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Why Patient-Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) could be set to radically transform outpatient care

Digital Leaders HealthTech

This is in part because there is large variation across NHS trusts about the definition of what PIFU actually is. . A clear, consistent definition of PIFU is essential to determine how many people are suitable for it and to understand and measure the real benefits. The right patients for PIFU.

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Virtual Reality Applications in Workers’ Compensation Reviews

Advanced Medical Reviews

For years, many insurance carriers offered limited coverage options for such telehealth consultations conducted via phone/VoIP or video conference, for several reasons, including: Lack of a clear definition of what services qualified as telemedicine. VR can be the next step in such high-definition telemedicine.

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What Effective Telehealth Legislation Looks Like

InTouch Health

Back in 2018, Governor Matt Belvin signed SB 112 into law, which changed the official definition of telehealth to include asynchronous (store-and-forward) telemedicine technology. The Bluegrass state was already considered one of the most progressive and telehealth-friendly states in the country. deaths per 100,000 persons.

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Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Samir Tulebaev, Geriatrician and the Center of Nursing Excellence at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are working with O rbita’s CEO Nate Treloar on the development of a post- operative pain management voice assistant. Real Problem Definition: Sara Holoubek, CEO Luminary Labs emphasized the importance of deciding who (e.g.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We are definitely moving forward with investigation of remote patient monitoring as we see this is a piece of our continued growth strategy," Mistretta added. " Definite funds for telemedicine. After the huge surges of 2020, telehealth visits have remained at 25% of Virginia Hospital Center visits.

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Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

Epic’s UGM (User) Conference: Insights, Perspectives, and the Experience – This definitely feels like a search engine ranking thing since why are people reading what happened at Epic’s UGM in 2021. Study shows RPM reduces readmissions helps catch medication errors and improves pain management.

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XRHealth and Amelia Virtual Care Announce Merger, Creating the Largest XR Therapeutics Platform in the World

Healthcare IT Today

The completion of the merger is subject to the execution of definitive contracts by the parties, as well as to the satisfaction of certain conditions customary in this kind of transaction including the approval by the shareholders of both companies. XRHealth works with several world-renowned U.S.