancer care, access to an oncologist is limited with 19% of the U.S. While no one wants to receive a cancer diagnosis, telemedicine can augment care for patients who will ultimately need cancer treatment. Additional Telehealth Advantages for Cancer Care. Mental Health.

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Telehealth Research Used to Support New Policy Initiatives for Expansion

care innovations

That’s according to a number of recent reports focused on telehealth research within a few specific areas of telehealth implementation — one of them focused on primary care and mental health, the other on exploring the application of telehealth and remote care technology within skilled nursing facilities.