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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

However, some forms of technology – particularly those that support telehealth services – are in hot demand as they prove their worth during the national pandemic, say experts who assess information technology adoption by the nation's healthcare providers.

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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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Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More and more patients are able to take advantage of remote consults and other virtual care options as health systems have begun pursuing telehealth programs in earnest, new HIMSS Media research shows. " Of the 125 respondents asked about the telehealth projects underway at the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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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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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. As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital.

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Tech and the future of care work – five research midpoint observations

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Consider VA Telehealth and DigitalVA. The cost of hospitalization of a Medicare patient, for example, is around $13,600. This is increasingly likely as a form of 24x7 remote care. or Addison Care from Electronic Caregiver. In the meantime… Enter the AI-enabled caregiver.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The CAM Patch can serve as a remote patient monitoring system during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vendor said. Eko’s telehealth and remote patient monitoring platform powers virtual cardiac and pulmonary exams by facilitating stethoscope and ECG live streaming. It also provides medication adherence tools.