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Health center's makeshift telehealth OK, but now is building something grand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Bee Busy Wellness Center in Houston, Texas, like other health centers across the country, struggled with efforts to offer telehealth services to patients when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The proposal included adding training for staff to use the system and offering access to send secure data to patients via hightail, he said.

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Roundup: LKCMedicine launching more AI, digital health courses and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since joining Philips in 2007, he has held leadership roles in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and at the company's global headquarters in the Netherlands. Additionally, the facility will also offer training and observer programmes to doctors across Asia-Pacific.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

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Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. This telehealth expansion would feature in-home care, when feasible, and broadband access to help ensure care is delivered in a timely and safe manner. Between March 16, 2020, and March 20, 2022, it completed more than 784,000 telehealth visits. " Tejal A.

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Rural Watauga Medical uses telehealth to care for twice the typical number of patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Wautaga Medical Center in rural Boone, North Carolina, already was busy before COVID-19 hit, and leadership knew their current hospitalist staff could not handle the onslaught of patients coming through during the pandemic. THE PROBLEM. Lisa Kaufmann, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System.

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Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit.

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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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Telehealth Technology Helps Prevent Nurse Burnout — Here’s How

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Long hours, poor work-life balance, lack of mental healthcare, increases in verbal and sometimes physical attacks by patients, and lack of support from leadership have all been cited as contributing factors. New technology in telehealth should be easy to use and mimic in-person interactions to fit within the routines of everyone involved.

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