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Here's what primary care clinicians say they need to effectively implement telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care providers in New York City, one of the U.S. With patients afraid to seek care in person and social distancing necessitating as little face-to-face contact as possible, many clinicians pivoted to telehealth – some with more success than others. "Maybe the practices have to swallow that costs themselves.

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Telephone, video visits 'critical' for enabling safety-net care access

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A study published this month in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine found that safety net providers in New York state reported positive experiences using telephone and video during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, researchers noted, "When it comes to equity in access, telemedicine presents a double-edged sword."

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. Patients have embraced the shift to digital, with nurses supporting digital engagement.

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Walking the TikTok Tightrope: Social Media Use by Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare IT Today

NurseTok” is a specific category of videos on the app; a preexisting niche providing a way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide tailored content to an already invested audience. The format of the app shows users the video view count, something unique from previous platforms. That is, if it is used properly.

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Amazon launch Amazon Care service offering Mobile Video Consults with Primary Care Physicians & Nurses

mHealth Insight

This isn’t the first experience they have of trying to run a healthcare service for employees as in 2013 at Zappos.com (a subsidiary since it was acquired in 2009) they launched TurnTable Health as a ‘next generation primary care clinic’ for staff next door to their huge office in downtown Las Vegas. At Doctors2.0

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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework

Health Populi

consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person. The last chart arrays tasks that consumers would be comfortable performing for self-service health care — expressing their top two preferences.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Access to specialty care for many of our communities is scarce; these communities already are faced with primary care shortages, and for those who need to seek specialists and sub-specialists, long travels often are a costly and time-consuming reality," said Tejal A. THE PROBLEM. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.