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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I was scheduled to meet with Roy Jakobs, Chief Business Leader of Connected Care at Philips, at HIMSS in Orlando on 9th March 2020. This second graphic diagrams a patient journey map for the coronavirus, across the continuum of care settings from the community and home to primary care, emergency, hospital, and post-acute.

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CVS Health unveils new virtual primary care platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

CVS on Thursday announced the launch of its new CVS Health Virtual Primary Care service. The new offering integrates patient engagement tools, telehealth, electronic health record data and more on a single platform that can connect consumers with clinicians at CVS or other providers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The PENTS will also help to improve infrastructure, interoperability and service availability and support legislation. The education of healthcare professionals must include digital health. Real-time teleconsultations have been shown to work well between healthcare providers, for instance between primary care and hospitals.

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"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to Samow, the future of health is digitalized, making data interoperable for the benefit of patient and enabling personalized healthcare. Digitalisation significantly improves chronic patients care: By implementing remote monitoring, they can now receive care even before they realise they would require it.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

This was made clear when we reached out to our lovely Healthcare IT Today community for their insights on RPM. Integrating the EHR into the RPM system will bridge communication gaps and promote interoperability. Simply put, RPM is about optimizing care delivery with connected care technology in lower cost remote care settings.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Equality Health telehealth system for primary care practices is available for free to primary care practices in the extensive Equality Health network of independent primary care providers. Patients can securely connect online, including in low-bandwidth environments, using their cell phone or computer.