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How telehealth holds the key to patient activation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It will aim to connect care teams and patients effectively, support information sharing and promote continuous patient engagement. Siemens Healthineers has also introduced eHealth Virtual Visit - facilitating live video-consultation to empower patient and physicians to interact virtually with each other.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

Just a few weeks ago, CommonWell was announced as one of six applicants—along with eHealth Exchange, Epic TEFCA Interoperability Systems, Health Gorilla, Kno2 and Konza— accepted to continue in the onboarding process to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In June, Healthcare IT News and the other HIMSS Media brands, Healthcare Finance and MobiHealthNews, launched a new series of editorial webinars at the HIMSS Learning Center. Naturally, the first focus was on exploring the new normal of telehealth and virtual care. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. Telemedicine: opportunities and developments in Member States: report on the second global survey on eHealth. Global Observatory for eHealth Series, 2). Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives. J Nurse Pract.