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Why Patient-Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) could be set to radically transform outpatient care

Digital Leaders HealthTech

This has enabled those trusts to make a dramatic impact on the way they deliver care and communicate with their patients, giving a better experience of care overall. One of the barriers to delivering PIFU at scale is the present lack of evidence of just how effective it can be, therefore providing an incentive to implement it.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

However, PDTs are taking home health to a new level because patients can access a validated treatment in their own home that once was only available via a clinic or physician/clinician office. If an anomaly was discovered or an alert sent to the physician, the patient would need to go to the doctor’s office to address the alert.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We knew we needed to create an environment of safety while still retaining control over our patients' recovery journey. "We wanted to gain insights into how patients were recovering at home, see feedback on their progress and outcomes, and enrich the patient experience from start to finish," he said.

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Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Samir Tulebaev, Geriatrician and the Center of Nursing Excellence at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are working with O rbita’s CEO Nate Treloar on the development of a post- operative pain management voice assistant. Educating Patients about Voice. A few presenters admitted that patients do not know what they can ask.

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Patients Have AI-Disconnect When it Comes to Their Health Care – Pew Research Center Insights

Health Populi

For pain management and chatbots for mental health? A recent essay in The Conversation , co-written by a medical ethicist, explored a range of ethical issues that Chat-GPT’s adoption in health care could present. Not so much major advancements as minor ones which one-third of consumers perceive.