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"The sustainable advancement of telehealth is one that removes inequalities in healthcare"

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

' The latest HIMSS study confirms the technical readability to embrace telecare, but the actual digital maturity was verified in the first weeks of the pandemic. The Nordics are leading in terms of adoption and use of telecare. Since we couldn't do anything without telecare, there was a big mind-shift.

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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Discussion on the definitions for telehealth, telecare, telemedicine and other terms under the digital health and care umbrella is always required, and will be discussed in greater detail during the HIMSS & Health 2.0 The opportunity to deliver a session for new healthcare students on the subject of telehealth is an enjoyable one.

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Portugal showcases national telehealth plan with patients at the center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Only through a national strategy, with a clear overview of the goals to be achieved and supported by policy-makers, managers, professionals, patients and caregivers will it be possible to turn initiatives into an articulated and synergistic system, which is more than the sum of its parts,” she said.

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Gen Z and Millennials: What They Want from Healthcare

MeMD

Virtual Primary Care Leads to Better Health. In this case, regular preventive and primary care services – like annual wellness visits, vaccines, screenings and labs – are directly linked to better health outcomes and lower costs. As the Benjamin Franklin saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Campbell County Health is a health system with 1,244 employees across its 90-bed acute care hospital, 160-bed skilled nursing facility, inpatient behavioral health unit, ASC, and 14 outpatient primary care and specialty clinics. These high levels of engagement can be attributed to the health system’s 89.2