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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Health Populi

Reviewing that list, starting with the great Dr. Tom Ferguson, one of Susannah’s mentors and many of our early role models working in what we then called eHealth, was a sweet d éjà vu. The post Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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When eHealth goes viral: The strengths and weaknesses of health tech during COVID-19

Digital Leaders HealthTech

As the world slows down, the demand for eHealth is going viral; and it is happening fast and globally. Digital solutions, such as telemedicine and online crowdsourced health monitoring, are quickly shifting from a previously slow adoption path to a record pace of uptake. Medical distancing. The needs of technology in a crisis.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Their reasons for doing so vary – to streamline transfer of patients between networks, for example, or to support research or other secondary uses of deidentified data.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Public health in particular can leverage telehealth to great advantage. Let’s break down telehealth into three categories, and consider as an example public libraries that decide to offer telehealth in its various branches. And don’t forget, it’s quite difficult to have telehealth without broadband.

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Value-based healthcare – what it means for Thailand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, the challenge lies in how government institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) can meaningfully engage the private healthcare sector in moving towards VBHC. The last lesson is to take a problem-driven approach.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

All targets related to the three health-MDGs were met, with a notable success in reduction of child mortality and considerable improvements in maternal health. "Rwanda’s "Rwanda’s eHealth Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 is the key driver to economic growth and to improving the lives of people.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, treating major chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases or cancer requires continuously monitored data to optimize medication. Take an allergist, for example. BMC Public Health. WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. Global Observatory for eHealth Series, 2). Monagesh et al.