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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. " Even if the home can't be the hospital, community spaces and retail locations can fill in as connected care stations for underserved communities or patients [who] don't have an ideal setup at home.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

Meanwhile, 58% have never considered where their PHI is shared when using those apps – in part because privacy is secondary to insurance coverage and convenience for most digital health users. West Virginia-based Vandalia Health is expanding its Oracle Health EHR implementation to all 12 hospitals in its network.

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United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“Studies show that more frequent contact with primary care physicians drives better health outcomes.” There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. ” MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Podcast: Telehealth for Parkinson’s care

Meaningful HIT News

We, of course, discussed cross-state licensure holding back wider use of remote care, a subject that is very much in the news right now. In fact, Health Data Management just published a story I wrote about, in part, the launch of the Alliance for Connected Care. MP3, mono, 128 kbps, 16.3 Running time 17:54.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

Kimberly O’Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer at HRS The time has come for remote patient monitoring. Simply put, RPM is about optimizing care delivery with connected care technology in lower cost remote care settings.

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Personalized Care Company Validic Acquires Trapollo

Healthcare IT Today

Validic’s EHR-integrated healthcare application ingests remotely collected health data from the world’s largest health IoT platform to help healthcare organizations personalize chronic condition management, remote care, and support for healthy living. Cox Communications acquired Trapollo in 2015.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CAREMINDr is a health IT communications company that provides mobile-enabled remote patient monitoring systems that give physicians the ability to enroll their patients in condition-specific “journeys,” such as for diabetes and hypertension. Spry Health. Vivify Pathways is a patient-centered, connected care platform.