Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to hammer the U.S., more patients than ever are turning to telehealth for care – eschewing overcrowded emergency rooms and dormant physician practices in favor of virtual consults. Some see that trend continuing even after the pandemic has eventually subsided. 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 stagge

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

Physical distancing and sheltering-in-place at home are becoming norms in our pandemic life-flows. We’ve seen the advent of drive-through and drive-up weddings , wakes , and high school graduation rites. And when food, hygiene supplies, and medical care can’t be delivered by Amazon or Instacart via FedEx, UPS, or the U.S. Postal Service, there’s always the automobile — which, in the U.S., is also part of COVID-19 consumers’ coping mechanisms for hunting-and-gatherin

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2020

The study enrolled 420,000, but many participants with suspected atrial fibrillation failed to follow up with a study doctor.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2020

We wrote previously about how COVID-19 has shifted the Value Equation for Telehealth. Doctors previously didn’t value Telehealth since it was the same work (or slightly more) for possibly less reimbursement. Now doctors value social distancing (or at least they have no real choice but to social distance) and that revamped the value of telehealth. […].

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. It is being updated regularly with more vendors. In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 7, 2020

This deal comes only a few months after Pear Sports purchased Functional Solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2020

My how the world has changed. It’s been amazing to watch and see how telehealth has been accepted by clinicians and patients thanks to COVID-19. As I outlined in that article, COVID-19 together with social distancing has changed the value equation for clinicians. The value of social distance along with the legal requirements in many […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped shed light on the longer-term structural reforms needed in the US healthcare system, which include telehealth investment and medical supply chain tracking and coordination improvements. These were among the results of a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, which offers answers and recommendations related to coordinated response to future pandemics, protection of front-line healthcare workers and improved EHR interoperability.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Tech innovations are improving senior care by breaking down data and communication silos. That’s important in normal times and infinitely more so during times of crisis, when clear, timely communication and flexible access to care […]. The article How Technology Is Unifying Senior Care Communities In the COVID-19 Era appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2020

The continuous remote monitor can help prevent complications driven by experimental COVID-19 treatments such as hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, according to the agency.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2020

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 5/1 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Irma Rastegayeva (@IrmaRaste) and Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) on the topic of “Enabling Tech for Telemedicine“ With the Coronavirus Pandemic intensifying around the world, Telemedicine is experiencing a […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March, Dr. Mamdouh Riad, a solo practitioner in Hyannis, Massachusetts, began to take notice that he would not be able to see patients in the office as usual and had many patients start to cancel appointments as they were nervous about coming in. THE PROBLEM. This became a growing concern, especially for patients with chronic illnesses such as hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kayla Matthews, freelance journalist, Productivity Bytes. As the coronavirus outbreak limits individual movement across the country, organizations are turning to remote solutions to stay operational. As a result, demand for telehealth has skyrocketed — prompting health […].

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2020

The scale of healthcare misinformation is a source of frustration - Healthinote seeks to counter the threat with a verified and up-to-date information resource.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2020

The following is an interview with Travis Volk, Technical Vice President at Radware. In this interview, we talk about some of the unique challenges hospitals face amidst COVID-19. In particular we talk about security as related to temporary hospitals which seem like are going to be part of our future as COVID-19 continues to rear […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 5, 2020

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2020

One in 10 people in the U.S. were defined as food-insecure without consistent access to nutritious food options in 2019. The COVID pandemic has quickly and negatively impacted food insecurity in America, detailed in an assessment from NIHCM on the current state of food insecurity in America. As many as 4 in 10 U.S. households reported being food-insecure as of April 2020.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 5, 2020

Video visits with a licensed clinical psychologist will run California residents $69 for each 20 minutes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2020

Over the past 1.5 weeks I’ve been going through a long list of telehealth companies. I’ll be publishing the list shortly in multiple segments, but there are groups of telehealth vendors that are coming together. It’s not totally clean yet, but in many ways it’s kind of similar to the way EHR vendors are broken […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 5, 2020

COVID-19 has affected not just hospitals and acute services treating infected patients, but the entire Italian healthcare system. In the recent HIMSS webinar ‘Italian non-acute facilities facing COVID-19 emergency,’ chair Nevio Boscariol, head of finance, services and management at ARIS, opened up the discussion to those in rehabilitative and residential care.

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Health Populi

MAY 7, 2020

Today, 7th May 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that about 3.17 million jobs were lost in the nation in the last week. This calculated to an unemployment rate of 15.5%, an increase of 3.1% points from the previous week. Total jobs lost in the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from the utterance of the “P” word, has been in the I.S.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

Mobi Health News

MAY 6, 2020

GSR Ventures led the round with participation from sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and BIXINK Therapeutics.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2020

One of the most prominent “silver linings” of the COVID-19 crisis has been the rapid adoption and acceptance of telehealth tools. But as healthcare organizations rush to implement these platforms, they may be making themselves vulnerable to improper access and cyberattacks. Experts from LexisNexis and BridgeCare Health Network say that a whole-team approach is needed […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2020

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By David Shelton, chief executive officer, PatientMatters. More than half of Americans have experienced the sick feeling that comes with opening a medical bill they assumed would be covered by insurance. Surprise medical bills are […]. The article The Benefits and Challenges of Healthcare Bill Estimates appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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