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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

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I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new!

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber, 2014 edition

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Of note, on Monday morning, HIMSS and two other organizations will announce a new initiative on “personal connected health.” ” Near the end, I reference the podcast I did last week with Dr. Ray Dorsey about remote care for Parkinson’s patients. For easy reference, here’s the link.

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TigerConnect unveils telehealth system to help providers fight COVID-19

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Care collaboration technology vendor TigerConnect has debuted TigerTouch, a text message-oriented, audio/visual telehealth system designed to help health systems manage COVID-19 cases. The system enables providers to engage patients at each touchpoint during a health event, from diagnosis, to hospitalization, to recovery.