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

Healthcare IT Today

The antidote to these trends is the automation of processes. Many rural and community practices and hospitals have wanted to evolve for some time but did not for various reasons. A silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has been a catalyst for change.

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What do McDonalds and Hospitals Have in Common?

American Well

Beyond the fact that many hospitals have a McDonald’s on their campus (a trend that is thankfully diminishing), they both hire shift workers. Rather than having a community practice, these positions are responsible for patients during their stay. The post What do McDonalds and Hospitals Have in Common?

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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.