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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" That could impact the course of future implementations, because "those folks are being diverted from longer term strategies," he added. " Healthcare organizations see looming financial pressures and are attempting to make mid-course adjustments, contended Jon Winsett, CEO of NPI, an IT spend-management consultancy.

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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. Far too often the primary care doctor never learns about these health issues that are addressed at hospitals. It’s beautiful that PCPs can be informed in order to coordinate the care for their patients.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video made telehealth a star Community-owned broadband networks have the power to transform entrepreneurs into captains of industry, change the course of governments and make people LOL at kitty antics. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.

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Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The good thing is that given the size of telehealth expansion in terms of access and, of course, the speed of technological advances, we will very likely have some different and better answers to those questions than we had before and even during the crisis.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Despite a common misconception that remote care management platforms replace direct care from providers, the platform is intended to complement the treatment course and reflect providers' messaging," Lovewell said. Of course, this can't be attributed entirely to digital care management, but it's a big component.

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A Family’s Guide to the ICU, Part 3: Being An Advocate

Society for Participatory Medicine

What do you think is the right course of action? In these scenarios, no level of research and diligence I could do to confirm safety was completely effective in convincing members of my family something was the right course. Yet it was clear she didn’t have the right information available to her in pushing for this course of action.

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#TweetRegret?

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Of course he doesn’t want people to be unhealthy so that they go to the hospital. It was unfair of me to imply this (even if it was a logical extension of what he said) – it was a move appropriate for a college debate competition, not a collaborative conversation.

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