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Analytics and outreach key to telehealth success at Southwestern Health Resources

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As nearly all the providers in the network are on the same EHR and the Southwestern platform, the organization could ensure the technology was integrated with both their technology and clinic operations. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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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

And it's a term that's fast-changing, as telemedicine suddenly finds itself becoming commonplace after years of work to sort out the regulatory, reimbursement and PR challenges that had kept it from representing the sizable proportion of care delivery that many think it should. Just like the EHR is a tool.