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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. Today they’re used much more broadly.

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FCC awards Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium $3.1M

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium has been awarded a grant from the Federal Communications Commission to increase telemedicine capacity in community health centers statewide. The consortium is made up of 35 federally qualified health centers. Health equity is a burning issue in healthcare today. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The research team from the University of Pennsylvania health system sought to compare the demographic characteristics of patients who completed a telemedicine encounter (either via phone or video) with those who were scheduled for one, but did not complete it. Otherwise telehealth won't work." " ON THE RECORD.

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Top 5 Examples Of Wearable Medical Devices

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Wearable devices can improve patient care, track personal health data remotely, and even prevent patient deterioration or health problems before they occur. We will discuss the benefits later but let’s first talk about the 5 examples of wearable medical devices currently being used in this industry. DrKumo Inc.,

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NIH seeks proposals for advanced mobile hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Once they are created, the intent is for health systems to test them across the country to evaluate clinical efficacy and financial sustainability. "Telehealth revolutionized access to primary care and mental health services," Ku noted. "PARADIGM will do the same for advanced hospital-level care."

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In A Declining Consumer Tech Spending Forecast, Consumer Health Tech Will Grow in 2022: Reading the CTA Tea Leaves

Health Populi

However, there will be some bright spots of growth for consumer tech spending, for 5G smartphones, smart home applications, gaming, and health technologies, noted in the Consumer Technology Association’s CTA U.S. Consumer Technology One-Year Industry Forecast, 2018-2023. and hardware to fall by 1.4%

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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The blueprint, developed with support from Manatt Health, also offers opportunities for all healthcare stakeholders to contribute to the optimization of digitally enabled care, and AMA cites examples from several organizations. They should also pursue partnerships to extend their capabilities in serving patients, AMA says.