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How has the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the evolution of healthcare?

Waracle

The ability to monitor one’s health at home and share the results remotely with physicians (as well as our friends and colleagues through health and wellbeing scoreboards, step count competitions and fundraising), empowers people to take control of their health and make more informed decisions. Conclusion .

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

eVisit

I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world. What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new!

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How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

Whereas a traditional visit to the doctor can analyze one’s physical health in a fixed time, technology can gather data throughout a patient’s lived experiences, helping healthcare professionals understand patient backgrounds, experiences, and personal preferences on a deeper level.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hello Heart reports that users now are monitoring their health more than twice as often since being confined to their homes during the pandemic: 79% of users that had used Hello Heart once per week now use it two to four times a week. iRhythm Technologies. Spry Health. Vivify Health.