Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 19, 2023

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Telemedicine Market, Global Forecast 2023-2028, Industry Trends, Growth, Impact of Inflation, Opportunity Company Analysis” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Global Telemedicine Market will reach to US$ 197.55 Billion in 2022.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JUNE 13, 2024

Enter digital health solutions—an array of advanced technologies designed to revolutionize the management and monitoring of chronic care. Readers are encouraged to consult with qualified healthcare professionals regarding any questions or concerns about their health or medical conditions.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 6, 2023

Digital health funding pre pandemic: 2018 Digital health companies raised a total of $8.1 There were 368 deals in the digital health space in 2018, with an average deal size of $22.2 Other areas that received significant investment included telemedicine, digital therapeutics, and health insurance technology.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 19, 2023

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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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

More younger doctors recognize the “immediate value” of telehealth, Philips found: 61% of younger doctors said telehealth was among the top digital health technologies that would have most improved their experience during the pandemic. 53% of younger doctors said AI would have improved their pandemic experience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It's no surprise at this point that the COVID-19 pandemic turned the digital healthcare world (and the rest of the world) inside-out, accelerating the use of telemedicine while throwing a wrench into the plans of anyone depending on a somewhat predictable 2020.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Time saved by opting for telemedicine over an in-person visit. There are worries about the affordability and accessibility of digital health solutions. The shift to digital health requires an adjustment in how patients interact with healthcare systems. More precise diagnoses with the help of AI.

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Health System CIO

JUNE 13, 2024

In this interview, Eve Cunningham, MD, Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health at Providence, talks about her team’s objectives, the clinical support decision tool that could change the game for clinicians, and why she’s a champion for telehealth. Cunningham, an OB-GYN by training, started on a journey to change that.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 22, 2023

Digital health: This refers to the use of technology to deliver healthcare services remotely. DealRoom: defines "HealthTech as a synonym of Digital Health, the intersection of Health and Technology. What is the difference between Digital Health and Healthtech? How is healthtech evolving?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS The Indonesian government is pursuing robotic telesurgery as a strategy in telemedicine t o improve access to quality referral health services, particularly for remote communities. The Ministry of Health has reached out to Iran to help establish robotic telesurgery in the country.

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Digital Health Today

APRIL 22, 2020

With me in our virtual studio is Dr. Sam Volchenboum and Dr. Cheng-Kai Kao to tell us more about the ways they’re training and preparing the leaders we need for the healthcare of today and tomorrow. Links and Resources: University of Chicago Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics: Web | Twitter. Cheng-Kai Kao, MD: LinkedIn.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Health records are one of the greatest non-public and sensitive information, and their access should be strictly limited to prevent unauthorized access and misuse. The rise of telemedicine , cloud computing, and different progressive technology is presenting a new and evolving security scenario for the healthcare industry.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

The authors lay out several dimensions of digital literacy and access, including: Skills. Training the tech support. The first illustration, from the paper, illustrates the “super social” impacts that digital literacy and access bolster for SDoH. Connectivity. Applications.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine , and 62% of patients prefer to consult with physicians remotely when possible, according to a poll of 1,002 patients from Software Advice. Study results point to the potential for digital health apps to bridge health inequity gaps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. "Importantly, telemedicine use patterns continue to evolve during the pandemic. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

This was the focus of a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester and Julie Rish, clinical psychologist and director of design and best practices at the Cleveland Clinic.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 5, 2023

Consequently, clinicians often encounter health app data accompanied by diverse concerns and queries. An article published in The Lancet Digital Health July 2023 assesses the accuracy and validity of these devices. The public is eager to adopt these devices, believing they can help identify and monitor cardiovascular disease.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. Taking a train (63%). Flying internationally (80%). Using a taxi (72%). Taking a cruise (66%).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2024

Even with user-friendly interfaces, misinterpretations can occur due to lack of training or simple mistakes. Ensuring proper training and clear communication protocols is vital to mitigate this risk. User training plays a critical role in minimizing misinterpretations of RPM data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2023

When the pandemic brought about rapid change, leading healthcare organizations needed to quickly embrace and adopt digital health strategies and modern technologies to meet shifting employee and patient needs. Patients want easy and secure access to healthcare services from anywhere, at any time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

We know that rural and underserved communities can benefit from strong virtual care programs, but those same communities may have digital connectivity barriers and social determinants of health (SDOH) that stop patients from accessing telemedicine. Solving Virtual Care Access Means Tackling Digital Divide Barriers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

During the storm, many patients and providers alike were unable to make it into health facilities. Chambers' health clinics were where the telemedicine program that the system had spun up in response to COVID-19 played a new role. Of course, some digital health tools won't be appropriate or accessible during crises.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The survey report also uncovered that most respondents are generating less than 5% of revenue from their use of telemedicine. Enterprise Taxonomy: Finance Patient Access Telehealth Quality Care Cybersecurity and Privacy Digital Health Business Care Data and Information Technology

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David Chou

MAY 26, 2019

I had the opportunity to moderate the telemedicine panel at the Southern California HIMSS event on 5/23/19. Chou’s Overview: Telemedicine should be used to augment care. The medical community has to understand that technology is not going to be a replacement for clinicians.Lack of education on telemedicine training.

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19 Labs

AUGUST 1, 2023

19Labs is proud to join forces with Pro México Indígena, bringing innovative digital health solutions to support the foundation's health line of action. Pro México members receiving training on the GALE telemedicine units.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2024

Andy’s fourth installment covered the nuts and bolts of training highly specialized large language models. He noted that actual patient data is key – and that the industry has learned the lessons of IBM Watson, which was trained on research papers. Read more… Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: How to Get There.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

From digital intake and screening tools, to referral technology, to remote patient monitoring software, the report noted several solutions that can support and add value to BHI along the patient journey. Varrell told Healthcare IT News that telepsychiatry can help to fill the gap between demand and supply for behavioral health patients.

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Digital Health Hub

MAY 31, 2022

– The increase in the number and types of medical images captured that would require trained specialists to interpret and the global shortage of these trained specialists. Cybersecurity risks to confidential patient health information is also another threat. What are the key challenges in teleradiology adoption?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The program was developed by Dr. Julie Foucher and fellow CrossFit-trained physicians collaborating with Wild Health , which has developed what it calls a “platform for personalized medicine” with which the CrossFit Precision Care looks to be linked. healthcare is accelerating into peoples’ hands, homes, and hearts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But as health systems have turned to telemedicine to bridge the gap between in-person services and at-home needs, stakeholders stress the importance of optimizing access for a broad range of patients. Even as nationwide utilization of telemedicine decreased , Terrell says volumes were sustained in 2021.

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Beyond Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

However, that does not mean every doctor is prepared or properly trained to perform a telemedicine visit. I certainly did not receive training on how to do a virtual history and physical, a follow-up visit, or an acute visit during any point of my medical education. The platform used by PCOM and our students is Doxy.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 29, 2023

There is a growing number of startups developing digital health solutions that can help people to live healthier lives, such as apps that track diet and exercise, and virtual coaching programs. The use of telemedicine to provide remote care: Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications technology to provide medical care remotely.

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The Healthcare Guys

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

So, if patient-driven healthcare spending has arrived does that mean we’re ready for digital health or healthcare insurance retail stores? Rumor has it that CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, and many other pharmacies carrying digital health and wearables product draw in-store customers. What do you think?

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