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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that provide surgical services to improve access to care for remote and rural patients. "And HCT are healthcare operations experts.

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Telestroke service reaches rural NSW faster than the metro

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This life-saving service connects patients with a network of specialist stroke doctors via video consultation, managed by Prince of Wales Hospital. The service has so far delivered treatment to over 3,000 stroke patients at 23 rural and regional hospitals in the state.

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Clinical Messaging Apps: What is the right business model?

Lloyd Price

These apps can be used to send and receive text messages, images, and videos, as well as to access patient medical records and other clinical data. Transaction fees: Some apps charge a fee for each transaction that takes place on their platform, such as a video consultation or appointment booking.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Video made telehealth a star Community-owned broadband networks have the power to transform entrepreneurs into captains of industry, change the course of governments and make people LOL at kitty antics. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In this use-case, a patient would call the Nurse Triage/Assessment and Treatment Center, where with the click of a button, a staff member could escalate to a video conference with a medical staff member in order to help determine next steps. The platform was developed in-house using Cisco WebEx APIs for WebRTC. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" "2021 will show that digital health from the patient and clinician perspective is so much more than video visits and remote patient monitoring." "2021 will show that digital health from the patient and clinician perspective is so much more than video visits and remote patient monitoring.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"But as the sheer complexity of our procedures increased, we wanted our patients to have remote access to instructional videos and better connectivity with their care teams. "If a patient isn't engaging with the platform or watching their physical therapy videos, we step in to help.

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