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Digital Health: Show Me the Money? Evidence? Door?
Digital Health
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
September, 2019
6 Best Practices To Improve Your Mobile Health App
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Joe Tuan is the founder of Topflight Apps. mHealth apps are meant to deliver life-saving functions.
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How telemedicine intersects with AI, social media, and precision medicine
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Telemedicine will eventually become a more prominent part of our clinical practice, with the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media and networks, and integration with precision medicine in electronic health records.
The Most Modern Technologies Used That Are Used In Medicine
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Technology has evolved, and it has positively affected all areas of our lives. When it comes to technological advances and innovations in medical technology, it can be said that life has been made easier for us. With new medical technology, we are assured of longer life span with credits to various medical innovations in medical […].
Virtual Front Door or Brick Wall? Care Pathways in Healthcare
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Are you offering your patients a virtual front door or a brick wall? Today, 85% of healthcare visits start online. If your patients don’t have a way to access care virtually, you’re losing them to Dr. Google. Clear care pathways that start online ensure your patients get the best care they need while staying loyal to you.
Applying tech solutions to healthcare problems that fall through the cracks
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Health 2.0's s Unacceptables panel zeros in on human trafficking, homelessness and maternal mortality.
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Telehealth Inventory Management: Best Practices for Improved Outcomes
Health Recovery Solutions
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Inventory management is essential to the success of any telehealth program. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to pay for expensive software and hire a whole team of logisticians in order to establish efficient inventory management procedures.
3 Key Benefits of eConsults: A Doctor’s Perspective
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Emilie de Ocampo, MD, pediatrician, Golden Valley Health Centers. As primary care providers (PCPs), we’re increasingly trying to manage total patient care for more patients and facing worsening challenges in ensuring our patients can access the care they need. In 2009, a short ten years ago, there were an estimated 209,000 PCPs providing services […].
Surprising Number of Healthcare Employees Have No Cybersecurity Training
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
This week, the news broke that a data breach at the neurology department at Massachusetts General Hospital had exposed private health information on nearly 10,000 people.
Virtual scribes are game-changers for physicians
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Today was like no other day. It was our first day together. Me and my "virtual" scribe — an actual person who seems to "virtually" to exist inside of a Jabra speaker on my desk and so subtlety that I forgot to mute a few times when not seeing patients. The "man" in the Jabra […].
Convenience Care Is Here, and It's Eating Your Lunch
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Patients want high-quality care that is accessible and affordable. If they can’t get it from you, direct-to-consumer healthcare services make it easy for them to get it somewhere else. Give them the ability to consume your services just like they consume everything else in their lives: on their phones or computers, quickly, and where it’s convenient for them.
Don't limit tech-driven health programs to patients with new devices
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
To reach underserved patient populations, Babyscripts CEO Anish Sebastian advocates for digital health platform designs targeting the lowest common denominator of tech features
Worrying About Paying for Health Care Is the Norm in America
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Among stresses facing people at least 50 years of age, health care costs rank top of mind compared with other issues like long-term care, health insurance, Social Security, taxes, and being read to retire.
National patient identifier debate rages on
Morning eHealth
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Is virtual reality the opioid crisis’ 'holy grail'? — FDA looks into speedier device review
Age bias permeates ads -- and technology design
Aging in Place Technology Watch
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Getty images show advertising’s ageist stereotypes. A new report from AARP this week zeros in on something we all knew: Advertisers focus on the young – not unlike the tech firms who make products being advertised.
Stop Creating Disloyal Patients
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90 percent of patients feel no obligation to stay with a healthcare system that doesn’t offer digital tools. What can you do in the face of such a sobering statistic? Patient-facing telehealth options that allow patients to get virtually instantaneous care privately, securely, and from anywhere can keep your patients from seeking care from the easiest, nearest, and cheapest provider.
How should your organization assess telehealth ROI?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
As more health systems avail themselves of the quality, cost and access benefits that come with telehealth, IT leaders naturally have big questions about how those major investments in technology infrastructure, reshaped clinical strategy and staffing changes should be paying off.
A slow death by charting
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
It's 10 p.m. Seven days before Christmas. I'm sitting at work "finishing" up some charts. I am suddenly overcome with anger. What am I doing here right now at this minute? I am helping no one. This work I'm typing away at — trying so hard not to scream — it's hoops. Fucki*g hoops. […].
Amazon launches Amazon Care, a telemedicine-driven care offering for Seattle employees
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The offering includes nurse chat, telemedicine, app-enabled house calls, and prescription delivery
How Can Patients Be Health Consumers in an Un-Transparent World?
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
That question in the title of this post is begged in the annual 2019 consumer survey released this week from UnitedHealthcare (UHC). UHC gauges peoples’ views on health care, insurance, and costs in its yearly research. This year, transparency and health literacy challenges top the findings.
Forrester Names Leader in Virtual Health Care Solutions
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Forrester Research identified and evaluated the top players in digital health. Read the report to see who stood out—and who needs to catch up.
How stress raises your blood sugar
Insulin Nation
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
A severe argument, infection or physical injury, intense sadness, sudden shock, intense thrill (like a roller coaster ride), or even the fun of trying to score a goal in your championship soccer game can call for an increase in stress-related hormones which lead to an increase in your blood sugar.
Cures 2.0: Just a pipe dream?
Morning eHealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
VA's Cerner rollout stalls — Biden’s brother name drops Cancer Initiative in investment pitch
VA efforts to bring tablet-based telehealth to vets see positive results
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Two recent studies indicate a plan by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to use distributed tablet devices to provide telehealth benefits to patients is working. WHAT HAPPENED.
5 clinician concerns about OpenNotes
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
More than 200 health organizations have now implemented OpenNotes. Many more are piloting, are soon to implement — or have implemented, and we don’t know it!
Building Your Digital Health Ecosystem
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With the fragmentation of the pharmacy industry, digitized provider networks can offer a much-needed solution to connectivity, data sharing, collaboration and interoperability between physicians, patients and pharmacies.
How Novartis is embracing the digital and data revolution
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
A look at the Swiss pharma giant's efforts to digitise operations
Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world.
Side-by-Side Comparison Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Insulin Nation
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
If you’ve ever been less than clear on the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you aren’t alone. Even some people who have diabetes struggle to understand what makes these two diseases different.
Cyber-themed telehealth bill on the horizon
Morning eHealth
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Planned Parenthood app ramps up to fight Trump administration restrictions — Experts say HIEs were ready to weather Dorian
Telemedicine: Real-Time Trauma and Clinical Care with Global Reach
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Today, connecting the patient to the right specialist is largely dependent on the patient’s ability to travel to the physician’s location. The ability to use technology to monitor patients in real-time, share information about their condition and provide treatment remotely, will improve the quality of care and save lives for patients everywhere.
How asynchronous telemedicine saved SSM Health 18 minutes per visit
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
SSM Health, a health system that serves Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, is always looking for ways to reduce the cost of healthcare while increasing access for the patients it serves. THE PROBLEM.
Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is generating great excitement and hope for treatment advances. AI generally refers to computers’ ability to mimic human intelligence and to learn.
Apple announces three new Apple Watch health studies with big-name partners
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Amidst the unveiling of its newest consumer smartphones, tablets and smartwatches, the tech company said it will begin enrolling consumers into its hearing, cardiovascular and women's health studies later this year through an upcoming app
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