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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

Investments in the digital health sector have fast-grown in the past decade, reaching $14bn in 2020 based on Rock Health’s latest read on the market. The pandemic has accelerated the use of digital health across its many segments: telehealth, mHealth, software platforms, behavioral health, digital therapeutics, among them.

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Telemedicine found to be effective for diabetes management in KSA and UAE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the study showed that in 2020, the number of telemedicine clinics for patients with diabetes in both countries rose by 90%. ON THE RECORD.

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

Health Populi

I noted this Morning Consult survey , data shown here, finding that people of color who were lower-income as of June 2020 had a more difficult time paying for Internet and phone bills than white people with lower incomes. ” Assuring health equity in a post-pandemic world.

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Telehealth, linked with Allscripts EHR and app, helps keep docs in business

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"For us, that familiarity helped when the public health emergency hit because many of our patients understood not only how to use it, but why it worked for connecting with their doctor." Using the Allscripts Reporting module, staff maintained lists of patients with chronic health conditions.

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How RPM can solve many patient and provider problems in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While there is a need for remote patient monitoring in rural settings due to inadequate resources and limited access to medical facilities, actual utilization is low. Staffing shortages, budget cuts and low patient volumes coming out of the pandemic have forced some rural hospitals to shut their doors, with 19 closures in 2020 alone.

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The benefits and future of remote patient monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the start of 2020, widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring was still in the distance. A: At the start of 2020, widespread use and adoption of telehealth and RPM was still struggling to get off the ground, despite the technology being available for years. What is the problem?

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COVID-19 and Telehealth Regulations in the States

American Well

Mirroring the federal response, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have declared state or public health emergencies , and more than 30 have broadened access to telehealth in order to mobilize more physicians and create new pathways to care for people under quarantine. Connecticut State Department of Public Health.