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

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' The latest HIMSS study confirms the technical readability to embrace telecare, but the actual digital maturity was verified in the first weeks of the pandemic. The Nordics are leading in terms of adoption and use of telecare. Since we couldn't do anything without telecare, there was a big mind-shift.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

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Furthermore, the Contact Center of the NHS, SNS 24, provides an array of clinical and administrative services to citizens, such as teletriage, telecare for the frail elderly, information about health topics, referral for HIV, HCV and HBV point-of-care tests in pharmacies or at home and administrative services.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

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Intuitive software tools can help to connect care teams and patients. By using digital tools, zooming in scans for a close-up or watching self-injection videos, you allow for flexible and direct communication which can improve patient satisfaction. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. References. Smith et al. Reay at al.