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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Prior to the pandemic, telehealth wasn't really taking off all that much; it was kind of a very long, slow growth without a high level of adoption," said Fisne of Geisinger. In fact, growth has been exponential, and it has been very positive in terms of making the patient experience even better."

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How virtual nursing can help solve many workforce shortage woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Wendy Deibert , RN, is senior vice president of clinical solutions at Caregility, a telehealth technology and services company. She has 34 years of nursing experience as a bedside critical care nurse, manager, senior consultant, operations manager and executive. The current workloads are simply untenable for many nursing teams.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" "2021 will show that digital health from the patient and clinician perspective is so much more than video visits and remote patient monitoring." The team was able to roll out telehealth in days, compared with past projects that could take months to complete. " Dr. Paul Testa, NYU Langone Health.

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#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

However, adopting and implementing poorly designed electronic health records (EHRs) has diminished the time available to clinicians to lay hands and eyes on patients – essentially, limiting their ability to do the jobs they were trained, hired and personally driven to do.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The CAM Patch can serve as a remote patient monitoring system during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vendor said. Eko’s telehealth and remote patient monitoring platform powers virtual cardiac and pulmonary exams by facilitating stethoscope and ECG live streaming.

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How Intermountain Healthcare gets top marks for virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth has been operationally implemented within Intermountain Healthcare since 2015, with pilots running for several years prior. As a result, clinical services continued to consider telehealth delivery options and expand access for patients into rural locations. Embracing the telehealth opportunity.