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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. hours in September 2021, according to the study. before the pandemic to 8.18

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Patients increasingly trusting of remote care technology, says new report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Confidence in remote care technology is gaining traction in the United States, with a survey finding 56 percent of Americans currently monitor their health with at least one digital data collection tool. Accordingly, in the near future, we expect digital health to evolve in order to better fill those gaps."

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Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

Health Populi

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). Adoption of digital tools has grown across physicians of all ages, specialty, and gender across all technologies studied.

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey.

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TytoCare Announces $49 Million Funding Round and Launches New Care Modules

Healthcare IT Today

Virtual care has shown great promise, but audio-video options still fail to deliver the value of a doctor’s appointment and ultimately earn the trust of patients. Evidence of the capabilities of TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic to impact the total cost of care was published recently in the Journal of Health Economics’ July 2023 edition.

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Telehealth has staying power, should benefit from lasting regulatory changes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to a study published last week in the Journal of the American Informatics Association, virtual urgent care visits at NYU Langone Health grew by 683%, and non-urgent virtual-care visits grew by a staggering 4,345% percent between March 2 and April 14. "Over the space of four days, the world changed.

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Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Healthcare IT Today

DecisionRx Runs a Study With Specific Measures The importance of carefully choosing what you measure can be illustrated by DecisionRx. The company cites studies such as this one that followed patients over several years to assess the benefits of pharmacogenomics programs. If they’re leery of such procedures (many people are!),

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