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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. We had to reinvent how to engage, monitor, and treat” patients with new approaches both in and outside the acute care setting. What a difference 90 days makes.

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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth.

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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The 400-bed hospital joint venture by Ramsay Health Care Australia and Sime Darby Malaysia seeks to "revolutionise" healthcare delivery through its latest service called Connected Care. ON THE RECORD "We want to shift from patients to people, from healthcare to health, from hospital to home.

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Rush, Ochsner Health System partner on telemedicine, Epic EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Rush Health Systems and Ochsner Health System are partnering to bring innovations in telemedicine to patients. In addition to gaining access to Ochsner’s telemedicine capabilities, Rush’s hospitals and primary care clinics also will be able to tap into Ochsner’s billing practices and other support services.

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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Alliance for Connected Care. American Telemedicine Association. We owe it to our patients to make health care access easier, and patients with Medicare should not be excluded from this opportunity," said Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, medical director of digital health and telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement.

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FCC awards Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium $3.1M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. Behavioral health showed the highest rates of adoption and satisfaction among telemedicine offerings. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS.

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6 Reasons Telemedicine Isn’t Netflix, Uber Or Amazon Prime

GlobalMed

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Unfortunately, these convenience consults rarely add long-term gain to a patient’s care outcomes or a clinician’s insights. Moving from Convenience Consults to Connected Care. Closing gaps in care.