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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But when you are very nauseous, incredibly lethargic, tired and suffering from several adverse events, you may want to find a secure and reliable way to connect with your clinical team – but not necessarily in a synchronous manner. Communication between patient and clinician is critical during this journey.

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7 Trends 2021 Taught Us About The Future of Telehealth

Mend

When considering the future of telehealth, it helps to look backward. 2021 had a lot to teach us about where telehealth is going. So what does the future of telehealth look like? We’re also likely to see new advancements in technology and software that help digitize the patient experience from start to finish.

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At Nicklaus Children's, successful telehealth expansion depends on customer input

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But as health systems have turned to telemedicine to bridge the gap between in-person services and at-home needs, stakeholders stress the importance of optimizing access for a broad range of patients. The rapid scaling of telehealth services did pose hurdles, namely around connectivity and accessibility, said the NCHS team.

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Senate HELP Committee weighs the future of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers have enacted 31 changes to enable greater access to telehealth. "Today we have the opportunity to consider how we can deploy telehealth to expand access to healthcare for everyone," said Sen. " Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. HELP Committee Chairman Sen.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sun River's 64 health center sites (including both directly operated FQHCs and sub-recipient sites) serve more than 245,000 patients annually in both urban and rural medically underserved communities. As a standalone, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform, Doxy.me THE PROBLEM. " James Sinkoff, Sun River Health.

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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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Remote patient monitoring to gain big momentum in 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Smartphones and tablets are among the mobile technologies in focus, which can be combined with telehealth video conferencing and healthcare wearables, as well as the deployment of electronic health record-based patient portals.

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