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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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.

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India prioritising shift to remote care: survey

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The findings from India revealed an imminent shift toward prioritising remote care, adopting digital health technologies and implementing sustainable healthcare practices. Nearly eight in 10 respondents said they are heavily investing in telehealth at present. ON THE RECORD.

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Rethinking approaches to remote health and telehealth in Australia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Speaking during a panel session at the recent AFR Healthcare Summit , Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) President Dr Harry Nespolon said the way remote healthcare and telehealth is offered has changed little since the 1960s. “Doctors still need to see patients in front of them to dispense care.

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During pandemic, telehealth visits soar from 10 per week to 300 at group practice

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“I started the telehealth component of my practice to make access easier and more convenient,” Libby explained. ” The group practice also needed payer support to make sure it could get compensated for telehealth visits. It also helps reduce expensive and unnecessary ER and urgent care visits, he added.

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Digital engagement and transformation of healthcare in Singapore

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 has pushed digital health technologies such as telehealth and remote monitoring /virtual care into the fore, and the nation-state of Singapore is no exception. Never let a crisis go to waste.

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LVGO+TDOC: Telehealth is dead. Long live Telehealth!

19 Labs

While telehealth is booming, the pandemic has made video calls an essential commodity. With “Tele” becoming a commodity, what is the trajectory for the telehealth vendors? Telehealth is having its moment in the limelight. The closest “cheese” in telehealth is Chronic Disease Management (CDM). We shall see.

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Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Connector for FHIR, to help with RPM security

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As health systems ramp up telehealth and, especially, remote patient monitoring programs, they're looking for technologies to help them manage multiple connected devices as they extend care delivery into patients' homes. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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