KevinMD

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Telemedicine has created an environment where patient convenience paired with reduced costs and increased efficiencies have made a better health care experience for both patients and physicians. The technology might be able to improve rural health care systems by increasing access to patients who would otherwise have to travel long distances. Meaning those who would otherwise forego care due to difficulties with transportation, costs or time, could now receive care.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2017

No surprise to e-patients: a new study in the journal Surgery found that when patients facing a liver transplant connected with each other, they liked it. Read the article about it in MobiHealthNews or the original paper , if you can get it. Here’s an extract from the abstract: Despite the potential benefits of social media, health care providers are often hesitant to engage patients through these sites.

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 20, 2017

As we wait for the latest statistics on the number of Americans who have signed up on government exchanges for healthcare insurance coverage for 2018, experts are predicting that the shortened 45-day window for open enrollment will succeed in preventing some people for signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The latest information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was that about 4.7 million people had signed up for insurance on the federal exchange,

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