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Telemedicine Today: June 2016

American Well

A new study conducted by Avizia and Modern Healthcare surveyed healthcare executives to better understand their organization’s current telehealth practices—and plans for the future. advise users how to arrange for follow-up care. encourage users to inform their primary care doctor when they engage online with a telehealth provider.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

One early survey of physicians on their use of social media found that “85% of oncologists and primary care physicians use social media at least once a week or once a day to scan or explore health information. Sixty percent said social media improves the care they deliver.”

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

G oal #1: Building a more resilient, flexible and integrated delivery system that reduces racial disparities, promotes health equity, and supports the delivery of social care. We’ll get the same “we’re trying, it’s so hard” excuses. Leverage Ongoing Primary Care Investments. That’s progressive.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). 40 In one survey, more than half of users of activity trackers stopped using their device, and a third did so in the first 6 months. Authored by Ida Sim, M.D., mHealth Insights.