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Closing the gap: Organizations move to telepsychiatry and hybrid therapy to expand mental health services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively).

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Health providers rediscover the hidden asset of telemedicine for care management

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to the recently published HIMSS e-Health Trendbarometer: Telehealth Adoption in Europe , before the COVID-19 outbreak, seven out of ten health providers targeted chronic patients when implementing telehealth services or solutions. The partly automatised, but highly personalised care continuum. HIMSS e-Health Trendbarometer.

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Closing the gap: Organizations move to telepsychiatry and hybrid therapy to expand mental health services

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telepsychiatry plays a critical role in improving access to mental health care, with over one in three outpatient visits being delivered by telehealth, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (for example, 35% and 38% of outpatient visits were over telehealth for depression or anxiety, respectively).

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Online GPs could save employers £1.5 billion in lost working time, according to report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Meanwhile, a newcomer to the remote consultation space is UK supermarket chain Asda which has recently began offering in-store online GP consultations in partnership with digital healthcare firm Medicspot. ON THE RECORD.

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The rise of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Caroline Clarke, Executive Vice President and Market Leader, Philips ASEAN Pacific shared from the perspective of a technology provider on how the Dutch giant is helping healthcare providers during the pandemic around the world, the rise of virtual care and what the future for digital health holds in a post COVID-19 world.