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How to switch from phone to video telehealth on a limited budget

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“In mid- March, the institute began transitioning our services to telehealth whenever possible, in an effort to abide by Governor Cuomo’s stay-at-home order and keep our staff and patients safe, although these services are limited by our current equipment and software capabilities.” services, using free, individual accounts.

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VA Reports 235% increase in video visits in 2019

Clocktree

million telehealth episodes in Fiscal Year 2019, making it the largest telehealth program in the country. In addition to a 235% in video visits, there was a 17% increase in overall telehealth services over the previous fiscal year, according to new data released by the VA.

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Coviu's latest app combines telehealth, remote patient monitoring for COVID-19 management

Mobi Health News

It displays health data from bluetooth-enabled medical devices in video teleconsultations.

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Innovation: The Telehealth Revolution in Diabetes Management

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Thankfully, innovation is bringing exciting new tools to the table, and telehealth technologies are revolutionizing how we approach diabetes management. This article dives into the impact of telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) on managing diabetes, focusing on blood glucose monitoring and patient education.

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

Health Populi

Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

There's the massive electronic health record modernization , of course, but also everything from a new National Artificial Intelligence Institute to an Apple Health Records rollout to a project focused on tablet-based telehealth. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA. " Neil C.

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Telehealth privacy and security: Investment and education are key, attorney says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient-monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable. Those that had experience saw massive increases in the number of video visits. Even so, "I don't feel like the traditional or video-conferencing stuff is enough."