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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine technology and services to a mainstream audience – like it or not. As it turned out, studies have shown that a great many patients and providers like the flexibility that telemedicine affords. What role has telemedicine grown to play during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Why You Need to Switch to HIPAA Compliant Telehealth, NOW

Mend

Disclosing protected health information (PHI) can cause serious harm to a patient’s safety, personal life, and state of mind. That is why it is essential to adopt a HIPAA compliant telehealth program when offering virtual care services. Under HIPAA, there can be steep penalties for breaches involving PHI.

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Are You Ready for Telemedicine? Three Questions to Ask.

GlobalMed

As policy limitations are lifted and curiosity about virtual care increases, patients and providers alike are considering telemedicine as a way to receive and give care. Although there are many things you want to consider when looking to develop your own telemedicine program, here are a few starter questions to ask yourself.

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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The goal was – and still is – preventing costly duplicate healthcare expenses and taking better, more informed care of patients. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. A patient’s health information is presented to users as data types categorized in an organized fashion.

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Telemedicine 101: Answering Your Questions

GlobalMed

Lately, we’ve been hearing from providers who want to adopt telemedicine but haven’t run a virtual program before. So today we’re answering their most common questions – and hopefully helping those of you out there who are just beginning your telemedicine journey. What’s the difference between telehealth, telemedicine and virtual care?

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

adults 18 and over to determine peoples’ perspectives on personal health information in light of their pandemic era experiences. This study re-confirms the current state of the health consumer who has a “concerned embrace” of technology. ” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S.