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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

For hospitals and health systems, better integration and interoperability with coordinated care, improved efficiency, and enabling new models of care delivery (esp. Reimbursement for digital/telecare/virtual care services for both public and private payors. Lack of data interoperability, and. value-based).

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The new scheme is expected to homogenise telehealth across the country by scaling good examples and maximising its impact, according to Micaela Seeman Monteiro, director of the National TeleHealth Center & NHS’ Contact Center SNS 24, a division of SPMS. “Many of our telehealth services are local.