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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. On this note, Karsten Russell-Wood, portfolio leader for post-acute and home at Philips, shares his viewpoints with Healthcare IT News on the biggest priorities to ensure telehealth is sustained long term.

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The Value of Interoperability in Telemedicine

AMD Telemedicine

When it comes to telehealth, interoperability has various layers. To better understand the critical role interoperability plays in telemedicine, we spoke with Tom Foley, the Vice President of Growth at AMD Global Telemedicine. What does interoperability mean for telemedicine?

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Telehealth is past the 'tipping point' – how's it doing with interoperability?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. " Interoperability is important for folks on both sides of the video screen, the ATA added. WHY IT MATTERS. but worldwide.

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Memorial Healthcare finds success with switch to Epic-based telehealth vendor

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Memorial launched telehealth for all its primary care and specialty centers, and today conducts about 100,000 virtual visits per year. "Upon completion of the visit, the encounter information is automatically sent to Memorial via Epic's Care Everywhere and Telehealth Anywhere functionality.

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The Omnichannel Imperative for Healthcare: Supporting Telehealth Awareness Week 2023

Health Populi

It’s Telehealth Awareness Week , led by the ATA. I celebrate and support the effort; this Health Populi post explains the Association’s mantra that Telehealth is Health, and that telehealth is firmly embedded into healthcare’s omnichannel imperative. So why omnichannel healthcare, and why now?

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Stanford researchers: Telemedicine optimization requires training, interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Blayney and Tina Hernandez-Boussard saw firsthand how the use of telehealth shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's also vital to note, they said, that telehealth is not always appropriate. Senate, would require a study to learn more about how telehealth has been used during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why You Shouldn’t Aim for EHR Interoperability With Telemedicine Software

AMD Telemedicine

With telehealth taking an increasingly prominent place in the world of healthcare, organizations are trying to figure out the best way to make this feature work seamlessly with the rest of their internal systems. Research has shown that telemedicine interoperability often results in a fragmented, redundant, and costly mess.