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India prioritising shift to remote care: survey

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Royal Philips has published its latest Future Health Index 2021 report that explores how healthcare leaders are confronting the present challenges of the pandemic and where their current and future priorities lie. Leaders unanimously believed that the country's policies and plans contribute to building a resilient healthcare system.

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Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The purpose of the survey, which measured across all ages and specialties, according to AMA, was to investigate physicians' motivations and requirements for onboarding digital health technologies and integrating them into their medical practices. The average number of digital health tools in use by a physician grew from 2.2

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Swift Medical Announces New Financing Round to Further Enhance Its AI-Based Wound Care Technology

Digital Health Global

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Swift Medical, a digital health technology company serving wound care providers, is pleased to announce the successful closing of an $US8M round of financing co-led by current investors BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund and funds managed by Virgo Investment Group.

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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health in Africa is a rapidly growing field, with the potential to improve access to healthcare and quality of care across the continent. Cost: Digital health technologies can be expensive, which can make them inaccessible to low-income populations.

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What to expect in 2021 and beyond? IDC offers 10 healthcare predictions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Across organizations of all shapes and sizes, researchers see improved resilience, changes around supply chains and resource consumption, new approaches to data management and IT architecture – and a rethinking of relationships with both employees and healthcare consumers. Here are IDC's 2021 predictions.

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Researchers to facilitate telemedicine for managing chronic illnesses in rural Pakistan

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Xiaolin Wei, the research lead and an associate professor at DLSPH, claims that chronic disease care in the many parts of Pakistan has "fallen apart," with rates of diabetes and hypertension rising and patients discontinuing treatment due to high cost. THE LARGER TREND.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Even if the home can't be the hospital, community spaces and retail locations can fill in as connected care stations for underserved communities or patients [who] don't have an ideal setup at home. Providers need to rely on a longitudinal health record to activate the right care anytime and anywhere.