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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The sprawling provider network continues to seek new ways to deliver better care to its members where they live, in their communities and their homes. million veterans interacting with the site, including their personal health data, every month. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care. At HIMSS20, Dr. Neil C.

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A guide to telehealth vendors in the age of COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Backline is used by clinicians in hospitals, physician practices, long-term care facilities, emergency medical services, hospices and pharmacies. Vendor emocha, which offers a technology-enabled healthcare-adherence service, leverages human engagement and video check-ins for patients with chronic and infectious diseases.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The platform has embedded video conferencing, or works alongside the video conferencing platform a health system has in place. They improve their health in real time with an easy-to-use smartphone application, and catch risk in time. It also provides medication adherence tools. iRhythm Technologies.