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How telemedicine can help everyone have a primary care physician

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of primary care. How can virtual care enable this?

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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. People at Philips are going out of their way to make it happen,” noting “extraordinary efforts” and teams mobilizing in the pandemic to meet the moment. What a difference 90 days makes.

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MaineHealth turned a COVID-19 grant into a permanent telehealth program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. Click here to read the special report. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT. Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org.

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“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023

Health Populi

Roughly 2 in 5 healthcare leaders look to technology to connect with out-of-hospital settings, cloud-based tech to support access to information “everywhere,” decision support tech (such as AI in clinical settings), communications, workflow applications, and patient-facing mobile check-in and registration.

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CIOs plan on refined telehealth, faster deployments, more collaborative tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better." "We're here for the patient, and we meet them where they are. And we have a minimal impact on their life, but yet give them that greater confidence in the care."

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The Digital Transformation of Home for Health – Brainstorming with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips

Health Populi

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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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.