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Generation Z is in mental health crisis – telehealth can help

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental health challenges among high school and college kids. And those mental health statistics are quite important because of the mental health professional shortage in the United States.

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India rolls out nationwide tele-mental health service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India has formally launched this week its national tele-mental health programme. Called Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS), it will provide free, round-the-clock teleconsultation service for mental health concerns.

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Completely Transform Mental Health

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Alexey Shalimov, Founder and CEO at Eastern Peak Mental health profoundly impacts human relationships, productivity, and overall wellness. This article will focus on the use of AI for mental healthcare and its potential to revolutionize the ways we give and receive mental health services.

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How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Health Populi

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. First, what did Twitter reveal about telemedicine?

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. And just like those other health systems, AccessHealth faced numerous challenges at first, in trying to adapt to this new normal. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Telemedicine M&A trends moving into 2024

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Both specialize in telemedicine. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends. telemedicine sector and where do they stand? For large incumbents, Amwell and Teladoc Health are the undisputed U.S.

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Primary care practices identify needed improvements for telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS To identify common facilitators and barriers to telehealth implementation, researchers evaluated practice leaders' perspectives on 32 aspects of telemedicine in their practices, according to a new report published in the Annals of Family Medicine.