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Secure asynchronous messaging: the future of patient portals?

Lloyd Price

Team communication: Asynchronous messaging can be used to facilitate communication among members of a healthcare team, such as nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. Education and training: Asynchronous messaging can be used for educational purposes, such as sharing clinical guidelines, research findings, or case studies.

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How Telehealth Can Improve Access to Specialty Healthcare

InTouch Health

By implementing a virtual care program, primary care providers can quickly share information with specialists with the press of a button. When referring a patient to a specialist, the provider can include important health information as well as their overall diagnosis in the patient file. The Sharp Healthcare Partnership.

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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. Read case study. One 2013 emergency room incident turned violent when an inmate visiting the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary fought with his security guards. Controlling Costs Today and Tomorrow.