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Legislators float bipartisan bill to safeguard telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A group of legislators from the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee have introduced a bill aimed at temporarily extending telehealth flexibilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ralph Johnson, vice president of informatics & technology at patient safety advocates the Leapfrog Group, served for many years as chief information officer at Franklin Community Health Network, based in rural Farmington, Maine. How to optimize RPM for physicians. How CIOs can help shape strategy.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

Close For Clinicians For Employers Telehealth Jobs Family Medicine General Practice Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Psychiatry / Mental Health Hospitalist Dont see your specialty? Healthcare Innovation Group Healthcare Innovation’s mission is right in its name.

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UCSF's Comprehensive Co-Design Approach for Pediatric Patients growing up with Chronic Illness

Consumer eHealth Engagement

What are your stakeholder groups and how are they engaged in UCSF’s Pediatric Care Service Design process? Two of the groups work fairly independently and are focused on two important facets of wellness, mental health and transition to adult care.

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Banner Health brings AI driven virtual assistants for better patient experience

Consumer eHealth Engagement

When Banner’s Digital Business group looked for potential solutions, they wanted to understand the patient’s journey and explore digital solutions to complement their high touch hospital experience. ” “It gave me updates on my progress without bothering the nurses.” Banner Health Triage Bot.

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Virtua Navigates Orthopedic Patients Pre- & Post-Surgery with Improved Patient Engagement and Care Coordination

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Through focus group research (Spring 2015), Virtua learned: • Orthopedic patients need a lot of information to get ready for their surgery but are overwhelmed when inundated with too much at one time. concerns, pain levels) and informing Nurse Navigators when patients fall off track.

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VivaTech 2019: Highlights of Solutions Shaping the Present and Future of Healthcare

Digital Health Today

Conserto developed an application with Pepper for nursing homes where residents can autonomously come to Pepper and take their vitals following his instructions. No carer is present during the process, but they are alerted if there is an issue with the results.

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