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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

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Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

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" In 2006, Dr. Laurence J. "Remote telemedicine clinics outside the primary catchment area were also established to serve the mountain communities of Quincy, Portola, Loyalton, and South Lake Tahoe, California," wrote Heifetz and his coauthors in the abstract. THE LARGER TREND.

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Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

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"Increased comfort and acceptance of AI in healthcare" Outbreaks Near Me is a crowdsourced syndromic surveillance tool that supports longitudinal disease monitoring for a variety of illnesses including influenza and COVID-19.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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Ogden (where the Court held that boat operators crossing state lines could be regulated only by the federal government), he suggests restrictions on telemedicine licensure are tantamount to unlawful state barriers on an obviously interstate industry. Marino et al., As proof, they cite three cases: the Court’s 2005 ruling in Gonzales v.

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

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Launched in 2006, its tele-ICU program remotely monitors more than 150 adult critical care beds across Central Massachusetts. "It wasn't until COVID-19 emerged that we learned how effectively we could deliver high-quality virtual care to the bedside without the sophistication and complexity of a tele-ICU program."

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