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Telemedicine – A Powerful Tool for COVID-19 Management

GlobalMed

As the number of documented cases of COVID-19 continues to rise, health officials and providers are exploring virtual care delivery to screen patients for infection away from crowded emergency departments and provide a safer care alternative for those in isolation after a positive diagnosis.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as peoples’ daily lives shifted closer and closer to home, and for some weeks and months home-all-the-time, health care, too, moved beyond brick-and-mortar hospitals and doctors’ offices. Power found that only 10% of health consumers had been using telehealth services. In 2019, J.D.

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When the next storm hits, telehealth could be a lifesaver

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Millions of people lost power and water, with some areas still struggling weeks later. Chambers' health clinics were where the telemedicine program that the system had spun up in response to COVID-19 played a new role. In February, a ferocious winter storm gripped the southern United States.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data.

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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care

Health Populi

“Digital transformation” was the mantra for all industries before we heard about the COVID-19 virus. Still, nearly 4 in 10 health consumers said they are comfortable using a range of health and wellness services including digital ones to manage their health. The pandemic drove U.S.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital health tools and virtual health care; looking past the pandemic, the American Telemedicine Association is envisioning that care will be omni-channel just as other aspects of consumers’ lives are, whether shopping, banking, or now for people in school, education.

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Group practice sees 6-8 more patients a day with hybrid virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

He has been providing telemedicine long before the COVID-19 pandemic. THE PROBLEM "My journey into telemedicine was sparked by a genuine concern for a subset of patients facing physical or psychological barriers to accessing healthcare," he said. Click here to read the special report.