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Epic launches new telehealth service with Twilio

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Epic Systems has tapped San Francisco-based communications tech startup Twilio to provide the video-communication backend for Epic’s new telehealth platform. million more to aid COVID-19 telehealth deployment as part of its $200 million aid program for qualifying providers. WHY IT MATTERS. The FCC recently doled out $3.7

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

News and Studies Follow-up rates for telehealth and in-office visits have remained consistent since 2020 , according to analysis from Epic Research. That said, telehealth visits are more likely to result in follow-ups at the 7-, 30- and 9-day mark, especially in OB/GYN, podiatry, and internal medicine.

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Building resilient, connected and prepared health systems in the Nordics

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“Video-consultations and telehealth services had not been used much and were poorly developed prior to COVID-19,” says Palsson. ” During the peak of the outbreak, IT services were used by the government and health services to contain the spread of the infection and provide telehealth services to non-COVID patients.

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WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Healthcare IT Today

WELL Health is acquiring CloudMD’s Cloud Practice entity which includes OSCAR based Juno EMR or “Electronic Medical Record” and ClinicAid billing Software applications as well as three primary care clinics located in the province of British Columbia. WELL Health Technologies Corp.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Samsung Health is using the b.well Connected Health Platform to help users to create a longitudinal health record and connect to providers at Walgreens and various hospital networks. Walgreens also announced plans to launch telehealth visits later this month, according to Healthcare Dive.

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth.

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Emerging trends in the European HealthTech M&A market 2023

Lloyd Price

The key trends that are expected to shape the market in 2023 include: Increased focus on digital health: Healthcare companies are increasingly looking to acquire digital health businesses in order to improve their offerings and stay ahead of the competition. The increasing availability of data and analytics.