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Why Did it Take a Pandemic to Tell Patients About Telemedicine?

GlobalMed

Why did it take a global crisis to wake up the healthcare industry? There’s only one surprise about Covid-19 and that’s everyone’s surprise at the severity of the ongoing catastrophe. The World Health Organization told us another influenza-like pandemic was coming our way. But so has a solution: telemedicine.

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How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Health Populi

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. First, what did Twitter reveal about telemedicine?

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Mental Health Is the Next Pandemic

GlobalMed

While many of us are sheltering in place to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a massive mental health pandemic is also brewing. Fears about COVID-19, the economic meltdown, and prolonged social-isolation are all taking a toll on mental health. Like COVID-19, Mental Illness Does Not Discriminate.

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Are We Going to Continue to Tolerate Broken Health Care Systems?

GlobalMed

Chan School of Public Health noted that the pandemic highlighted longstanding health inequities in the United States. In Europe, the coronavirus caught an inefficient public health system off guard and countries worldwide are worried about their systems collapsing. COVID-19 has Brought Changes to Healthcare. The Harvard T.H.

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Providing Virtual Care for Older Adults During COVID-19

GlobalMed

When people think of a hospital currently, they likely picture a patient struggling to breathe in the emergency room or someone connected to a ventilator in the ICU —all suffering from COVID-19. The need for alternative elder care, as the world battles this pandemic, is not just obvious, it’s urgent. Increasing Access to Care.

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At Baptist Health, Epic-linked asynchronous telehealth boosts provider and patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Early last year, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, was taking note of the lessons staff had learned and the data gathered through the first year of the pandemic to reassess the organization's overall virtual care strategy and current digital health tools. THE PROBLEM.

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How Dr. María López-Rosario Keeps Children and Adolescents Engaged in Virtual Care

Iris Telehealth

That’s why we’re turning the spotlight on the amazing work they’re doing every day. How did you find Iris and decide you wanted to be an Iris provider? That question was probably the biggest one in my mind before I did telepsychiatry because, before Iris, I had never done telework. You need to figure out a way to engage them.