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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Digital health technologies can be used to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery, provide remote care to patients in rural areas, and collect and analyze data to improve public health. iSanté also collects data on patient health, which can be used to improve public health.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps. For example, over 70% of patients are willingness to use a video virtual care visit based on the claim cost of $78.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

For example, a Massachusetts-based physician can only consult patients in Massachusetts unless she is also medically licensed in other states. One caveat to these advantages is that a physician needs to be licensed in a particular state in order to practice remotely there through telemedicine.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Kiosk: Telemedicine kiosks are self-sufficient mobile healthcare sites where patients can access telemedicine care in locations such as pharmacies and grocery stores, and soon potentially in airports and college campuses.

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American Medical Association launches a Healthcare Interoperability & Innovation Challenge with Google

mHealth Insight

” This is an incredible turn around as the AMA CEO has been pointing fingers at mHealth and making claims it’s little more than modern day snake oil. Physicians have entrusted the AMA to advance the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health on behalf of patients for more than 170 years.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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What HealthyThinker Is Thinking About Health at CES 2020

Health Populi

This is significant for medical care, addressing the public health challenge of AFib, atrial fibrillation, which is a risk factor for increased risk of stroke and heart failure. Complete is an early example of a concept that does “more than one thing.” The product combines blood pressure monitoring and EKG in one device.