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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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MedStar Health uses $2M AHRQ research grant to enhance telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 transformed the delivery of care, making the use of telehealth tools highly beneficial – and a priority area for research. This grant comes as we near the conclusion this month of our first two-year, $1 million award studying how telehealth transformation impacted primary care access.

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Telehealth In 2030 – Notes From the Future At #ATA19 with Safavi, Holt, Bathina and Swafford

Health Populi

Deepthi from Humana offered three considerations concerning how care will transform. First, connected care: one in five U.S. But how to get cheaper care into the hands of consumers?” households have a smart device, Deepthi noted. healthcare system.

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United Methodist Communities has early successes with telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” The other challenge United Methodist faced was facilitating specialty and primary care physician visits for residents. The lockdown and quarantine restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic put a significant burden on residents who required routine specialty and primary care. ” MARKETPLACE.

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UVA Health System expands telehealth offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, UVA researchers will assess existing health and fitness apps to determine which are most helpful as well as determining how to incorporate elements of game playing to help people reach their health and fitness goals. This would allow the specialist to review the patient’s medical record before making a recommendation.

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

Patient access to a connective device such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Technical literacy, such as knowing how to use devices and interact with electronic health record (EHR) portals and video interfaces. This center provides her primary care, dental services, pharmacy, and labs.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

For example, a provider can use RPM to better manage the care of a patient with kidney issues or diabetes, receiving more regular updates on important activities or vital signs to diagnose and treat emergent or changing conditions much more quickly.