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

Healthcare IT Today

Rural providers especially feel the pinch, as medical centers often have trouble attracting the talent they need, and many hospitals are increasingly closing their doors. The antidote to these trends is the automation of processes. A silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has been a catalyst for change.

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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."