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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

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Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine adoption, the story goes, being accessed mainstream through major regions of China.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

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“Yes,” we concurred on our session convened by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) EDGE session today. Antoinette posed three questions for all of us to brainstorm, addressing various aspects of health equity. Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

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CTA featured three of these companies in their reveal for the Show, including Invoxia (which supports GPS tracking and AI-enabled IoT sensing); Pawport, which offers pet door-technology supported by an app for access; and, Whisker, which manufactures a Litter-Robot solution as well as a Feeder-Robot for pets.

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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA

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When a new technology or product starts to get used in a market, it follows a diffusion curve whose slope depends on the pace of adoption in that market. The first chart from the CDC illustrates that dramatic growth in the use of telehealth ratcheting up since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the U.S. health citizens.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

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But many students lacked access to either or both the physical technology and the data plan-on-ramp to the Internet. This, too, was a challenge for people who needed health care at home, to avoid contact to avoid the risk of being exposed to the virus.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

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Most basic in the latter has been the lack of broadband connectivity preventing some people from the digital transformation from which other “have’s” in society benefited: the ability to work from home, attend school from home, exercise at home, and access medical services through virtual care platforms like telemedicine.

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

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Health Populi’s Hot Points: This week during the HLTH conference, we’ll learn about exciting developments in new digital health products and services embedding AI, leveraging virtual care and telehealth, serving up new models of primary care, and a growing supply of mental health services that can scale beyond traditional face-to-face (..)