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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Remote patient monitoring The question of virtual care's post-pandemic staying power has been answered resoundingly: Telemedicine is here to stay. John Busigin, Covenant Health's Advanced Care at Home medical director, said that 20-30% of.

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VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Veterans Affairs published a $1 billion contract opportunity this week aimed at procuring remote patient monitoring and telehealth services to meet the needs of veterans. Optional items include health and fitness trackers and talking weight scales. Proposals are due on October 12. WHY IT MATTERS.

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FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The telemedicine program of the Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System was established in 1995 to enhance timely patient access to healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. THE PROBLEM. "We were forced to teach and train our partners from a distance.

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Is remote patient monitoring the new cybercrime target?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While hospitals and health systems may have well-honed cybersecurity protocols to prevent or mitigate such attacks, the growth of care-at-home technologies – including remote patient monitoring and hospital at home – has created another layer of concern. Why are cybercriminals targeting patients at home?

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HIMSS21 tech news: Secure telehealth connections, remote diabetes care with Fitbit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kajeet, a vendor of wireless connectivity and software and hardware solutions for controlled Internet access, has debuted Kajeet Connected Health, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution designed to enable the secure and reliable delivery of telemedicine services. Neal, chairman, CEO and founder of Kajeet.

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Yale New Haven Health rapidly deploys remote monitoring for ventilator patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Earlier this year in New Haven, Connecticut, the location of Yale New Haven Health’s main hospital, the health system was challenged by how many COVID-19 patients would need to be admitted and ventilated. That hospital had more than 25 patients in ICU when it normally has five or six. THE PROBLEM.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Further, CIOs and other health IT leaders reinvented systems and processes, and clinicians gained an improved understanding of the invaluable impact of integrated informatics on digital transformations and the quality and efficiency of care.