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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At the Connected Health Conference in Boston this past month, five longtime leaders in telehealth took the stage to discuss what's next for virtual care and remote monitoring. Their vision? It's going to be the emergency department for heart attacks or strokes.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In this use-case, a patient would call the Nurse Triage/Assessment and Treatment Center, where with the click of a button, a staff member could escalate to a video conference with a medical staff member in order to help determine next steps. The platform was developed in-house using Cisco WebEx APIs for WebRTC.

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Here’s why everyone is mum after ransomware attacks

Meaningful HIT News

At a preconference symposium before last week’s HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, a security expert told attendees that the FBI instructs health systems not to talk publicly about such attacks, or disclose whether they have paid ransom. No related posts.

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Zesty for Hospitals : Digital Transformation for Outpatients

Lloyd Price

Zesty for Hospitals It seems incredible, but today, the vast majority of NHS trusts still post paper letters to their patients. In fact, the average UK hospital sends over 1M paper letters to patients each year. Patients are informed of their appointments in a letter and have to call the hospital to make appointment changes.

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NYU Langone Health used its FCC grant to expand Epic-linked telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine is not only cost-effective for both the patient and the hospital, it also can reduce the risk of exposure to disease for all parties, especially during a pandemic. "NYU Langone also was able to transform conference rooms and offices into ICU treatment facilities for COVID-19 patients," Testa noted. THE PROBLEM.

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Ping An Good Doctor launches One Minute Clinics offering preliminary diagnosis by cloud computing Doctors

Lloyd Price

It will provide a high-speed, convenient, one-stop shop for medical and healthcare services for nearby residents, visitors to the scenic area and guests of the 2018 World Internet Conference. Presently, Ping An Good Doctor has already hired a large volume of highly qualified physicians from the top three hospitals.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences.