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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Overnight, telemedicine became a necessity for providers to deliver clinical care during COVID-19. With telemedicine, healthcare providers could establish connections with a diverse array of patients from various economic backgrounds, age groups and locations. This allowed for triage and treatment of acute and chronic issues.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

Abhi Sharma, Chief Product Officer at Loyal Health While there is no perfect number, consolidating your amount of communication platforms is key to improving the overall patient experience. Once you understand this, you can focus on which regulations have to be considered, such as HIPAA and GDPR.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients. We then made the business case to pilot switching existing services over to Zoom, including all primary care practices. It has now been one year since primary care switched to Zoom.

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For El Camino Hospital, the pandemic was a springboard into broad virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the implementation, El Camino Hospital's work with Amwell was designed to offer a full-spectrum telehealth system that would support virtual, on-demand physician services across the continuum of care. It's a system that would provide 24/7 support for physicians, patients and business units using the Amwell Medical Group.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

Live video calls were used by most people across all age groups assessed (18-34, 35-54, and 55+). Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies.

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Navigating Healthcare Industry Challenges: Privacy, Access, & Patient Satisfaction

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Ongoing collaboration and innovation are necessary to overcome the challenges in the health industry and ensure that patients have access to the care they need. Patient Experience In the US healthcare system, providing high-quality patient care is a top priority for healthcare leaders.