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First connected health service in Malaysia launched

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE LARGER TREND Connected Care represents a major milestone in SJMC's goal of building a comprehensive, end-to-end healthcare system. Like the rest of Malaysian providers, the hospital is leveraging digital technologies to meet patients' demands for virtual and remote care post-pandemic.

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TriHealth switches to Zoom for pandemic, sees 3,650% increase in telehealth use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

TriHealth has more than 135 locations, more than 700 providers and more than 250,000 attributed lives, so it was imperative that it have a product that could be scaled quickly and easily to meet demand. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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AMA offers new tools to help doctors navigate COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Its financial checklist offers physicians and administrators 14 tips to help business during the public health emergency, such as consolidating administrative resources like coding tools and making better use of digital health technologies. Among the resources, AMA has published a guide designed to help keep practices solvent.

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Telehealth, linked with Allscripts EHR and app, helps keep docs in business

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"For us, that familiarity helped when the public health emergency hit because many of our patients understood not only how to use it, but why it worked for connecting with their doctor." MEETING THE CHALLENGE. Telehealth, the patient portal and mobile check-in allowed them flexibility in caring for their patients.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

An end to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be announced and end mid-January followed by a grace period of approximately 5 months. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.

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Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News spoke recently with Dan Costantino, Chief Information Security Officer at Penn Medicine, who offered some insights into how his infosec staff has adjusted its strategies to support the health system during the public health emergency. And remote care presents another whole set of security challenges.

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The benefits and future of remote patient monitoring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In "normal" times, RPM helps health systems meet quality metrics and prevent unnecessary ER visits and hospital admissions while ensuring better patient outcomes. During COVID-19, RPM allows patients to still get the care they need while keeping them out of healthcare settings to limit potential exposure to the virus.