Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

UPMC has been working with Pittsburgh-based Abridge, a telehealth-focused startup that uses natural language processing to create after-visit summaries – enabling patients to revisit their physicians' instructions after remote consults. "We hope that Abridge will help people stay on top of their health, from home to hospital."

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) are two technologies that have revolutionized the way healthcare is delivered in the modern era. Telehealth is the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide health-related services remotely, such as virtual consultations, remote monitoring, and patient education.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Telehealth is here to stay, and it's dramatically changing the healthcare landscape. But can be no telehealth, no virtual visits, and no remote patient monitoring without reliable, secure connectivity – and that's not something to take for granted. The current state of health data interoperability.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: As workers bear a greater financial risk for covering their and their families’ healthcare costs, how to bend that cost curve downward? Eight in ten employers that offer a health screening program use the data collected in some way, the third chart shows. employers ask.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One universal experience health systems around the globe have witnessed in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic has been the dramatic pivot to telehealth and virtual care platforms. In the first six months of the pandemic, the tale of telehealth as told via media coverage and virtual conference content has been quite bullish.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

About one-half of clinicians’ enterprises are looking to increase automation for patient communication, expand telehealth options to patients, and grow full-time headcount. Getting to interoperability of systems and data is key, and BDO provides a helpful sidebar int he report speaking to getting more of your EHR system.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 23, 2022

With this, the US government is leading the way with new technology that allows veterans to get health care from anywhere and at any time through telehealth and telemedicine. With telehealth and telemedicine, US military veterans may be afforded continuous quality care. Telehealth for Preventive Care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 20, 2023

The success of several telehealth abortion services has increased access to abortion pills over state and international borders, raising questions that fuel the fire. Multiple telehealth abortion companies have successfully prescribed and delivered abortion pills since 2020 when it was first permitted by the Federal Drug Administration.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

APIs can enable “Data liberación,” a concept proposed by Todd Park when he worked in the Obama administration. Without securing patients’ personal health data leveraging APIs, those intimate details are highly hackable explained in All That we Let In , a report from Knight Ink and Appr0ov.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

I noted the Yin-and-Yang-and the Blur of this health data ecosystem in 2013 when I attended CES, HIMSS and South-by-Southwest in a matter of weeks, kicking tires on digital health developments at all three events. How to protect vulnerable groups of people?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. New advances in cloud and telehealth/remote monitoring are forcing the issue. Virtual care. Map route optimization.

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iSALUS Healthcare

AUGUST 15, 2018

It’s easy to see that telehealth is all around us. From the upcoming appointment text reminder you received from your family doctor to the post-visit survey from your chiropractor, telehealth is prevalent in today’s tech-based society. In 2016 the global telehealth market was valued at $2.78 for monitoring and review.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, introduced the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act this week, aimed at starting the process of modernizing health data use and privacy policies. "As a doctor, the potential of new technology to improve patient care seems limitless.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 22, 2022

RPM software is a tool that allows healthcare providers to monitor a patient’s health remotely using electronic devices. This can include using connected devices to monitor vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels, as well as other health data such as medication adherence and symptoms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Livongo's chronic care management strategy, combined with Teladoc's telehealth network, can allow for health needs to be met on a long-term basis, said the execs. "Our goal was how [to] get to Livongo to as many people as possible," said Tullman. 'The

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iSALUS Healthcare

MAY 16, 2018

It is also the effort and time a patient spends communicating with their physician regarding their health, both in and out of the office. It’s utilizing the tools that physicians provide their patients so that they can both be involved and have access to their personal health data.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 10, 2022

Jane Doe, a patient at UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company in relation to its health data privacy practices. More About Facebook’s Meta Lawsuit & Data Privacy in Healthcare. HIPAA Compliant Cybersecurity: Practical Implementation Tips.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

But while the new ONC rules may make it easier for health consumers to access personal health information, the Field of Dreams phenomenon subverts the noble goal: we may “build” a system for people to access health data (like Blue Button), but patients may not “come.” How to deal?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released another announcement about its BetterHelp investigation of privacy practices, outlining six recommendations for owners of telehealth services. The report also explained that HIPAA regulations may not be as clear as needed for health apps if covered entities such as clinicians are not involved.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic most certainly has driven telehealth into the mainstream of healthcare. And one area of telehealth that has seen particularly big gains in the past two years is remote patient monitoring. We've heard a lot about the huge increase of telehealth video usage, which rose by almost 50% in the first quarter of 2020.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Most older Americans would share data collected through a wearable tech device with their health care provider, but a minority (35%) would share that information with a health insurance company. One-third of older people wouldn’t share their health data with any third party at all.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

How to Use Wearable Devices in Healthcare. Wearables can often use smartphones to either collect or collect and transmit data from wearables, typically by a wireless sensor that connects to the smartphone using Bluetooth technology. Using Wearable Devices In Telehealth. Do Healthcare Wearable Devices Involve Telehealth?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 16, 2023

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. Who developed the mHealth app, and what’s being done with any data collected?

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GlobalMed

APRIL 28, 2020

Telemedicine (also called telehealth, virtual care, or virtual health) is the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to gain access to health care services remotely. Additionally, a telehealth platform is useful for delivering counseling and behavioral health services.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data. The variety of organizations that provide data (clinical settings, labs, community-based organizations, etc.)

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2022

Read more… How One Telehealth Provider Planned for Lower Usage. Maple, the largest virtual care provider in Canada, experienced the same surge in telehealth use during the pandemic as everyone else. Read more… How to Choose the Right Remote Monitoring Device Suppliers.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These devices are indispensable when it comes to the continuous gathering of reliable health data. Wearable sensors worn directly on the skin are able to collect and analyze health data in real time – and that goes well beyond smart patches.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 9, 2023

million for “deceiving consumers after promising to keep sensitive personal data private.” ” Unprecedented in telehealth history, the sharing of sensitive health information in early 2023 is poised to shatter provider naivete about working for large-scale business entities entering healthcare.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

RPM devices are becoming increasingly common in the healthcare industry, and this guide will provide an overview of how they work, their benefits, and how to choose and use the right device for your needs. Each is designed to collect specific health data and monitor specific conditions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled. Awareness of an organization’s potential entry points is especially critical with the increased usage of connected medical devices and telehealth services.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JULY 26, 2022

Increasing costs, longer hospital stays, readmissions, and unfavorable outcomes make it difficult for the US health system to save costs. The good news is that Telehealth, especially Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM, could result in annual savings for the United States of up to $6 billion. Join our RPM program and help save costs.

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Xealth

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Telehealth Academy in Nashville, where I participated in the panel discussion “The New Models of Care Delivery.” . Brad Crotty, MD, Chief Digital Engagement Officer, The Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health System. Digital Health is a Business Imperative.

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Beyond Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2021

RPM uses digital technologies to collect medical and other forms of health data from individuals in one location and electronically transmit that information securely to health care providers in a different location for assessment and recommendations. These codes are separate from telehealth codes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2023

Fresh off its Best in KLAS designation, Greenway Health is emphasizing workflow optimization, practice automation, and training in its future rollouts, David Cohen told Colin Hung. In addition, the vendor is looking at how to support patients in managing their health outside the clinical setting. No one likes paper forms.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. How to be the eye in the sky.

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