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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. needs a plan.

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Healthcare Providers’ Consumer Experience Gaps – Learnings from Kaufman Hall’s 2019 Index

Health Populi

The second chart illustrates that most providers offer a patient portal — that’s largely owing to the near-universal adoption of electronic health records and the Meaningful Use access point of a portal. In-home monitoring and wearable devices are offered by about one in ten healthcare providers.

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Connected 'smart' communities will be a key part of 21st century healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The prevalence ( if not ubiquity ) of broadband, combined with fast-advancing robotics, ingestible technologies and wearable sensors as thin and lightweight as temporary tattoos – to name just a few recent innovations – are set to transform "medical services, public health, social services.