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Tampa General Hospital, OnMed partner for new telemedicine stations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Florida's Tampa General Hospital has teamed up with healthcare technology company OnMed to deploy new telemedicine stations deployed inside the facility. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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How COVID-19 Has Re-Shaped Health Care Delivery So Far

Health Populi

That decline in face-to-face physician visits was supplanted, in part, by hockey-stick growth for telemedicine visits. In the week of April 3, telemedicine visits with physicians comprised 1 in 4 interactions. For more on the telemedicine moment in the C19 era, read this analysis].

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Growing DTC for Health Beyond the Rx – the New Health/Care at Home

Health Populi

.” Now ad in prescription drugs which is the mature category of DTC in healthcare — a unique aspect of American medicine as the only country in the world, except for New Zealand, which permits direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. This is a major focus of my work these days in the U.S. and Europe.

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The Post-COVID 19 Health Consumer: Ready for DIY Health Care and More Open to Telehealth

Health Populi

Still, more provider executives are more open to providing certain types of care via telehealth –namely mental health (especially useful for younger health citizens during the pandemic), OB/GYN, and primary care such as family medicine and pediatrics. PwC’s HRI team polled 10,003 U.S.

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Ten Forces Shaping Health Care in 2021: A View from CVS Health

Health Populi

We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. The most obvious trend from which CVS Health benefits, as well as is defining, is the growing opportunity for primary care to be delivered in the community and in peoples’ homes.

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What’s Spurring the Rise of Brazil’s HealthTechs?

Lloyd Price

These range from local pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics labs, and multiple hospital groups. Regularization of Telemedicine. COVID brought about a long-awaited regulatory breakthrough: the legalization of telemedicine in Brazil. The result was a boom in telemedicine in the country. Now, there is no going back.

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Reduce Chronic Care Costs with At-Home Telemedicine

American Well

One related effect was that, with accurate and timely communication, patients were more likely to adhere to their treatment regimens, resulting in fewer visits both to their primary care physicians and EDs. The post Reduce Chronic Care Costs with At-Home Telemedicine appeared first on American Well.