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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

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The coronavirus pandemic is throwing a new factor into hospitals' calculations about how to proceed with current and future healthcare IT implementations. Executives also should ensure that they're able to handle shifting venues for some staff members, who may be working from home or at remote care delivery sites.

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$15M Singapore-London partnership to help stem APAC's growing healthcare cybersecurity woes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While this growing connectivity does enable better patient monitoring within and beyond the hospital, it also raises cybersecurity risks, compromising patients' personal and medical data and disrupting treatment protocols and hospital operations.

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How Employer Health Plans Can Utilize Telehealth as a Value-Added Service

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Much has been written about the benefits of telehealth services like remote care within the healthcare system. Time and again, remote patient management has been shown to improve patient satisfaction and lower operational costs , as perhaps best demonstrated by the success of the Mississippi Diabetes Health Network.

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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The good news is that more and more patients are accepting and trusting of remote care technology. John Halamka, international healthcare innovation professor at Harvard Medical School, agreed, predicting a new era of "virtualist centers in what were formerly known as hospitals. THE LARGER TREND.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" The platform alerts the patient's care team when needed, prompting clinicians to check in with the patient about mobility issues, pain management or other concerns. "Patients also can message their care teams through the platform to confirm information or clarify a postoperative symptom they're experiencing."

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hospitals across the nation are using connected health and RPM to great effect during the pandemic. To help healthcare CIOs, CMOs and other leaders find connected health devices and RPM technologies, Healthcare IT News has compiled this comprehensive listing of vendors. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.