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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic brought telemedicine technology and services to a mainstream audience – like it or not. As it turned out, studies have shown that a great many patients and providers like the flexibility that telemedicine affords. What role has telemedicine grown to play during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Telemedicine platform helps Texas Health Aetna save $398 per ER avoidance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“The result is nationally high rates for utilization of high-expense ‘place of service’ for acute, low-intermediate acuity care,” he said. Texas continues to be ranked near the bottom nationwide in ratio of primary care physicians to population. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. What was the strategy behind incorporating full-blown telemedicine into your business? Telemedicine has always been at the core of Hims & Hers' business. We follow HIPAA guidelines and employ strict access controls.

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How one grant can enhance care delivery and health education across the board

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The challenges were many, but the lack of rural broadband impeded telemedicine initiatives specifically, and in general, adversely impacted the community in terms of access to information and e-learning," said Annie Swinney, RN, staff development coordinator at Decatur County Memorial Hospital.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place. You've had great success in telemedicine using Zoom technology.

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

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But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Live video calls were used by most people across all age groups assessed (18-34, 35-54, and 55+).

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Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The pandemic did not take away the need for support groups and education sessions, and our telehealth technologies allowed us to transition these group meetings to virtual events where our community can see each other, ask questions and meet care team members," Stone said. " PROPOSAL. MARKETPLACE.