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Leveraging the power of digital transformation to enhance patient care and healthcare providers’ performance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clínica Alemana Osorno, located in southern Chile, has introduced digital communication workflows that leverage connected care. Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities.

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VA, Verizon to offer new telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This past month the Federal Communications Commission announced the agency would vote to advance a $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program, enabling telehealth expansion for low-income Americans nationwide, including veterans and others in medically underserved areas. THE LARGER TREND.

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How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

million additional nurses needed by 2028. A telenurse can even support patient physical assessments with the help of sensors and connected care devices and a staff member, such as a technician or assistant, at the bedside. The American Nurses Association projects that the nursing shortage could reach up to 1.13

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