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

Healthcare IT Today

Many rural and community practices and hospitals have wanted to evolve for some time but did not for various reasons. Additionally, data-driven analytics empower rural providers to understand the various social determinants of health (SDOH), how they affect their population, and how to customize treatments.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 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. Which also happens to be the most humane place we want to be."