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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. Evans, VA Office Of Connected Care. Since its inception in June of 2008, more than 86 million VA Secure Messages have been initiated by VA patients or their care teams.

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April 2019 Telemedicine News

Enzyme Health

mHealth App for Juvenile Arthritis Patients Shows Promise for Youth Patient-Doctor Relationships. A new Swedish-developed mHealth app called Genia is showing promise at the University of Minnesota for fostering communication between juvenile arthritis patients and their care providers.

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8 Key Telehealth Partnerships and What to Expect in 2019

Enzyme Health

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs is one of the largest providers of connected care and recent partnerships with Philips and T-Mobile plans to expand its reach. Microsoft has gotten in the game as well, partnering with Walgreens to connect customers with pharmacies via mHealth devices. The VA, Philips, and T-Mobile.

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Enabling the Future of Patient-Driven Health

Clear Arch Health

View this telehealth informational whitepaper to understand the way healthcare technology, and its infrastructure, have shifted to support the connected care initiatives of health-related businesses today, with a particular emphasis on remote healthcare. . ~ MobileHelp/Clear Arch Health CEO, Rob Flippo.

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

But the consumer pressures, along with evidence-based self-service options for health – both for “care” and for wellness, fitness and prevention – bring us to this inflection point for virtual health.

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Five Ways Digital Technologies can Address Cancer

The Digital Health Corner

Connected care: apps: Connected care today includes such technologies as wearables and mobile health apps. Benefits of connected care include triangulating the transmission of information (among clinicians, patients and caregivers), convenience, and timeliness.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. The role of mHealth for improving medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. Sharing medical information in real-time is key to structuring patient engagement. Gandapur et al.