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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

Rural hospitals often lag in integrating financial information and electronic health records (EHRs) because of staffing shortfalls and the perceived cost of doing so. Many rural and community practices and hospitals have wanted to evolve for some time but did not for various reasons.

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'Telehealth titans' discuss cost-savings of virtual care, describe the hospital of the future

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Just like the EHR is a tool. " Schoenberg sees the changes happening already: "Patients moving out of the hospitals – which include the outpatient clinic operations and community practices – to, very importantly, the lowest-cost care setting, which is the home. "It's a tool.