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Patient concerns in healthcare digitalisation: Rising inequalities

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This means if a person visits multiple facilities, they must use different portals to access their health data. Time saved by opting for telemedicine over an in-person visit. On the dark side, there are patient concerns: Will my data be exploited? More workshops and … national marketing?

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

Build Community Digital Literacy With patients who feel overwhelmed by or uncomfortable with technology, one option is to invest in digital literacy education programs or workshops, offering simple tutorials to enhance your patients’ comfort and confidence in using technology, and by extension your portal.

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Medicine 2.0 : Implications of Connected Medical Devices & Digital Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Connected’ medical devices give patients greater control over their health data, and in turn enable doctors to use the data to prompt beneficial patient behaviour. Today’s patients expect to be more involved in their own care, and digital medical device solutions are making that increasingly possible.