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"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

' The latest HIMSS study confirms the technical readability to embrace telecare, but the actual digital maturity was verified in the first weeks of the pandemic. The Nordics are leading in terms of adoption and use of telecare. Since we couldn't do anything without telecare, there was a big mind-shift.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The PENTS will also help to improve infrastructure, interoperability and service availability and support legislation. In the future, the Carteira will also integrate the video-call app that is being developed for direct teleconsultation with a healthcare professional. Many of these services are also available online and more than 1.87

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Why telemedicine and remote patient monitoring demand will skyrocket in 2019

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According to Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of US Physicians , only 23% of patients have had video visits and just 14% of physicians have video visit capability. While video visits are only one aspect of telemedicine, these numbers make it clear that the technology still has not reached the point of mass adoption and use.