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

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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. The WeDoctor app, part of Tencent, deployed 20,000 online doctors donating time for free.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

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In addition to these aspects, I’ll also be tracking women’s health, mental health, and technology that can scale solutions to the risks of the social determinants of health.

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

Health Populi

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

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The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S.

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

Health Populi

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.

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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

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“More than a year and a half into the COVID-19 outbreak, the recent spread of the highly transmissible delta variant in the United States has extended severe financial and health problems in the lives of many households across the country — disproportionately impacting people of color and people with low income,” reports Household (..)