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India prioritising shift to remote care: survey

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Royal Philips has published its latest Future Health Index 2021 report that explores how healthcare leaders are confronting the present challenges of the pandemic and where their current and future priorities lie. The digital transformation of the Indian health system is hinged on a three-step approach, the study found. ON THE RECORD.

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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

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The Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020. The pandemic catalyzed simultaneous innovation efforts on multiple fronts – many of the initiatives will become fixtures within the emerging remote care technology ecosystem.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

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The COVID-19 pandemic pushed telehealth into the spotlight with exponential adoption, helping to prove its value. The healthcare industry learned that, with the right solutions, care can extend outside hospital walls and be conducted anywhere. Patients with cardiac arrhythmias can remain home while being continuously monitored.

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Physician adoption of digital health tools is accelerating, AMA research shows

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The purpose of the survey, which measured across all ages and specialties, according to AMA, was to investigate physicians' motivations and requirements for onboarding digital health technologies and integrating them into their medical practices. The average number of digital health tools in use by a physician grew from 2.2

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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from June 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Who would have thought that telehealth definitions would include phone calls and Facetime ? So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Read more.

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Unlocking Healthcare Access: Affordable Virtual Care for All

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Virtual care can bring quality care to underserved populations , allowing patients, regardless of location, to receive virtual health care for everything from emergency scenarios to specialized appointments for specific health conditions. Learn more about GlobalMed’s virtual health rental program here.

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Researchers to facilitate telemedicine for managing chronic illnesses in rural Pakistan

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Wei noted the "great potential" for remote care management for chronic illnesses as these are the rising burden of disease in low and middle-income countries. It was fairly recent that Pakistan has become open to virtual health technologies, which were deployed to help it battle the ongoing pandemic.