Mobi Health News

AUGUST 6, 2020

The COVIDWISE app uses Bluetooth to anonymously detect potential exposures and is free to download.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine adoption, the story goes, being accessed mainstream through major regions of China. Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.?

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2020

Personal health, food and medicine, safety and financial security are consumers’ top priorities as of April 2020, learned in consumer research analyzed in How COVID-19 will permanently change consumer behavior from Accenture. The post Consumers Focus on Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Self-Care a New Normal?

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Mobi Health News

MAY 12, 2020

Downloaded and used by millions of U.K. residents, the study app provided data on which symptoms are associated with confirmed cases, and roughly how many untested users likely have the disease.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

John's Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles had the resources to provide large-scale COVID-19 testing, it was clear that its service area of South L.A. and Compton would be at significantly higher risk for COVID-19 infection and complications than other areas of L.A. Even before St. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The main referrals staff see from PCP and convenient care are COPD exacerbations and acute respiratory infections such as COVID-19, influenza or pneumonia in at-risk populations. The patients download an app from the vendor on their phone and can upload their readings from their monitoring devices through the app.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

" The agency said in the data brief it used HINTS to assess progress in patient access amidst the implementation of Cures Rule provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, "which likely increased demand for access to online medical records."

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, COVID-19 surges accelerated widespread telehealth adoption, as many couldn't leave their homes or were not comfortable coming to a doctor's office. "For instance, Geisinger doesn't require a patient to download an app or sign into a portal to begin his or her visit," Fletcher explained.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lessons learned from the organization's COVID-19 experience showed patients are more than willing to adopt technology to make their lives easier. To date, Virginia Hospital Center has seen nearly 1,000 downloads a week. We cover the specific metrics, including download numbers, in our weekly CEO meetings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2020

As many as 20% of primary care practices predict they could close within four weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted between April 10 and April 13 by the non-profit Primary Care Collaborative. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, business at Gastro Health in Miami came to a halt.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

As MedStar Health launched its telehealth response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of the health system’s caregivers first rose to the challenge of meeting a historic surge in demand for the existing MedStar eVisit urgent care, on-demand telehealth offering. THE PROBLEM. To access this special report, click here.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Fully one-third of patients starting using each of these 3 telehealth modalities during COVID-19. and the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. The spreadsheet also included details of claimed religious and medical exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination.

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MRO Compliance

APRIL 1, 2022

This is especially true in the wake of COVID-19 and increasing financial distress. Please fill out the following form to download the guide “HIM Director’s Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI.” ” Download "HIM Director's Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI".

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has bolstered peoples’ concerned embrace of tech: in the pandemic, more consumers have lost confidence in sharing data with both government and Big Tech. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 10, 2023

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced patient and family member interaction, rapidly accelerating the need for more virtual encounters while supplying the same high-quality and safe care along with an exceptional experience. "Managing these conditions can be challenging," he continued.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Andre Heeg, Managing Director and Partner & Leader for the Healthcare Practice of BCG Digital Ventures in Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa region, commented on the mainstream trending of digital mental health: “The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the public’s eyes to mental and behavioural health issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2020

It also promised to provide information on disease prevention, including COVID-19, as well as scaled-up mental health and wellbeing services. Last month, the startup announced a partnership with UNICEF to offer free telemedicine consultations for 3,000 at-risk youth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2020

With COVID-19 minimizing the ability for individuals to receive face-to-face services with their providers, many patients are resorting to emergency department visits. Additionally, eliminating emergency department visits also eliminates their exposure to COVID-19 and eases the burden of the ED providers who are overburdened right now.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Andre Heeg, Managing Director and Partner & Leader for the Healthcare Practice of BCG Digital Ventures in Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa region, commented on the mainstream trending of digital mental health: “The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the public’s eyes to mental and behavioural health issues.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2020

"That's way more secure than downloading things to the computer." " Browsers themselves can have their own security holes, such as with extensions that scrape data, but Doxy.me's peer-to-peer communication tries to minimize the vulnerabilities that can arise from requiring users to download a separate app.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 29, 2020

The European Open Science Cloud Secretariat initiative has approved €1,235,000 in emergency funding for 32 projects to specifically tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. WHY IT MATTERS

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis presented several challenges to the health system that amplified the need and impact of telehealth services. "The impact of our telehealth intervention is demonstrated by just one example: One of our ICU nurses was caring for a COVID-positive patient in March 2020," Sussman recalled.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

The Linux Foundation has launched a new project to harness open source software to help global public health agencies fight back against COVID-19 and prepare for future public health challenges. Covid Watch, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, and US Digital Response have also joined as nonprofit associate members.

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Mobi Health News

JUNE 24, 2020

The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has bolstered peoples’ concerned embrace of tech: in the pandemic, more consumers have lost confidence in sharing data with both government and Big Tech. More younger people would be interested in downloading personal health records compared with older people.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It also does not require the patient to download anything extra, and they can be on any mobile device and most browsers to connect to telemedicine visits. First, forward COVID-19 triage. Telehealth is even more of a hot topic in the COVID-19 world and video technology is now ubiquitous and getting cheaper by the day.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Through the VA's Center for Strategic Partnerships, the agency is working with Apple to enhance the platform and optimize telehealth experience for veterans and their caregivers, according to the VA – which notes that the devices will also give patients the ability to view and download their own medical data using the Health Records app.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

Athenahealth announced this week that it had launched an embedded telehealth tool to allow practitioners to conduct virtual visits without having to download separate software or use another third-party app. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

achieved within days of the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic," said Dr. Tarun Kapoor, the health system's chief digital transformation officer. Like many health institutions nationwide, COVID-19 prompted Virtua to launch consumer-facing patient engagement solutions to manage the outbreak more proactively.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2021

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic which has been raging for the past year, digital health and its related technologies into the fore, with unprecedented rates of adoption in telemedicine/teleconsultation services, virtual/remote care, and accelerated measures for healthcare staff to work remotely.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2020

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2024

"Right now, the regulations that we have in place have 'read' capabilities – so that allows a FHIR API to be used to be able to see information and download information," Tripathi explained.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2021

has promoted its simplicity as key to its security , with founder Brandon Welch telling Healthcare IT News in June 2020 that it can rely on browser encryption rather than relying on patients to download a separate app. ON THE RECORD.

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